One Kid, Many Tunes: Exploring Different Versions of the Passover Tune "Chad Gadya"
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A stick came and hit the dog that bit the cat that ate the goat that my father bought for two coins... why do we sing this strange Aramaic song at the very end of the Passover Seder? Where does it come from? What greater lessons can we learn from this song? Come and explore different tunes and iterations of the song "Chad Gadya" from across the Jewish world, including as an anti-war protest song, a version in Judeo-Italian from Florence, and a wildly inaccurate interpretation from the annual Lubin family Seder.
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Kevin Lubin (he/they) is a composer, instrumentalist, and silly goose from New York and now living in Cambridge, Massachusetts. They have a master’s degree in music composition from the Longy School of Music and a bachelor’s in harpsichord performance from Adelphi University. Kevin is an avid lover of early music and has performed with a variety of historically-informed ensembles on harpsichord and viola da gamba. In these roles, they have curated riveting and educational concerts including those highlighting Jewish composers of the 17th century. On a typical day, Kevin can be found brewing multiple cups of coffee, singing in Yiddish, and scheduling more rehearsals than they have time for.
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