Re: khad gadyo

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

Well, I have gotten to the bottom of this.  I checked in a Peretz 
"complete works" and found the poem, but not the one I thought it was.
 The song we commonly sing is by Lukowsky, after all!  The book I have 
has the attributions reversed!!!  My reputable source was infallible, as 
usual.  So, sorry for disseminating incorrect info.  I'm going to look 
in all my books and correct the wrong attribution on the pages.

Lorele


Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:

> Hi, all.  I wanted to share something with you I found interesting.
>
> In my research for my just-released peysakh album I had been looking 
> at the song "Khad Gadyo". In different books I have seen both I.L. 
> Peretz and I. (or sometimes Y.) Lukovsky as authors for the popular 
> Yiddish version.  This I found confusing and one very reputable source 
> assured me it was Lukovsky.
>
> I have just gotten a hold of the book, Folksgezangen far shul un heym; 
> aranzhirt far piano un gezang [Folksongs for School and Home; Arranged 
> for piano and voice], Moses Ivker, 1947, and, SURPRISE!,  it has two 
> different Khad-gadyo songs, one by Peretz, the other by Lukovsky.  The 
> music has no composer listed for either, although the prolific Michl 
> Gelbart has been named as composer for the melody used with the Peretz 
> lyrics in other books.  The song we commonly sing is the one 
> attributed to Peretz.  The two sets of lyrics are very similar, as is 
> the musical structure, so I understand the confusion.  I'm so glad to 
> have discovered this, as it clears up the confusion caused by the 
> different listings as to author in many different books.
>
> Does anyone have any more insight into this matter?
>
> Does anyone have a biography of Lukovsky?
>
> Lorele
>

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