Name:
Zarai, Yokhanan
Name (Yiddish):
זראי, יוחנן

Songs written or composed

Hasela Ha'adom — הסלא האדום

Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Genre:
Israeli/Place
Subject:
Petra/Exploration/Ambush/Death
Origin:
Ephemera 1446
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1446
Translation:
Ephemera 1446
Additional song notes:
The Red Rock
Related information in folder 1446:
Comments:
1. 12/12/2014 Hebrew text provided by Chava Kramer by email on December 12, 2014 2. 12/20/2014 Translation and transliteration from internet (Hebrew Songs.com) downloaded on Dec 20, 2014.

Recordings

On album:
H-012(a) (The Hanor Hazioni Singers Artza Alinu)
Track ID:
6133
Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Hanoar Hatsioni Singers
First line:
Me'ever leharim velamidbar, Omrot ha'agadot yeshno makom...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
English version entitled "Ballad of the Red Rock."
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
R-005(a) (Songs Of My People/Tova Ronni/Orchestrated by Shmuel Fershko)
Track ID:
6134
Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Ronni, Tova — רוני, טובֿה
Director/Arranger:
Fershko, Shmuel — פֿערשקאָ, שמואל
First line:
Me'ever leharim velamidbar, Omrot ha'agadot yeshno makom...
Track comment:
English version entitled "Ballad of the Red Rock."
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
Y-002(d) (Sabra Yaffa Yarkoni Sings 14 of Israel's Best Love...Songs)
Track ID:
6135
Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
First line:
Me'ever leharim velamidbar, Omrot ha'agadot yeshno makom...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
R-038(a) (The Walls Came Tumbling Down (The Six-Day War) Ilka Raveh)
Track ID:
6136
Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Raveh, Ilka
First line:
Me'ever leharim velamidbar, Omrot ha'agadot yeshno makom...
Track comment:
Beyond the mountain and the desert...
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
B-035(a) (Les Plus Celebres Chants D'Israel Robert Yosef Bahr — השירים האהובים ביותר של ארץ ישׂראל)
Track ID:
6137
Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Bahr, Robert Yosef
Artist:
Lavoute, Lucien, orch cond
First line:
Me'ever leharim velamidbar, Omrot ha'agadot yeshno makom...
Track comment:
English version entitled "Ballad of the Red Rock."
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
F-001(b) (Cafe Feenjon Featuring The Feenjon Group)
Track ID:
6138
Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Vocal:
Grobard, Avram — גראָבאַרד, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Feenjon Group
First line:
Me'ever leharim velamidbar, Omrot ha'agadot yeshno makom...
Track comment:
English version entitled "Ballad of the Red Rock."
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
I-011(a)1 (Thirty Years Of Song From Israel (First Album of Two) — שלושים שנה - השירים היפים)
Track ID:
6139
Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Artist:
Lavie, Arik — לביא, אריק
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Arranger:
Oshrat, Kobi — אשרת, ק.
First line:
Me'ever leharim velamidbar, Omrot ha'agadot yeshno makom...
Track comment:
English version entitled "Ballad of the Red Rock."
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
I-011(b)1 (The Great Songs Of the Last 30 Years First Album of Three — השירים הגדולים של 30 השנים)
Track ID:
6140
Author:
Khefer, Khaim — חפֿר, חײַם
Artist:
Lavie, Arik — לביא, אריק
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Arranger:
Oshrat, Kobi — אשרת, ק.
First line:
Me'ever leharim velamidbar, Omrot ha'agadot yeshno makom...
Track comment:
English version entitled "Ballad of the Red Rock."
Language:
Hebrew

He That Was Dreaming (Yid) — װער ס'איז אַװעק (ייִדיש)

Author:
Manussi, Didi — מנוסי, דידי
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Genre:
Yiddish Adaptation
Additional song notes:
Manussi wrote the Hebrew lyrics

Recording

On album:
E-001(d) (The Latest Yiddish Songs by David Eshet — די נײַעסטע לידער אין ייִדיש זינגט דוד עשת)
Track ID:
6367
Yiddish Adaptation:
Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה
Vocal:
Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
Arranger/Conductor:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
Artist:
D. R. G. Orchestra — ד. ר. ג. אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ver s'hot gekholemt bleybt der kholum in getray,
First line (Yiddish):
װער ס'האָט געחלומט בלײַבט דער חלום אין געטרײַ,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under Yiddish title "Ver S'iz Avek"
Language:
Yiddish

