Composed by: Herbert Fromm

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CD: Zamir

Voicing: SATB

Event/Holiday: Chanukah

Language: Hebrew or English

Difficulty: moderate

Country: America, Israel, Germany

Solos: soprano

Instruments: none

Lyrics: anonymous

Publisher: Transcontinental

Year Composed/Published: 1951

Timing: 1:20

Tempo: moderately fast, then slow, then moderately fast again

First Line: Mi Yemalel

description: Fromm, the German-American neo-classicist, applies his prodigious skills to this simple Chanukah folksong, transforming it into a charming polyphonic madrigal. The other madrigals in this collection (Six Madrigals "Sabbath," "Purim," "Hannukah," "The Ninth Day of Ab," "Passover," and "Sukkot.") are equally fine!