Deux Melodies Hebraiques, M.A 22 [Alf:36-60812006]

Maurice Ravel (1875-1937) originally wrote Deux Melodies Hebraiques (Two Hebrew Songs) for voice and piano for soprano Alvina Alvi, who premiered the two songs in June of 1914. While both songs include French text, the first and more popular song, "Kaddisch (Holy)," is also in Aramaic, while the second song, "L'e‰nigme eternelle (The Eternal Riddle)," is in Yiddish. Ravel orchestrated both for voice and orchestra in 1920, and many other transcriptions, particularly of "Kaddisch," have followed over the years. Reprint edition of original edition for voice and piano. (6:00)