Re: wedding music

[Ari Davidow <ari...>]

Well first off, Mazl tov!

I would give a good listen to the recent recording of wedding 
music by Budowitz, "Bride without a wedding." Josh will hopefully be along soon 
to explain why this is special music, better than I, 
but basically you'll be able to hear wedding pieces from parts of
the repertoire that weren't, or were rarely recorded, some of 
which of ethereally beautiful.

http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/davidow/2000_05_maymusic.html#budowitz

ari

At 07:33 PM 12/11/00 -0500, you wrote:
>My wedding is July 1, 2001, and I'm still looking for music to play before 
>the ceremony, and immediately following the ceremony.  I'm looking for very 
>ethic pieces, and not necessarily Jewish (but predominantly).  I recently 
>bought Voices of Life by the Bulgarian Women's Choir-Angelite, and I plan on 
>using a few songs off of that, but I was wondering if anyone knows how I can 
>get translations of some of the lyrics?  
>
>Also, I'm thinking of using Farewell to Shabbat, sung by Marta Sebestyen for 
>part of the processional.  For example, for the part during which the groom 
>and his parents, the groomsmen, and my bridesmaids walk down the lawn (it's 
>going to be an outdoor wedding).  I was thinking of using "Firn di Mekhutonim 
>Aheym" for my own processional (as Yitzhak Perlman's daughter did).  Because 
>of budget limitations, I will only be using recorded material for the 
>wedding.  I was wondering if there is a better recording (w/o the kid's 
>intro) than the one on In the Fiddler's House?  I'm not set on using these 
>pieces, so any suggestions for wedding processional pieces is gladly 
>welcomed.  I will also be using The Sephardic Experience by the Renaissance 
>Players.  
>
>Anyway, now that you all have a basic idea of what I'm looking for, perhaps 
>you could let me utilize your Jewish music expertise?  Any help/suggestions 
>would be very welcome.  Thank you!  --Jerusha
>
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