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Pass it
Around! Rounds from the Soul of a World
Kay Eskenazi
(© Kay Eskenazi, 2003)
Pass It Around! Rounds from the Soul of a World
is a collection of gorgeous rounds and harmony songs in clear, user-friendly
format. It includes over 180 exquisite rounds – the very finest from Elizabethan,
Classical, German, French, African, Balkan, Hebrew and contemporary North
American sources. It also includes full-length three- and four-part
harmony songs from Elizabethan, Balkan and contemporary North American
composers. Pass It Around! begins with clear
instruction about how to sing, arrange and teach rounds and part songs,
and provides fascinating historical commentary about many of the songs.
All songs include complete musical notation and lyrics. This book is perfect
for song circles, casual ensembles, community choruses, summer camps,
schools, synagogues and churches! These beautiful songs will lift your
spirits and fill your heart.
Transform your life into a songfest,
your awe into musical exaltation, your cynicism into a revolutionary choir,
your loneliness into a singing circle of friends. This is the recipe
book! Musical heights, spiritual depth, humor, peace, and song-potions
that perform the alchemy of ecstatic love - right here between these covers!
183 pages. View Table of Contents
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Linda Amiga | Beautiful Friend: Love Songs of the Sephardim and Renaissance
Spain
Gerard Edery
(© Sefarad Records, 1996)
This album by the Gerard Edery Ensemble includes some of the most
beautiful songs I have ever heard. It’s not just that I’m a sucker for
the gorgeous melodies, exquisite harmonies, elegant guitar playing and
subtle, exotic percussion that Linda Amiga delivers in spades.
I am – but what really gets me is the soulfulness of these songs from
the Spanish Jews and the Spanish renaissance. Linda Amiga
lifts my heart every time I hear it. Gerard is a masterful guitar player
and singer. Please don’t deprive yourself of this delight. The Gerard Edery
Ensemble won the 1997 Sephardic Heritage Award for this album. $15 |
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Montañas Altas
Nani, Nani]
No la Puso su Madre
A la Una Yo Naci
Avrij mi Galanika
La Sirena
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Ay, Linda Amiga
Tres Morillas
Aquella Mora Garrida
Mas Vale Trocar
En la Fuente
Rodrigo Martinez
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Sephardic Songs of Love and Hope
Judy Frankel
(© Judy Frankel, 1999)
Sephardic music combines Spanish, Hebrew, Turkish, Greek and North
African rhythms, scales and poetry into a spirited and passionate beauty.
This treasure trove of songs from the Sephardic tradition sends my spirits
soaring every time I hear it! Judy’s gorgeous voice makes these exquisite
songs pulse with life; the accompaniment of several acoustic guitars, the
loud and subtle percussion makes them groove. In Spanish that evolved
from medieval Spain through the Sephardic tradition. (Includes the
most beautiful “Avram Avinu” I have ever heard!). $16 |
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Los Bilbilicos (The Nightingales)
Tres Hermanicas (Three Little Sisters)
Alta, Alta va la Luna (High, High Goes theMoon)
Puncha la Rosa (The Prickly Rose)
La Vida do por el Raki (I’d Give my Life for Raki)
Bendigamos (Let us Bless)
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A la Una (At One O’Clock)
El Dio Alto (G-D on High)
Morena (Dark Beauty)
O Mis Hermanos (Oh my Brothers)
Fiestaremos (Let us Celebrate)
Avram Avinu (Abraham our Father)
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Silver & Gold | Plata y Oro
Judy Frankel
(© Judy Frankel, 1997)
I fell in love with this album the first time I heard it. I love
Judy’s clear and elegant singing, and I love the melodies and harmonies
of these exotic yet accessible songs. Silver & Gold
presents songs from the Sephardic tradition, and from contemporary Sephardic
poets. These songs combine Spanish, Hebrew, Turkish, Greek and North African
rhythms, scales and poetry into a soulful musical reverie. Judy sings in
Judeo-Spanish and Hebrew, accompanied by guitars, oud and hand percussion.
If you love beauty and want to hear it spiked with some Spanish, Turkish
and Greek soul, please buy this album. $16 |
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Una Tarde de Verano
Ay Sarica Bre
Yo M’enamori D’un Aire
El Decolté
Una Matica de Ruda
La Vida es un Pasaje
Sarajevo de Oro
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Una Noche al Lunar
Gerineldo
La Donzella
Hanuka
De Boca del Dio
La Comida la Manaña
Shabat
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Chants of a Lifetime
Harmony Grisman
(© Harmony Grisman, 1995)
If you love beautiful vocal harmony, please don’t deny yourself the
pleasure of hearing and learning these radiant harmony-filled songs,
rounds and chants! This tape is a classic among song circles, folkies,
women’s groups and people who sing to honor humanity and the earth. These
songs and harmonies are easy to learn and to sing with friends and families.
