Re: Dror Yikra

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

I can find very little information about Dror Yikra; as previously advised, 
it was apparently composed by a 10-th century grammarian and poet named 
Dunash ben Labrat.  One previous advisement was slightly incorrect, however: 
  The author incorporated his name as an acrostic into the initial letters 
of the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 6th (of 6) verses--not into "each of the four 
verses," as previously advised.

The core themes of this piyyut or zemira are the eventual redemption of the 
Jewish people and that punishment will be meted out to our enemies.

Hope this helps a mite--Robert Cohen


>From: "jonathan walton" <jaw42 (at) hotmail(dot)com>
>Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: new cee music
>Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 08:18:05 PDT
>

>Also, I would be very grateful for some concrete info on Dror Yikra if
>anyone has some, i have lyrics and translations but i need some hard
>facts!!!
>
>thanks,
>
>jonathan
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