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"The Art of Synagogue Music"
November 12-14, 2006
New York City
Synagogue and Other Works Based on Jewish Themes by Jack Gottlieb
All works published by Theophilous Music, Inc.
Distributed by Transcontinental Music or by Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
Compositions Listed by Composer in Chronological Order. "FP" =indicates First Performance.
1957:
DIDN'T MY LORD DELIVER DANIEL?, Spiritual for SATB Chorus, Soloists & Piano.
FP: March 16, 1958, University Chorus, Harold Decker, conductor, University of Illinois.
1960:
IN MEMORY OF ..., Cantata on poems of Moses Ibn Ezra for Choir, Tenor Solo & Organ.
First prize Brown University Choral Contest.
FP: Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY, March 18, 1960.
1965:
LOVE SONGS FOR SABBATH, Friday Evening Service for Cantor, Choir, Organ. Optional: Female Reader (poetry & prose, varying), Dancer & Percussion. Commissioned by Park Avenue Synagogue, New York, NY.
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1) Organ Prelude
2) Mah Tovu
3) Psalm 96
4) L'chah Dodi
5) Bar'chu
6) Sh'ma Yisrael
7) Organ Interlude (And thou shalt love)
8) Mi Chamochah
9) Hashkiveinu
10) V'shamru
11) Cantillation Chorale/Half Kaddish
12) Silent Meditation/May the Words
l3) Vay'chulu
14) Kiddush
15) Vaanachnu/V'hayah Adonai
16) Mourner's Kaddish (organ)
17) Adon Olam
18) Organ Postlude
1967:
SHOUT FOR JOY, Church or Synagogue Psalms for Mostly Unison Choir, Piano, 2 Flutes & 3 Drums. 1) Psalm 95,
2) Psalm 84,
3) Psalm 81.
FP: January 19, 1969, Church of St. Mary the Virgin, New York, NY, conducted by composer.
1970:
NEW YEAR'S SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE, for Two-Part Choir and Organ.
- 1) "New Year's Greetings to God"
2) "Shehecheyanu (He grants us life)"
3) "Bar'chu (Praise the Lord)"
4) "Sh'ma Yisrael (Hear O Israel)"
5) "Mi Chamocha (Who is like You?) A. (Rosh Hashana Eve & Morn)"
6) "Mi Chamocha B. (Yom Kippur Eve & Morn)"
7) "Mi Chamocha C. (General Use, Morning)"
8) "Zochreinu (Remember us)"
9) "Kedushah (Sanctification) Responses: Kadosh (Holy)/Baruch Kavod (Blessed is the glory)/Yimloch Adonai (The Lord shall reign)"
10) "V'al Kulam (For all our sins)"
11) "I Resolve"
12) "The Book of Life"
13) "Hymn of Forgiveness"
14) "Silent Devotion/ May the Words (Yih'yu l'ratson)"
15) Torah Service: "S'u Shearim (Lift up your heads)"
16) Sh'ma Yisrael /L'cha Adonai (To You, O Lord)"
17) "Hodo Al Eretz (He is above the earth)"
18) "Eitz Chayim (Tree of life)/Hashiveinu (Help us to return)"
19) "Vaanachnu (Let us bow)/On that day"
20) "Closing Hymn"
THREE CANDLE BLESSINGS for Choir & Organ.
FP: fall of 1970, Temple Israel, St. Louis, Mo.
MI CHAMOCHA ("Who is like unto Thee?"), Yom Kippur setting, for choir & organ.FP: 1970, Temple Israel, St. Louis, Mo. Printed in Yamim Noraim, Vol. 1, pp. 47-50.
1973: VERSES FROM PSALM 118, for Choir & Organ. Commissioned by Union of American Hebrew Congregations for its centennial year.
FP: June 6, 1973, Temple Israel, St. Louis, Mo.
MAY WE LIE DOWN, (from "Gates of Prayer"), song.
