Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 23 Oct 2016 Download the free sheet music (unison, or 2 part round) Two part round in 10/8 (patterns of 3-3-2-2) Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote, “in prayer, words are commitments. … [P]rayer is meaningless unless we stand for what we utter, unless we feel what we accept. A word […]
Ein Keiloheinu No.1 (There Is None Like God) Read More »
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 25 Sept 2016 Download the free sheet music (round of 2 voices & optional guitar chords) “Listen, YaH, to the sound of my cry and, being kind, answer me.” (trans. Reb Zalman Shachter-Shalomi) “Hear, O Lord, when I call with my voice, and be gracious to me, and answer
Sh’ma Adonai Koli Ekra (Hear My Voice) Read More »
Music and audio © Alexander Massey 13 August 2015 Download the free sheet music (1 or 2 voices lead sheet) Happy is the one who lives in Your house; they praise You forever. Selah. (Psalm 84:5) Happy is the people for whom this is so; happy is the people for whom YHVH is God. (Psalm
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Composition and audio © Alexander Massey – 24 June 2012 Download the free sheet music (voice & optional piano) Psalm 150 not only completes Book 5 of the Psalms (tehillim), but is the last of all the Psalms. As such, its themes are particularly important as a summation – a vision – of what our
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Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 23 January 2014 In English: In Hebrew: Download the free sheet music (solo voice, English & Hebrew) Written and first performed for the Council of Christians and Jews gathering with the Oxford Unitarians service at Harris Manchester College, Yom HaShoah 5774 / Holocaust Memorial Day 2014. Many commentators have
Essa Einai (I Lift My Eyes – Ps. 121) Read More »
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 5 March 2013 Download the free sheet music (voice & figured bass) I am grateful to my storyteller friend Adele Moss for drawing my attention to Psalm 131, and encouraging me to spend time with it. Why was it written? What is it about? Adele’s inspired suggestion is that
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Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 14 June 2012 Download the free sheet music (solo with 3 vocal accompaniments & piano) At first glance, Psalm 87 appears to be quite disjointed, with no clear emotional or theological point to make. While a line from it was used by John Newton in 1779 for the hymn
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Psalm 89:16-19 Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, 24 May 2012 Listen / watch on YouTube (including spoken introduction) – SOAS Interfaith Music Festival Download the free sheet music (1, 2 or 3 voices, unaccompanied, or with guitar) Contact me to request the free sheet music for the version of 4 equal voices + piano. Verse
Ashrei Ha’Am (Happy Are The People) Read More »
Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 8 May 2012 Listen/watch song on YouTube Listen/watch nigun (wordless tune) on youTube Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) Although the lyrics for this are based very closely on the first half of Psalm 86, this song was originally written as a nigun (wordless melody),
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Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 25 March 2012 Download the free sheet music (round for 3 voices & optional piano) “How great are your works, God! Your thoughts are very deep.” The morning service includes Psalm 92 Tov l’hodot (‘It is a good thing to give thanks to God’). We begin the day by
Mah Gadlu (How Great are Your Works) Read More »