Re: FW: Music Question -- Nigun Bialik

[SamWeiss <SamWeiss...>]

This a classic Hassidic nigun.  It appears in Volume X of Idelshon's 
"Thesaurus" (published in 1931) without any title or commentary, simply as 
Nigun #65.  The association of this melody with Ch. N. Bialik is due to its 
being a favorite at the Oneg Shabbat cultural sessions which he presided 
over some time after settling in Tel-Aviv in 1924.  Apparently the name 
"Nigun Bialik" had not yet caught on by the time Idelsohn made his 
compilation.  It does appear by that title in Harry Coopersmith's 1942 
collection "Songs of Zion," and probably in earlier sources earlier as well.
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Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ

At 06:57 PM 10/5/02, Seth Rogovoy wrote:
>can someone help out?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Jessica Walsh [mailto:flutemusic (at) earthlink(dot)net]
>Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 5:38 PM
>To: rogovoy (at) berkshire(dot)net
>Subject: Music Question -- Nigun Bialik
>
>
>Dear Seth,
>
>I am including "Nigun Bialik" in a book of tunes for flute. I have
>looked in several books as well as online for its origin, and I have
>asked friends (who claim to have danced to it) just where this tune
>is from. I'm none the wiser.
>
>I suspect it is wrong to list it as being from Israel since the tune
>predates 1948.
>
>Do you know which country, town or region I should credit?
>If you have time and don't mind doing so, would you tell me?




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