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,…
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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…
Lo Yisa Goi (No.2) – Nation Shall Not Raise Sword
Music and Audio © Alexander Massey 28 January 2017 Instrumental version (easier to hear the individual parts) 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…
Halleluyah No. 2 (Psalm 150)
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey, October 2011 Psalm 150 not only completes Book 5 of the Psalms (tehillim), but is the last of all the Psalms. As such, its message is particularly important as a summation – a vision…
V’shavti B’veit Adonai (Ps 23:6)
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 21 Sept 2015 Ach, tov vachesed yird’funi kol y’mei chayai; v’shavti b’veit Adonai l’orech yamim. Surely, goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life. And I will dwell in the…
You have all been shown what is good
Music and recording © Alexander Massey 19 May 2016 The sheet music is available for purchase as part of ‘Five Sacred Chants’. There is a shorter introductory article about the music and meaning of this chant here. “You have all…
V’asu Li Mikdash and the ‘holiness project’
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 16 Feb 2017: V’asu li mikdash v’shochanti b’tocham. Recording with English words: “We’ll make You a holy home, and You will live with us.” Buy the sheet music: $2.25 (approx. £1.80), minimum 4 copies…
Ein Keloheinu No. 2
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 23 Oct 2016 There is none like our God: none like our Lord. There is none like our King: none like our Saviour. Who is like our God: who is like our Lord? Who…
Sh’ma Adonai Koli Ekra (Ps 27:7)
Composition and audio © Alexander Massey 25 Sept 2016 Sh’ma Adonai koli ekra; v’choneini va’aneini. Hear, O Lord, when I call with my voice, and be gracious to me, and answer me. Zalman Shachter-Shalomi: “Listen, YaH, to the sound of…
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