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SCORED FOR:
Soloist, SATB, piano
OCCASION:
Yizkor
COMPOSITION DATE:
c. 2006
DESCRIPTION:
A contempative a cappella setting of the Yizkor text:
"...Lord, what is man that You care for him, a mortal
that You notice him?
Man is like a fleeting breath, his days like a passing shadow.
In the morning he flourishes and grows;
in the evening he withers and dries up...."
BACKGROUND:
This setting was composed during Cantor Finkelstein's tenure
at Beth Tzedec Congregation in Toronto, Canada.
It was written to be sung a cappella, since instruments
were not used during services.
The piano accompaniment was added at a later date.
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