Re: Klezmer and sephardic music

[Itzik Gottesman <itzik...>]

Josh - The Moskowitz tune "az Moshiash vet kumen" is not the same as "Vot
vet zayn az moshiakh vet kumen" if that's what you had in mind. The first
one, the one that Moskowitz composed, was surely a maskilic anti-Hasidic
parody which such singers like the Bretl singers performed, while the
second  is a religious song. There are a number of songs based on "Moshiakh
vet kumen" theme which could conceivably be called "az Moshiakh vet kumen".
Josh Waletzky sang one last week at the Tonic concert in NYC. I don't have
the Moskowitz CD - are any of the two tunes you mention, "AZ Moshiakh vet
kumen" and "Der Rayzender" (which I have seen and have to recall where) on
the recording? - Itzik Gottesman




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