(Tara Books). An instant Jewish music library! This is the long-awaited publication by Velvel Pasternak who has been at the forefront of collecting, editing and arranging thousands of songs from the Jewish repertoire for fifty years. It's a must for every Jewish home, synagogue, community center, and all those who love Jewish music! It includes over 240 selections culled from twelve of the most popular Tara Publications songbooks for a resource topping 400 pages! Features: clear, easy-to-read music notation; chords for piano and guitar accompaniment; lyrics, transliterations, translations; annotations background information on many selections; eleven indexed categories including Israeli, Yiddish, Sephardic Oriental, singable English settings, Shabbat and holiday songs, traditional Hasidic melodies, Klezmer tunes and Ladino melodies; key to transliterations, Ladino pronunciation guide; contemporary and traditional liturgical selections; and more.