Words: Unknown.
Music: Maybe Johannes Ockeghem (c. 1410–1497)
Parts: 3
Range: 17 half-steps
Language: Hebrew.
Difficulty: Harder to learn.
Our recordings
Lyrics
Hava nashira, shir hallelujah
Hava nashira, shir hallelujah
Hava nashira, shir hallelujah
Literal English translation:
Let us sing together, sing hallelujah.
Notes
Various sources suggest that the music is by Johannes Ockeghem, though we’ve had trouble finding clear evidence of that.
We don’t know who set these words to this music.
Recordings elsewhere
Recorded by The Rounds Galore and More Singers: “Hava Nashira,” on Rounds Galore … and More, Volume 1.