JLI: The Oldest Jewish Music Ever Discovered – Here’s What It Sounds Like
Ovadiah the Convert wrote the oldest surviving Jewish sheet music. These pages were preserved in the genizah storage room of Cairo’s Ben Ezra Synagogue, which Ovadiah would have frequented.
Recently renovated, the Ben Ezra synagogue still stands in its original location. This is the song.
Hauntingly beautiful!!!
The melody is so soulful and striking, one can feel it’s chords!
Israel Edelson
What is seen on the pages posted is a text, not any type of musical notation, known or unknown to us. Who decided that this was the melody intended, and who authored the recording of it? There’s no credit given, which is very suspicious and gravely undermines the authenticity of the title given!