Ma’oz Tzur Yeshu’ati is a Hebrew version of the popular Hanukkah song “Rock of Ages, let our song praise thy saving power.” I discovered that the tune seems to have its origins in the sixteenth century hymn Nun frewt euch ließen Christen gmeyn, first published in Luther’s hymnal of 1524. Luther’s colleague Johann Walter made multiple settings of this hymn and, for use with the Hebrew words, I chose one that was originally published in his Geystliches Gesangk Büchleyn of 1551. Something like this must have happened for the song to have adapted this melody, so this is a version of how it could have sounded in the sixteenth century.
Негізгі бет Ma’oz Tzur Yeshu’ati, by Johann Walter (arr. Ross W. Duffin), sung by Quire Cleveland
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