Re: Eyn Keyloheynu

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Ever since Shirona's visit to our shul we have been singing her lovely version
every week, and we love it!
Lorele

Robert Cohen wrote:

> Wonderfully thorough and enlightening--Thank you!
>
> It's disquieting that some of the sources that we look to as authoritative
> in themselves are not always faithful, apparently, to the evidence.
>
> Now we can move on to the really important issue, which is:  What
> else--other than this dreadfully uninspired sing-song--can we sing Ein
> Kelokeinu *to*?
>
> Actually, Shlomo had a wonderful one (maybe one of his later melodies--not
> sure); more to come on that anon.  Arba'ah Kolot recorded a pleasant enough,
> but not deeply inspiring, one--though maybe only Shlomo could come up with a
> melody that transcends the rather simple (even if profound in meaning) text
> and send you soaring.  Or Hakesef, if I'm remembering the name right,
> recorded a fine, bracing Sephardic melody, which is no doubt recorded on
> some Sephardic albums, probably some of which I have.  And I think Isabelle
> (?) recorded another with Alhambra?
>
> Do others know of/daven to inspiring alternative Ein Kelokeinus?
>
> --Robert Cohen
>
> >From: Sam Weiss <samweiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net>
> >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
> >Subject: Eyn Keyloheynu and other drinking songs
> >Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 01:01:51 -0400
> >
> >The innocent ur-text on which the rumor is based (and the only useful
> >information
> >I've seen on the tune or the composer) is this passage from p. 238 of
> >Idelsohn's
> >"Jewish Music in its Historical Development," in which I've capitalized
> >the most
> >relevant sentence:
> ><<The Chazzan Hirsch Goldberg (1807-1893) served [in Seesen from
> >1833] until 1842 and was then appointed Chazzan in Brunswick. Together
> >with Julius Freudenthal (Brunswick 1805-1874), Dukal musician, he
> >modernized the Synagogue song and published in 1843 a collection of
> >songs for solo and small choir in two parts [footnote: 'The title of the
> >collection is Gesaenge fuer Synagogen. It became very popular and
> >experienced several enlarged editions.']. To this songster Freudenthal
> >contributed several tunes, and especially his famous tune for En Kelohenu,
> >which he had composed in 1841. THIS TUNE HAS THE TYPICAL
> >GERMAN MELODIC LINE, AND IN ITS FIRST PART RESEMBLES A
> >GERMAN MELODY OF 1774 (No.1) (see table XXIX), which was reworked
> >in 1819 and in 1844 (No.3) and published in 1844.>>
>
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