Music and recording © Alexander Massey 12 Sept 2020 – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & piano or guitar) “Let the heavens rejoice and the earth exult; let the sea and all within it thunder.” Psalm 96:11 is such a joyous text, it needs music that will get people clapping, stamping […]
Yism’chu HaShamayim (Let The Heavens Rejoice) Read More »
Here are some my musical settings that can be used for Kabbalat Shabbat. First, music for prayers and texts already in the siddur: Adon Olam No.1 – (recording coming soon) The refrain evokes the solemnity and grandeur of the Divine, while the verses have a more tender quality for the intimate yet yearning relationship we have with
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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
Shalom Aleichem Malachei (Welcome, Angels) Read More »
And below is the same music, but sung to my own English translation: Music and recording © Alexander Massey 22 January 2013 Download the free sheet music (1 or 2 voices & piano or guitar) The poem L’chah Dodi grows out of the kabbalistic tradition of 16th century Safed. It was popularised by Isaac Luria
L’chah Dodi (My Love, My Love) Read More »
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 2011 Yedid Nefesh No.1 – Download the free sheet music (1 or 2 voices & piano) 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
Yedid Nefesh No.1 (My Soul’s Beloved) Read More »