Jewish folk song?
September 13, 2011 1:29 AM Subscribe
What is this tune? (Possibly a Hasidic folk song?)
I heard this tune in Jerusalem in 1995/6. It is ear-wormy and catchy. My impression (through the very hazy memory of childhood) is that it was sung particularly by religious Jews, though it was not actually a religious (that is, liturgical) song -- that it was instead (if the following concept even makes sense) a "pop hit" among the Hasidic Jews (though I had no reason to believe it was new at the time).
Any info about the origins of this song?
http://soundcloud.com/user6998438/unknown-folk-song
I heard this tune in Jerusalem in 1995/6. It is ear-wormy and catchy. My impression (through the very hazy memory of childhood) is that it was sung particularly by religious Jews, though it was not actually a religious (that is, liturgical) song -- that it was instead (if the following concept even makes sense) a "pop hit" among the Hasidic Jews (though I had no reason to believe it was new at the time).
Any info about the origins of this song?
http://soundcloud.com/user6998438/unknown-folk-song
It sounds vaguely like any number of classic hassidic negunim
posted by victors at 5:09 AM on September 13, 2011
posted by victors at 5:09 AM on September 13, 2011
Best answer: I recognized the song immediately, but could not put words or a name to it. I asked friends in Shul on Tuesday morning, and asked a few more as I met them throughout the week. Nobody added anything.
At Shul today I asked a few people who are into niggunim and Jewish songs, and what I gathered from them all, separately, was that it's used by all religious Jews (Ashkenazi, Sefardi, Hassidic, Yeshivish, etc.), that's it's particularly popular at weddings, and if it had a name, it was 'the Wedding Song.' Nobody could place the words to the song.
I asked my parents, and they both immediately knew that it's Keitzad Merakdim, a popular Jewish song which is probably Hassidic in origin. The words are sung to other tunes as well, and all of its versions are popular at weddings because they recount a Talmudic argument on the mitzvah of rejoicing with the bride.
That's all I got.
posted by mhz at 5:21 PM on September 17, 2011
At Shul today I asked a few people who are into niggunim and Jewish songs, and what I gathered from them all, separately, was that it's used by all religious Jews (Ashkenazi, Sefardi, Hassidic, Yeshivish, etc.), that's it's particularly popular at weddings, and if it had a name, it was 'the Wedding Song.' Nobody could place the words to the song.
I asked my parents, and they both immediately knew that it's Keitzad Merakdim, a popular Jewish song which is probably Hassidic in origin. The words are sung to other tunes as well, and all of its versions are popular at weddings because they recount a Talmudic argument on the mitzvah of rejoicing with the bride.
That's all I got.
posted by mhz at 5:21 PM on September 17, 2011
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posted by vasi at 1:36 AM on September 13, 2011