The preparation of July's song of the month was inspired by several recent inquiries regarding the musical manuscripts of Obadiah the Proselyte. The staff of the Jewish Music Research Centre hopes that the information provided in the introduction, the accompanying recordings, and the bibliography will provide a general picture regarding this interesting set of early Hebrew musical manuscripts.
Hebrew poems of the Israeli- Turkish poet, writer and composer Isaac Eliyahu Navon. Includes religious poems of redemption and faith, secular poems of morality, criticism, love and glory, and an introduction about the background of Navon an his writing.
For three part women’s chorus and piano. The poems are by Solomon ibn Gabirol, translated from Hebrew by Israel Zangwill.
Three Hebrew love songs for voice and piano: Reitiha, Jad anuga, Mikol chamudot.
This collection includes arrangements for voice (with piano or organ accompaniment) of the three chants that were discovered on two manuscripts originating from the Cairo Geniza: 1. "Mi’al har Horev" 2. "Wa-Eda’ mah" and 3. "Baruk’ Hag-Gever." The hymn texts are included in Hebrew (romanized) and are also printed separately in Hebrew, English, French, and German.
This article was originally published in the Journal of Jewish Studies Vol. 16 (1966), p.87-104.
