Re: Nusach Recorded

[Judy Pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Irwin et al:
Groves has very little on 'nusach', but there are two summary paragraphs in
the sections about 16th and 17th century Ashkenazi that are simple
descriptions.

Judy
(That's the new Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians online.)

"I.Oppenheim" wrote:
> 
> All the recent queries on 'Nusach,' have stimulated me
> to record several examples of West European Nusach. In
> particular, I've recorded all the different versions of
> 'Retseih' and 'Venismach' according to Nusach
> Amsterdam that I'm aware of.
> 
> Everything is online at:
> www.xs4all.nl/~danio/chazzanut/
> 
> Warning: the recordings are of rather poor quality.
> 
> It would be interesting if other people with an
> Askenazi Nusach would compare these recordings to their
> own Nusach. Are there more versions of these prayers in
> other Nuscha'ot than in my Nusach? Are there versions
> in my Nusach that don't have a counterpart in other
> Nuscha'ot? What is roughly similar and what is totally
> different? Maybe somebody would like to volunteer to
> record his own versions of these (or other) prayers?
> 
> I would like to thank cantor Sam Weiss for suggesting
> Sholom Kalib's book 'The Musical Tradition of the
> Eastern European Synagogue.' I did not know it yet.
> 
> Last but not least I'd like to point out that the
> Encyclopedia Judaica also contains some information on
> 'Nusach.'
> 
> Groeten,
> 
>   Irwin Oppenheim
>   i(dot)oppenheim (at) xs4all(dot)nl
>   www.xs4all.nl/~danio/chazzanut/
> 

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