not about the Great American-Jewish Songbook, but re: Hanuka tunes, I too find most of the traditionals musically tedious. so one thing we've done with Metropolitan Klezmer is take "Oy Hanuka" (Oh, Hanuka) and liven up the melody quite naturally, I think, by putting it into odd meter. the instrumentation lends itself to a 7/8 feel too. this works instrumentally; it can work with vocals, too.
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