[HANASHIR:17028] Music of Richard Silverman

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Hello All -

In catching up with past postings from this list I see people asking 
frequently for music from biblical texts, holocaust, social action, life cycle 
themes, 
etc. and I wondered if you know about the music of Cantor Richard Silverman, 
who has written in all these areas, and more.  When I first started collecting 
music whose texts came from the bible I contacted Richard and was amazed at 
his HUGE repertoire of original, singable melodies.  He was teaching 
songleaders at Camp Swig years ago, making sure that they had useable material. 
 You all 
know his Eitz Chayim-Tree of Life and Mi Chamocha (ya ba bim bam) classics.  
It has been difficult to get hold of sheet music for his music - recently 
Cantor Bruce Benson helped Richard bring out a songbook of 62 of his 
compositions 
with melody line and guitar chords, keyboard accompaniment for nine of them, 
and 14 pieces for choir or duets.  If anyone is interested you can find out 
more about this new songbook at:  
http://soundswrite.com/swstore8b.html#silverman 
  A wonderful resource!!!

Happy Purim!
Randee Friedman
www.soundswrite.com