כה תשרי
עַשָׂרָה נִגוּנִים - מֵהֶם תְּנוּעֹות בִּלְבַד - מְיוּחָסִים לְרַבֵּנוּ הַזָקֵן שֶׁהוּא בְּעַצְמֹו חִבְּרָם.
הַמְיוּחָסִים לְרַבֵּינוּ הָאֶמְצָעִי, הַיְינוּ שֶׁנִתְחַבְּרוּ בִּזְמַנֹו וְהָיוּ מְנַגְנִים אֹותָם לְפָנָיו, אַבָל לֹא שֶׁהוּא מְחַבְּרָם.
וְהָיְתָה אֶצְלֹו קְבוּצַת אַבְרֵכִים מְנַגְנִים - וְיְדוּעָה בְּשֵׁם "דֶעם מִיטֶעלֶען רַבִּי'ס קַאפֶּעלֶע" - וְנֶחְלְקָה לְשְׁתֵּי פְּלוּגֹות: בַּעֲלֵי שִׁיר - בְּפֶּה, וּבַּעֲלֵי זִמְרָה - בְּכֵּלִים שֹׁונִים.
Kaf-Hei Tishrei
Ten niggunim — some of which are only melodies without words — are attributed to the Alter Rebbe, who himself composed them.
Those attributed to the Mitteler Rebbe are ones that were composed in his time and were sung before him, but not that he composed them himself.
He had a group of young men who played music — known as "dem Mitteler Rebbe's kapelle" — and it was divided into two sections: vocalists, who sang with their voices, and instrumentalists, who played with various instruments.