Composed by: traditional

arranged by Joshua Jacobson

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Voicing: SATB or SA

Language: Yiddish

Difficulty: moderately easy

Country: America, Poland, Russia

Solos: baritone

Instruments: piano

Lyrics: trad

Publisher: Transcontinental

Year Composed/Published: 1997

Timing: 2:00

Tempo: moderate then fast

First Line: Az Ikh Vel Zogn Lekho Doydi

description: This song portrays a rehearsal with a cantor and his choir in Eastern Europe a century ago. The slow “call and response” is followed by a lively Hassidic-style up-tempo “tchiri-bim-bam” niggun.