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- From: bri@panix.com (Brian Shanblatt)
- Newsgroups: soc.culture.jewish
- Subject: Re: Synagogue MUSIC
- Message-ID: <1992Dec30.133657.18496@panix.com>
- Date: 30 Dec 92 13:36:57 GMT
- References: <102882@netnews.upenn.edu> <1992Dec23.182159.17690@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> <VICTOR.92Dec28111023@terse.watson.ibm.com>
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- In article <VICTOR.92Dec28111023@terse.watson.ibm.com> victor@watson.ibm.com writes:
- >During the High Holidays, our shul had a chazan visiting from Eretz
- >Yisroel. During R"H musaf, when perhaps I wasn't paying complete
- >attention, I was suddenly startled to hear a tune that was familiar to
- >me, but I couldn't place. I started to rack my brain, and realized
- >that it was "It's a Small World" (from Disneyland/world). I asked the
- >chazan about it afterwards. He told me that, in fact, his family also
- >uses it for Shir Ha'maalot before the Birchat Ha'mazon on shabbat and
- >yom-tov. I tried it, and it works!
- >--
-
- I like the tune for a children's song. The refrain is, for my taste,
- a bit insipid to be used for prayer. Even I admit though that
- it's catchy...traif, but catchy!
-
- I have written before that tunes with identify-able secular sources are
- poor choices for prayer tunes.
-
- If we MUST use Disney tunes for prayer, how about something more
- meaningful and serious, like the tune "feed the birds, tupence a bag"
- from mary poppins. That is a beautiful tune, although I have yet
- to match it to any siddur text.
-
- Victor, maybe if you ever invite me for shabbos, we cantry it to shir
- hamaaolos, instead of it's a small world" ! :->
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