Music and audio © 1 May 2023 Alexander Massey Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) “Seek the peace—the shalom—of the city, and pray to God for it: for in its shalom, you shall all have shalom.” (Jeremiah 29:7) In Hebrew, the word ‘peace’ is shalom. The first letter of shalom is shin, which, […]
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Music & Audio © 4 Nov 2022 Alexander Massey – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (3 voices & piano) I believe in the sun, even though all around be dark.I believe in God, even though he be silent.I believe in love, even when love must hide. [English lyrics: Alexander Massey] The original
Arrangement & Audio © 2022 Alexander Massey Download the free sheet music (3 voices & piano) The events unfolding in Ukraine since February 2022 have been horrifying. I am so sad to see the disregard for the lives and human rights of Ukrainian people, and the destruction of the country and its natural environment. It
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Music and audio © Alexander Massey 8 June 2020 – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (round for 2 voices & optional bass)
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Music, English lyrics and recording © Alexander Massey 2020 – All Rights Reserved Download the free sheet music (voice & guitar) “Peace, peace, when you are far, However close you are.” So speaks Havayah. “Who is Havayah?” you might ask. This is a word that, in more recent times, some people have chosen to say when
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On 13 June 2019, Hansh’mah Lach was played at the Universal Unity Celebration fo Peace, hosted by the British Friends of the Abrahamic Reunion, a great cause!
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Music and audio © Alexander Massey 25 Nov. 2018 Download the free sheet music (round for 4 or more voices) This Sim Shalom No.2 (Maker of Peace) partners another round, Lo Yisa Goi No.1, that prophecies the end of war. Lo Yisa Goi No.1 is set in a minor key, and uses a verse from Isaiah
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Music and audio © Alexander Massey 11 April 2018 Download the free sheet music (voice & piano) Jeremiah 31:15; Genesis 4:10; Jerusalem Talmud Sanhedrin 4:9 On Yom HaShoah v’HaGevurah, we commemorate both the victims of the Holocaust, and those who heroically resisted. This piece was written to honour those people. The three Jewish texts offer
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Instrumental version below (easier to hear the individual parts): Music and Audio © Alexander Massey 28 January 2017 Download the free sheet music (round for 3 voices) This three part round is written in 2 languages (Hebrew and English) and 3 different time signatures (4/4, 6/8 and 3/4)! Each line being pitted against the other
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Watch/listen to Sim Shalom on YouTube Music and audio © July 2014 Alexander Massey Download the free sheet music (high voice & optional piano) Bestow (‘put’) peace, goodness and blessing, grace, and loving-kindness and mercy, on us and on all Israel Your people. Bless us, our Creator, together as one with the light of Your
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