Kol Mekadesh

כל מקדש שביעי

It's the first song in the book. Sung on Friday nights in Ashkenazi homes.

Melitz

Rabbi Elimelech Horowitz (1881-1942)

I find this Kol Mekadesh melody to be far better known and used than any others. AW reached out to me asking if I know of its origins, but I couldn't find any details. Thanks to Rabbi Rackovsky for identifying its provenance.

This melody was originally composed by the Melitzer Rebbe, Rabbi Elimelech Horowitz. David Werdyger, the Melitzer Rebbe's meshorer, sang it to Mimkomcha (Shabbat Shacharit Kedusha) on the Melitzer album Oneg Shabbos. The album notes that in some cases Rabbi Werdyger chose the words to go with the niggun; I'm not sure if this is one of those cases.

At some point the melody moved over to Kol Mekadesh, and in my experience, it's no longer known as a melody for Kedusha in particular. I'm curious

 

Carlebach

Shlomo Carlebach, 1980 or perhaps earlier.

In my experience (and also Aron White's), Kol Mekadesh is ironically rarely sung to this melody. Instead, it is commonly heard being used for Mimkomcha. Interesting that the Melitzer and Carlebach niggunim swapped places, in a sense.