FP: October 15, 1974, Cliff Snyder, baritone, Stephen S. Wise Synagogue, New York, NY. New edition 1996: See 1981: TWO NIGHT SONGS.
1974: TEFILOT SHEVA ("Seven Prayers") for Low Voice & keyboard (optional notes for higher voice), based on Sabbath Amidah: 1) Avot 2) Gevurot (M'chalkeyl chayim) 3) Kedushat Hashem 4) R'stei vimnuchateinu 5) Avodah (R'stei Adonai) 6) Modim anachnu Lach 7) Shalom Rav FP: April 20, 1975, Cantors Richard Botton, Helene Reps & composer, 92nd St. Y, New York, NY.
1974:
Editing of previously unpublished works by Max Helfman:
1) AHAVAT OLAM, for Cantor, Choir & Organ. TCL.
2) KEDUSHA, for cantor, Choir & Organ. TCL.
3) THREE SETTINGS OF THE KIDDUSH for Cantor, Choir & Organ: in G, in A & in B-flat.
Each includes original music by Jack Gottlieb.
1975:
HYMNS for vocal solo, unison choir or congregational singing & organ:
- 1) ADON OLAM ("Lord of all")
2) ANIM ZEMIROT ("Sweet songs")
3) BLESSED BE THE NAME (alternate English & Hebrew) THEO/TCL (available as transcription for brass)
4) MA TOVU ("How goodly ...")
5) SHACHAR AVAKESHCHA ("At dawn I seek Thee")
JUDGE OF THE WORLD, Organ Postlude based on an Ashkenazic melody collected by Benedetto Marcello, Venice, early 18th century.
FP: June 15, 1975, CCAR convention, Cinncinati, Ohio.
See 1988: THE VOICE OF THE LORD IN THE STORM.
ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT, (Poem by Robert Frost, reprinted in "Gates of Prayer"), song.
FP: Spring 1975, Don Croll, baritone & composer.
See 1981: TWO NIGHT SONGS ("Acquainted with the Night' & "May We Lie Down". Both songs have been orchestrated by Stephen Richards (1993).
SHARING THE PROPHETS, A Musical Encounter for Singers (Soloists, Chorus), Piano, Double Bass & Percussion. Text by composer. Commissioned by Board of Jewish Education of Greater NY. [Piano-vocal score, choral score & libretto.] Musical numbers:
- 1) "Lip Service"
2) "The Haggle-Higgle"
3) "Roll Call"
4) "Fish Story"
5) "The Senses Census"
6) "The Name Game"
7) "Hymn of Liberty"
8) "Jeremiah's Monologue & Tirade"
9) "Duet of Hope"
10) "The God Squad"
11) "Isaiah's Dream"
12) "Take the Melting Pot/Fight Scene"
13) "Finale"
14) "Reprise-Encore"
FOUR SETTINGS
- 1) Ki Eshmera Shabbat
2) Y'rushalayim (Y & H). (1996)
3) Zog Nit Keynmol (Song of the Partisans)
4) Shalom Aleichem (Goldfarb)/Candle Blessing (Gottlieb) (H & E).
1976:
FOUR AFFIRMATIONS for Choir, Alto or Baritone Solo, Brass Sextet or Piano/Organ.
- 1) "Proclamation: Leviticus 25:9-10"
2) "Invocation: Tsur Yisrael"*
3) "Declaration: 'On a Note of Triumph' by Norman Corwin"
4) "Celebration: Half-Kaddish"*
Commissioned by Congregation Emanu-El, New York, NY.
KEDUSHA for Voice & Keyboard.
FP: June 29, 1976, Helene Reps, mezzo & the composer, Gratz College, Philadelphia, PA
1968-1976:
THE SONG OF SONGS, WHICH IS SOLOMON'S, An "Operatorio" for Soprano, Tenor & Baritone soloists (other tenor/baritone soloists, optional), Women's Chorus & Keyboard. Setting of the entire book of the Bible, Jerusalem Bible translation. Completed with the assistance of a grant from the National Foundation for the Arts.
