Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 25 Sept 2016 Download the free sheet music (round of 2 voices & optional guitar chords) “Listen, YaH, to the sound of my cry and, being kind, answer me.” (trans. Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi) “Hear, O Lord, when I call with my voice, and be gracious to me, and answer […]
Sh’ma Adonai Koli Ekra (Hear My Voice) Read More »
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 13 August 2015 Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) The sheet music is also available as part of ‘Five Sacred Chants’. ןְטַהֵר לִבֵּנוּ לְעָבְדְּךָ בְּאֶמֶת “Purify our hearts, that we may serve You in truth.” When, in the morning, we say, ‘Elohai, n’shamah sh’natata bi,
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Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 23 January 2014 In English: In Hebrew: Download the free sheet music (solo voice, English & Hebrew) Written and first performed for the Council of Christians and Jews gathering with the Oxford Unitarians service at Harris Manchester College, Yom HaShoah 5774 / Holocaust Memorial Day 2014. Many commentators have
Essa Einai (I Lift My Eyes – Ps. 121) Read More »
Oseh Shalom No. 2 – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, 12 Sept 2012 Download the free sheet music (1 or 2 voices & piano or guitar) I wrote this piece originally for the Yom Kippur Musaf service. This melody is based on musical motifs from the Hin’ni ‘Here I stand’ solo prayer sung by
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Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 8 March 2011 Download the free sheet music (1 or 2 voices & piano) The music for this came to me in the week of Tisha B’Av (the 9th of the month of Av), the day that marks many sadnesses for the Jewish people – the date it is
Nigun Nachamu Nachamu (comforting at Tisha B’av) Read More »
© Alexander Massey 9 Oct 2008 Contact me to request the free sheet music (2-4 voice round). I wrote this originally as a musical meditation to prepare for leading Mincha (the afternoon service) at Yom Kippur 5769 (2008) with the London Ruach Chavurah community (Jewish Renewal). Some commentators on the Book of Jonah have said
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