RE: had gadya

[Joel Bresler <jbresler...>]

FYI.

Pesach sameach,

Joel


>Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 18:31 EST
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>From: Elhanan Adler <elhanan (at) libnet(dot)ac(dot)il>
>To: hasafran (at) lists(dot)acs(dot)ohio-state(dot)edu
>Subject: Echad mi yode'a
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>The Jewish National and University Library (JNUL) is proud to announce
>the accessibility of a small sample of digitized music from its
>National Sound Archives: the Passover song "Echad mi yode'a" as sung
>in a variety of different Jewish communities and languages. Twelve
>variations of the song are described, and can be downloaded in MP3
>format at: http://jnul.huji.ac.il/dl/music/passover/
>
>The National Sound Archives at the JNUL contain more than 7000 hours
>of recorded music representing all Jewish and Israeli communities. The
>entire archive is now being systematically digitized which will insure
>both preservation of the materials and better access for researchers.
>
>This project is the second public stage in the JNUL's David and Fela
>Shapell Family Digitization Project. Additional stages are in
>preparation and will be announced in the near future.
>
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At 11:00 AM 4/4/01 -0400, you wrote:
>Helen,
>
>Thank you so much for the link.
>
>Got a question though:  The history of the had gadya- I had some trouble
>with it.  If it developed in 1590, modeled after Twelve Days of Christmas
>or Alouette- why was aramaic chosen as a/the language for this expression?
>
>Also, the article states that this song was never a part of Yemenite or
>Sephardi (Spanish) tradition?  What about un cavritico (which many
>gracioulsly forwarded to me a while ago.)  Is the article simply wrong?
>
>-Katie Marcus
>Program Coordinator, Jewish Life & Learning
>Jewish Community Center of Metropolitan Detroit
>(248) 661-7631
>FAX: (248) 661-7711



>-----Original Message-----
>From:   Helen Winkler [SMTP:winklerh (at) hotmail(dot)com]
>Sent:   Tuesday, April 03, 2001 6:57 PM
>To:     World music from a Jewish slant
>Subject:        had gadya
>
>This month The Jewsih Heritage Online Mag has a feature all about goats and
>the song Had Gadya.  It's at:
>
>http://www.jhom.com/topics/goats/index.html
>Helen
>
>
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