Re: Adon Olom--and borrowing melodies generally

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

I don't know about the origins of "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain,"
but there is a delightful interweaving of that song with "L'cha dodi"
recording by the Fabrangen Fiddlers (sp?) way way back. I was amazed
by how it all fit, and what a nice, "shabbes is coming, shabbes is coming"
feel it gave to the normally dignified and more angelic "L'cha dodi."
Not hard to imagine those hasidim in S'fat singing that version as they
left the city to go greet the Sabbath bride.

My two cents, at any rate,
ari

>Dear Suzanne Peters:  I asked a while ago if you were serious (OK, maybe 
>I'm being clueless here--definitely have more than a streak of 
>that)--and would really like to know.  (Ref. is to your Jewish take on 
>"She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain.")  Can you advise? Thx. 
>
>
>>From: Menuhah (at) aol(dot)com
>>Date: Thu, 4 Feb 1999 14:31:19 EST
>>To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>>Subject: Re: Adon Olom--and borrowing melodies generally
>>
>><< But I can't see how "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain" invests 
>"Adon
>>Olam" with _any_ spiritual emotion or  overtone whatsoever--joyful or
>>contemplative,  outwardly exuberant or  inwardly devotional--and that's 
>what a
>>good setting, original or  borrowed, should do. >>
>>
>>Actually "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain" is prefect for "L'cha 
>Dodi".In
>>fact i heard a story that "She'll be Coming Round the Mountain" is 
>really
>>written by someone Jewish and is all about Shabbat. The "she" is the
>>shechineh, the shabbas bride . The "six white horses" are the days of 
>the week
>>before Shabbas. "we'll go down to meet her" refers to going to greet 
>the
>>Shabbas bride. And "oh we'll all have chicken and dumplings(kneidle)" 
>is of
>>course the Shabbas meal.
>>
>>l'shalom,
>>Suzanne H. Peters

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