Re: Kol Nidrei: Yiddish Songs (or Klezmer)

[Bob Wiener <wiener...>]

Thanks Sam.  Listening to it right now.  My research has shown that Kol Nidre 
means very different things to different people and that is certainly reflected 
in this selection.  And it's precisely the sort of thing (without either Kol 
Nidre or Yom Kippur in the title) that I wouldn't know but for your help (or if 
I listened to my whole record collection).

Bob

----- Original Message ----- 
  From: SamWeiss (at) bellatlantic(dot)net 
  To: World music from a Jewish slant 
  Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:00 PM
  Subject: Re: Kol Nidrei: Yiddish Songs (or Klezmer)


  At 07:05 PM 2/9/03, Bob Wiener wrote:

    Can this group help with Yiddish songs (or klezmer music) that quote the 
music of or refer to Kol Nidrei?  

  Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band's album "Fire" has an arrangement of Abraham 
Reisen's poem about the ravages of war ("Milkhome," sung by Adrianne Cooper) 
with the band's playing of Kol Nidre as a prelude, interlude and postlude.  
Frankly, I am somewhat disturbed by the implications of the arrangement, i.e. 
the association of Kol Nidre with death and destruction.

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  Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