Re: what is a Shlomo song?

[Moshe Berlin <berlim...>]

You can mention too, the 2 CDs "Le'olam Lo Eshkakh" and "Yachad" which are an 
instrumental interpretation to 48 tunes of R' Shlomo.

Moshe Berlin
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Richard Green 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:02 PM
  Subject: Re: what is a Shlomo song?


       Am Yisrael Chai is probably the most widely known of all Shlomo 
Carlebach's tunes.  It was composed in the '60s as an anthem for the Russian 
Jewry movement.  Yisrael B'tach Bashem, Od Yishama, Borchi Nafshi, Adir Hu, 
Oseh Shalom, etc. are all Shlomo tunes.

       Shlomo's later tunes include Eliyahu Hanvi, the Cracow Nigun, his last 
Uv'nei Otah rendition (the final song he actually composed).  The "Best of 30 
Years" compilations have a breakdown by decade but I find them somewhat over 
produced and over commercialized.

       During the something close to 40 year period that Shlomo composed songs 
his style evolved.  His later recordings have a more modern approach than his 
early compositions.

       And his daughter, Neshama Carlebach, has taken an even more modern style 
of interperatation of her father's music with rock style leads on her self 
titled first solo CD and Shimon C Lanzbom's guitar playing on the Haneshamah 
Shel Shlomo album. Haneshama also featured Shlomo's singing too.

    Since I own 57 recordings of his, I'm pretty well versed on all of it.  I 
think it should be approached from a look at each decade and time period as 
Shlomo tended to change with the times although he definitely was at his height 
in the '60s.



  >From: merubin (at) attbi(dot)com 
  >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org 
  >To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  >Subject: what is a Shlomo song? 
  >Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 14:51:54 +0000 
  > 
  >Shalom chevre, 
  > 
  >I have been on this list for a short while, but I love 
  >the wonderful bits of information and sharing that get 
  >passed around! Thanks for creating such a nurturing 
  >community. 
  > 
  >This past week marked the eighth yahrtzeit of Reb Shlomo 
  >Carlebach. I am the music mensch at the Jewish Renewal 
  >congregation in Chicago (Makom Shalom) nowadays, but I 
  >can honestly say that it was listening to a tribute CD 
  >of his songs and niggunim that brought me full fold into 
  >the world of Jewish music. 
  > 
  >Some friends and I were talking about it last Shabbos. 
  >Is there any one song that you could say is 
  >representative as "a Shlomo song"? It's difficult, of 
  >course, because there are so many wonderful songs that 
  >crossed over boundaries to become popular across 
  >denominations. I never knew Reb Shlomo or saw him in 
  >concert during his life, but I do know that his music 
  >inspired me and continues to inspire me to this day. 
  > 
  >Does anyone else have thoughts on any one song as 
  >representative as "a Shlomo song"? For me, if I had to 
  >choose one, it would be "L'maan Achai/Brothers and 
  >Friends" followed very closely by "Return Again." 
  > 
  >Any thoughts? 
  > 
  >b'shalom v'chevrut, 
  >Michael 
  > 
  >p.s. The name of that tribute CD is called "Echoes of 
  >Reb Shlomo." It's WONDERFUL and I highly recommend it. 
  > 
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