FP excerpts: November 22, 1969, Joyce Glaser, soprano & composer. FP other excerpts:1970 & 72, Carolee Stacy-Coombs & John Lawless, St. Louis, Mo. See Set Me As A Seal, 1991.
SHEHASHALOM SHELO (from "Gates of Prayer") for Voice & Keyboard. Ms.
FP: February 21, 1977, Sarah Sager, soprano & composer. Revised & set to MAY THE WORDS, H & E.
EICHA ASHIR/HOW CAN I SING? (from "Gates of Prayer") for Voice & Keyboard, Hebrew & English. FP: February 21, 1977, Phyllis Cole, soprano & composer, ACC Conclave, Walker Valley, NY.
1977:
YEVARECHECHA/THREE-FOLD BENEDICTION for A Cappella Choir.
FP: April 1977, Temple Beth El, Great Neck, NY.
MI SHESHIKEIN (from "Gates of Repentance") for Solo Voice or Duet & Keyboard, H & E. Published in Yamim Noraim, Vol. II
FP: April 1977, Temple Beth El, Great Neck, NY.
VEAHAVTA for Voice & Keyboard.
FP: March 1977, Cantor Helene Reps, mezzo & composer.
HASHKIVEINU for Voice & Keyboard. (also available in a transcription for brass) FP: June 19, 1977, Cantor Barbara Ostfeld, alto, 92nd.St. Y. New York, NY.
IT IS EVENING (from "Gates of Prayer") for Voice & Keyboard.
FP: February 18, 1978, Helene Reps, mezzo, ACC Conclave, New Jersey.
SHIRIM UZMIROT, Collection of Songs & Hymns for Congregational Use, edited by Jack Gottlieb. Joint publication of ACC & CCAR.
1978:
BECAUSE I LOVE (from "Gates of Prayer") for Voice & Keyboard. Ms. FP: February 18, 1978, Helene Reps, mezzo, ACC conclave.
FOR DAD ON MOTHER'S DAY (words by JG) for Youth Choir & Piano.
FP: February 18, 1978, Sing for Fun Club, Temple Beth El, Great Neck, NY at ACC conclave, NJ.
I THINK CONTINUALLY (Poem by Stephen Spender), song.
FP: October 12, 1980, Nancy Williams, mezzo & Leonard Bernstein, Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY.
1978-79:
PSALMISTRY for Four or Two Singers (varying) and Eleven Players. (Complete revision of FAMILY TORAH SERVICE, 1971). Texts adapted from 14 Psalms; music partly based on synagogue melodies:
- I. Praises: Psalms 150, 100, 133, 117 & 134
II. Mysteries: Psalms 146, 23
III. Jubilations: Psalms 98, 113
IV. Wonderments: Psalms 24, 147, 148, 19
V. Envoi: Psalm 121
TWO NIGHT SONGS: "Acquainted With the Night" & "May We Lie Down," transcribed for Male Chorus & Piano. FP of No. 2: June 24, 1981, Gay Men's Community Chorus of New York, Alice Tully Hall, New York, NY. Ms.
LIGHT AND SPLENDOUR (Poem by Leonard Cohen, reprinted in "Gates of Prayer") for High Voice, Flute and Clarinet. Printed in Perspectives of New Music, Fall-Winter 1980-81, in honor of Aaron Copland. FP: July 26, 1981, Julia Lovett, soprano, Renee Siebert, flute & Jerome Bunke, clarinet, The Breakers, Newport Music Festival, Newport, RI.
1984-85: FUNNY, IT DOESN'T SOUND JEWISH
1985:
THE VOICE OF THE LORD IN THE STORM, Organ Processional based on a Sephardic melody for Psalm 29. Companion piece to JUDGE OF THE WORLD, 1975. Revised 2005.
