Psalms / Tehillim

Neir Adonai No.1 – Candle of God No.1 – Fun, lively setting

Music & audio © 2023 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) Collections I used the same words to compose another setting with a very different, contemplative character: Neir Adonai No.2. This piece is part of the Themes of Light collection: compositions reflecting on light and […]

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Neir Adonai No.2 – Candle of God No.2 – Contemplative setting

Music and audio © 2 Dec 2023 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Listen/view on YouTube. Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) אֱלהַי נְשָמָה שֶנָתַתָ בִיטְהורָה הִיאנֵר יְהוָה, נִשְמַת אָדָםחֹפֵשׂ, כָל-חַדְרֵי-בָטֶןכִי-אַתָה, תָאִיר נֵרִייְהוָה אֱלֹהַי, יַגִיהַ חָשְכִי Chorus: My God, the soul you have given me is pure. [Berachot 60b, morning prayer]Verse 1: The

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Sh’lach Or’cha – Send Out Your Light – Psalm 43:3

Music & Audio @ 7 Dec 2022 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) Collection This piece is part of the Themes of Light collection: compositions reflecting on light and its significance in Jewish thought. The Piece שְׁלַח-אוֹרְךָ וַאֲמִתְּךָ, הֵמָּה יַנְחוּנִייְבִיאוּנִי אֶל-הַר-קָדְשְׁךָ, וְאֶל-מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֶיךָ ;Send out your

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Or Zarua No. 2 – Light is Sown No. 2 – Psalm 97:11 – Lively Setting

Music and audio © November 2022 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) Collections I wrote a completely different setting of Or Zarua during the same 24 hour period; it’s a more contemplative version. It’s interesting to explore the same verse from different angles! Or Zarua

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Or Zarua No.1 – Light is Sown No.1 – Psalm 97:11 – Contemplative Setting

Music and audio © November 2022 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano, or for 3 voices) Collections I wrote a completely different setting of Or Zarua during the same 24 hour period – a lively, celebratory version. It’s interesting to explore the same verse from different angles.

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Adonai Ori / Achat Sha’alti – God is My Light / Only One Thing I Ask – Psalm 27:1 & 27:4

Music and Audio © 2022 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano, including lead sheet) Collections This piece is part of the Themes of Light collection: compositions reflecting on light and its significance in Jewish thought. This piece is also one of many suitable for Elul and the

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Yism’chu HaShamayim – Let Rejoice the Heavens – Psalm 96:11

Music and recording © Alexander Massey 12 Sept 2020 – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) Collections I wrote this setting on 2020 for our Musaf service at Yom Kippur in Oxford. Enjoy the rest of the High Holy Days collection here. This text also occurs as part

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