Yodukha kol ha-meyahalim (May all those who hope thank Thee)

A Song of Dawn
A Song of Dawn
Yodukha kol ha-meyahalim (May all those who hope thank Thee)

Bayyat


Author: David Katzin. This piyyut is sung here in maqam Bayyat, but our musical adviser Roni Ish Ran claims that when he was young (in the sixth and seventh decades of the twentieth century) it was sung in maqam Saba; he believes that in the course of time the maqam was changed to Bayyat. The lahan is divided into three sections. The first, sung by the whole congregation, contains the first six verses of the strophe. The lahan consists of six musical units, corresponding to the first six verses of the strophe. Melodic structure: a-a'-a-a'-a-a'. The second section is an antiphon between solo singers and the congregation sung to verses 5 and 6. The complex musical structure of this section is as follows:

solo congr. soloists congr. solo congr. solo congr. solo congr.
verse 5 verse 6 hai   hai   hai   hai  
b a'' motif 1 
(x4 times) 
motif 2
congr. response S 2 congr. response S 2 congr. response S 2  motif 1 
motif 2 
motif 3 
motif 4 
(x3 times)

The third section returns to the original lahan, sung to the seventh and eighth verses.

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