Tara Publications The Ultimate Klezmer Book
The Ultimate Klezmer is the largest known commercial collection of klezmer music in print. It was originally titled International Hebrew Wedding Music, published by Nat Kostakowsky in Brooklyn in 1916. The collection includes tunes from what is now Romania, Poland, Russia, the Ukraine and Hungary. Together, these selections form a cross-section of the standard repertoire of the East European Jewish wedding as it existed in the first 2 decades of the 20th century on American soil. Includes an extensive introduction, photos, a selected discography and annotations....details

Tara Publications Mazel Tov! Music For A Jewish Wedding
Music for a Jewish Wedding and More! A best-selling wedding fake book. 49 selections of the most popular melodies for weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, by the leading Jewish wedding band. Music for ceremony, processionals and recessionals, bride and groom entrance, Horas, and Klezmer medleys. The companion recording features instrumental versions of all 49 songs....details

Tara Publications Jewish Holidays in Song Book
100 best-loved songs from all points of the Jewish year: Chanukah, Passover, the Sabbath, the high holidays, and more. Includes music for lighting candles and reciting kiddush over wine. These are the most traditional, basic songs of the holiday cycle....details

Tara Publications Beyond Hava Nagila Songbook
Velvel Pasternak, a noted ethnomusicologist and lecturer, has brought the joy of Hasidic music to audiences throughout North America and Israel. The 3 movements of this book feature Velvel's often-humorous retelling of his music projects with Hasidim, a short overview of their music's essence, and the songs with background stories and annotations. The 70-minute accompanying CD features music examples from the book....details

Tara Publications Jewish Super Party (Songbook)
This unique pack with full-version CD features a songbook with arrangements for 21 songs that you need to keep a wedding, bar/bat mitzvah, or any other Jewish celebration going strong. The melody line and chords are transcribed in the same keys as the accompanying CD....details

Tara Publications Come Sing With Me - Hebrew Songs for the Young Book
65 charming songs teach Hebrew and holidays. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch. spiral bound....details

Tara Publications Israel Pops (Songbook)
Music from the unique Israel Pops album, performed by members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra. Includes songs of Israel and Jerusalem, Yiddish and Ladino medleys, Hassidic songs, and Hassidic and Israeli dances. Leaving Mother Russia, Jerusalem is Mine, and more. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch.....details

Tara Publications Shlock Rock (Songbook)
Shlock Rock's enthusiastic following (they're called shlockers) love their incredibly clever Rock and Roll parodies with Jewish identity themes. These 80 songs include famous pop song knockoffs with titles like: Bring Back that Shabbos Feeling, Help Me Rambam, Every Bite You Take, and more. Also includes music for 35 popular original Shlock Rock songs. Melody line, lyrics, easy chords for original songs; lyrics for parodies. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch.....details

Tara Publications Zmirot And Kumzitz (Songbook)
The most useful sing-along package for Sabbath at home, in the synagogue, school, camp, or youth group! The songbook, for use by the song leader, contains 112 Sabbath and liturgical pieces, including central parts of the Sabbath meal ritual. Full Hebrew texts, melody line, chords, and opening verse transliteration. The handbook, for use by the group, features the entire Sabbath meal ritual and Hebrew words with full transliteration to that and 86 songs appropriate to each meal, the close of Sabbath, and Saturday night singing. 9 inch. x 12 inch.....details

Tara Publications Flory Jagoda (Songbook)
Bosnian Ladino music combines Ladino lyrics with both Spanish and Slavic musical styles. Flory Jagoda, the acknowledged transmitter of the Bosnian musical tradition, recorded 3 albums of traditional music. Book contains all selections. Melody line, chords, texts, transliterations, translations, annotations, analysis, historical and biographical background. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch. hardcover....details

Tara Publications Sephardic Oriental (Songbook)
This best-selling collection features 73 hauntingly beautiful songs from the liturgy, z'mirot, festivals, and folk repertoire. Melody line, chords, Hebrew and Ladino texts, transliterations, trans-lations, and discography....details

