(C Instruments). By Various. For C Instruments. Fake Book. Softcover. 520 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Various. Edited by Trevor de Clercq. Fake Book. Softcover. 224 pages. Published by Hal Leonard

By Various. Arranged by Bernard Taylor. For voice, piano. Published by Theodore Presser Company.

(S.A.T.B., with Piano). By Richard Wagner (1813-1883). Arranged by Philip Hagemann. SATB chorus. For SATB, Piano. Choir Loft Choral Series. Choral. Choral part(s). Standard notation. 4 pages. Duration 2 minutes. Published by Theodore Presser Company

Tara Publications (Tara: The Best in Jewish Music). Size 9x12 inches. 176 pages. Published by Tara Publications.

By The Highwomen. Arranged by Andrea Ramsey. Andrea Ramsey Choral Series. Concert, Inspirational, Pop. Octavo. Published by Hal Leonard

Guitar - Intermediate

SKU: OT.26114

Composed by Ariel Lazarus. A short suite for classical guitar based on themes from the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Classical. Score. OR-TAV Music Publications #26114. Published by OR-TAV Music Publications (OT.26114).

ISBN 9789655051049. 8.27 x 11.69 inches.

Ariel Lazarus
Guitarra Liturgia
Two pieces based on music from the Spanish and Portuguese tradition.
Contents:
Jerusalem de Sefarad - Suite for Guitar
Contrapunto Sefardi
The composer writes:
For many years I wanted to compose a piece for guitar which would inspire interested students to expand their repertoire in the direction of Jewish music. The most natural thing for me was to write a suite based on themes from the synagogue in which I grew up – the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue of Gibraltar. My beloved grandfather served all his life as hazzan (cantor) of this synagogue, and I always felt as a composer and educator that I had a special obligation to continue his tradition and pass it on to a new generation. In this composition, I let the guitar echo the piyyutim (semi-liturgical poems) that were part of my childhood: Adon Olam, Sh'charchoret, Achot K'tana, Yigdal, Borei ad Ana, all of which are sung in the Spanish and Portuguese tradition from Gibraltar to London, and from New York to Jerusalem. I let myself dream the piyyutim, take them apart and reconstruct them as a short suite for guitar, the results of which you are invited to hear here. As a conceptual idea for the suite, I choose to suggest about the cultural continuation between the Diaspora and the land of Israel by way of referencing the well-known melody of Naomi Shemer, which is also popular among the hazzanim.
Dr. Ariel Lazarus is a unique voice among Israeli composer-performers today. Brought up in a family with Jewish musical roots both in Gibraltar and Westphalia, he began composing and playing the guitar in his teens, and has been committed to developing his own compositional language ever since, always maintaining an open dialogue with his traditions.
Lazarus received his BMus and MMus degrees from Oklahoma City University in classical guitar performance and composition where he studied with American composer Dr. Edward Knight. He earned his PhD from Bar Ilan University, studying composition with Prof. Betty Olivero and Prof. Gideon Lewensohn and conducting research under the supervision of Prof. Edwin Seroussi from the Hebrew University. His symphonic works have been premiered by the Raanana Symphonette Orchestra, and his chamber works have been performed by various ensembles in the United States, Central Europe, Portugal, Gibraltar, Scandinavia and Israel. Lazarus performs regularly as Art Ambassador on behalf of the Israeli Ministry of Diaspora affairs Amiel BaKehila program.
His solo album A Hebrew Capriccio was released by the German boutique label SmoothFactor and was awarded critical acclaim, among others, in Haaretz, and Neue Westfalishe.
Dr. Lazarus is the musical director and co-founder of the Israeli Ladino Orchestra. His work with the orchestra has been recognized by the official Carta de España. He teaches at the Academic College for Education Givat Washington, and the Rimon School of Music. Lazarus’s work has been awarded by the Israeli Pais Art council and ACUM.

A Method for the Recorder Based on Israel Folk Melodies. By Tzipora H. Jochsberger. Transcontinental Music Folios. Size 9x12 inches. 66 pages. Published by Transcontinental Music Publications.

(Cantata for the Sunday after Christmas). Composed by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750). Edited by Christiane Hausmann. Arranged by Paul Horn. For SATB vocal soli, 3 recorders, 2 oboes, english horn, 2 violins, viola, basso continuo. This edition: Paperbound. Stuttgart Urtext Edition. German title: Das neugeborne Kindelein. Cantatas, Christmas. Vocal score. Language: German/English. Composed 1724. BWV 122. 20 pages. Duration 16 minutes. Published by Carus Verlag