Music and audio © 21 May 2023 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) “May the words of my mouth, and the song in my heart, be pleasing to you, my God, my Rock and my Redeemer.” (Ps 19:14) These words are used at the end […]
Yih’yu L’ratzon (May the Words of My Mouth) Read More »
Here are a few bits of free sheet music as PDFs to download. Some of the pieces are my transcriptions of music that is in the public domain and/or out of copyright. Others are my own pieces which you are welcome to download and distribute. You’ll see there’s a little coffee cup icon that allows
Contemplative version, with guitar: Version with piano, tango style: Music, English translation and audio © 18 July 2022 Alexander Massey Dedicated to my dear uncle, Paul Massey (z”l), who died on 12 July 2022. Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) The poem that has become known as Dudeleh (also as A
Dudeleh, Ribono Shel Olam (You, You, You!) Read More »
These are my favourites! Comins, Mike (2010) Making Prayer Real: leading Jewish voices on what prayer is difficult and what to do about it [Inner meanings & practices.] Grishaver, Joel Lurie (2012) Stories We Pray: insights into the inner work of Jewish worship [A hugely rich resource for imagination, kavanah-intentions and meanings to make the prayers
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Music and audio © 2021 Alexander Massey Download the free sheet music Galut – ‘exile’ – has been a recurring theme through Jewish history. We have been expelled from many countries over the centuries. I don’t ascribe to the idea that Jerusalem belongs exclusively to Jews any more than it does to anyone else, but
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A nigun is, at its simplest, any melody. However, in my own music, I use this word only when it is wordless, and, most importantly is carefully structured to take the singer(s) and listener(s) on an emotional and spiritual journey, shaped with a specific intention. I have written much more about this in my articles,
Music and recording © Alexander Massey, 19 May 2020 Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar, + optional vocal harmonies) In May 2020, during the lockdown, I was attending a morning meditation session run by Rabbi Anne Brener in the USA (4.30pm for me in the UK!). She asked us how we
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Music and recording © Alexander Massey 19 May 2016 Download the free sheet music (round for 2 voices & piano) הִגִּיד לְךָ אָדָם, מַה-טּוֹב; וּמָה-יְהוָה דּוֹרֵשׁ מִמְּךָ, כִּי אִם-עֲשׂוֹת מִשְׁפָּט וְאַהֲבַת חֶסֶד, וְהַצְנֵעַ לֶכֶת, עִם-אֱלֹהֶיךָ “You have all been shown what is good, and what God seeks from you.Do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly
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Music and recording © Alexander Massey 11 March 2015 Download the free sheet music (3 part round with optional piano or guitar) אֱלהַי נְשָׁמָה שֶׁנָּתַתָּ בִּי טְהורָה הִיא My God, the soul You have given me is pure. (Berachot 60b) The Talmud teaches us to say ‘God’ as our first word when we wake in the
Elohai N’shamah (My Soul Is Pure) Read More »
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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