Tara Publications The Yiddish (Fake Book)
A fantastic collection of more than 100 songs in a wide variety of styles that have remained popular into the 21st century. They comprise a body of anonymous songs passed on orally from generation to generation, as well as songs created by luminaries of Yiddish song. Selected texts and transliterations have been included, as is an index....details

Tara Publications Compleat Klezmer (Book/Cassette)
This book is the DEFINITIVE anthology by the world's foremost authority on klezmer music. Features an in-depth musical analysis, discography 33 annotated melodies, historical background, annotations, resources, biblio- graphy and extensive instruction on klezmer music. A MUST for Klezmer fans....details

Tara Publications Jewish Play-Along Volume 1 Bb Instruments (Book/CD)
Lets you be the soloist! Play the CD to hear fully orchestrated arrangements of the music, and then a second 'music-minus-one' cut allows you to play the melody line. 15 popular songs from a range of categories including Israeli, liturgical, and Yiddish. Books for Bb, C, Eb, and Bass Clef instruments. Melody line and chords....details

Tara Publications Jewish Play-Along Volume 1 Eb Instruments (Book/CD)
Lets you be the soloist! Play the CD to hear fully orchestrated arrangements of the music, and then a second 'music-minus-one' cut allows you to play the melody line. 15 popular songs from a range of categories including Israeli, liturgical, and Yiddish. Books for Bb, C, Eb, and Bass Clef instruments. Melody line and chords....details

Tara Publications Jewish Play-Along Volume 1 Bass Clef Instruments (Book/CD)
Lets you be the soloist! Play the CD to hear fully orchestrated arrangements of the music, and then a second 'music-minus-one' cut allows you to play the melody line. 15 popular songs from a range of categories including Israeli, liturgical, and Yiddish. Books for Bb, C, Eb, and Bass Clef instruments. Melody line and chords....details

Tara Publications The Israeli Guitar (Book/CD)
This book/CD pack is a step-by-step guide to playing the guitar, using Hebrew songs to teach. Covers topics such as tuning the guitar, holding the guitar, reading music, keeping time, reading chord charts, and much more. Features 21 songs: Hine Ma Tov, Zum Gali Gali, Chag Purim, Erev Ba, Siman Tov, Ya Ribon, more. Includes lyrics in Hebrew....details

Tara Publications Golden Age Of Cantors Book with CD
Selections from the greatest period of cantorial artistry. 26 cantors each represented by an acclaimed recitative, meticulously transcribed. Introduction and historical overview, Biographical sketches and stylistic analysis, cantorial photos and memorabilia. 70-minute CD features 19 of the original recordings. 9 inch. x 12-1/4 inch. hardcover....details

Tara Publications Jerusalem In Song Book with CD
A comprehensive anthology of songs dedicated to the Holy City. Features liturgical melodies and modern compositions, 10 piano and 24 choral arrangements. Includes music notations, texts, transliterations, translations, annotations. Deluxe Hardbound edition....details

Tara Publications Mazel Tov! Music For A Jewish Wedding Book with CD
Music for a Jewish Wedding and More! A best-selling wedding fake book. 49 selections of the most popular melodies for weddings, Bar and Bat Mitzvahs, by the leading Jewish wedding band. Music for ceremony, processionals and recessionals, bride and groom entrance, Horas, and Klezmer medleys. The companion recording features instrumental versions of all 49 songs....details

Tara Publications Compleat Klezmer Piano, Vocal, Guitar Songbook
This book is the definitive Klezmer anthology. Intro-duction, in depth musical analysis, 33 annotated melodies, discography, histor-ical background, annotations, resources, bibliography, and more. Companion recording features samples by the original artists. Melody/Lyrics/Chords....details

Tara Publications Best Of Hassidic Song Festival Book
Greatest hits of this popular annual songfest. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch.....details

Tara Publications Great Songs Of Israel Book
A comprehensive overview of Israel-identified songs that capture the excitement of Israel's early days. The 90 songs include 39 2-part choral settings and rounds. This is a companion volume to Israel in Song....details

