I am honestly not sure. This is the first time that a specific klezmer dance name has been found such an early era (we have them from the late 18th century and onward, but not the 17th or late 16th).
Now we have Camp songs, the Beatles music and Broadway tunes that have become part of our synagogue musical experience. Is this something that has always happened? It would be interesting to trace this in other times.
Very cool, and very generous. Zev's book says the prague klezmorim played in the synagogue, and wonders if it wasn't more than dance repertoire. He also suggests that the "use of instrumental music for this religious function had no talmudic basis but emerged in kabbalistic circles in the 16th century in Safed..." I would be curious to know how these two approaches to music manifested and maybe clashed during the early modern period, before more restrictions were put on both klezmer music and accessible kabbalah. Obv a large topic, and not asking you to respond!
Thanks! You are spot on with your questions. Zev's book is great, and he's right that this is a musical innovation based in Lurianic Kabbalah. I too am curious how the innovation of instrumental kabbalat shabbat and the practical reality of klezmorim as dance bands coincided with religious thought about appropriate melodies for the synagogue. It is a huge topic!
Berin Tanz, Hop recht - bring to mind the Story of The Shpoler Zeide - Hop Kozak.
Was the Berin Tanz considered a typical Jewish dance?
Also would it be plausible to say that the Berin Tanz and Hop Recht is in fact one act, perhaps Hop Recht is the song accompaniyng the Berin Tanz?
I am honestly not sure. This is the first time that a specific klezmer dance name has been found such an early era (we have them from the late 18th century and onward, but not the 17th or late 16th).
Now we have Camp songs, the Beatles music and Broadway tunes that have become part of our synagogue musical experience. Is this something that has always happened? It would be interesting to trace this in other times.
It has always happened! It is just always heavily debated :)
Some tunes are better than others.
Very cool, and very generous. Zev's book says the prague klezmorim played in the synagogue, and wonders if it wasn't more than dance repertoire. He also suggests that the "use of instrumental music for this religious function had no talmudic basis but emerged in kabbalistic circles in the 16th century in Safed..." I would be curious to know how these two approaches to music manifested and maybe clashed during the early modern period, before more restrictions were put on both klezmer music and accessible kabbalah. Obv a large topic, and not asking you to respond!
Thanks! You are spot on with your questions. Zev's book is great, and he's right that this is a musical innovation based in Lurianic Kabbalah. I too am curious how the innovation of instrumental kabbalat shabbat and the practical reality of klezmorim as dance bands coincided with religious thought about appropriate melodies for the synagogue. It is a huge topic!