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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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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Music and audio © 21 May 2023 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved The sheet music is currently being edited, so if you would like a copy of the sheet music please contact me. “May the words of my mouth, and the song in my heart, be pleasing to you, my God, my Rock and
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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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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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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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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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Music and recording © Alexander Massey 13 Sept 2020 – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (lead sheet, voice & guitar) Collections I have also written a two part round setting of the final verse of Psalm 23:6, known as V’shavti B’veit Adonai – And I Will Dwell in the House of the
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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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Psalm 92 Musical settings for the ‘Verses of song’ section of the morning service This list includes solo pieces, duets, congregational music, chants, rounds, and full choral settings. Much of it can work unaccompanied as well as accompanied, while some work better with accompaniment.
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