RE: Borrowing melodies for liturgy

[Yoel Epstein <yoel...>]

I once heard a Haredi rabbi at an orthodox wedding sing one of the seven 
Blessings (sheva Brachot) to the tune of Wagner's wedding march.  I thought 
about going to him and telling him where the melody came from, but decided 
against it.  After all, I was the only one at the wedding who knew where the 
tune came from, and I didn't care.  My guess is that, had I told him, he would 
have said that I was wrong, that it was an old traditional melody.

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-----Original Message-----
From:   Steven M. Singer [SMTP:ssinger (at) orion(dot)it(dot)luc(dot)edu]
Sent:   á éðåàø 11 1999 18:01
To:     World music from a Jewish slant.
Subject:        RE: Borrowing melodies for liturgy


On Mon, 11 Jan 1999, Ryna Kedar - Mekatleget for music lib. wrote:

> On the subject of borrowing: my husband (who constantly listens to
> classical music) has used the theme from the Walkure (Wagner) for Kedusha
> of Shabbat morning Shacharit! (I don't think anybody noticed!)

Kind of ironic, considering Wagner's antisemitism in his music and life.

-S

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