Multicultural Excursions

Choral Music from the Jewish Traditions

Recommended music for American High School Ensembles

SA(T)B easy to medium Composer Title Arranger Publisher Braun, Yehezkel Psalm Verses (18 canons)   IMI Cook, A. I. Zol Shoyn Kumen Di Ge'uleh Jacobson, Joshua TR Drechsler, Joseph Halleluyoh (SATB)   BB folk Around the Campfire (SAB) Jacobson, Joshua WMP folk Niggun (two-part) Jacobson, Joshua WMP folk Ozi Vezimrat Yah (SATB) Epstein, Eleanor HaZamir folk Sa-enu (SATB) Davidson, Charles TR folk Zol Zain Sholom (SAB) Jacobson, Joshua WMP Hadar, J. Erev Shel Shoshanim (SATB) Klebanow, Jack WMP Jagoda, Flory Ocho Kandelikas (SATB) Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Lewandowsky, Louis Enosh Kechotzir Yomov (SATB)   BB Parchi, Chaim Shemen Zakh (SATB) Jacobson, Joshua TR Rossi, Salamone Barechu (SAB)   BB Starer, Robert Song of Praise (two-part)   MMB Steinberg, Ben Shalom Rav (SATB)   TR   SATB medium to challenging Composer Title Arranger Publisher Admon, Yedidyah Saleynu Jacobson, Joshua TR Avni, Tzvi Mizmorei Tehillim   TR Bernstein, Leonard Hashkivenu   Boosey Bernstein, Leonard Sanctus   Boosey Bloch, Ernest Yihyu Leratson (from "Sacred Service")   BB Braun, Yehezkel Durme, durme Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Braun, Yehezkel Morenica Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Braun, Yehezkel Shir Hashirim, III   TR Burger, David Hatikvah HaNoshanah (Tikvateinu)   HaZamir Burger, David Tefillah Burger, David TR Chen, Nira Dodi Li Jacobson, Joshua WMP Einstein, Arik Ani Ve'Atah Jacobson, Joshua TR Ellstein, Abraham Abi Gezint Jacobson, J. HaZamir folk Adijo Kerida Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir folk Cuando El Re Nimrod Lazar, Mati HaZamir folk Sevivon Barnett, Steven TR folk Yemey HaChanukah Barnett, Steven TR folk Chanuka Candle Lighting Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Frimer, D. Al HaNissim Jacobson, Joshua TR Fromm, Herbert Anim Zemirot (from "Six Short Hebrew Anthems")   TR Fromm, Herbert Chanukah (from "Six Madrigals")   TR Gelbart, Michael I Have a Little Dreydel Lazar, Mati HaZamir Golub, Solomon Boruch Atoh Jacobson, Joshua TR Isaacson, Michael Light the Legend   TR Jacobson, Joshua Chanukah Variations   HaZamir Jacobson, Joshua Mi Zeh Yemallel   TR Jacobson, Joshua Shavu'ot   TR Janowsky, Max Avinu Malkeynu   FJM Janowsky, Max Sim Shalom   FJM Lewandowski, Louis HaNeyros Halawlu   HaZamir Lewandowsky, Louis Halleluyoh   BB Lewandowsky, Louis Mah Tovu   BB Osborne, Charles Psalm 20   HaZamir Parchi, Chaim Aley Neyri Jacobson, Joshua TR Perlmutter, Arnold Lebn Zoll Columbus Rand, Cathy HaZamir Pik, Tzvi She-hecheyanu Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Polansky, David Hanukah Tarantella   HaZamir Rosenberg, Martin Tsen Brider Jacobson, Joshua TR Rosenblum, Ya'ir Shir LaShalom Jacobson, Joshua TR Rossi, Salamone Adon Olam   HaZamir Rossi, Salamone Al Naharot Bavel   BB Rossi, Salamone Elohim Hashivenu   HaZamir Rossi, Salamone Halleluyah   BB Rossi, Salamone Shir Hama'alot (SAB)   BB Schubert, Franz