[Mesorah] mis-accentuation

[Sholom Simon]

Oops -- I mean to add: Sulzer lived in Vienna at the same time as 
Johann Strauss did, and who was making "Viennese Waltzes" the new "big thing."

And so, we see that Aleinu and Vayehi Bin'soa are both waltzes (3/4 time).

At 08:55 AM 12/21/2017, Sholom Simon wrote:
>I wonder if Sulzer actually wrote the part to which you are 
>referring.  Note that the part that _does_ fit well is in 3/4 
>time.  The part that doesn't fit is in 4/4 time and has a completely 
>different feel/mood.  We he write a song that switches from "regal" 
>to "bouncy" like that?  I can't but wonder:  was that an add-on by 
>somebody else?
>
>My memories of learning about Sulzer are vague, and coming back to 
>me very slowly.  I just remembered another one he wrote that so many 
>R, C, and O congregations use:  Vayehi Bin'soa.  Accents fit on that 
>one, too, no?
>
>At 06:30 AM 12/21/2017, Akiva Miller via Mesorah wrote:
>>I had written that the common tune for the beginning of Alenu is
>>accented perfectly. I was wrong. Many thanks to someone who corrected
>>me off-list.
>>
>>Prior to sending that post, I sang it quietly several times, while
>>looking carefully in the ArtScroll, and still I did not notice that
>><<< the tune includes the mistaken accentuations KOr'im. ham'LOCHim,
>>haKOdosh and BOruch. >>>
>>
>>This supports what others have posted, that sometimes, we become so
>>accustomed to the tune that it can be difficult to spot these errors.
>>
>>I also noticed that all four of these exceptions are in the last line
>>of the section that I had referred to. In other words, they all come
>>after the missing "Shehem" sentence. I can't help but wonder if the
>>tune originally went only up to "k'khol hamonam", and then this line
>>was added later.
>>
>>Akiva Miller
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