14. Chasidic Song

Question 1

Where, according to R’ Nachman of Breslov, is the source of melodies?

Answer 1

all melodies are derived from the source of holiness

Question 2

What does the Alter Rebbe say about music?

Answer 2

the tongue is like the quill of the heart; the song is the quill of the soul

Question 3

What does Rav Moshe Korbin say about song?

Answer 3

song is like a parable (mashal); the moral (nimshal) needs to be understood.

Question 4

What does R’ Yisrael Taub of Modzitz say about music?

Answer 4

the chamber of music is the same as the chamber of repentance
what one nigun can express cannot be expressed by 1000 words

Question 5

What does The Rebbe Rashab say about music?

Answer 5

the nigun is the like the master key that unlocks all gates

Question 6

What does Rav Avraham of Sadigora say about music?

Answer 6

each nation has its own melody, but Yisrael plays all the melodies together in order to raise them to their origin

Question 7

What does the Frierdiker Rebbe say about music?

Answer 7

music is a gate through which you can achieve the required state of existence

Question 8

Sources of the music

Answer 8

synagogue modes, Ukranian and Slavic folk song, Cossack dances and military marches