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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Evening prayers Adon Olam No.2 – can be sung a cappella, or with pno/guit Ahavat Olam – can be sung a cappella solo, congregational, or SATB, or with optional piano Hashkiveinu – for voice and guitar/piano; can also be a cappella; in Hebrew, it uses core elements of the prayer text, with one short section in
Here is a list of my Jewish songs that use English, either as the original lyric, as a singable close translation from a Hebrew setting of mine, or alternating between English and Hebrew in a song.
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There are lots of ways to categorise the pieces I have written: music for Shabbat, High Holidays, psalm settings, interfaith etc.. All of the music can be searched in multiple ways on my main music page. In the meantime, I have listed my music here according to whether it can be sung as a solo
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Here are many pieces I’ve written for High Holy Days over the years. Some texts appear several times in the season, throughout the month of Elul, at S’lichot, Rosh Hashanah, or on more than one occasion during Yom Kippur. Each link takes you to an audio file, written commentary, and free sheet music (Creative Commons
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Here is a list of songs to cover a wide range of lifecycle moments: birth & baby blessings, death (including funeral, Yizkor, memorial), bar/bat mitzvah, conversion, weddings, illness & healing, and moments of crisis or heightened need. There are also songs for making sacred space, celebrating joy, and offering general blessings of goodwill. Making sacred
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A collection of rounds from the simple and easy learnable, to complex ones for advanced musicians and vocalists. The shortest melody is 6 bars, and the longest 48 bars, with anything from 2 to 5 voices. There are recordings of all of them on this website. If you would like sheet music for any of
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Five traditional Yiddish songs, arranged by Alexander Massey for 3 voices (soprano, alto, and tenor/bass) with piano – can be performed unison with piano, or with 2nd and/or 3rd voice. This collection was previously only available to purchase, but after much thought I have decided to make all my music available for free. A mixture
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Here are my (currently 28) musical settings of various complete psalms, some part psalms, and single psalm verses (by number, and alphabetically): 18 Neir Adonai No.1 18 Neir Adonai No.2 19 Yih’yu L’ratzon 23 Adonai Roi 23 V’shavti B’veit Adonai 27 Adonai Ori / Achat Sha’alti 27 Sh’ma Adonai Koli Ekra 36 Nir’eh Or / In
Five Sacred Chants is an 11-page sheet music set of simple rounds and chants for 2 or 3 voices. It includes a a 4-page introduction with an essay ‘What’s the point of chanting?’, and short commentaries on each of the five pieces. You can listen to all the chants on this website: Tashlich – 2
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