Singing them will lift your spirits and deepen the bonds of love in your
group. $10 Learn the songs on this tape with the
Chants of a Lifetime Songbook
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Dream Back the Bison
Wings
Deep End
For Shame (for Bosnia)
Letting Go
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Close to Me Now
Brain Pollution
Fiendish Crime (for Food not Bombs)
Mercy
Ancestors
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Chants of a Lifetime Songbook
Harmony Grisman
(© Harmony Grisman, 1995)
Complete lyrics and notation for every song on Harmony’s
Chants of a Lifetime
cassette. Includes fascinating stories
about the circumstances surrounding composition of each song. 23 pages,
paperback. $10
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Dream Back the Bison
Wings
Deep End
For Shame (for Bosnia)
Letting Go
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Close to Me Now
Brain Pollution
Fiendish Crime (for Food not Bombs)
Mercy
Ancestors
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Medicine Song Revival
Harmony Grisman
(© Harmony Grisman, 2000)
A medicine chest in CD format! A treasure chest of sparkling harmony!
Eleven original song-potions for healing our earth and ourselves. These
gorgeous and potent songs celebrate the splendor of our earth, the many
aspects of love, the search for skillful ways of living, and the YES to
life. Enjoy the gentle beauty of Harmony’s voice and learn these songs
to lighten your way. Sing ’em and flourish! $16 |
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Cast all Your Votes for Dancing
The North Wind
Julia Jumps
West Marin Song
Spider Woman’s Song
Self Pity Blues
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Sacred Clown (“Shining”)
Words of Love
Heartland Home
Angels in Disguise
Simply Trust
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Gather Round: Songs of Celebration and Renewal
Linda Hirschhorn
(© Linda Hirschhorn, 1989)
I love this CD because the melodies and harmonies are beautiful –
yet easy to learn and sing. If you can tear yourself away from your CD
player, you can turn any gathering into a song fest by singing these soulful
songs that honor the earth, music, Jewish women, food, the sabbath and
the longing for freedom. If you want to fill your ears and soul with beauty,
please buy this CD! $16 Learn to sing many of the songs on
this album with the
Gather Round Songbook
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Ilu Finu
Miriam’s Slow Snake Dance
Ki Hem Chayenu
Blessing After the Meal
Chanukah/Solstice
Women Gathering Round
I Have a Million Nightingales
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Ruth and Naomi
Yom Shabbaton
Ufarsu Lara’ev
The Full Moon Song
The Berry Song
Nigun
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Gather Round: Songs of Celebration and Renewal Songbook
Linda Hirschhorn
(© Linda Hirschhorn, 1989)
I love Linda’s music for its gorgeous melodies and harmonies, and
its accessibility to singers of all levels. Song circles, choruses, congregations
and community singers will enjoy these harmony-rich songs and rounds –
some in Hebrew, some in English. You can hear many of these gems on the
CD of the same name. This songbook includes melody line, chords, texts,
transliterations and translations. Sing these songs and rejoice!
24 pages, paperbound. $17
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Ilu Finu
Nigun
Miriam’s Slow Snake Dance
Ruth and Naomi
Ki Hem Chayenu
As a Lily
B’chol Dor Vador
Im En Ani Li
Marbe
Chanukah/Solstice
V’al Hakol
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Yom Shabbaton
Karev Yom
Ufarsu Lara’ev
Al Tifros
Let Justice Run Down
Kiddush
Blessing after the Meal
Or Chadash
Mizmor Shir
Circle Chant
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The Music of Linda Hirschhorn Songbook
Linda Hirschhorn
(© Linda Hirschhorn, 1997)
Linda has composed some of the most beautiful melodies and harmonies
that I know – and they’re right here for the learning in this collection
of 31 songs and rounds in Hebrew and English. Themes range from love
and justice to prayers for peace. Song circles, choruses, congregations
and community singers will delight in singing these beautiful and spirited
songs! Includes melody line, chords, texts, transliterations and
translations. 48 pages, paperbound. $18 |
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Sim Shalom
Al Shlosha D’varim
R’fa Na La
R’fa Na La II
Éshet Chayil
T’nu La Mipri Yadeha
Shifchi Kamayim Libéch
Shama Vatismach Tsiyon
Azi V’zimrat Ya
Blessing Before the Meal
Yism’chu Hashamayim
Hallowing Our Namings
Stepping Lightly
The Berry Song
Wings Span
A Million Nightingales
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Not by Might but with Love
If not Now
If You can Walk
Roots and Wings
Éli, Éli
V’érastich Li
Libavtini
Hashmi’ini
Haré At
Mizmor Shir
Rosh Chodesh Candlelighting
A Blessing for Children
Nitzané Shalom
Zog Maran
Mayn Rue-Platz
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Dreams of a World: Folk-inspired Music for Guitar
Sharon Isbin
(© Teldec Classics, 1999)
Sharon plays classical guitar so beautifully it sounds like an angel’s
harp! This album presents some of the most gorgeous guitar music I have
ever heard. Sharon writes: “The inspiration for this album is folk music
– from the Appalachian Mountains, the British Isles, Spain, Greece, Israel,
Cuba, Venezuela and Brazil. Folk music was what first drew me to the guitar
as a child. Pete Seeger, Theodore Bikel, Burl Ives, Malvina Reynolds,
Joan Baez…these are just some of the singers I grew up hearing. My scientist/lawyer
parents were avid folk dancers in their spare time and I discovered exotic
new cultures in the excitement of their rehearsals and costumed performances.
