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About
When I was commissioned by the Zamir Choral Foundation to choose one of my melodies for a new choral arrangement for a Community Sing of the 2019 North American Jewish Choral Festival, I was delighted to write this arrangement of “Miryam Han’via,” adding a new niggun (wordless) melody—heard at the very beginning, and then throughout the piece—as a way to expand on the original melody.
Score
Transliterated Text and Translation
text by Rabbi Leila Gal Berner
Miriam ha-n’vi’a oz v’zimra b’yada.
Miriam tirkod itanu l’hagdil zimrat olam.
Miriam tirkod itanu l’taken et ha-olam.
Bimheyra v’yameynu hi t’vi’einu el mey ha-y’shua.
Miriam the prophet, strength and song in her hand.
Miriam, dance with us in order to increase the song of the world.
Miriam, dance with us in order to repair the world.
Soon she will bring us to the waters of redemption.
Performances
Premiere: March 2022: HaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir, Rose Hall, Jazz at Lincoln Center, New York, NY
July 2022: Hazamir, The International Jewish Teen Choir, American Jewish Choral Festival, Stamford, CT.
June 2023: Nashir! chorale, Ben Gruder conductor, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY.