On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, Yoel Epstein wrote:
I wonder if anyone has thought about the legal
implications of Kol Isha. In the US, for example,
would cancellation of a woman's performance be
construed as a violation of Title VII of the Civil
Rights act of 1964, which prohibits employment
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Alex J. Lubet wrote:
I don't know a whole lot about Liszt and Jews,
When Karl Heymann was once playing piano for his
teachers at the Frankfurt conservatory, Liszt attended
the audition. When Heymann left, one of the gentlemen
asked Liszt's oppinion. Liszt responded: Er hat
On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
For those of us who don't speak German, what's 'ueberlistet'?
Sorry. Ueberlist literally means to outdo and is
obviously a pun on Liszt.
I might add as well that Karl was a son of the famous
Dutch cantor Isaac Heymann, and a talented pianist.
When
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Henri Oppenheim wrote:
I keep my other questions (about scales for example)
for a coming message...
If you're interested in shtaygers, you probably would
like to have a look at:
http://www.klezmershack.com/articles/horowitz/horowitz.klezmodes.html
Groeten,
Irwin
Could anyone answer this question that was sent to me?
The person in question seems to be more fluent in
Yiddish than in English.
The original message follows below.
Groeten,
Irwin Oppenheim
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Chazzanut Online:
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2003, Jewish Music Distribution wrote:
I am looking for information about a Cantor called
Nachamma originally from Salonicka who was then
cantor for Berlin from the age of 18 in 1947 until 3
years ago -does any one know of him and recordings?
Noa,
You're talking about
On Sun, 23 Feb 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
I wasn't 'proving' anything- I was suggesting a
possible reading of the pasuk.
The verse (Exodus 15:20) clearly states: All the women
went out after her (ie Miriam) in dance with timbrels.
And Miriam chanted for them: Sing to the Lord...
I do not see
On Sat, 22 Feb 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
Wasn't that how this all started? Lahem is a masculine form.
That does not prove anything. There are numerous places
throughout the Bible where a masculine form is used for
a feminine plural pronoun. A striking example is
Numbers 27:7, where God
With what do you not agree? That you first have to
master the material before you can rise above it?
That's one. Or are you really saying that the only
good artists are the versatile, technically
profiicent ones?
No, on the contrary. A basic technical ability is only
the starting point
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, BlackMonk wrote:
The holy Baal Shem Tov took the text of Judaism
and developed it, improvised, expanded,
embellished, polished it, while staying true to the
text. Not everyone is an artist, of course.
However, we can only rise above the material by
mastering it
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Roman Turovsky wrote:
Does anyone know any other instance of this melody anywhere else???
The opening motive also occurs in the Yigdal melody by
Leoni (the most well-known of all Yigdal melodies).
According to Idelsohn, it also occurs in some Sephardi
nusach for Tefilat Tal.
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Roman Turovsky wrote:
who contrafacted the Romanian Carul cu Boi
Could you be more specific about this last item? Is
it a vocal or instrumental tune? RT
It's a vocal, Romanian folk song, that probably was
also the source of Smetana's Moldau
Groeten,
Irwin Oppenheim
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Roman Turovsky wrote:
Does anyone know any other instance of this melody anywhere else???
The opening motive also occurs in the Yigdal melody by
Leoni (the most well-known of all Yigdal melodies).
According to Idelsohn, it also occurs in some Sephardi
nusach for
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Roman Turovsky wrote:
Is this possibly the same melody?
RT
It is indeed. The full story is explained by Idelsohn.
You can also read something about it here:
http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=645letter=Lsearch=leoni
and here, including some transcriptions:
On Thu, 3 Jul 2003, Roman Turovsky wrote:
Moi, bedankt. I have looked at and played it, but it bears no
resemblance to our subject whatsoever.
The motive to which the words Kol od baleivav penimah
from the Hatikvah are sung, is exactly the same as the
the opening motive of Leoni's Yigdal
On Tue, 8 Jul 2003, Roman Turovsky wrote:
I am sorry but the site contains nothing on nevel and it presents Celtic
Brian Boru type of clarsach/harp as harp of David. Just doesn't hold
water.
...but it sells quite well, I guess.
Groeten,
Irwin Oppenheim
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Chazzanut
On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Bob Wiener wrote:
It will explore how music of the past century in the
area of present day Israel reflects the region's
history and politics.
Hasela Ha'adom about Petra?
Groeten,
Irwin Oppenheim
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Chazzanut Online:
On Thu, 1 May 2003, Richard Green wrote:
If memory serves me correctly, Am Yisroel Chai is
chanted during Kiddush Levanah for the New Moom or as
part of Havdalah.
No, this is not the case.
However, there are two other popular songs that derive
from the Kiddush Levanah ceremony: David melekh
On Mon, 5 May 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
Judeo-Christian religious broadway classical rock
Last I looked neither Tower nor CD Universe had any
of these categories for sale.
Because these are not musical genres, but expressions
of your own idiosyncratic evaluation of certain
musical works...
On Sun, 4 May 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
Are there no such things as musical genres?
I would say that music can be classified in
genres (Renaissance, Baroque, Classical, Romantic,...)
let's play a little game. Genre-classify the
following five artists
This is an entirely different
On Mon, 5 May 2003, Eliezer Kaplan wrote:
if I decide that I hate modern classical on the basis
of John Cage (not me personally)
How could one hate a complete genre on account of a
negative experience with only one piece of music, or
even one composer?
