RE: Jewish cowboy music

[elkahn <elkahn...>]

Winston:

Just to let you know the origins of ADON OLAM. It's based on one of the
Arabic meters called "Mustafilun." The reason it is named as such is
because of the Arabic meter that it emulates, i.e.: Mus-ta-fi-lun.
Mus-ta-fi-lun. or Short-long-long-long. Short-long-long-long.
(Idelsohn, Jewish Music in its Historical Development).

People may sing this hymn to whatever tune they darn well please, and if
they're praising God, I'm sure HE/SHE is darn well pleased.

But the settings that take into account the innate syllabic stress of the
hymn are -- to my ears -- far superior musically.



Eliott Kahn
Music Archivist
Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary
New York, NY 10027



On Sun, 31 Jan 1999, winston weilheimer wrote:

> Absolutely serious.  It looks like others have used some good tunes too.
> When I moved to DeLand (outside Orlando), the members of my previous shul
> sang Adon Olam to "It's a small world after all."  I also use Oh once there
> was a wicked wicked man... on the Shabbat before Purim, Maoz tsur on Shabbat
> Channukah, and dayanu for Shabbat Pesach.  Love the idea of Saints go
> marchin in...perhaps around Mardi Gras!
> 
> Now that I have opened this can of worms...how about some other suggestions
> out there!
> 
> 
> 
> Winston Weilheimer
> Rabbi
> Temple Israel of Deland (Florida)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Ivor Joffe
> Sent: Saturday, January 30, 1999 5:36 PM
> To: World music from a Jewish slant.
> Subject: Re: Jewish cowboy music
> 
> are you serious?
> rather use a chassidic tune.
> 
> 
> 
> 

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