Re: neither angry nor thoughtful?

[Robert Cohen <rlcm17...>]

That *is* a great anecdote--I wish I *did* have the source--and as I've 
written Judith privately, I didn't notice that the original posting was sent 
over her name and e-mail address (in fact, I was sure it was from an 
unfamiliar one ... obviously not so); and, in any case, my own posting was 
meant primarily to be (mildly) educative rather than (even more mildly) 
rebuking.

So far as Arabic borrowings in Jewish music are concerned, Judith 
undoubtedly knows a book's worth to my article--or, rather, my footnote.

--Robert Cohen


>hi, re Robert's comment - in fact , while my message, most of which
>Robert didn't repeat, may not have been particularly "thoughtful" (can't
>remember what I wrote) it wasn't angry! Whether this was part of that
>message or not, surely by now people know that I'm aware of the
>processes of musical borrowing and interchange both in general and
>between Jewish and other cultures, including the Muslim Middle East
>("Arabic").
>
>Amnon Shiloah (no, I don't have the reference handy) has a wonderful
>anecdote which I've quoted elsewhere, about rabbis in Edirne about a
>century ago, going to a mosque during the day on a Friday every week,
>and standing at the back to pick up some good tunes to use on
>Shabbat.....
>
>cheers, Judith


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