New Year Evening and Morning
Composer
Collection of original compositions and arrangements for the Rosh Hashanah Service.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1910
Sabbath Evening
Composer
Collection of original compositions and arrangements for the Shabbat Evening Service.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1911
Sabbath Morning
Composer
Collection of original compositions and arrangements for the Shabbat Morning Service.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1909
Lebensbilder beruehmter Kantoren
Baal t’fillah
Author
Collection of liturgical music for use by Hazzanim
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1953
The Sacred Bridge: the Interdependence of Liturgy and Music in Synagogue and Church during the First Millennium
Author
An attempt to deal with the difficult questions of the relationship of synagogue liturgy and music to those of the Christian church. Before studying this article, it is advised to read the important review by Peter Jeffery in the "Jewish Quarterly Review", vol. 77, no. 4 (pp. 283-298).
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1959-84
Lower Extension of the Minor Scale in Ashkenazi Prayer Music
Mordechai Sobol
Cantor and composer
Born in Hadera, Israel, where he performed as a cantor from a young age. He composed, orchestrated, and arranged many works for cantor and choir. One of Sobol's main projects was the establishment of the Yuval Ensemble for cantorate and Jewish music, where he served as musical director and conductor.
Sources:
1951-2018
Samuel Vigoda
Cantor
Born in Dobrzyń, Poland. Studied with his father and later with Yossele Rosenblatt. Vigoda officiated as cantor in Budapest, and in 1933 immigrated to the US, where he continued in cantorial offices in New York (taking Rosenblatt's position at the Oheb Zedek synagogue) and in Washington. He is one of the star cantors of the cantors' "golden age."
1895-1990
Joseph Singer
Cantor
Born in
1841-1911
- A Polka Mazurka
- Niggun of the Meggid of Mezerich From the album, "The Hasidic Niggun as Sung by the Hasidim." This dance niggun is the seventh and last in a series of niggunim sung by Bratslav Hasidim as they dance after the Shabbat evening service on Friday night. Some have attributed the niggun to R. Dov Ber, the meggid of Mezerich.
- Kol B'ru'ei (Padua, Italy) From the album, "Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)." The poem depicts "all creatures" singing and praising the unity of God, and was recited in the Italian rite during the daily morning prayer. This melody was sung only on Rosh Hashanah (New Year) in the Italian tradition of Padua.
- Yigdal From the album, "Judeo-Carribean Currents, Music of the Mikve Israel-Emanuel Synagogue in Curaçao," performed by Gideon Zelermyer. The Yigdal is part of the ceremonial section of the liturgical order of Shabbat and the Holy Days in the Curaçao synagogue. It is one of the ending hymns of the service.
- Eres Chiquita y Bonita From the album, "Judeo-Spanish Moroccan Songs for the Life Cycle," sung by Alicia Bendayan from Tetuan. This is a song about courtship, related to the Jewish rituals that mark the events of the life cycle.
- Sweet Shalt Be My Chant From the album, "Kulmus Hanefesh," performed by Yair Harel on voice and tar, and Matti Kovler on voice and piano. A sacred hymn attributed to Rabbi Yehuda ha-Chasid, this is a Chabad tune with a near-Eastern arrangement.
- Lyr II From the album, "The Music of the Mountain Jews." Lyr is a genre found among all Turkish peoples, consisting of long, complex compositions usually comprised of three parts.
- Gilu ha-Galilim (Rejoice Galileans) From the album, "Nights in Canaan, Early Songs of the Land of Israel (1882-1946)." This is a Second Aliyah (1904-1914) song which became an integral part of the historical repertoire of Hebrew song. Both native-born and newly arrived pioneers sang this song in all circumstances.
- Saperi Tama From the album, "With Songs They Respond: The Diwan of the Jews from Central Yemen." This is a girdle poem by Se'adia ben Amram. Saperi Tama is sung to many melodies and is one of Yemenite Jewry's most common poems.