Re: FW: Music Question -- Nigun Bialik

[Helen Winkler <winklerh...>]

Is this the same melody that is used for the dance Hora Bialik,
choreographed by Yoav Ashriel in 1962?

Helen
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Subject: Re: FW: Music Question -- Nigun Bialik


> 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.
> _____________________________________________________________
> 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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