Music and audio © 1 May 2023 Alexander Massey Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) “Seek the peace—the shalom—of the city, and pray to God for it: for in its shalom, you shall all have shalom.” (Jeremiah 29:7) In Hebrew, the word ‘peace’ is shalom. The first letter of shalom is shin, which, […]
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Music, English lyrics and recording © Alexander Massey 2020 – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & guitar) “Peace, peace, when you are far, However close you are.” So speaks Havayah. “Who is Havayah?” you might ask. This is a word that, in more recent times, some people have chosen to say when
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Music and audio © Alexander Massey 25 Nov. 2018 Download the free sheet music (round for 4 or more voices) This Sim Shalom No.2 (Maker of Peace) partners another round, Lo Yisa Goi No.1, that prophecies the end of war. Lo Yisa Goi No.1 is set in a minor key, and uses a verse from Isaiah
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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 audio © Alexander Massey 11 April 2018 Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) Jeremiah 31:15; Genesis 4:10; Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 4:9 On Yom HaShoah v’HaGevurah, we commemorate both the victims of the Holocaust, and those who heroically resisted. This piece was written to honour those people. The three Jewish texts offer
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Instrumental version below (easier to hear the individual parts): Music and Audio © Alexander Massey 28 January 2017 Download the free sheet music (round for 3 voices) This three part round is written in 2 languages (Hebrew and English) and 3 different time signatures (4/4, 6/8 and 3/4)! Each line being pitted against the other
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Music and recording © Alexander Massey 19 May 2016 The sheet music is also available as part of ‘Five Sacred Chants’. There is a shorter introductory article about the music and meaning of this chant here. “You have all been shown what is good, and what God seeks from you.Do justice, love kindness, and walk
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Solo – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 2012 Duet – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 2012 Download the free sheet music (2 voices & piano) V’erastich li l’olam.V’erastich li b’tzedek uv’mishpat, uv’chesed uv’rachamim.V’erastich li b’emunah, v’yada’at et Havayah [YHVH/Adonai]. I betroth you to me forever,with equality and fairness, and kindness and compassion.I betroth
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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, 6 March 2012 Download the free sheet music (1 or 2 voices & piano) How to encompass in one song the 42 chapters of the story of Job? There have been centuries of debate over the meaning of the Book of Job. Some remind us that the character of
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