Just because you do not like Elias by
On Thu, 22 May 2003, Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:
If you happen to be up at 7am Eastern time tomorrow (Friday) morning,
please log on to wmji.com and go to the listen live page. My bandmates
(N.O.S.) and I will be interviewed around 7:10
That will be 13.00 here in continental Europe.
Good luck!
On Thu, 22 May 2003, Fred Blumenthal wrote:
Wasn't Machtenberg the composer of an elaborate Shehecheyanu? Or are
there two people with similar names?
Shehecheyanu was indeed one of Machtenberg's most
famous compositions.
Groeten,
Irwin Oppenheim
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Chazzanut
On Fri, 23 May 2003, dchevan wrote:
Irwin,
Thanks so much for all this useful information. Would you know who recorded
the Shehechayanu that Machtenberg composed?
David
I do not know who recorded it originally. This piece is
a popular concert item and many contemporary chazzanim
have it on
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Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:40:47 +0100 (CET)
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Subject: [CHAZON]
I am looking for music for Far Vus Zingt a Chazen. If
anyone can provide me a copy I would greatly appreciate
it.
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Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 13:41:03 +0200 (CEST)
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Subject: [CHAZON]
I'm looking for the lyrics of a Yiddish song which
Chazan Yosele Rosenblatt sang, It's starts Nisht vait
tzu gain speaking about Dovid
On Tue, 3 Jun 2003, Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:
I assume you are half-kidding, as usual, but there is that later version
that's all Hebrew.
Dear Lorele,
What is wrong with the poem Halicha Lekesarya (Eli
Eli) by Hannah Szenes, which was set to music by David
Zahavi?
It is not a later version of
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 18:44:19 +0100
From: Victor Tunkel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: I. Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [JLM] RE: New at Chazzanut Online
It is attributed (correctly, in my opinion) to Minkowsky in various places.
For example, Gorali and Samburski in their Sepher Shirim
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 04:58:40 -0700 (PDT)
From: Daniel Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], I. Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Paul Buch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Re: [JLM] More Comments from Rabbi Katz
You are referring below to the non
Below some more remarks by Daniel Katz about Akdamut
that might be interesting to others as well.
Irwin
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Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 05:21:48 -0700 (PDT)
From: Daniel Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: akdamut
Im sending a list of my articles as an attachment.
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In fact, I have been in contact with a musician and
scholar in Germany who has just completed this thesis
on the Russion-Jewish school 1870-1930
What is the name of the thesis and its author?
Groeten,
Irwin Oppenheim
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Below I have attached a picture with a transcription of
the theme of the Agnus Dei from Verdi's Requiem next to
a transcription of a Halleil theme for Pesach, used by
the Portuguese Jews in Amsterdam.
Both themes are strikingly similar. Do you know whether
one of the themes was based on the
Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 17:32:15 -
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Subject: [Davening] Live Webcast of Kinot by Rabbi Weinreb
Live Web Broadcast of Tisha B'Av Kinot
Thursday, August 7, 9:15 AM - 1:15 PM (EDT)
With Rabbi Dr. Tzvi Hersh
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, Bram Dov Abramson wrote:
European governments got together to declare a Holocaust
Memorial Day as 27 January.
Until 2 years ago the UK and Italy where the only
European countries who did not have a Sho'ah memorial
day. They picked 27 January, being the day on which
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, Francesco Spagnolo wrote:
It always amazed me that such inspired music could be
written on texts that express such a refined degree
of hatred.
...probably because they believed in it.
Irwin
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Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 09:49:16 +1000
From: Bernshaw, David [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: I. Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [JLM] Verdi and the Sefardim
Dear Irwin, There is a theme Verdi employs for tenor
early on in Don Carlos which , at least
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Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:10:16 -0400
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Subject: [JLM] Verdi
Verdi composed four sacred pieces(quatro pezzi sacri)
for chorus. They are magnificent examples of SATB
writing. One piece sticks out in my mind - Ave
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Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 12:24:57 +0200
From: Edwin Seroussi
To: I. Oppenheim
(referring to: www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/port/verdi.html
Any other oppinions on this issue? I.O.)
Dear Mr Oppenheim,
A brief note on you question concerning Verdi. This is
a pure
On Tue, 12 Aug 2003, George Robinson wrote:
This is definitely NOT a hoax, as you can see from the source of the
information.
No, Microsoft is one big hoax.
How could anyone take their products seriously?
Irwin
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003, I. Oppenheim wrote:
All the other European countries have had Sho'ah
memorial days for decades. E.g. in Holland it's on
4 May, the day on which Holland was liberated.
Oops. I wanted to write: 5 may is the day on which the
liberation of Holland is celebrated
On Fri, 29 Aug 2003, Wendy wrote:
When someone asks a question, unless it's something that you feel is
important for the whole list to see, please reply offline! This
especially goes for those who specifically request replying offline.
Just check the header when replying and make sure you're
You can also search the list through:
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It contains all the messages starting Jan. 2003.
Groeten,
Irwin Oppenheim
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Chazzanut Online:
http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/
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If I'm not mistaken, Lewandowski's one and two voiced
book has a simple form of Kol Nidre. Unfortunately,
I've loaned the book out to a friend, and can't fax
you a copy.
You can find Lewandowski's solo arr. of Kol Nidrei on
my site:
http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/misc/misc-015.html
As well
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