I think the article correctly noted that there is no one type or form or mood of Jewish music. However, there are two distinct features or moods in Jewish music , and I can tell you how I experienced them:
1) There is the crying, pleading, prayerful sound of the sorrow and laments: I am thinking of Saturday morning services and the w…
I think the article correctly noted that there is no one type or form or mood of Jewish music. However, there are two distinct features or moods in Jewish music , and I can tell you how I experienced them:
1) There is the crying, pleading, prayerful sound of the sorrow and laments: I am thinking of Saturday morning services and the wailing sounds "Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh (holy, holy, holy) ado shem tsi vos" etc.
The melancholic majesty of this strain of Jewish music is something I hear in the Beatles song, "I Me Mine."
2) There is the ribald, rough and raw sounds of dissent and ultimate triumph. I feel it in "Rumania, Rumania." The lyrics might be comical, but the sound of the music is something else: The loud thunderous voices are bellowing, "We ain't gonna take your shit anymore." I once was in a rock band of sorts (I played in CBGB's) and "Rumania Rumania" was the fuel that made this engine go
I think the article correctly noted that there is no one type or form or mood of Jewish music. However, there are two distinct features or moods in Jewish music , and I can tell you how I experienced them:
1) There is the crying, pleading, prayerful sound of the sorrow and laments: I am thinking of Saturday morning services and the wailing sounds "Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh (holy, holy, holy) ado shem tsi vos" etc.
The melancholic majesty of this strain of Jewish music is something I hear in the Beatles song, "I Me Mine."
2) There is the ribald, rough and raw sounds of dissent and ultimate triumph. I feel it in "Rumania, Rumania." The lyrics might be comical, but the sound of the music is something else: The loud thunderous voices are bellowing, "We ain't gonna take your shit anymore." I once was in a rock band of sorts (I played in CBGB's) and "Rumania Rumania" was the fuel that made this engine go