nigun

Nigun Yom HaShoah

Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 15 March 2021 Download the free sheet music (voice & drone) Genesis lists 70 descendants of Noah after the crisis of the Great Flood, and from this, Jewish tradition has it that there are 70 nations of the world, and that we all come from one family. This nigun has

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Nigunim

A nigun is, at its simplest, any melody. However, in my own music, I use this word only when it is wordless, and, most importantly is carefully structured to take the singer(s) and listener(s) on an emotional and spiritual journey, shaped with a specific intention. I have written much more about this in my articles,

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Nigun Naomi

Music & audio © Alexander Massey 14 May 2016 Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) The melody is based on the nusach for the haftarah blessing on shabbat morning. It has 50 notes, in honour of my friend Naomi’s 50th birthday!

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Nigun Chakartani vaTeida – You Have Searched Me Out and Known Me – Nigun meditation on Psalm 139

Music & audio © Alexander Massey, 26 Oct 2018 Download the free sheet music (instrumental) Collection This piece is one of many suitable for the High Holy Days. Enjoy the rest of the High Holy Days collection, for free, here. The Piece Music’s role is often to express or explore what cannot be put into

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Nigun Limmud

Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 1 September 2008 Download the free sheet music (instrumental) I wrote this after coming back home from my first ever experience of a Limmud conference, camping in a field in the heart of the English countryside, where I heard the most amazing gig that mixed Israeli and Sephardic music.

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