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Adon Olam: alto part

The alto part of Adon Olam in Dm, from C4 to A4. Hear it on its own or with the others, then sing it and watch each note light up.

Sings under the tune, mostly a third or a sixth below it, most often on F, then E, up to its top A on the "kol" after "b'terem", "levado", "lehamshilo" and "ishan", and down to its low C on "nivra.", "nora.", "lehachbira." and "veaira.", and rises a third above the tune, to F, where the tune falls to its low D, on "malach,", "nikra.", "hakol,", "betifara.", "sheni", "vehamisra.", the first "ruchi" and "ira.".

Range
C4 to A4
Key
Dm
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About Adon Olam

Words: Hebrew hymn, author unknown (medieval)

Tune: old synagogue tune ("A. W.", alte Weise), as Eliezer Gerovitsch printed it (1897)

Adon Olam, "Lord of the world", is a hymn that many congregations sing together at the close of the Sabbath and festival morning services. Its last lines, "into His hand I commit my spirit when I sleep and when I wake", led Seligman Baer to think it was meant for bedtime. Our tune is read from Eliezer Gerovitsch's Schirej Tefilah, in an edition of 1897, which marks it as old, in D minor as printed, with our four parts built on his harmony. It is sung in Hebrew, transliterated, for 2 to 4 singers: his strain four times, carrying lines 1 to 6, 9 and 10 of the poem. It is sung with the substituted name customary when singing outside prayer: Adoshem.

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