Composed By: Kurt Weill

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Voicing: SATBB

Language: Hebrew

Difficulty: moderate

Country: Germany, America

Solos: tenor or soprano

Instruments: piano or organ

Lyrics: liturgy

Publisher: European American

Year Composed/Published: 1946

Timing: 3:15

Tempo: moderately slow

First Line: borukh ato adonoy

description: A rare liturgical gem from the pen of the great German-American composer. Like many of his works, “Kiddush” blends elements of jazz (the blues scale) with classical formalism. This setting of the Sabbath blessing over wine, commissioned by New York’s Park Avenue Synagogue, is dedicated to the composer’s father, Albert Weill, who had been chief cantor in Dessau, Germany. It was originally published with Ashkenazic pronunciation, but the current edition uses Sephardic. In the original edition m. 16 had F-natural; the new edition has changed it to F-sharp.