Now, having traveled to some forty countries, I have come to appreciate
and love the beautiful music associated with these diverse cultures that
expresses the history, legends, identities, and passions of a people."
With this CD, Sharon won the 2001 Grammy award for Best Instrumentalist
Soloist Performance. $17 |
- Virgilio (Antonio Lauro)
- Cancion y Danza No. I (Antonio
Ruiz-Pipo)
- Appalacian Dreams op. 121
(John Duarte)
- Fantasia
- Black is the Color of my
True Love’s Hair
- Darling Cora
- Putney Hymn
- Finale
- Londonderry Air (Toru Takemitsu)
- Agua e Vinho (Egberto Gismonti)
- Romanza (Antonio Lauro)
- Brisas del Torbes (Luis
Felipe Ramon y Rivera)
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- Canto Siboney (Ernesto Lecuona)
- Preludio No. 6: Dolor (Padre
Jose Antonio de San Sebastian)
- Recuerdos de la Alhambra
(Francisco Tarrega)
- Four Songs (Naomi Shemer)
Of Sting and Honey
Tomorrow
Jerusalem of Gold
Spy Girl
- Two Epitaphios (Mikis Theodorakis)
One Day in May
You have Set, my Star
- Varre-Vento (Gaudencio Thiago
de Mello)
- Dedicatoria (Enrique Granados)
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Nectar
Kitka
(© Kitka, 1998)
If you’ve never heard Kitka, please do not delay one more minute
before ordering this album whose beauty you must hear to believe! Kitka
is a vocal ensemble specializing in the songs of Eastern Europe.
Nectar is a collection of traditional and arranged folk songs
deeply rooted in women’s experiences of Eastern European village life.
The lyrics speak of love, loss, weddings, red wine and the natural world.
Kitka performs these breathtakingly beautiful songs from Bulgaria, Georgia,
Hungary, Macedonia, Russia and Ukraine mostly a capella. The splendor
of Kitka’s lush vocal harmonies will lift your spirits and fill your heart.
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Dumai, Zlato
Vdol Po Rechenke
Na Gore, Na Gorinke
Malo Selo
Shto Si, Goro, Povyakhnala?
Melai Doina
Lulay, Lulay
Tsintsharo
Ah Razpasledni Raz Devchonechka
Stoinole, Stokole
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Hopp Ide Tisztan
Vchera Se Zheni Mlad Stoyan/Godini, Godini
Shto Mi E Milo
Tuhkala Li Si, Momina Male
Szerelem, Szerelem
Devoiko, Mari, Khubava
Ogreyala Mesechina
Miskolc Felol Hidegen Fúj a Szél
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Voices on the Eastern Wind: Songs from Eastern Europe and Beyond
Kitka
(© Kitka, 1992)
This music is paradise in audible form! Why wait even one more second
to beautify your life with these exquisite vocal harmonies? Listen – and
dance for joy! Kitka is a a vocal ensemble specializing in the songs of
Eastern Europe. The songs on Voices were gathered from ethnographic
recordings collected in Eastern Europe by Kitka, transcriptions of recordings
made by Eastern European folk artists, modern Balkan composers’ interpretations
of folk melodies, and original compositions and arrangements by (then)
director Bon Brown. This CD includes some of the most beautiful songs
that I have ever heard. $16 |
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The Eastern Wind
Tikho nad Richkoyu
Duynel Idi ut Oftcetya
Moma Bega Zprez Livade
Bratets Kosi
Haydutin Stuyan
Predite Prelye
Dimyaninka
Son Mi Doyde
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V Serykh Sumerkakh
Zaspala Li Si Yagodo
Na Pat Yodam
Pustono Ludo I Mlado
Ya Ti Postilam
Ay Mori Milke
Yofcharche Mlado
Vetar Vee
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A Circle is Cast: Rounds, Chants and Songs for Celebration and Ritual
Libana
(© Libana, 1986)
This is one of the albums that sparked the rounds singing renaissance!
