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Need good Hanukkah musicDate: July 23, 2011 by Deborah Centers  Views: 6786
I am always looking for quality Hanukkah music to use for our winter concerts. Can anyone give me some suggestions for ssa or satb choirs?
Thanks so much!
Deb
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John Hoffacker on July 23, 2011 2:58pm
Choruses from Judas Maccabaeus, especially the triumphal entry, which calls for children's (SA), women's (SSA), and finally mixed choirs (SATB). Works with organ or small orchestra
S'vivon, by Betty Bertaux (SSAA & SATB arrangments), Michael Braz (3-part arrgt), or Bob Chilcott (SATB)
Haneirot halalu, by Stanley Hoffman (EC Schirmer publication)
Mazel tov!
on July 24, 2011 12:31am
A SONG FOR CHANUKAH (SATB, flute, piano - 2.5 min. $1.50) published by Consort Press. Here's the choral catalog.
Good luck.
John Biggs
on July 24, 2011 4:29am
You should go to http://etranscon.com/ Transcontinental Music
Publishing is the biggest publisher of Jewish choral music. They
have a whole section just of Hanukkah music. You should be able to
find there a cd of the Westminster Conservatory Youth Chorale
performing only Hanukkah music. Start there!
Erik Contzius
on July 24, 2011 8:56am
There used to be a real dearth of good Hanukkah music, but fortunately there are quite a few fine pieces now. Here are my favorite SATB pieces.
Elliot Levine - Al Hanissim - shadow Press?
Elliot Levine - Lo v'chayil - ditto
Weissgall - Fortress, Rock of Our Salvation (Maos Tsur?) - transcontnental
Jeffers - Hanukkah Blessings - earthsongs
JAcobson - Mi Zeh Y'maleil - transcon
arr Zuckerman - Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl (ECS?)
Isaccson - Light the LEgend
Stanley Hoffman Mi y’maleil (who can recount) - ECS
and if you can find Matthew Lazar's doo-wop arrangement of I have a little dreydl, it's fabulous fun
David Janower
and of course the famous Herbert Froom Hanukkah Madrigal
on July 24, 2011 10:28am
<<arr Zuckerman - Ikh bin a kleyner dreydl (ECS?)>>
Carl Fischer publishes this one...highly recommended, yes!
If, by any chance, you have a band with horns available, I have an arrangement of *Al Hanissim* (We Thank You for the Miracles) for SA(T)B, brass 5tet (1-2-1-1), keyboard, guitar (opt.), e-bass, drums & tambourine. The tuba part is optional, and the horns scoring is easily customized.
I can send a score for perusal if it might be of interest.
Hope this helps,
Robert A.M. Ross
info(a)robertamross.com
on July 24, 2011 8:59am
Something different and fun: Ocho candelikas by Flory Jagoda.
on July 24, 2011 11:35am
great idea, Ocho Kandelikas. Arranged by Josh Jacobsen I think. How coudl I forgot it?
on July 24, 2011 10:31am
If you have orchestra available, I also have a setting of *Maoz Tzur* for SATB & small or symphonic orchestra. The small orchestral version is available from Theodore Presser Co. (instrumentation matches that of Rutter's *Shepherd's Pipe Carol* (!); full orchestration (2-2d1-2-2 4-3-3-1 timps str) is available from me directly.
on July 25, 2011 8:09am
Think there also was a B. Marcello arrangement of this.
SIR
on July 24, 2011 10:52am
I am honored that two colleagues mentioned two of my pieces in this thread. Another title I have is A Prayer for Chanukah (Al hanisim) - (English, the translation is my own) - baritone solo, SATB & piano or optional & chamber orchestra - 2001 - ECS Publishing # 5884. Please click on the link below to hear a professional demo recording of the version with piano. Thank you for your consideration. ---Stanley http://stanleymhoffman.com/Prayer%20for%20Chanukah,%20A.wma
on July 24, 2011 11:36am
I am amazed that no one has mentioned "The Chanukah Song (We are Lights)" by Stephen Schwarts, arr. by Mac Huff. We use SSA, but SATB is available. Great lyrics and lovely melodies.
Bill Paisner
Director, Southwest Women's Chorus
on July 24, 2011 11:43am
ChoralNet's resources have a number of listings of recommended Chanukah music.
on July 24, 2011 3:15pm
Hi Deborah:
I have four compositions published by E. C. Schirmer that might interest you:
Five-Sided S'vivon* (SA with piano/SATB with piano/SA with orchestra) Hebrew text.
