Re: Word

[allen watsky <awatsky...>]

Neshomme = soul , but I was taught that Schwung was like momentum, which was
analogous to swing , but not quite. So schwung . As in " yo, ( inverse of
oy, take note) Benny , that really schwung." That's woikin' feh me. Its
cool that in the pronunciation I have heard there is a little 'eh' sound at
the end so ya git, schwung'eh.Its got atmosphere. An ephemeral something.
Regards to all, Al Watsky
----- Original Message -----
From: "I.Oppenheim" <i(dot)oppenheim (at) xs4all(dot)nl>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: Word


> On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, Sylvie Braitman wrote:
>
> > It seems that the word we are looking for would be
> > the equivalent of "soul" or "swing"
>
> Well that would be Neshomme or Schwung.
>
> But also here, to understand the meaning and value of
> these terms in the context of Jewish music, presupposes
> an understanding of Jewish music and culture.
>
> > I think we need to look in the direction of a word
> > that symbolizes (not tell) what Klezmer is about.
>
> And all those other forms of Jewish music?
>
>
> Groeten,
>
>   Irwin Oppenheim
>   i(dot)oppenheim (at) xs4all(dot)nl
>   www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/
>
>
>


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