Companion to Chapter 3

Ethiopian Spiritual Songs in Print: The Significance of a Private Collection of Amharic Songbooks from 1966-2016

by Lila Balisky

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Hymnbooks

[NB: page numbers to be adjusted]

[p. 1] Səbhat läʼamlak [ስብሐት ለአምላክ, Praise be to God]

» View vol. 1 (2006/07)
» View vol. 2, melody book (1986)

[p. 13] Mahletä Ǝgziʼabǝher [ማሕሌተ እግዚአብሔር, Praises to God]

[p.15] View Ǝgziʼabǝher allä [እግዚአብሔር አለ] / God Is Here: Fifteen Songs from Ethiopia

[p. 17] View Yäʼadventist yäwudase mäzmur [የአድቬንቲስት የዉዳሴ መዝሙር, The Adventist Hymnal]

[p. 22] View Yägitar mämarǝya mäṣhaf [የጊታር መመሪያ መጽሐፍ, An Instruction Book for Guitar]

[p. 23] Wädase Amlak [ውዳሴ አምላክ, Praise to God]

» View vol. 2 (1991/92)
» View vol. 3 (1993/94)
» View vol. 4 (1997/98)

[p. 26] View Yätäsfaye Gabbiso mäzmuročč [የተስፋዬ ጋቢሶ መዝሙሮች] / The Songs of Tesfaye Gabbiso]

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[p. 10] Käləb ənəzämər [ከልብ እንዘምር, Let us sing from the heart]

[p. 15] Yäwängelawit betä krəstiyan mäzmur [የወንጌላዊት ቤተ ክርስቲያንን መዝሙር, Evangelical Churches’ Songs]

[p. 18] Yäsäbatänya qen Adventist yäwudase mäzmur [የሰባተኛው ቀን አድቬንቲስት የዉዳሴ መዝሙር, The Seventh Day Adventist Hymnal]

[p. 20] Ǝnǝzämǝr [እንዘምር, Let Us Sing], vol. 2

[p. 20] Mäzmur bäpiyano [መዝሙር በፒያኖ, Songs with Piano]

[p. 24] Yäʼityope ya qalä hǝywät betä krəstiyan yäsǝrat mäṣhaf [የኢትዮጵያ ቃለ ሕይወት ቤተ ክርስቲያንን ሠራት መጽሐፍ, Service Book of the Ethiopian Kale Heywet Church]

[p. 25] Halle luya [ሀሌ ሉያ, Hallelujah]

[p. 27] Mǝhǝretu ayalqǝhǝmǝna [ምህረቱ አያልቅምና, His Mercy Never Ends]

[p. 28] Mäzmurä täwahǝdo zäʼortodoks [መዝሙረ ተዋህዶ ዘኦርቶዶክስ, Songs of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church]

[p. 29] Ǝgziʼabǝher amäsgǝnut [እግዚአብሔር_አመስግኑት, Praise God]

[p. 29] Ǝnǝzämǝr lägeta [እንዘምር ለጌታ, Let Us Sing to the Lord]

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Musical notations

[p. 11] View Almaz Belihu’s song Mən aynät fəqər näw?
as printed in Käləb ənəzämər

[p. 11] View Almaz Belihu’s song Ləgwaz käʼantä
as printed in Käləb ənəzämər

[p. 13] View song O Betlǝhem
as printed in Mahletä əgziʼabǝher

[p.17] View Addisu Worku’s song Koblǝla näbäräčč
as printed in Yäsäbatänya qen Adventist yäwudase mäzmur

[p. 21] View songs Zäythǝn bämäqräze mula
as printed in Mäzmur bäpiyano and
Give Me Oil in My Lamp as printed in Golden Hours

[p. 21] View Addisu Worku’s song [text: Legesse Wetro],
Kämotǝm yadǝnal as printed in Mäzmur bäpiyano

[p. 22] View Tesfaye Gabbiso’s song Ǝnǝdä täqäbälǝkut mǝhǝrit
as printed in Yägitar mämarǝya mäṣhaf

[p. 32] View Nazareth Meserete Kristos Choir’s
song Living with Christ
as printed in International Songbook

Music videos

[p. 12] Almaz Belihu, Mən aynät fəqər näw?
[ምን ዓይነት ፍቅር ነው? What kind of love is this?]

(Almaz’s Amharic hymn is
no longer available on YouTube)

[p. 17] Addisu Worku, Koblǝla näbäräčč [ኮብልላ ነበረች]
= first line of Dämun lä’ǝne afso
[ደሙን ለእኔ አፍሶ, He shed his blood for me (vol. 1:2)]:

[p. 22] Addisu Worku, Mǝsgana
[ምሥጋና, Thanks (vol. 1:7)]:

[p. 25] Tamirat Haile, Yädǝl zǝnbäbä
[የድል ዘንባባ, Palms of victory (vol. 4:11)]:

[p. 25] Tamirat Haile, Bädǝnq aṭärarǝh yäṭäraḵäñ
[በድንቅ አጠራርህ የጠራኸኝ, You who called me by your wonderful call (vol. 6:9)]:

[p. 33] Tesfaye Gabbiso, Käzihǝm yämibälṭ
[ከዚህም የሚበልጥ, Greater things than this (vol. 7:12)]:

Profiles of gospel musicians

[p. 12] Mulu Wongel Church “A” Choir

[p. 12] Almaz Belihu

[p. 18, fn.] Addisu Worku

[p. 22] Legesse Wetro (Prof. Dr.)

[p. 25] Pastor Tamirat Haile

[p. 26] Pastor Tesfaye Gabbiso