It’s Psalms 137:4–6:4 How shall we sing the LORD'S song in a foreign land?5 If I forget thee, O Jerusalem, let my right hand forget her cunning.6 Let my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I remember thee not; if I set not Jerusalem above my chiefest joy.The title that appears in Hebrew is “If I forget thee” (hard to transcribe; eem eshkakhekh, sort of).
Ilahi by Arijit SIngh from Yeh Jawaani hain Deewani Kar Chalna Shuru Tu by Vishal Dadlani , Shilpa Rao & Amit Trivedi from the movie "Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu"Dil Chaahta Hain Title Song by Shankar MahadevanWho Says by Selena GomezRoar by Katy PerryFirework by Katy Perry Gone gone gone by Phillip PhillipsMor Bani Thangat Kare from Goliyon ki Rasleela - Ram Leela Nagada Sang Dhol Baje by Shreya Ghoshal from the movie Goliyon ki Rasleela - Ram Leela Happy by Pharell Williams from Decpicable Me 2 Counting Starsby One Republic Addicted by Enrique IglesiasHero by Enrique IglesiasInternational Love by Pitbull ft. Chris Brown Numb by Linkin ParkEminem - Love The Way You Lie ft. Rihanna Beautiful by EminemDil Se Re by A.R.RahmanMadari by Vishal Dadlani & Sonu Kakkar
What are some very beautiful Jewish/Hebrew songs?
There is a treasure revealed to the world in the later 1700s, a musical gem called the Nigun (or Niggun, in Hebrew spelling: ניגון). There are upbeat ones, and slower ones, but I think you can find a lot with some research =]. Something to get you started: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MrQeTz9_E... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi9J7ryi4... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRVMISuMn... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGR2VJnAyuE&feature=related See if you can navigate around the Hebrew text...These are all lists of collections, which bring to lists of albums, which allow for streaming. I recommend the 10th-12th links from the top: http://www.chabad.info/index.php?url=songs_en Good luck!
Why do people around the world visit the beautiful Jerusalem?
Jerusalem is one of the oldest Capital cities in the world.It has an amazing location,built on hills that rise up from the Mediterranean coastal plain less than an hour away. The old city and much of modern Jerusalem is built of the most beautiful pink stone which glints gold in the early morning sun.The walls of the Old City have been preserved and repaired so that one can walk along the walls for an amazing view .The Jewish Quarter of the old Old City ,sacked by the Arabs in1948 ,has been rebuilt in a unique blend of old and modern domestic architecture.The Temple Mount,with the 2,000 year old Western Wall is the most holy Jewish site in the World.It is open to everybody at all times. Archaeologists have opened tunnels showing the recently opened massive stones of the Temple Mount, which lead to the Christian Quarter is an underground trip going back to the dawn of Christianity.The Temple site is occupied by three mosques,which Israel has left under the control of the Muslim Wakf.There is restricted visiting of Non -Muslims to this site,especially during the 5 services a day.This site is venerated by Muslims as the place where Mohamed and his horse went up to Heaven. The Mount of Olives was the place that in Christian belief,Jesus spent his last night before his trial. It has the oldest Jewish cemetery ,dating from Temple times ,currently still in use. The Holy Sepulchre,shared by ia Copt's,Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholics is in the Old City.The new city is a true international capital with the Knesset(Parliament),Hebrew University,the ultra modern Jewish Museum,with its Shrine of the Book ,built to resemble the Jars in which the 2500 year old Bible and other writing were found near the Dead Sea.The best way to travel there is by the new light train with its spectacular view of Jerusalem as one suddenly reaches Jerusalem. But Jerusalem is a bustling city of walking streets , eateries , markets , parks and wide avenues and tiny stoned and cobbled lanes and superb entertainment. It is filled with crowds of especially young people and music.There is no place like it!
Nesciens Mater by Jean Mouton, as performed by The Sixteen at St. Mark’s Cathedral in Seattle about 25 years ago.The piece is a wonderful example of graceful imitative counterpoint. It is written for eight voices but four of the parts follow the other four in canon a fifth higher. The description sounds contrived but the music doesn’t. The voices weave in and out creating a lovely varied texture.This specific performance was almost too much to bear. The singing fit the space perfectly. At one of the climaxes, a soprano caught a resonant frequency and her voice soared over everyone else with a quiet and restrained power that hit me in the gut. She wasn’t loud or overpowering, it was like her voice hit a crease in the air so that it seemed to come from everywhere while the other voices were doing their stately thing. Truly a transcendent moment.Here is a fine performance by the Monteverdi Choir:
1. Debussy's, Reflections in Water. This is a stunning piece. Here, the sequence of keys is marked by the intervals of a descending Fibonnaci sequence - 34, 21, 13 and 8. It's main climax rests on the Golden Ratio (or φ position). If you want to read more on Fibonacci sequences and the phi ratio in music,Music, Fibonacci numbers and relationships to Phi, the Golden Ratio2. The second piece is Bach's never-ending Cannon (the original is Canon a 2 per Tonus, from Bach's "Musical Offering." where it modulates up a whole step each time through; thus, after six times through, the music returns to C Minor where it began, but an octave higher.) This isn't the original, but is a mathematically significant piece. This recording, inspired by a suggestion in Douglas Hofstadter's "Gödel, Escher, Bach," uses the Shepard Tone technique, meaning that a lower octave is constantly being faded in for each voice while the upper octaves slowly fade. Thus, by the time C Minor is reached again, the lower octave has taken over; so we're back exactly where we started.To read more: MMmusing: Canon Loop
Fayrouz's Zahrat Al Madaaen is the best song about Jerusalem in my opinion. I never get bored of listening to it, because,It's Fayrouz!It's about Jerusalem,The lyrics are so beautiful,The way she sings it gives you a nostalgic feeling about a place you might never visit in your life.
Hillel Gray has me figured out, it seems. My nomination is Yerushalayim Shel Zahav by Naomi Shemer. Here it is performed by Ofra Haza as part of a celebration of the city of Jerusalem.Yerushalayim Shel Zahav — Ofra HazaPlease note that a few of the translations in the video are not accurate; they have been changed in places to reflect political views more palatable to English speaking audiences.Naomi Shemer wrote this song as a response to Israel's victory in the 1967 war, and its lyrics draw heavily on phrases from Jewish Scripture. This reflects a feeling common to even secular Israelis of that time that the victory was a miracle from God. While that optimism has faded in the decades since, the song is still regarded by many as the unofficial second national anthem of Israel — analogous to God Bless America in the US.
Jerusalem hymn in babettes feast?
It may not be an actual hymn, pumpkin, but may have been written for the film by Per Nørgård, the composer. There's more information about the hymn in the following: http://ocw.nd.edu/philosophy/ancient-wisdom-and-modern-love/writing-assignments-1/babettes-feast-summary http://cw.marianuniversity.edu/dschimpf/keylinesfrombabettesfeast.htm It's a stunningly beautiful film. @Mary, I don't think it's the famous hymn. Some of the lines are: "Jerusalem, my heart's true home, your name is forever dear to me. Your kindness is second to none, you keep us clothed and fed. Never would you give a stone to the child who begs for bread."