Very moving song- where have I heard this tune before?

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amother

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 9:37 pm

I just came across this beautiful song played by a blind composer as an elegy for the victims of the Tsunami of 2011 in Japan. He gets so emotional as he plays that tears are streaming from his eyes.

https://youtu.be/LqoV4ZW7xTA

Thing is, the music in the first part of the song sounds very familiar. Does it sound
familiar to anyone else ? Where is it from?

amother

Watermelon

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 9:46 pm

That was really beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

It does have a ring of familiarity, but it may be similar to something.

amother

Forsythia

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 9:49 pm

My husband and I also love that song. Check out Schumann Kinderzennen. We thought it sounded somewhat similar maybe.

amother

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 9:56 pm

Thanks, I will.
I may be imagining it, but I hear strains of Rosh Hashanah davening in there. It's for sure a tune I have heard before.

familyfirst

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 10:08 pm

Sounds like Ann be slow song
I could almost sing the beginning while he was playing

amother

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 10:17 pm

familyfirst wrote:

Sounds like Ann be slow song
I could almost sing the beginning while he was playing

Ann be slow? What's that?
I also totally sang along to the first part. I know I have heard it before.

familyfirst

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 10:37 pm

Edited:
Sounds like an old mbd song
For sure

familyfirst

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 10:40 pm

The beginning is the intro to haneshomah lach

Choosa… choosa….

amother

Milk

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 10:53 pm

Sounds like a Josh groban song, can’t place which

amother

Tue, Jan 18 2022, 10:59 pm

familyfirst wrote:

The beginning is the intro to haneshomah lach

Choosa… choosa….

Which Haneshama Lach ?
I know 3. Baruch Levine, Carlebach and eitan Katz.

Eta: YES I heard Haneshama Lach by Carlebach, just the first part. But then he goes off onto something else.
Omg. It's so beautiful.

Choirmistress

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 12:08 am

Eitan Katz's version is entitled "L'Ma'ancha". Of course it contains the words "Haneshama Lach", but let's not confuse a song's official title with its opening -- or, as in this case, later -- words.
"Ha'aderes v'haEmuna" is officially "Chai Olamim".
"I Have a Little Dreidel" is "The Dreidel Song".
"Achas Sho'alti" by Pirchei is "Shivti". (I was a schoolmate of its composer.)
"Shmor Na Aleinu" is "Tefillah".
"Oif'n Pripitchik" is "Der Alef Bays".
And on and on.

familyfirst

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 12:24 am

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7plHuDMFUnI

The intro is similar to shlomo catlebach’s song
Haneshomah lach

amother

Freesia

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 12:28 am

This is what the beginning sounds like:

https://music.apple.com/us/alb.....09847

amother

Freesia

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 12:29 am

familyfirst wrote:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7plHuDMFUnI

The intro is similar to shlomo catlebach’s song
Haneshomah lach

Yes, looks like you beat me to it Smile

amother

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 3:09 am

Yes. And isn't it fascinating that they both thought up the same tune? Carlebach predates this guy by many years. And I'm sure that he was not influenced by carlebach.

The song actually reminds me of an Israeli tune.

amother

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 3:18 am

Choirmistress wrote:

Thanks choir mistress.
Unfortunately, or fortunately, songs - once released to the public - take on a life of their own. The composer may have called the song by one title, but if the public decides to call it by another name, that will become its name.
I have seriously never heard of "Oif'n Pripitchek" referred to as "Der Aleph bais". If the composer had that in mind, well, it didn't stick.
Same with Ha'aderes vehaemunah and achas Shoalti.

Bottom line, in the majority of cases, a song will become known by the first words, or (as in the case of most English Songs) the first words of the chorus.
In the case in point, I know that eitan Katz's song is called l'maancha. That is the first word of the song.

The reason I listed it as one of the three is simply because I was once in Choir that put those three "haneshama lach" songs together in a medley.

DrMom

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 4:16 am

The caption to the video says it is his own composition: "Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 in Japan".

amother

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 8:56 am

DrMom wrote:

The caption to the video says it is his own composition: "Elegy for the Victims of the Tsunami of March 11, 2011 in Japan".

Yes I know. That's why I am fascinated that the first part is eerily similar to Haneshama lach. And the whole rest of the song just makes me think of a blend of Yigal Calek and Yossi Green....

Choirmistress

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 4:36 pm

Thanks for that, OP.
I have never heard of two, far less three, tunes to Haneshama Lach being performed as a medley. Am I correct in assuming that one of the other two was by Carlebach?

amother

Wed, Jan 19 2022, 5:58 pm

Choirmistress wrote:

Thanks for that, OP.
I have never heard of two, far less three, tunes to Haneshama Lach being performed as a medley. Am I correct in assuming that one of the other two was by Carlebach?

As I mentioned, one is by Baruch Levine from one of his earliest albums.
Then there's the carlebach one that was posted above.
Iirc, I think we started with Lmaancha from Eitan Katz, then went into Baruch Levine and then Finished with carlebach.

Eta. This is Haneshama Lach from Baruch Levine. It is a hidden gem.
https://youtu.be/UuLfy3HglM4

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