About Chazzanut

A living archive of Sephardic chazzanut, curated for study, memory, family, and tefillah.

What you’ll find here

This collection brings together sepharic melodies, teaching recordings, and curated sources so that future generations can learn the nusach, the maqam, and the spirit of the tefillah.

• Song index organized for quick discovery.
• Multiple audio sources when available.
• Lyrics with annotations and translations when provided.

Why it matters

“Each melody carries memory. Each note is a bridge between teachers and תלמידים.”

This space is intentionally simple and fast, so it works anywhere — phone, tablet, or on the bimah.

See further

We try to be as comprehensive as possible, but we also try to not reinvent the wheel. Here are some other great collections of pizmonim and chazzanut:

• Pizmonim.org — Extensive collection of Sephardic pizmonim with lyrics and recordings.
• Zemirot Database — Comprehensive database of 586 zemirot with various melodies.
• Sephardic Hazzanut Project Archive — An organized archive of Sephardic chazzanut and pizmonim. Since 2015 they have transitioned to an updated YouTube page and kept this site for archiving and organziational utility. You can ignore the "security" warning and press proceed. It's about an old popular internet protocol that is no longer widely used.
• The Music of Shabbos — Ya'akov Shwekey Shabbat Collection
• Sephardic Chazzanut YouTube Channel — YT Channel of OceanofTorah.com. Currently hosts all 150 of Ezro Malakov's Tehillim songs.

Contributions & credits

Recordings and notes are contributed by members of the community. If you can identify a source, correct a lyric, or add a missing detail, we welcome your input.