Re: Quartertones in cantorial music

[MaxwellSt <MaxwellSt...>]

In a message dated 10/30/2003 5:08:27 AM Central Standard Time, 
dchevan (at) snet(dot)net writes:
 I get the sense that he was very aware that the "out-of-pitch" notes created 
a certain drama that the congregation would have felt as supplication. 
This is definitely something that is strongly in the tradition, as cantors 
with more training than I have could confirm.  On "B'Rosh Hashana," I do some 
of 
this note bending to express (as you say) the angst of extreme supplication, 
and I am sure it was not my original idea!  

You know that joke about the Cantor who calls himself the Third Yossele 
Rosenblatt....
When he's asked who the Second Yossele Roseblatt might be, in great offense 
he retorts,
"There could BE no Second Yossele Rosenblatt!"

Lori (at) Max