Tov Lehodos   BB Selzer, Dov HaKotel (The Wall) Jacobson, Joshua TR Shemer, Naomi Al Kol Eileh Jacobson, Joshua TR Solomon, Robert Pit'chu Li Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Starer, Robert Mizmor LeDavid   MMB Starer, Robert Psalms of Woe and Joy   TR Sulzer, Salomon Halleluyoh   HaZamir Weill, Kurt Kiddush   EA Weiner, Lazar Ashrei Ho-Ish   TR Weisgall, Hugo Maoz Tsur/ Fortress Rock   MER Wilenski, Moshe Mul Har Sinai Jacobson, Joshua TR Wilensky, Moshe Uri Tsiyon   TR Yampolsky, Leyb Dremlen Feygel Jacobson, Joshua TR Zehavi, David Yesusum Parker, Alice TR   Treble voices Composer Title Arranger Publisher Davidson, Charles I Never Saw another Butterfly   ASH Rappaport, Moshe Yerushalayim Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Stern, Robert Adon Olam   TR   Unison Composer Title Arranger Publisher folk Psalm 114 Jacobson, J. HaZamir folk Yom Zeh LeYisrael/Yismach Mosheh Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir folk Amen Shem Nora/Halleluyah Lazar, Mati HaZamir   SATB with orchestra Composer Title Arranger Publisher Ben-Haim, Paul Kabbalat Shabbat   IMP Bernstein, Leonard Chichester Psalms   Boosey folk Yom Zeh LeYisrael Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Grossi, Carlo Cantata Ebraica   IMP Milhaud, Darius Service Sacre   TP Osborne, Charles Sephardic Havdallah   HaZamir Saladin, Ludovico Canticum Hebraicum   HaZamir Solomon, Robert Mi-ma'amakim   HaZamir Starer, Robert Ariel   HAL Sulzer, Salomon Halleluyoh Jacobson, Joshua HaZamir Publishers ASH Ashbourne Music Publ. (425 Ashboure Road, Elkins Park, PA, 19117) BB Broude Brothers (141 White Oaks Rd., Williamstown, MA 01267) Boosey Boosey and Hawkes, 52 Cooper Square, NYC, NY 10010 EA European American (2480 Industrial Blvd., Paoli, PA 19301)) FJM Friends of Jewish Music (5555 S. Everett Ave.., Chicago, IL 60637) GS G. Schirmer (225 Park Avenue South, NYC, NY 10003) HAL Hal Leonard (7777 W. Bluemound Rd., Milwaukee, WI 53213) HaZamir HaZamir Publications (35 Garland Rd., Newton, MA 02159) IMI Israel Music Institute (POB 3004, Tel Aviv, Israel) (distributed by TP) IMP Israeli Music Publishers (POB 7681, Tel Aviv, Israel) (distributed by TP) MCA MCA Music (1755 Broadway, 8th floor, NYC, NY 10019) MMB MMB Music (3526 Washington Ave., St. Louis, MO 63103-1019) TP Theodore Presser (Presser Place, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010) TR Transcontinental Music (838 Fifth Ave., NYC, NY 10021) WMP World Music Press (POB 2565, Danbury, CT 06813) Selected Articles on Jewish Choral Music by Joshua Jacobson "A Guide to Choral Repertoire in Hebrew," The Choral Journal, October, 1979. "Some Preliminary Notes on a Study of the Jewish Choral Movement," The Journal of Synagogue Music, December, 1986. "The Choral Music of Salamone Rossi," The American Choral Review, October, 1988. "Choral Music for Chanukah," The Choral Journal, September, 1990. "East Meets West: The Eastern Mediterranean School of Choral Composition," The Choral Journal, May, 1993. "Music in the Holocaust," The Choral Journal, December, 1995.