1990 ? V'NISLACH for Mixed Choir (SATB) and Organ
1990-91
AFTER THE FLOOD, A Musical Journey in Two Acts
Full-length musical theater work for Six Singers. Words & Music by the composer. Book by Roy Friedman, based on the Biblical account of Noah. Noah (baritone), Nahma, his wife (mezzo), Yafet, their oldest son (baritone), Shem, their middle son (baritone), Ham, their youngest son (tenor), Hadar, Shem's significant other (soprano)
- Act I "The Voice" .................................................................. Noah & sons
The Rainbow .............................................................. Underscore
Overture: Preparation for Landing ............................. Instrumental
Back On Land / Megilla Procession ......................... The Family
"We Took You In"........................................................ Nahma & Hadar
"A Weekend in Gomorrah"/Dance................................ Ham, Hadar & Shem
Guardian Angel ......................................................... Shem
"Creature"/Dance ........................................................ Yafet & Hadar
"Give Me Dirt"............................................................. Noah & Nahma
Travel to the Garden ................................................. Instrumental
"Cool Grass" ................................................................ Shem & Hadar
My Problem Child ..................................................... Ham & Nahma
Brothers, But Strangers ............................................. Shem & Yafet
"When Papa Was Born"............................................... Full ensemble
"I Always Cry at Weddings"......................................... Full ensemble
Act 2 Entr'acte: Pastorale .................................................. Instrumental
"Cool Grass" (Reprise) ............................................... Ham, Noah & Nahma
"A Model Mother-in-Law"......................................... Nahma
Hadar' s Dilemma ................................................ Hadar with Nahma & Noah speaking
"The Birthing" .......................................................... Underscore
"The Bullfrog and the Goldfish"................................ Shem & Hadar
"Let Me Hear Your Voice"........................................ Noah
"Sins of the Father"............................................. Ham & Noah
"The Family Tree (I)"............................................... The Family
"The Family Together".............................................. Underscore
"The Family Tree (II)" ............................................. Full ensemble
1991
SET ME AS A SEAL, SATB Choir, Piano and Violin or Flute.
FP: October 13, 1991, Merkin Concert Hall, New York City. New York Concert Singers, Betsy Jolles, violin, Judith Clurman, conductor.
1996-97:
SCENES FROM THE SONG OF SONGS, Cantata for Soprano & Baritone Soloists, Women's Chorus & Chamber Orchestra (13 players).
1998:
FANTASY ON HIGH HOLY DAY THEMES for Violoncello Solo
FP: September 30, 1998 (Yom Kippur day), Thomas Rutishauser, cello. Congregation Emanu-El of Westchester, Rye, NY.
SESSIONALS for Brass Quintet
FP: October 10, 1998. Written for the wedding of Elizabeth Gottlieb & Philip Anderson. Based on Psalm 84 from Shout for Joy and Hatsi Kaddish from Two Affirmations.
Processional: They are happy who dwell in Your house
Recessional: Magnified and sanctified be the Great Name Philip Sasson Brass Quintet at Rudy's Beau Rivage, Dobbs Ferry, NY.
1999: KEDUSHAT HAYOM (Sanctification of the Day), Four Motets for a cappella mixed choir Vay'chulu, Yism'chu, R'tsei vimnuchateinu, V'shamru
R'tsei premiered by the Carolina Chamber Chorale, Timothy Koch, conductor, Spoleto Festival,Congregation Beth Elohim, Charleston, SC , 06/11/00.
GRANT US PEACE (Anthem), SATB choir, organ. Premiered at St. Bartholomew's Church, NYC, William Trafka, conductor, 02/06/00. A evensong service of all Jewish music, mostly by Jack Gottlieb, probably the first service of its kind in Episcopal church history. Followed by a lecture on Jewish music delivered by the composer.
MAY THE WORDS, SATB choir, a cappella. Premiered by Amor Artis Chamber Chorale, Johannes Somary, conductor at St. Jean Baptiste Church, NYC, 03/19/00.
