Composed By: Mordecai Seter

Hebrew Title: Arba’a Shirey Mo’ed

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sample pages Eshet Khayil PDF

sample pages Adir Kevodo PDF

Eshet Khayil is on this CD

Voicing: SSAATTBB

Language: Hebrew

Difficulty: challenging

Country: Israel

Instruments: none

Occasion: Shabbat, Yom Kippur, Simhat Torah, Simhat Bat (the naming of a girl child)

Lyrics: liturgy for Yom Kippur, Simhat Torah, Simhat Bat, Proverbs 31

Year Composed/Published: 1946

Timing: 13:30

Tempo: various

First Line: Ana Bekor’eynu

description: Seter bases his compositions on traditional Jewish melodies, and treats them in a style reminiscent of Bartok. The first movement: Ana Bekor’eynu, is based on a hymn for Yom Kippur, 4:25. The second movement: Ayuma, is a hymn for the birth of a daughter, 1:20. The third Movement: Eshet Khayil, based on a Bratslav Hassidic melody for the Friday evening recitation of the hymn (Proverbs 31) in praise of one’s wife, 3:28.  The fourth movement: Adir Kevodo, is based on a hymn for Simhat Torah, 3:54)