Tara Publications Best Of Israeli Folkdance Book
The only music book with dance instructions in English! All 51 well-known dances have easy-to-follow dance instruc-tions. Includes 2 Debkas, Mayim, Mayim, Hine Ma Tov, and Rad Halaila. Also includes instructions. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch. spiral bound....details

Tara Publications New Year In Song Book
Includes traditional and modern melodies. Selections for the Evening, Morning and Kol Nidrei services....details

Tara Publications Songs Of The Chassidim Volume 2 Book
Definitive collection, 210 songs. 9-1/4 inch. x 12-1/4 inch. hardcover....details

Tara Publications Lezamer: The Music Of Ora Bat Chaim Book ¹
Spiritual, new-age music and poetry. 8-3/4 inch. x 11-1/4 inch. hardcover....details

Tara Publications Passport to Jewish Music Book
An exhaustive examination of the history, form, and meaning of Jewish musical traditions, with enough general historical background to place the music in solid context. The author has effectively marshalled her vast subject matter with a topical and chronological approach. This book will be appreciated and useful to laymen as well as students, academicians, and professional musicians. 6 inch. x 9 inch.....details

Tara Publications Songs Of The Jews Of Calcutta Book
Holiday music with the flavor of the subcontinent....details

Tara Publications Sephardic Songs Of Praise Book
Beautiful Spanish-Portugese melodies. 8-3/4 inch. x 11-1/4 inch. hardcover....details

Tara Publications The Ultimate Jewish Wedding Book with CD
This collection of 115 selections represent the most popular melodies for processionals, recessionals, ceremonies, Simcha dancing, Klezmer & Yiddish, Israeli Folk Dances and the Song of Songs. A broad-based introduction to Jewish wedding customs and history and a wedding sampler are also included....details

Tara Publications Joy Of Jewish Memories Book
29 of the most popular Yiddish songs of the 20th century. What makes this volume unique are the singable English translations to each of the songs, allowing access to the music by younger audiences and performers. Includes: Die Greene Kuzeene, Shein Vi Di Levone, Rumania Rumania, Papirosen, Shloimele Malkele, and more. Melody line, chords, texts, transliterations, and English settings. Foreword by Molly Picon....details

Tara Publications Songs Of The Jews Of Morocco Book
North African music for High Holidays and Festivals. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch.....details

Tara Publications The World's Most Popular Hanukah Songs Piano, Vocal, Guitar Songbook
18 songs, including: Candle Blessings, Come Light the Menorah, I Have a Little Dreydl, Light One Candle, Ma'oz Tsur, Ner Li, S'vivon, Who Can Retell?, and more....details

Tara Publications World's Most Popular Shabbat Songs Piano, Vocal, Guitar Songbook
Edited by Velvel Pasternak 18 songs, including: Chiribim, Hamavdil, L'cha Dodi, Shabbat Candle Blessin, Shabbat Kodesh, Ya Ribon, Y'did Nefesh, Yigdal, Yom Ze L'yisrael, and more....details

Tara Publications The World's Most Popular Passover Songs Piano, Vocal, Guitar Songbook
This fabulous collection features PVG arrangements of 17 traditional songs to sing at the Passover Seder: Adir Hu, Avadim Hayinu, Ballad of the Four Sons, Chad Gadya, Dayenu, Eliyahu Hanavi, Go Down Moses, Hal'luya, Ma Nishtana, Quen Su Piese, A Snow White Kid, more. Includes a section listing the order of the Seder Service and when to sing each song, and a key to transliteration....details

Tara Publications Hanukkah Klezmerantics Book
Make your Hanukkah something special with the Klezmer music in this outstanding selection from Tara Publications!...details

Tara Publications The Jewish Music Companion Book
Noted musicologist Velvel Pasternak has worked to capture and transmit the musical traditions of world Jewish communities. The Jewish Music Companion is dedicated to those topics that represent the broad panorama of Jewish music. Written in an easily understandable manner, the book is comprised of 4 sections: An Historical Overview; Jewish Music Artists; Annotated Folksongs; and an Appendix. Transcriptions of music with chords are included, as well as a CD with 14 selections representing the spectrum of Jewish folksongs....details

