John Erlich - 9-16-2010 at 03:22 PM
Greetings Fellow Oud Freaks,
I mentioned that I bought a book in Brooklyn, NY that had discussion of maqamat in Hebrew. My sense is that this fact is mostly interesting from a
sociological standpoint: It's the first time I've seen explanations/discussions of maqamat in Hebrew in a non-scholarly book. I suspect that this has
to do with the passing of the generation of Jews born and educated in the Arab world, since I've never seen maqam explanations in a "pizmon" book
before. In the past (it would seem), I certain degree of knowledge of maqamat was always ASSUMED.
Anyway, I thought it would be interesting to post some sections of the book. Attached is the first installment (rast).
I would be happy to attempt a translation, but would any of the Forum's native Hebrew speakers like to give it a try?
Peace,
John
Attachment: Maqam Discussion in Hebrew from Pizmon Book.pdf (616kB)
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What is a "Pizmon" Song?
John Erlich - 9-17-2010 at 10:04 AM
Attached is a page from the book. I copied and annotated it to show and explain what "pizmonim" are.
Peace,
Udi John
Attachment: Pizmon Song Sheet Annotated.pdf (389kB)
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Marina - 9-18-2010 at 02:36 AM
Hi there,
nice PDFs. It is written very nicely, but the content in Hebrew is just the things that u can find on maqamworld.com. The Hebrew tekst of the song is
religious, just like some church hymn, so also nothing new. Prace the God, ;-)
(Sory, I am not so religious, so it is not so interesting for me)
It there would be enything that can not be found on maqamworld, I would translate it.
But, for Hebrew speakers, it looks like nice source.
And, the autor is talking about plain MAQAM, not MAQAM in Jewish tradition (there is no such a thing - maqam is maqam ;-), or so. He compares Turkish
& Arabic maqam at one point.
The text about Pizmonim is cool. Lastly, it is very popular to "assurect" the Piyutim as well.
You can find a lot of those piyutim songs with reflection on maqamat at:
http://www.piyut.org.il
John Erlich - 9-20-2010 at 09:51 AM
Hi Marina,
You are right.
As I said, the maqam discussion in the book was mostly interesting for sociological reasons (for the generation of Mizrahi Jews born and educated
outside the Arab world). I assumed that the maqam discussion was very basic.
As far as not being "religious," no need to apologize. I do wish that more Jewish communities outside North America would allow for non-Orthodox Jews
to practice (actively) some form of Judaism. As we say here in the USA, "The fundamentalists don't own G-d!"
Piyut.org is a great web site and a great resource! I have used it many times...
Chag Sukkot Sameach,
John