Song of Songs Chant

Yemenite Tradition

This is a sample of how the Song of Songs is sung in the Yemenite tradition. The sample is Song of Songs 1:1-4, as sung by two Yemenite cantors from Yishi, a Yemenite settlement in Israel.

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1:1

1:2

1:3a

1:4a

1:4b

1:4c



Discography

In Israel Today: Songs of the Jews from Yemen, the Atlas Mountains, Tunisia and Spain, Volume 3, recorded in the field by Deben Bhattacharya, Westminster WF 12028.


Sights and Sounds of Song of Songs

Last Modified: July 7, 1996
Jay Treat