Re: Music of exile

[Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Joel:
If you want to include Native Americans, you may want to look into the
North Carolina production of "Unto These Hills" at the Oconaluftee Village
which commemorates the expulsion and forced march of the native Cherokee on
the "Trail of Tears", as it is rightfully called. I haven't seen this since
I was a child, but I still remember the play and the powerful musical score
that accompanied the drama. While not written "at the time", it is still a
commemorative drama of forced exile. http://www.imagesbuilder.com/cherokee/


Also: for websites for other native tribes (other than this from my home
state), email me off site. A few years ago, I put together a bibliography
of websites on Native Americans here at the library and I will dig them out
for you if you want.
Judy


At 10:11 PM 7/13/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Friends:
>
>I am preparing a radio show on the music of exile and songs concerned with 
>the loss of a homeland. My preferred focus will be music that resulted from 
>a large group of people uprooted, as opposed to the individual exile, but I 
>won't let that get in the way of great music. The show will have some 
>Jewish selections but be predominantly from other traditions. I'm pretty 
>well covered on the Al Naharot Bavel/By the waters of Babylon/Psalm 137 and 
>Sephardic front, but would appreciate more interesting/obscure Ashkenazi 
>selections.
>
>Separately from this list's focus, I would be particularly interested in 
>Native American selections and selections from South America, Asia and 
>Africa, in addition to more obscure European examples. Kindly send me your 
>suggestions, on the list if you think they would be of general interest, 
>else private email would be fine.
>
>Thanks!
>
>Joel
>
>
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