RE: Four Quesions on Am Yisroel Chai

[Gavriel Bellino]

Is that the one by Seymour Rockoff? Shlomo’s is slightly older.   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dick Rosenberg Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 8:43 PM To: World music from a Jewish slant Subject: Re: Four Quesions on Am Yisroel Chai   My band (and probably the band of half the members on this list) plays what I consider the "other" version of Am Yisrael Chai (the one that sounds rather like Tsena, Tsena). I learned that long before I learned Shlomo Carlebach's and that has the Od Avinu Chai.   Dick Rosenberg ----- Original Message ----- From: Gavriel Bellino To: World music from a Jewish slant Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 9:23 PM Subject: RE: Four Quesions on Am Yisroel Chai   No. It’s way older than that. Probably by a hundred years. He was commissioned to write a song with those words, but the words had been a part of our musical consciousness long before it. I believe that he added the words Od Avinu Chai on his own, paraphrasing Joseph’s question to his brothers and their report back to Jacob. All best, GZB   -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 8:19 PM To: World music from a Jewish slant Subject: Re: Four Quesions on Am Yisroel Chai   Someone with more knowledge may wish to correct me.... but.... I am pretty sure that Shlomo wrote this  for the refuseniks in the Soviet Union. Might have even debuted the tune when he was there. mike eisenstadt tampa