Re: khad gadyo

[Joshua Huppert <jbhuppert...>]

Thanks, Lorele, for clearing up the confusion  about 'khad gadyo.'
Now I am really confused.
Are there two songs, each with its own lyrics and melody, or just different
words, or just different melodies?
I followed your link to your cd, but I don't see a song with that title. Is
the title something else, or am I really really confused?

Joshua Huppert
Chicago

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lori Cahan-Simon" <l_cahan (at) staff(dot)chuh(dot)org>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: khad gadyo


> 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
> >
>
> --
> You can now hear Lori's new CD, Songs My Bubbe Should Have Taught Me;
Vol.1: Passover, at: http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/lcahan Only $15 & postage.
Email me for more info.
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