Recommended for High School Ensembles

Multicultural Excursions

Choral Music from the Jewish Traditions

Table of Contents

• Multicultural Excursions: SA(T)B easy to medium
• Multicultural Excursions: SATB medium to challenging
• Multicultural Excursions: Treble voices
• Multicultural Excursions: Unison
• Multicultural Excursions: SATB with orchestra
• Publishers

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.