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Yiddish Choral Series
Yiddish Choral Series
Series Editors: Samuel Seifert and Ludwig Böhme
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Yiddish folk songs explore the complete range of human emotions, powerfully expressing all that the Jewish people have loved, embraced and endured. Since their origins in the 14th century, the songs have traditionally been passed on to each generation as words and melodies alone. The Yiddish Choral Series now makes this music available for the first time in stunning new arrangements for choirs
Series Editors Samuel Seifert (a member of Ensemble Rozhinkes) and Ludwig Böhme (director of the Leipzig Synagogal Choir) have commissioned a range of renowned international arrangers to illustrate the huge variety of creative responses to Yiddish songs: from simple choral settings to expansive, through-composed concert arrangements, and from typical Yiddish harmonies to aleatoric composition.
• The Yiddish Choral Series, which allows choirs everywhere to discover the fascinating world of Yiddish song, features:
• A range of choral styles and levels of difficulty, to suit all programming requirements</p>
• Informative introductions to each piece
• Transliterated Yiddish lyrics, with poetic translations into English and German alongside the original Hebrew text
• Dzhankoye............................................................................EP 11649
SATB Choir & Piano Arranged by Juan M.V. Garcia
Accessible jazzy arrangement (duration: 2 minutes) of the Yiddish folk song with (and also without) piano accompaniment.
By the well-known jazz musician Juan M.V. Garcia, professor for choral and ensemble conducting at the 'Franz Liszt' Academy in Weimar • Ver hot aza yingele...................................................................EP 11652
Solo Voice, SATB Choir & Piano
Arranged by Polina Shepherd
Arrangement (duration: 3 minutes) for solo voice, SATB and piano of the well-known Yiddish folksong.
By composer, performer, choral director and educator Polina Shepherd
• Veyn nisht (after Kleyner yosem)..............................................EP 11650
SATB Choir & Piano
Bernd Franke
Choral composition for SATB divisi based on the Yiddish lullaby Kleyner yosem by Mordechaj Gebirtig
• Vos dergeystu mir di yorn (Why do you pester me)..................EP 11653 2 Solo Voices, SATB Choir & Piano
Arranged by Fredo Jung
Imaginative arrangement (duration 5 minutes) of the humorous
Yiddish folk song for 2 solos, SATB and piano.
By the lecturer, conductor, composer and arranger Fredo Jung
• Rozhinkes mit mandlen...........................................................EP 11648
Solo Voice, SATB Choir divisi & Piano Abraham Goldfaden, arranged Ludwig Böhme
Rozhinkes mit mandlen by Abraham Goldfaden is one of the most famous Yiddish lullabies. It is about a mother's longing for a better future for her child. ‘Rozhinkes’ (raisins) and ‘Mandlen’ (almonds) are symbolic of well-being and prosperity.
In this choral version by Ludwig Böhme for solo voice, SATB Choir and piano, and which lasts 3.5 minutes, the ’feast‘ is presented in a through-composed arrangement with a richly-textured piano accompaniment. Constantly flowing waves of quavers, inspired by the swaying ‘Aylyulyu’, and the added affectionate motif ‘Yidele shlof’ make the romanticism of the song sound almost symphonic.