RE: Salamone Rossi's ha-Shirim asher li-Shelomo

[Jonathan Gordon <jbgordon...>]

I am no musicologist, but I do remember from my conservatory days that the
Renaissance composers used their craft to hide the motivic origin of their
compositions. I have always assumed that Rossi did the same, and that
someone familiar with the nusach of his time and place would be able to find
them there, just inverted, extended, or hiddden in some way. By the way, I
have heard people sing his Ele Moadei Anonai with the exact melody he used
and attribute it to Ladino heritage, although who knows if this was strictly
true on their part or if they got it from somewhere else.
jonathan gordon

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