These beautiful, mostly a capella songs and rounds present a spectacular
and moving celebration of the earth, the seasons, and the inner Divine.
Includes Native American, African, Anglo, Israeli and European music from
the Renaissance through the contemporary feminist era. If you want a collection
of beautiful, harmony-filled songs for your listening or singing pleasure,
please buy this album! $16 Learn to sing these songs with the
A Circle is Cast Songbook
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Ah, Comme C’est Chose Belle
Sure as the Wind
A River of Birds
Autumn Time
Fly, Fly, Fly
In May, That Lusty Season
Lachen
Full Moonlight Dance
Kore Chant
Ma Belle Sinkwanee
Young Rider
As I Mee Walked
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The Earth, the Air, the Fire, the Water
A Circle is Cast
Mowtay
The Earth is our Mother
Ancient Mother
Russian Lullaby
Eyli
Higher
Round and Round
Sisters, Now our Meeting is Over
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Ah, Comme C’est Chose Belle
Sure as the Wind
A River of Birds
Autumn Time
Fly, Fly, Fly
In May, That Lusty Season
Lachen
Full Moonlight Dance
Kore Chant
Ma Belle Sinkwanee
Young Rider
As I Mee Walked
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The Earth, the Air, the Fire, the Water
A Circle is Cast
Mowtay
The Earth is our Mother
Ancient Mother
Russian Lullaby
Eyli
Higher
Round and Round
Sisters, Now our Meeting is Over
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Fire Within: Magical and Contemplative Rounds and Songs from Around
the World
Libana
(Libana, © 1990)
Gorgeous rounds, chants and songs for ritual and celebration, from
medieval, Native American, African, Shaker, Japanese, Jewish, Hawaiian,
Swedish, German, and contemporary American sources. These beautiful
songs are easy to learn and delightful to sing with friends, family, song
circles and choruses. $16 Learn to
sing these songs with the
Fire Within Songbook.
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Fire Within
Hotaru Koi
Treeplanter’s Round
Con El Viento
Good Friend
Kona Kai Opua I Ka Lai
O Virgo Splendens
Rise Up O Flame
Neesa
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Lullaby
Clear Horizon
Ode To Contentment
I Will Be Gentle With Myself
Now I Walk In Beauty
Be Like A Bird
Lo Yisa Goy
Kwaheri
And She Will Rise
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Fire Within Songbook
Libana
(© Libana, 1990)
Learn to sing the songs on Libana’s CD
Fire Within
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the album. 39 pages, paperback. $14 |
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Fire Within
Hotaru Koi
Treeplanter’s Round
Con El Viento
Good Friend
Kona Kai Opua I Ka Lai
O Virgo Splendens
Rise Up O Flame
Neesa
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Lullaby
Clear Horizon
Ode To Contentment
I Will Be Gentle With Myself
Now I Walk In Beauty
Be Like A Bird
Lo Yisa Goy
Kwaheri
And She Will Rise
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Night Passage
Libana
(© Libana, 2000)
From Libana: “In seeking the music that would be included in this
album (the third in a trilogy that began with A Circle Is Cast
and Fire Within), we found ourselves instinctively
drawn to songs that evocatively portray the cyclical nature of life. The
sixteen songs we chose, each in its own inspiring and soothing way, reflect
upon the personal and universal themes of life, death, renewal, and the
longing for mystical connection. Woven throughout are images of the eternal
circling of the heavens, the potent cycles of the moon, the earth's perpetual
turning from equinox to solstice, a powerful cross-cultural belief in
a spiritual dimension, and the fundamental human need to mourn, take solace,
and experience unbounded hope and joy.”
$16 Learn to sing these beautiful songs with the
Night Passage Songbook
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Whatever Circles Comes from the Center
Dark of the Moon
O Mama Bakudala
Summer Solstice
I Have a Million Nightingales
Bim Bam
Learned of Angel
V'asu Li Mikdash
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The Breeze at Dawn
We All Come from the Goddess
Yemaya
Vem Kan Segla
Er a la vo
Night Goes Back
Ise Oluwa
Deep Peace
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Whatever Circles Comes from the Center
Dark of the Moon
O Mama Bakudala
Summer Solstice
I Have a Million Nightingales
Bim Bam
Learned of Angel
V'asu Li Mikdash
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The Breeze at Dawn
We All Come from the Goddess
Yemaya
Vem Kan Segla
Er a la vo
Night Goes Back
Ise Oluwa
Deep Peace
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Rounds Galore: Captivating Rounds Old and New – Songbook
Sol Weber
(© Sol Weber, 1994)
This excellent collection includes complete musical notation for more
than 340 rounds related to practically every aspect of human existence.
Includes rounds from the French, Hebrew, German, Elizabethan, classical
and contemporary American traditions. 175 pages, paperback, spiral bound.
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