David W. Solomons: Shem Ru’ahh for clarinet solo by David W. Solomons Sheet Music for Clarinet Solo at Sheet Music Direct

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Title David W. Solomons: Shem Ru’ahh for clarinet solo

Artist David W. Solomons

Score Type

PDF, Included with PASS

Composer David W. Solomons

Format Digital Sheet Music

Pages 3

Arrangement Clarinet Solo

Publisher Musik Fabrik Music Publishing

Level 3

Product ID 553327

Genre Contemporary Jewish Standards

Instruments Clarinet

Product Description

Shem Ruahh for clarinet solo by David W Solomons
The significance of the title relates to the fact that the clarinet is a wind instrument of great importance in Jewish culture, and the music reflects a somewhat Westernised view of this culture. The word שם (shem) is often translated as name, although it is not as abstract as the modern meaning of the word name because it also holds the underlying meaning of the name for example one might call a person Adam and think of it as an abstract sequence of letters, which just happens to be a name, but the underlying meaning, or shem, is that the first Adam was so called because he came from out of the ground (adamah). The word רוח (ruahh) means wind, but is often translated as spirit. The modern meaning of spirit evokes something incorporeal, but the word ruahh represents the very essence of what you are or what God is. In the case of God, it is a mighty rushing wind which fills the world and is everywhere. The significance of the title is therefore: The name is the spirit or rather, more literally, the significance is the wind.

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