agoldhammer@y... wrote:
agoldhammer@y... wrote:
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> yes, Ravel wrote a rather wonderfully lyric version of the Kaddish
> prayer which was written in aramaic (pretty similar to Hebrew).
> Cecilia Bartoli has recorded it. I think the other two songs in this
> Opus are in Hebrew and not Yiddish but I'm not 100% sure.
In a different set from the one that has the Kaddish in it,
Ravel has two songs entitled Chansons Hebraique, and one of
them is in Yiddish. I know, because I had to get the diction
from my father, since I don't speak any Yiddish. Mazel Tov
is about it for me!
Peggy
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Margaret Harrison, Alexandria, Virginia, USA
"Music for a While Shall All Your Cares Beguile"
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