2000:
YOUR HAND, O GOD, HAS GUIDED (Congregational hymn). Premiere at Flatbush-Tompkins Congregational Church, Brooklyn, NY, Eric Birk, music director, 01/04/01
2004:
SONGS OF GODLOVE Volume I (A-S)
- Acquainted With the Night (Robert Frost) (3:00)
Adon Olam/ The God of All (1:30)
Anim Zemirot/ Sweet Songs (1:20)
Because I Love (1:25)
Birkat Erusin / Betrothal Blessings (1:00)
Blessed Be the Name (1:00)
A Blessing for All Occasions (0:45)
The Bullfrog and the Goldfish (from After the Flood) (3:00)
Eitz Chayim/ Tree of Life (from New Year s Service for Young People) (D) (1:42)
Family Album (from The Movie Opera) (Lullaby in Yiddish & English with clarinet, cello & piano)(5:00)
Grant Us Peace (5:00)
Hashkiveinu/ Shadows Fall (4:00)
How Can I Sing? (2:00)
I Think Continually (Stephen Spender) (5:00)
It is Evening (2:20)
Kedusha/ We Will Sanctify (4:30)
Ki Eshmera Shabat (D)/If I Keep the Sabbath (1:30)
Ma Tovu/ You Are Welcome (1:40)
May the Words/ Y hiyu L ratson and Shehashalom Shelo (2:00)
May We Lie Down (1:35)
Mi Chamocha/ Who Is Like You? (from New Year s Service for Young People)(D) (1:25)
Mi Sheshikein/ Peace and Harmony (Hebrew & English) (D) (1:25)
Shachar Avakeshcha/ At Dawn I Will Seek You (1:00)
Shalom Aleichem with Candle Blessing (D) (2:37)
Volume II (S-Z)
- Sharing the Prophets,Four Songs: (9:30)
Roll Call (2:30)
The Senses Census (2:50)
Jeremiah on 9/11 (3:00)
Duet of Hope (Wayfaring Stranger and Hatikvah) (D) (1:10)
Sh'ma Koleinu/ Hear our Voice (Weekday) (1:15)
Sh'ma Koleinu/ Hear our Voice (HHD) (3:00)
The Song of Songs, Which is Solomon s, Five Arias: (9:45)
Comfort Me with Apples (1:45)
On My Bed at Night (2:00)
Come, My Beloved (2:25)
The Shulamite s Praises (2:00)
My Beloved Went Down to His Garden (1:10)
Tefilot Sheva (Amidah): (18:45)
- 1. Avot V'imahot/ Our Ancestral Parents
2. G'vurot/ Life and Death
3. K'dushat Hashem/ The Shekhinah
4. R'tseih Vimnuchateinu/ Sabbath Rest
5. R'tseih Adonai/ Expectations
6. Modim Anachnu Lach/ Thanksgiving
7. Shalom Rav/ The Challenge
V'ahavta/ And You Shall Love (2:30)
Vay'chulu/ Now the Heaven and the Earth (1:00)
The Voice of God, A Dialogue (David Ignatow) (4:00)
V'shamru/ The Power of Prayer (1:10)
Yerushalayim/ Jerusalem (version 1) (D) (2:15)
Yerushalayim/ Jerusalem (version 2) (2:15)
Yism'chu/ Joyful Are They (1:00)
Zog nit keyn mol/ You Must Not Say (Song of the Partisans) (0:45)
2005:
IN THE PALACE OF TIME
for solo voice, mixed choir, keyboard, and/or brass sextet
Premiered September 18th , 2005 at Central Synagogue, New York City, by Jayson Rodovsky, organist, Cantors Ida Rae Cahana and Richard Botton, the synagogue choirs, & brass sextet.
M'NUCHA V'SIMCHA (from In the Palace of Time) for solo voice, 2-part choir, and keyboard
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