RE: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

I can't verify, at least not right now, whether it was published w/out a 
designated melody (sometimes the intended melody was known, and understood, 
w/out being identified), but Julia Ward Howe wrote "The Battle Hymn of the 
Republic" after hearing Union soldiers sing "John Brown's Body" and 
specifically to be sung, as new verses, to that melody; the words were not 
"set" to "John Brown's Body" afterwards--rlc


>From: bloom (at) gis(dot)net (Bloom)
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: RE: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
>Date: Tue, 21 Sep 1999 23:20:29 -0400 (EDT)
>
>When I was in summer camp, we sang 'Hinei ma tov umanaim shevet achim gam
>yachad' to a very large variety of tunes, and The Battle Hymn of the
>Republic was one of them.
>
>Hinei ma tov umanaim
>Hinei ma tov umanaim
>Hinei ma tov umanaim
>Shevet achim gam yachad!
>
>By the way, I understand that melody to have been originally written as the
>Methodist hymn 'Oh Brother Won't You Meet Me On Canaan's Happy Shore.'
>After John Brown's failed revolt, the song 'John Brown's Body' was set to
>it.  During the Civil War, Julia Ward Howe's poem 'The Battle Hymn of the
>Republic' was set to it (it was originally published without any suggested
>melody.)
>
>And don't forget the camp bus song, 'John Brown's Baby Had a Cold Upon His
>Chest.'
>
>Jacob Bloom
>
> >.From: "winston weilheimer" <taxrelief (at) bitstorm(dot)net>
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Subject: RE: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
> >Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 09:37:49 -0400
> >
> >the original tune is John Brown's Body.....Lays amolding in the grave!
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:11 PM
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant
> >Subject: Psalm 133 and The Battle Hymn of the Republic
> >
> >
> >I have a co-worker (Chris) who claims that when he was in France in 1976 
>a
> >Sephardi Rabbi chanted psalm 133 for him (Shir hama'alot- hinei ma tov 
>uma
> >naim shevet achim gam yachad etc.) with a tune which was related to 'The
> >Battle Hymn of the Republic'. Chris would like to track this tune down, 
>if
> >possible. Does this ring a bell for anybody, or is somebody just 
>whistling
> >'Dixie'?
> >                            Thanks,
> >                            EK
>
>
>
>
>

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