[https://youtu.be/D8WJzBw-6Ls](https://youtu.be/D8WJzBw-6Ls)# Yehi Chasdekha - Mombach | New York Some of the greatest composers of the nineteenth century in the Western Ashkenazi tradition find their voices unexpectedly preserved within the musical canon of Congregation Shearith Israel, the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of New York. One such figure is Julius Mombach (1813–1880), the celebrated choirmaster and composer of London’s Great Synagogue. Mombach was one of the towering figures of nineteenth-century Anglo-Jewish music, whose artistry helped shape the sound of British synagogue services for generations.In the 1950s, one of Mombach’s compositions for Barukh Habba was adapted by Siegfried Landau, then choirmaster of Shearith Israel, for Yehi Chasdekha and the prefaratory verses to Psalm 145 (Ashrei). The effect is to fuse Mombach’s Victorian lyricism with the majestic measured tones of the Spanish and Portuguese tradition, a blend that perfectly captures the musical spirit of Shearith Israel.Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more music from the Spanish and Portuguese Sephardi tradition. Headphones recommended for full polyphonic texture