3. Extracts from the musical ceremony for the inauguration of the synagogue of Siena in 1786

For tenor, choir and orchestra

The beautiful little synagogue of Siena, which the visitor can still admire, was dedicated in 1786 with much pomp and ceremony. Apart from the manuscript of the musical score there has come down to us a booklet specially printed for the occasion and entitled Seder zemirot we-limmud... ("Order of Songs and Study..."). These two sources enable us to reconstruct the ceremony which stretched over several days.