Arba Otiyot
S’lichos: Midnight Penitential Service
Composer
For cantor (Baritone or tenor), mixed chorus and organ.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1962
Semiroth le-el chaj- Synagogen-Gesänge
Composer
Collection of compositions for the synagogue, for solo, choir and soloists, with organ accompaniment (ad libitum). The collection was published posthumously by the son of the composer
The collection includes 4 volumes: 1: Friday evening service; 2: Sabbath morning service; 3: Rosh Hashana; 4: Three pilgrimage festivals (Shlosha Regalim).
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1882
Naarizokh נעריצך
Composer
Composer
Composer
Composer
Composer
For choir with (or without) solo voice. This is a part of a manuscript from the end of the 19th century.
Material Type:
Scores
The Messiah Rapsody
Composer
Author
For three part women’s chorus and piano. The poems are by Solomon ibn Gabirol, translated from Hebrew by Israel Zangwill.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1945
Kinot
Composer
Composer
Choral composition by Zeidel Rovner.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1922
Hava Nagila
Arrangement
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This entry is part of an online exhibit entitled: "Hava Nagila: From Idelsohn to Belafonte & Beyond," prepared by Eva Heinstein with help from the JMRC staff. To view the exhibit in its entirety click on the link above.
Material Type:
Recordings
Hosanna or ‘Hilk, O Herr Uns’: National Identity, the German Christian Movement, and the ‘Dejudaization’ of Sacred Music in the Third Reich
Retrieved from: The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Research: Bibliographies Outlines the efforts of government officials to “Germanize” and “dejudaize” the texts of sacred choral works, such as Christmas carols and traditional hymns, by modifying the verses to reflect Nazi ideals. Includes a suggested reading list on the subject.
Material Type:
Articles in Books
Year:
2002
Sacred service / Salomone Rossi
Arrangement
A selection from Salamone de Rossi's Ha-shirim asher li-Shelomo arranged as a service for cantor, chorus, and organ. Words in transliterated Hebrew.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1954
Sabbath Morning Service
Composer
Musical setting for the Shabbath morning service using the Union Prayer Book. Arrangement for cantor, chorus and organ.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1950
- 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.