https://youtu.be/wDqFEIIDelcThe Shirat Hayam - Az Yashir Moshe - is perhaps the earliest recorded communally performed song in the Jewish tradition. D.A. de Sola cites an unnamed medieval source that identifies the melody, then known in Spain, as the very one sung by Miriam and her companions following the crossing of the Red Sea. While acknowledging that this claim may fall shy of the standards of conclusive proof, de Sola suggests the statement, itself, is indicative of the melody's long-lost origins and, therefore, of its likely pre-Iberian provenance. Another pointer in the direction of the melody's antiquity cited by musicologists, is the similarity that exists between Eastern, Western and North African Sephardi chants, as well as those of the Eastern and Western Ashkenazi traditions. In this video, the London, Amsterdam, Livorno and New York variants of the Western Sephardi melody are represented. (Warning: The London and New York versions are so close, that I myself had difficulty distinguishing them when listening to the recording.)Please like and share.For an mp3 of this recording please visit my website, where there are over 70 selections available for downloading.http://danielhalfon.com/multitrack-recordings/