Tara Publications Klezmer Plus Folio Book
27 tunes in lead sheet form plus 3 complete orchestrations notated from actual performances. Great historical information and many photos make this a treasured collection for years to come....details

Tara Publications Passover Klezmerantics Book
From the arranger of the popular Klezmerantics, this collection of Passover Seder music is suitable for performance during the entire year. It includes chords and a Bb transposition insert....details

Tara Publications Sephardic Songs for All Book
This just-published collection includes hauntingly beautiful Sephardic liturgical songs and Ladino ballads, many of which have never been in print. It features selections from Holland, Italy, Spain, Iraq, Turkey, Morocco and Greece, and includes essays on aspects of Sephardic music and religious practices. Also includes a transliteration guide and guidelines for Ladino pronunciation. The songs are in melody line/chord/text format and are fully transliterated and translated....details

Tara Publications Songs of Peace Book
A wonderful collection of 38 traditional and contemporary songs of Shalom - peace - culled from 10 popular sheet music collections. Includes Hebrew and English selections by Debbie Friedman, Shlomo Carlebach, Naomi Shemer, Craig Taubman, Peter Yarrow and others. Melody lines, chords and 2-part settings, with transliterations and translations....details

Tara Publications Holiday Songbook for Kids Book
Kids will be singing the first time through! 3 delightful, internationally acclaimed recordings are now available in musical notation. These clever and highly singable songs tell the stories of the holidays: Chanukah, Passover, Purim, and the Sabbath. The 59 songs include transcriptions of all songs found in Latkes and Hamentashen, Mostly Matzah, and The Seventh Day. Spiral bound....details

Tara Publications King Solomon and the Bee Book
Stupendous children's musical for year-round. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch.....details

Tara Publications A Singing Calendar Book
Early childhood songs for Sabbath and holidays. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch.....details

Tara Publications The Golden Age of Cantors Book
Selections from the greatest period of cantorial artistry. 26 cantors each represented by an acclaimed recitative, meticulously transcribed. Introduction and historical overview, Biographical sketches and stylistic analysis, cantorial photos and memorabilia. Hardcover....details

Tara Publications Hebrew Songs For All Seasons Book
The only collection of standard Israeli and Jewish favorites with transliterations, translations, and Hebrew texts directly below the music. The 91 selections include Y'rushalayim Shel Zahav, Dodi Li, the Kiddush, Adon Olam, Bim Bam, Erev Shel Shoshanim, Shir Hapalmach, and other Israeli, Sabbath, holiday, and love songs. Melody line, Hebrew lyrics, translations, transliterations, vocal line, and guitar chords. 11 inch. x 8-1/2 inch. spiral bound....details

Tara Publications Jerusalem In Song Book
A comprehensive anthology of songs dedicated to the Holy City. Features liturgical melodies and modern compositions, 10 piano and 24 choral arrangements. Includes music notations, texts, transliterations, translations, annotations. Deluxe Hardbound edition....details

Tara Publications Best Of Debbie Friedman Book
The most popular songs of America's most famous Jewish female vocalist. Contains the best of Debbie Friedma's first five recordings. Includes: Im Tirzu, Aleph Bet, You Shall Love, V'shamru, L'dor Vador, Ani Ma'amin, Im En Ani Li, Dodi Li, Arise My Love, Sing Unto God, Not By Might, L'chi Lach, and many more. 8-1/2 inch. x 11 inch.....details

Tara Publications Kol B' Seder (Songbook)
Original songs rom the popular touring duo. 8-3/4 inch. x 11-1/4 inch.....details

Tara Publications Jerusalem Is Mine and Other Songs Book
Jerusalem is Mine & Other Songs includes one of the greatest songs about Jerusalem and is augmented by 11 more songs from the pen of the gifted Kenny Karen, one of the most successful jingle writer-singers. Karen composed music and lyrics which are destined to become classics of the American Jewish repertoire. 56 pages....details