Re: Scarborough Fair

[Beverly Woods <tradmusic...>]

That's a traditional tune, to a traditional English folk song, not composed
by Garfunkel.

Beverly Woods

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>From: steves <steves (at) shani(dot)net>
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Scarborough Fair
>Date: Sun, Jul 14, 2002, 10:42 AM
>

> I have been asked by an Israeli composer, to ask whether anyone on the
> list knows about a connection between Art Garfunkel's song, Scarborough
> Fair and any Jewish tune. It seems that with a bit of musical license,
> the very popular tune for Adon Olam (Adon Olam 28 on my site:
>
>  http://members.tripod.com/%7EAnimzmirot/midis.html   )
> is similar and someone heard that Garfunkel based his tune on a melody
> his father brought home from shul.
>
> Regarding this Adon Olam tune, does anyone know the origins?
>
> Does anyone know of a tune of any kind that is connected with the Kabbalah?
>
> Thanks
>
> Stephen Simpson
>
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