RE: Hazanut - Jewish Liturgical Music List?

[winston weilheimer <taxrelief...>]

i was going to wait to announce this but it is relevent....

beginning in a few days (perhaps a week or so) i will be hosting a new show
on shalom america called NUSACH, with the goal of providing a place where
Jews can hear, learn, and keep alive the beauty of our heritage.  I will
post the date of the start of the program.  in the meantime, you can hear
The Great Cantors of The World, hosted by Cantor Yihuda Shifman every day at
11am (et).  the site is http://www.shalom-am.com

Winston Weilheimer
Lay 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 Robert Cohen
Sent: Sunday, June 13, 1999 1:31 PM
To: World music from a Jewish slant
Subject: Re: Hazanut - Jewish Liturgical Music List?


Very late reply, Stephen, if I didn't ask already:  _What_ Adon Olam is/was
it that you'd heard interminably?


>From: Stephen <steves (at) shani(dot)net>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: Hazanut - Jewish Liturgical Music List?
>Date: Sun, 14 Feb 1999 23:33:07 +0200
>
>Robert,
>
>The matter is simply a matter of being practical. I really do
>appreciate your comments. However, if there is anyone out there
>seriously interested in promoting JLM, a GREAT deal needs to be done.
>That is why I started the jewishshulmusic list after thinking about it
>for over a year.
>
>My perspective is Israel directed where the vast majority of Israelis
>(both secular and religious) haven't the faintest inkling of who
>Lewandowski was. Not even those teaching music in some high schools!
>
>When my Kol Rina mixed choir sings, the hiloni (secular) listeners say
>"wow!" They had never heard anything like Mombach's 'L'cha Ezbach' or
>Lewandowski's "Enosh".
>
>But let's be even more practical.  I went to one of Israel's top
>University music libraries. They have a large jewish music section (no
>Lewandowski there at all by the way!!) For a laugh I said to the
>librarian: I've heard the same tune for Adon Olam in my shul FRiday
>night and Shabbat morning since 1979. I can stand it no longer. Please
>give me another melody. She looked non-plussed and asked: "Who
>composed it?" I can't wait for these low-tech institutions to do the
>job.
>
>We had a situation in Israel not long ago that I got on a bus and
>wondered if any of me would make it back home. I decided then that if
>you want to do it - go for it and don't wait for others.
>
>At the diaspora museum I was standing by the reconstruction of an old
>shul listening to several Adon Olam tunes from the loudspeaker. A
>teacher with her young pupils came along. "Listen children, this is is
>what Jews USED to sing in shul". It is pathetic!
>
>When I discovered that about 1,700 composers wrote shul music I nearly
>fainted. Can this number be true? I have several scanned lists
>available if anyone is interested taken from Sendry's 1950s book.
>
>A web based JLM scanned music database and MIDI files has to be
>produced (with grant financing or a CD library at afforable prices
>without grants). This will take a vast effort by many people. A
>dedicated channel to coordinate efforts is required. See the Sulzer
>project for what could be done. (http://welcome.to/shoreshet)
>
>Recordings can be made by choirs (especially amateur) and RealAudio'ed
>or MP3'd. The possibilities are endless. What about a web page for all
>shul choirs?
>
>I'm going to have a glass of cold water!
>
>Stephen
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