We have much beautiful music to choose from when putting together a Jewish wedding. Here is just a small selection of the main choices that are available; each text has many different musical versions. I am a seasoned professional singer and instrumentalist, and have been cantorial prayer leader for numerous services and communities; and as a published composer in the […]
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Composition and audio © Alexander Massey – 24 June 2012 BUY the sheet music (voice & pno) – $4.95 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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Written and first performed for the Oxford Unitarians service at Harris Manchester College, Yom Hashoah 5774/2014 Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 23 January 2014 In English: In Hebrew: Essa Einai / I lift my eyes – BUY the sheet music (Eng & Heb) – $4.95 Many commentators have seen this psalm as expressing total
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Mi Adir – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, 13 Nov 2013 BUY the sheet music (1 or 2 vces & pno) – $4.95 BUY the sheet music (solo voice & string quartet) – $14.95 (full score + string parts) Mi Adir is a text that is traditionally used at a Jewish wedding as the couple processes
The grace after meals, my setting of B’rich Rachamana was taught to the Lincoln Jewish Minyan at their St George’s Harvest Supper (2013). “After a lovely dessert of spiced plums and ice cream Steve then surprised the gathering by inviting them all to join him in singing Birkat Hamazon (Grace After Meals) in Hebrew. He
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Y’varech’cha Adonai (May You Be Blessed) – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, 3 July 2013 BUY the sheet music (solo & pno) – $4.95 BUY the sheet music (SATB & pno) – $11.25 (5 copies @ $2.25) The simple meaning I have always loved the sounds of this blessing (sometimes called the ‘Priestly Blessing’), whether
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(Also, take a look at my page ‘Music and thoughts on healing‘) Music, English words and audio © Alexander Massey, 12 May 2013 BUY the sheet music (lead sheet) – $3.95 BUY the sheet music (SATB) – $9 (4 copies @ $2.25) BUY the sheet music (SSAA) – $9 (4 copies @ $2.25) BUY the
Ana Eil Na – a song for healing Read More »
Solo – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 2012 Duet – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 2012 The sheet music is available in any key for £3.50 GBP (please contact me if you want a different key from the ones shown here) BUY the sheet music (solo & pno, Fmaj) – $4.95 BUY the
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 22 April 2013 BUY the sheet music (solo lead sheet, G or Bbmaj) – $3.95 BUY the sheet music (low duet & pno) – $6.75 (3 copies @ $2.25) BUY the sheet music (high duet & pno) – $6.75 (3 copies @ $2.25) Shalom Aleichem is a traditional Shabbat
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Tazria-Metzora (Lev 12:1-15:33) Thought, word and deed As my own personal response to a section of Torah that I find difficult to relate to in modern times, I have been looking at Tazria-Metzora through the lens of a traditional, but unrelated, teaching I learned from Rabbi Zalman Shachter-Shalomi1 (ZT”L), the founder of the 20th century Jewish
Tazria-Metzora 5773 – The three holy garments, and the personal touch Read More »