Music and recording © Alexander Massey 22 January 2013 Here is the same music, but sung to my own English translation: Music, English lyrics and recording © Alexander Massey 22 January 2013 BUY the sheet music – $6.75 (3 copies @ $2.25) – includes options for 1 or 2 voices, piano or guitar part (also …
Oseh Shalom No. 2 – Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, 12 Sept 2012 BUY the sheet music (solo lead sheet) – $3.95 BUY the sheet music (2 vces & pno) – $6.75 (3 copies @ $2.25) I wrote this piece originally for the Yom Kippur Musaf service. This melody is based on musical motifs …
Psalm 86:1-7 Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 8 May 2012 Listen/watch song on YouTube Listen/watch nigun on youTube BUY the sheet music (solo & pno) – $4.95 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), …
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, 6 March 2012 BUY the sheet music (solo & pno) – $4.95 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 God in …
Ruth 1:16-18 Composition, lyrics and audio © Alexander Massey, 9 Nov 2011 BUY the sheet music (solo & pno) – $4.95 BUY the sheet music (duet & pno) – $6.75 (3 copies @ $2.25) Vatomeir Rut al-tifgi-bi, l’azveich lashuv meiachara’ich: ki el asher teilchi eileich, uva’asher talini alin – ameich ami, veilohayich elohai; ba’asher tamuti …
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 2011 BUY the sheet music (1 or 2 vces & pno) – $4.95 The poem of Yedid Nefesh is usually attributed to the 16th century kabbalist Rabbi Elazar Ben Azikri, although he never claimed authorship. The text is often sung at Kabbalat Shabbat, the service bringing in Shabbat on …