[Avodah] Using Non-Jewish Tunes For Mussaf of Rosh Hashanah?

[Allan Engel]

On Mon, Sep 26, 2011 at 4:50 PM, Lisa Liel <lisa at starways.net> wrote:
> What constitutes a non-Jewish tune?  Is Erev Shel Shoshanim, which is an
> Israeli tune, but not particularly a Jewish tune, acceptable by this
> standard?

Some of the tunes used in Ashkenaz kehillos for the last 150 years have
a marked similarity to German folk and liturgical tunes, without the
influence of any Chasidisher gedolim.