by Gideon KayComposed by: Julius MombachThis piece is from a Jewish wedding service. It is played partly by the organ with a four-part male voice choir taking the other parts. I have used a simple four-channel organ instrument in order to make it as near to the real thing as possible.
The piece is sung at the beginning of the service before the bride enters. By Jewish law the organ cannot be played on the Sabbath (Saturday) and so most weddings take place on Sunday in the synagogue. Also by law only males may sing in the choir and so the four parts are taken by men and boys. I use the synthesiser to help teach parts to each person in the choir by emphasising their own part and using the others as background. I hope to include some more of the wedding pieces in future until the whole service is available on AMPLE. It's not as smooth as I would like and so would be grateful for some help. Gideon Kay English lyrics: 'How goodly are thy tents O Jacob, thy dwelling places O Israel: As for me, in the abundance of my loving kindness etc...' Hebrew lyrics: 'Mah Tovu ohalecha Ya'acov mish kenotecha Yisroel Va'ani berov chasdech ah berov betecha eshtachaveh el heychal kadshecha beyirotecha etc...' The whole thing is too long to include here and is found in any Jewish prayer book and in the Old Testament. |
Source: AMPLINEX M13 disk, file $.MA-TOVU |
Published in AMPLINEX M13, September 1989
