Fred Blumenthal

Chazzanut Online is honoured to be able to present some fine Jewish Liturgical Music that was created by the contemporary composer Fred Blumenthal.

Compositions

Composition	Formats
Yevanim (Maoz Tzur)	pdf midi etf mus
Yevanim Clarinet Part	pdf
Shenei Zeitim	pdf midi etf mus
Shehecheyanu (mixed)	pdf midi etf mus
Shehecheyanu (male)	pdf midi etf mus
Tsam'ah Nafshi	pdf midi etf mus
Lechayim Tovim	pdf midi etf mus
Hineih Mah Tov	pdf midi etf mus
Chassidic Kaddish	pdf midi etf mus
Ki Anu Amecha	pdf midi etf mus
Shema Na	pdf midi etf mus
Shomeir Yisra'eil	pdf midi etf mus
Yisro'eil Ve'oraiso	pdf midi etf mus
Yavo Addir Veyig'aleinu	pdf midi etf mus
Yismechu Bemalchutecha	pdf midi etf mus
Al Sheloshah Devarim	pdf midi etf mus
Ashrei	pdf midi etf mus
Hakafot	pdf midi etf mus
Barukh Hasheim	pdf midi etf mus

Note: etf and mus files contain the finale sources.

"Yevanim" and "Shenei Zeitim" were both based on traditional Chanukah tunes. "Tsam'ah Nafshi" is an arrangement of a tune by Israel Goldfarb. The "Chassidic Kaddish" was probably composed by Jacob Gottlieb, better known as Yankel der Hezeriker, and popularised by Yossele Rosenblatt. Further information can be found inside the sheet music.

Fred Blumenthal <xd2fabl@us.ibm.com> would appreciate to hear from you, if you'd like to use his compositions or if you have any questions regarding his music.

About the composer

Fred Blumenthal is a native of St. Louis, Missouri, U.S.A. He attended Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York in the middle 1960s, where he studied composition with Pulitzer Prize winner Karel Husa and choral music with Gregg Smith. Returning to St. Louis, he studied composition, music education and choral conducting at Washington University before completing a Ph.D. in musicology, writing a dissertation concerning the history of music in St. Louis.

Dr. Blumenthal's eclectic career has included teaching - particularly public school music in inner-city schools - writing music reviews for the Post-Dispatch and other publications, radio announcing, synagogue and church choir directing, piano repair and computer work. He is a member of the St. Louis Circle of Jewish Music and a past vice-president of the Guild of Temple Musicians. He was for seven years the choir director for Yamim Noraim at Brith Sholom Kneseth Israel in St. Louis.

Mr. Blumenthal describes his compositional approach as "accumulative," picking up aspects of different styles in the course of his studies and research.