Oh Chanukah/Y'mei hachanukah* (SATB unaccompanied) English and Hebrew text.
Maoz Tzur* (SATB unaccompanied) Hebrew text.
Funky Dreidl (I Had a Little Dreidl)* (SATB unaccompanied) English and Hebrew text.
One piece is published by Transcontinental Music Publishing:
Haneirot Halalu* (SATB unaccompanied) Hebrew and English text.
I hold the rights for two additional pieces:
Mi Y'maleil (SATB unaccompanied/SATB with piano) English and Hebrew text.
Al Hanisim* (SATB unaccompanied) Hebrew text.
Full performances or excerpts of starred pieces may be accessed at http://bobapplebaum.com/music-2.html#recordings
In some cases you may view a non-printable pdf of the score. If you are interested in the pieces for which I hold the rights I would be happy to send you a copy for inspection.
Bob Applebaum
on July 24, 2011 3:58pm
My personal bias is to avoid a) programming a piece that is in Hebrew and calling it "our Chanukah piece" if it is not in fact a Chanukah piece (though programming non-Chanukah music in Hebrew is something that is wonderful to do in non-holiday concerts... Erev Shel Shoshanim, Uri Tziyon, Hayoshevet Baganim, Bashanah Haba'ah, many options by Rossi... the list goes on)... b) certain pieces in English that are not authentic Chanukah pieces, but rather, pieces written specifically to cater to the school choirs looking to fill the "Chanukah slot" in their concerts.
All of that said, some of my personal favorites are...
S'vivon (arr. Bertaux)
Al Hanisim- either Frimer or Levine
Lo V'Chayil- Levine (text from the Haftarah portion read on Chanukah, contains both Hebrew and English text, great piece)
Chanukah Variations- Jacobson
Ocho Kandelikas- Jagoda
Y'mei HaChanukah (unpublished, my own SATB arrangement, happy to share)
A Suite for Chanukah- Stephen Barnett
Mi Y'maleil- arr. Helfman (or Fromm, or others)
Light One Candle- arr. DeCormier
on July 24, 2011 8:50pm
Title Composer Publisher Forces
Hanukah Tarantella David Polanski Transcontinental satb (or SA) and piano
Chanukah in Santa Monica Tom Lehrer (arr J. Jacobson) Transcontinental SATB and piano (optional clarinet)
Lo V’Chayil Elliot Levine Transcontinental SATB
Ocho Kandelikas Flori Jagoda (arr J. Jacobson) Transcontinental SATB (or SA) and guitar (or piano) and optional percussion
RECORDINGS:
The Western Wind. The Chanukah Story WW 1818CD www.westernwind.org/
The Zamir Chorale of Boston, Lights http://zamir.org
The Zamir Chorale of Boston, Seasons of Our Joy http://zamir.org
ARTICLE:
Jacobson, Joshua. "Choral Music for Chanukah," The Choral Journal, September, 1990.
BOOK:
Jacobson, Joshua and Ethan Nash. Translations and Annotations of Choral Repertoire—Volume IV: Hebrew Texts. Corvallis, Oregon: earthsongs, 2009.
on July 26, 2011 3:59am
Deborah,
I have written an arrangement for SSAA of Likhvod Ha'Chanukah, a rhythmic song about the Chanukah traditions of cooking latkes, lighting candles, and giving away a worn penny. I'd be happy to send a sample PDF. It has been sung by the Columbus Women's Chorus and at St Mary's College in Notre Dame.
Sincerely
Sheena Phillips
Composer and Choral Director
on July 26, 2011 4:29pm
Deborah:
I have written a paraphrase of the tradtional Chanukah hymn. Maoz Tzur for SATB. It is in hebrew transliteration and english.
Jay Vosk
JayVosk.com
on August 4, 2011 11:35pm
Check out John Leavitt's Ose Shalom. Lovely, comes together easily, very effective. Optional instrumental parts.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8PDyc5bDLI
on August 5, 2011 9:25am
Bruce Rockwell recommends John Leavitt's "Ose Shalom."
It's a pretty, inoffensive tune, but there's nothing about it that pertains in particular to Hanukah. The text is from the daily service, which means three times daily, but since the longer texts to which it is the conclusion (among them the Kaddish) are recited several times at each of those, it's even more. At 365 days a year, there's even less about it that speaks to Hanukah.
Best regards,
Jerome Hoberman
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