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Musical Resources for Children's Choirs
Compiled by J. Mark Dunn

The Complete Shireinu  (ed. Joel N. Eglash)
Collection of music used in the summer camps/youth movement
Shirei T'shuvah: Songs of Repentance  (ed. J. Mark Dunn)
High Holy Day music for soloists with many simple tunes for small choirs
Gates of Song  (ed. Charles Davidson)
Reform Movement's "hymnal"; excellent resource for Shabbat melodies
Manginot  (ed. Stephen Richards)
Source for early childhood through "camper" age
New Jewish Songster, vol. 1 & 2  (ed. Gershon Ephros)
Simple 2-3 part music for children's choirs for whole Jewish year. Vol 1 out of print.
Songs for Growin'  (Kol B'seder)
Music for children for the whole Jewish year
The Complete Book of Jewish Rounds  (ed. J. Mark Dunn)
Rounds on Chanukah, Psalm, Pirkei Avot, & other texts
Sing His Praise  (Simon Sargon)
Erev Shabbat and Torah Service for Children
Shirat Atideinu (Arthur Yolkoff)
Nice Shabbat melodies for 2-3 part children's choir
Nashir B'yachad  (Gershon Kingsley)
Shabbat service for 2-3 part treble choir
Nishmat Chayim  (Michael Isaacson)
Nice 2-part Shabbat service; can be done with instruments
Friday Night Music Old and New  (Aminadav Aloni)
Saturday Morning Music Old and New  (Aminadav Aloni)
2-part choir music for Shabbat, some wonderfully exciting melodies
Baroque Suite:  Children are the Heritage of the Lord (Charles Davidson)
2-3 part settings in the form of a Baroque Suite of dances on the poems of Yehudah Halevi
B'rinah Yagilu  (Charles Davidson)
2-part High Holiday music
Friday Eve Service  (Harry Coopersmith)
High Holy Day Services  (Harry Coopersmith)
2-part music (arrangements) of standard musical settings
Chag Sameiach  (Max Janowski)
Festival music for junior choir.  Great untapped resource!
Hazzanic Thesaurus for Sabbath  (Noah Schall)
Hazzanic Thesaurus for the Three Festivals  (Noah Schall)
Contains many simple 2-3 part treble choir settings
Cantorial Anthology, vol. 6 (Gershon Ephros)
Contains some simple 2-3 part treble choir pieces
  • T'filot Shel Y'ladim  (Benjamin Siegel)
  • El Hay'ladim B'yisraeil  (Abraham Salkov)
  • The Songs We Sing, vol. 1 & 2   (ed. Coopersmith)
  • Young Faith, vol 1: Ma-ariv & 2: Shacharit  (Ilse G. Wunsch)
  • Union Songster

 

 


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