Lehman Engel: Chassidic Chant & Yiddish Song Books

[wiener <wiener...>]

Thanks Victor,

That is the piece.  I imagine that it is known to a number of list
members.  I have only 5 Yiddish song books (and it isn't in any of
them), so could you (or anyone else) list and comment on the major
collections of Yiddish songs.

About the song, was the text written separately as prose?  When was it
written?  Did Lehman Engel provide the melody (chant) for the words or
just the arrangement?  I have not done an exhaustive search through my
library, but so far I haven't found any references.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: Victor Tunkel <V(dot)Tunkel (at) qmw(dot)ac(dot)uk>
To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Date: Thursday, July 20, 2000 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: Fw: Lehman Engel: Chassidic Chant


>>Perhaps someone can help me with this work if I identify it this
>>way -- it is the piece sung by Paul Robeson that begins: "Good day
to
>>thee Lord God Almighty, I Levi Isaac..."
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
>>To: World Music from a Jewish Slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>>Date: Monday, July 17, 2000 12:45 PM
>>Subject: Lehman Engel: Chassidic Chant
>>
>>
>>>Can anyone help me find information on Lehman Engel's Chassidic
>>Chant,
>>>e.g., history of the text, date of composition, original type of
work
>>>(e.g., art song), language(s) of composition, performer of
premiere?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Dear Bob:  It is the Kaddish of Lev Yitchak of Berditchev, done into
>English for Robeson.  The original Yiddish version can be found in
most of
>the major collections of Yiddish songs.
>
>Victor Tunkel
>
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