The Sephardic Shabbat (SMR Bresler Collection)
Liturgical and paraliturgical songs for the Sabbath.
Contents:
Bar Yohai
Yismah Moshe
Nakdishah
Shuvah
Hamavdil
Yigdal
Bendicho
Ata horeta
El adon
Nishmat
Mizmor l'David
Lecha dodi
Material Type:
Recordings
Year:
1984
Greatest Sephardic Hits (SMR Bresler Collection)
Performer
Harvard. LP 1558
Contents:
Adio
Que ye por ti
Ke eshmerah
Material Type:
Recordings
Year:
1983
Zemirot Yisrael
Author
Synagogue chants and choruses, partly with piano or organ accomp
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1864
Zemirot: Die haüslichen Sabbatgesänge
Author
Collection of Shabbat songs and music. Chiefly unaccompanied melodies; some with piano accompaniment
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1937
V’shomru
Composer
Composition for cantor, SATB and organ, arranged by Herbert Fromm.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1954
Todah w’simrah
Composer
Arragnements for Shabbat and Festival liturgy for choir and organ. The collection was published in two volumes from 1876-1882.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1876
Zemirot Zevulun
Author
Kwartin’s improvisations on traditional synagogue melodies were recorded and transcribed for the three volume collection, Zemirot Zevulun, which was released in two parts; the first two volumes in 1928 and a supplementary volume T’fillot Zevulun in 1938. The collection includes complete musical liturgy for weekday Minchah, Maariv, Kabbalat Shabbat, Shaharit and Musaf.
Material Type:
Scores
Year:
1928
Zimrat Yah, vols. 1 & 2
Author
Liturgic songs consisting of Hebrew, German and English arranged for the Jewish rite with organ accompaniment. Vol. I. comprising the Sabbath Evening and Morning Services, Psalms and Hymns. Vol. II comprising the Services, Psalms and Hymns for the three Festivals, Thanksgiving, Purim and Chanukah.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
1871-1886
More Precious Than Pearls: Shbahoth - Songs of Praise in the Jewish-Babylonian tradition for General Use, Sabbaths, Festivals and Life Cycle Events
Author
A compilation of 31 Jewish-Babylonian songs, including Hebrew texts, English translations and transliterations. 17 songs are also performed by the author (voice), Ehsan Alemam ('ud) and Waleed (tar, daff) and appear on the accompanying CD. Includes historical, social and musical background.
Material Type:
Books
Year:
2004
- 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.