http://themoderatevoice.com/14207/tisha-b%e2%80%99av-building-from-the-ruins-let-musicians-run-world-governments/ An Internet hub with domestic and international news, analysis, original reporting, and popular features from the left, center, indies, centrists, moderates, and right Wed, 15 Feb 2012 21:33:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 http://themoderatevoice.com/14207/tisha-b%e2%80%99av-building-from-the-ruins-let-musicians-run-world-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-92187 Tisha B’Av: Building From the Ruins; Let Musicians Run World Governments · Articles Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:58:04 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/14207/tisha-b%e2%80%99av-building-from-the-ruins-let-musicians-run-world-governments/#comment-92187 [...] Tisha B’av is about mourning what has been destroyed and finding a way to build a new temple, whether cultural, personal, religious or creative. Here are some musicians who are bridges across roiling waters: Jewish-Muslim music: Gerard Edery…”I’m not naive about how polarized Jews and Arabs have become.” Edery is a singer and classical guitarist …Standing before a room full of Muslims, this Jewish musician launched into “a very Jewish song” in Hebrew about Elijah the prophet. Then, “without even thinking,” he started teaching the audience the words. “At first, I sensed a hesitation from the audience… After a few measures…700 to 800 Muslims [were] singing with me in Hebrew.... Hindu-Muslim music: Bismillah Khan’s A man of tenderness, he believed musicians are supposed to be heard and not seen.” He was a pious Shiía Muslim and also, like many Indian musicians regardless of creed, a devotee of Mother Saraswati. Khan is one of the finest examples of Hindu-Muslim unity in India. He said, “Even if the world ends, the music will still survive… Music has no caste”. AfricanAmerican-Jewish music: In New York, The American Symphony Orchestra wove this: The composers on this program born into Jewish families who integrated African-American materials in their work–Gershwin, Gruenberg and Gould–did so in ways which earned the respect and admiration of their African-American contemporaries and colleagues. The composers of African-American descent–Price, Ellington and Kay–who integrated European traditions with African-American traditions, did so in ways which earned the respect and admiration of their non-African-American contemporaries and colleagues. (more…) [...] [...] Tisha B’av is about mourning what has been destroyed and finding a way to build a new temple, whether cultural, personal, religious or creative. Here are some musicians who are bridges across roiling waters: Jewish-Muslim music: Gerard Edery…”I’m not naive about how polarized Jews and Arabs have become.” Edery is a singer and classical guitarist …Standing before a room full of Muslims, this Jewish musician launched into “a very Jewish song” in Hebrew about Elijah the prophet. Then, “without even thinking,” he started teaching the audience the words. “At first, I sensed a hesitation from the audience… After a few measures…700 to 800 Muslims [were] singing with me in Hebrew…. Hindu-Muslim music: Bismillah Khan’s A man of tenderness, he believed musicians are supposed to be heard and not seen.” He was a pious Shiía Muslim and also, like many Indian musicians regardless of creed, a devotee of Mother Saraswati. Khan is one of the finest examples of Hindu-Muslim unity in India. He said, “Even if the world ends, the music will still survive… Music has no caste”. AfricanAmerican-Jewish music: In New York, The American Symphony Orchestra wove this: The composers on this program born into Jewish families who integrated African-American materials in their work–Gershwin, Gruenberg and Gould–did so in ways which earned the respect and admiration of their African-American contemporaries and colleagues. The composers of African-American descent–Price, Ellington and Kay–who integrated European traditions with African-American traditions, did so in ways which earned the respect and admiration of their non-African-American contemporaries and colleagues. (more…) [...]

]]> http://themoderatevoice.com/14207/tisha-b%e2%80%99av-building-from-the-ruins-let-musicians-run-world-governments/comment-page-1/#comment-92185 Tisha B’Av: Building From the Ruins; Let Musicians Run World Governments · New York Articles Wed, 25 Jul 2007 01:55:27 +0000 http://themoderatevoice.com/entertainment/14207/tisha-b%e2%80%99av-building-from-the-ruins-let-musicians-run-world-governments/#comment-92185 [...] Tisha B’av is about mourning what has been destroyed and finding a way to build a new temple, whether cultural, personal, religious or creative. Here are some musicians who are bridges across roiling waters: Jewish-Muslim music: Gerard Edery…”I’m not naive about how polarized Jews and Arabs have become.” Edery is a singer and classical guitarist …Standing before a room full of Muslims, this Jewish musician launched into “a very Jewish song” in Hebrew about Elijah the prophet. Then, “without even thinking,” he started teaching the audience the words. “At first, I sensed a hesitation from the audience… After a few measures…700 to 800 Muslims [were] singing with me in Hebrew.... Hindu-Muslim music: Bismillah Khan’s A man of tenderness, he believed musicians are supposed to be heard and not seen.” He was a pious Shiía Muslim and also, like many Indian musicians regardless of creed, a devotee of Mother Saraswati. Khan is one of the finest examples of Hindu-Muslim unity in India. He said, “Even if the world ends, the music will still survive… Music has no caste”. AfricanAmerican-Jewish music: In New York, The American Symphony Orchestra wove this: The composers on this program born into Jewish families who integrated African-American materials in their work–Gershwin, Gruenberg and Gould–did so in ways which earned the respect and admiration of their African-American contemporaries and colleagues. The composers of African-American descent–Price, Ellington and Kay–who integrated European traditions with African-American traditions, did so in ways which earned the respect and admiration of their non-African-American contemporaries and colleagues. (more…) [...] [...] Tisha B’av is about mourning what has been destroyed and finding a way to build a new temple, whether cultural, personal, religious or creative. Here are some musicians who are bridges across roiling waters: Jewish-Muslim music: Gerard Edery…”I’m not naive about how polarized Jews and Arabs have become.” Edery is a singer and classical guitarist …Standing before a room full of Muslims, this Jewish musician launched into “a very Jewish song” in Hebrew about Elijah the prophet. Then, “without even thinking,” he started teaching the audience the words. “At first, I sensed a hesitation from the audience… After a few measures…700 to 800 Muslims [were] singing with me in Hebrew…. Hindu-Muslim music: Bismillah Khan’s A man of tenderness, he believed musicians are supposed to be heard and not seen.” He was a pious Shiía Muslim and also, like many Indian musicians regardless of creed, a devotee of Mother Saraswati. Khan is one of the finest examples of Hindu-Muslim unity in India. He said, “Even if the world ends, the music will still survive… Music has no caste”. AfricanAmerican-Jewish music: In New York, The American Symphony Orchestra wove this: The composers on this program born into Jewish families who integrated African-American materials in their work–Gershwin, Gruenberg and Gould–did so in ways which earned the respect and admiration of their African-American contemporaries and colleagues. The composers of African-American descent–Price, Ellington and Kay–who integrated European traditions with African-American traditions, did so in ways which earned the respect and admiration of their non-African-American contemporaries and colleagues. (more…) [...]

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