Childhood and early musical career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born in…

Portrayed by Readers' Digest as 'a top ranking composer;' in Christian…

… in a variety of melodies and textual variations.   Text Sources The text is ancient and appears in a Cairo Geniza … havenah' . [4] It is worth noting that these ancient sources do not explicitly attribute the piyyut to R. Abraham … in its earliest source. [5] For references to additional sources see, Israel Davidson, Otsar ha-Shira veha-Piyut …

… Writings (c. 900-1900),  Répertoire international des sources musicales  [RISM], Henle Verlag, Munich, series B/X, …

… from Geonic Times up to 1800 ( Répertoire international des sources musicales , B9,2) (München: G. Henle Verlag, 1975), …

Cherlin M., Music’s making: The Poetry of Music, the Music of Poetry. SUNY Press,…

Natan Yonatan, Nahum Heiman's friend and writing partner says about his friend (in the…

… The whole summer I lived as a Tolstoian, until my meager resources were at an end.  At that time there came to Belin …

… here with permission from the author.    Additional resources on the Society for Jewish Music Books : One of the …