A collection of rounds from the simple and easy learnable, to complex ones for advanced musicians and vocalists. The shortest melody is 6 bars, and the longest 48 bars, with anything from 2 to 5 voices. There are recordings of…
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Shalom Aleichem (round)
Music and Audio © Alexander Massey 10 April 2014 3 part round, 12 bars
Shabbat Shalom (round)
Music and Audio © Alexander Massey 16 March 2012 4 part round, 16 bars
Shalom (chant/round)
Music and Audio © Alexander Massey 12 April 2013 I made this 2 part round up during a Saturday morning service at the end of the Amidah, after the final blessing, as an alternative to Elohai N’tzor, Yih’yu L’ratson, or…
Sim Shalom (No.2) with Lo Yisa Goi
Music and audio © Alexander Massey 25 Nov. 2018 (Apologies for my falsetto parts in this ad hoc recording – I’ll post a better recording when I next have sopranos in my studio!) This Sim Shalom (Maker of Peace) partners another…
Lo Yisa Goi (No.1) / Sim Shalom
Music and audio © Alexander Massey 25 Nov. 2018 (Apologies for my falsetto parts in this ad hoc recording – I’ll post a better recording when I next have sopranos in my studio!) This 4 part round, prophesying the end of…
Adonai S’fatai Tiftach (chant)
Music and audio © Alexander Massey 20 Oct 2014
‘You have all been shown’ – its music and meaning
Music and recording © Alexander Massey 19 May 2016 The sheet music for this is available for purchase as part of ‘Five Sacred Chants’. “You have all been shown what is good, and what God seeks from you. Do justice,…
Elohai N’shamah – its music and meaning
Music and recording © Alexander Massey 11 March 2015 The sheet music is available for purchase as part of ‘Five Sacred Chants’. אֱלהַי נְשָׁמָה שֶׁנָּתַתָּ בִּי טְהורָה הִיא Elohai, n’shamah shenatata bi, t’horah hi. My God, the soul You have…
Five Sacred Chants
‘Five Sacred Chants’ is an 11-page sheet music set of simple rounds and chants for 2 or 3 voices. It includes a a 4-page introduction with an essay ‘What’s the point of chanting?’, and short commentaries on each of the…
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