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Re: Max Bruch, Penny's worth
- From: Marvin <physchem...>
- Subject: Re: Max Bruch, Penny's worth
- Date: Thu 31 Jan 2002 11.31 (GMT)
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From: <combrink (at) herzlia(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2002 3:38 AM
Subject: RE: Max Bruch, Penny's worth
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I have never heard of Bruch's works being
> performed in religious context in a synagogue, so therefore, surely it is
a
> "Western Classical" work informed/infused with Judaic sentiment.
<snip>
No musical instrument would be used in an Orthodox synagogue, but in the
Reform synagogue I attend Bruch's Kol Nidre is played in a cello arrangement
at the start of the Yom Kippur service.
That doesn't affect the question of Bruch's background.
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