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Hebrew Melodies

Byron wrote the Hebrew Melodies to accompany music by the composer Isaac Nathan which he claimed derived from Synagogue tunes used at the time of the Temple in Jerusalem, although it is likely that most of the music was from more recent European sources. While some of the poems are based on stories from the Book of Job most have no specific religious or Hebrew connotations.

The poems were widely admired, influencing works by Heine and Lermontov and being set to music by composers including Mendelssohn, Schumann and Mussorgsky.

(Summary by Alan Mapstone)

Year of Publication: 1815Genres: Lyric

Running Time: 44 minutes 31 seconds

#	Chapter Name
1	She Walks in Beauty Alan Mapstone	1:55
2	The Harp the Monarch Minstrel Swept Alan Mapstone	1:40
3	If That High World Alan Mapstone	1:22
4	The Wild Gazelle Alan Mapstone	1:48
5	Oh! Weep for Those Alan Mapstone	1:23
6	On Jordan's Banks Alan Mapstone	1:28
7	Jephtha's Daughter Alan Mapstone	1:51
8	Oh! Snatched Away in Beauty's Bloom Alan Mapstone	1:34
9	My Soul is Dark Alan Mapstone	1:26
10	I Saw Thee Weep Alan Mapstone	1:18
11	Thy Days are Done Alan Mapstone	1:25
12	It is the Hour Alan Mapstone	1:18
13	Song of Saul Before his Last Battle Alan Mapstone	1:17
14	Saul Alan Mapstone	2:31
15	"All is Vanity saith the Preacher" Alan Mapstone	1:49
16	When Coldness Wraps Alan Mapstone	2:34
17	Vision of Belshazzar Alan Mapstone	2:54
18	Sun of the Sleepless Alan Mapstone	1:03
19	Were my Bosom as False as Thou Deem'st It to Be Alan Mapstone	1:23
20	Herod's Lament for Mariamne Alan Mapstone	2:09
21	On the Day of the Destruction of Jerusalem by Titus Alan Mapstone	2:17
22	By the Rivers of Babylon we Sat Down and Wept Alan Mapstone	1:26
23	The Destruction of Semnacherib Alan Mapstone	2:20
24	From Job Alan Mapstone	1:24
25	Lines on the Death of Sir Peter Parker, Bart. Alan Mapstone	2:56