Re: recommended reading

[Eliezer Kaplan <zelwel...>]

>i have not found any women on the site!

You probably have to get the password from the rebbetzin...
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: WINSTON WEILHEIMER 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 9:13 PM
  Subject: Re: recommended reading


  shirona, start at 613.org.  you can download mp3 files of lubavitch 
music...and much more.  its a great site to learn from...even if you don't 
agree with the philosophy...i have not found any women on the site!

  rabbi winston weilheimer

    ----- Original Message -----
    From: Shirona
    Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 8:26 PM
    To: World music from a Jewish slant
    Subject: Re: recommended reading

          Judy,

          Thanks for the recommendation - I happen to be very interested in 
this topic. Two questions:  Does she mention any recordings and how to find 
them?  Also, do you know how to get in touch with her?  I have a collection of 
Bresslav and Mudzits Hassidic music, but not Lubavitch...

          Shirona

          -------Original Message-------

          From: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
          Date: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 11:36:37 AM
          To: World music from a Jewish slant
          Subject: recommended reading

          Friends:
          Did you every want to know what all the da di di di da and bam bam 
bam were
          really all about in the nigunim of Lubavitcher Hasidim? Do you know 
how the
          music reflects their philosophy of the two souls?

          Let me recommend a book I'm currently reading. Even though I haven't 
quite
          finished reading "Music in Lubavitcher Life" by Ellen Koskoff, I can 
tell
          you it's something that it will fascinate a lot of people.

          There are so many questions about Hasidism and their music that are 
answered
          by this book. It's insightful and full of information presented in a 
very
          clear and understandable (and readable) way. While the book is 
academic,
          with plenty of research and bibliography, it's still quite easy to 
read. And
          there are lots of specific musical examples and explanations. Ellen 
has done
          original ethnographic fieldwork among the community as she's been 
interested
          the music and working in the Chasidic community for over 25 years.

          Many of you will be aware of the work of Ellen Koskoff from her many
          articles. In 2000, I heard her give a most interesting lecture at the
          London conference about the role of women in music in the religious
          communities. This new book takes more of an overview discussing all 
sorts
          of aspects of music in the Lubavitcher life.


          Koskoff, Ellen, 1943-
          Music in Lubavitcher life / Ellen Koskoff.
          Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2001.

          Best wishes,
          Judy

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