On Thu, 1 May 2003, Lori Cahan-Simon wrote: > Khaveyrim, > > I was looking in the 1931 edition of The Jewish > Community Songster and found En Keloheynu, the usual > tune that people on this list have characterized as a > "German drinking tune". In this book it is > attributed to J. Freudenthal. Is this true, and what > can anyone tell me about him?
Chaveirah, This tune was indeed composed by Freudenthal, and has nothing to do with drinking songs, whether German or not. Cantor Sam Weiss once explained the full story on this list. He was kind enough to give me permission to post his article on my website: http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/articles/on-ein-keloheinu.html Groeten, Irwin Oppenheim [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~* Chazzanut Online: http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/ ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash ---------------------- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------=