Mizmor Le'ehud (Song For Ehud) — מזמור לאהוד (עבֿרית)

Author:
Elad, Gidon — גדעון, אלעד
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Genre:
Literary Origin/Memorial
Subject:
Ehud Gidon/Memorial
Origin:
Ephemera
Additional song notes:
Writen by Written by Gidon Elad for his brother Ehud who died in the battle of Giradi in Sinai on May 6, 1967.
Related information in folder 1448:
Comments:
1 112/12/2014 Hebrew text of the song text provided by Chava Kramer via email on December 12, 2014.

Recording

On album:
E-003(b) (Ron Eliran Salute To Israel — תן לשיר רן אלירן)
Track ID:
10596
Vocal:
Eliran, Ron — אלירן, רן
First line:
Halakh akhi kmo yam ukhmo shamaim el merkavim eyn sof…
First line:
הלך אתי כמו ים, וכמו שמיים אל מרחבים אין סוף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Sallah

Also known as:
Tavern Song
Author:
Ofek, Uriel — אופק, אוריאל
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Yemenite/Dringing/Tavern

Recordings

On album:
F-001(b) (Cafe Feenjon Featuring The Feenjon Group)
Track ID:
13225
Vocal:
Levi, Hevron & Avrom Grobard
Artist:
Feenjon Group
Track comment:
Main listing under "Tavern Song" - Should Be Corrected
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
M-025(a) (The Stanley Miller Band / Four Sides of Simcha)
Track ID:
13226
Artist:
Miller, Stanley Band
Track comment:
Melody from Israeli film of the same name.
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
S-001(a) (Sallah Starring Haym Topol Original Sound Track)
Track ID:
14842
Vocal:
Topol, Chaim — טופּול, חיים
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
T-002(b) (Topol '68 With Roger Webb & His Orchestra)
Track ID:
14843
Vocal:
Topol, Chaim — טופּול, חיים
Artist:
Webb, Roger Orchestra
First line:
Let's drink to old Sallah, shez, drink up and wish him...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Adapted from the Hebrew - Recorded under "Sallah"
Language:
English
On album:
S-001(a) (Sallah Starring Haym Topol Original Sound Track)
Track ID:
14844
Vocal:
Topol, Chaim — טופּול, חיים
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Wonderful Land

Author:
Shabtai, Yaakov — שבּתאי, יעקב
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Genre:
Israeli
Subject:
Pride/Nation

Recording

On album:
T-002(a) (Topol With The John McCarthy Singers & Goeff Love Orchestra)
Track ID:
17034
Vocal:
Topol, Chaim — טופּול, חיים
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Vocal:
John McCarthy Singers
English Adapation:
Newell, Norman
First line:
Under a sky that is gold with the dawn, as I wake up a new..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Translated from Hebrew
Language:
English

Other tracks with this artist

Dovid — דוד

On album:
xE-001(a)
Track ID:
4177
Author:
Sela, U. / Shmuel Fisher, Yid — סלע, א. \ שמואל פֿישער, ייַדיש
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
Arranger/Conductor:
Kribushey, Dovid — קריבושי, דוד
First line:
Geven dovid, in leyd un freyd, a guter khaver tomid,
First line (Yiddish):
געװען דוד, אין לײד און פֿרײד, אַ גוטער חבֿר תּמיד,
Track comment:
Translated from the Hebrew. Not the same song as "Dudu"
Language:
Yiddish

Gan Hashikmim (Heb) — גן השׁקמימ (עבֿרית)

On album:
I-011(b)2 (The Great Songs Of the Last 30 Years Second Album of Three — השירים הגדולים של 30 השנים)
Track ID:
5554
Author:
Yitskhaki, Israel — יצחקי, ישׂראל
Artist:
Zarai, Rika — זראי, ריקא
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
First line:
Hayo hayu kan pa'am shikmim kholot misaviv vegam nof,
First line (Hebrew):
היה היוּ כּאן פּעם שׁקמים חוֹלוֹת מסביב וגם נוֹף העיר תּל-אביב שׁל..
Language:
Hebrew

Mi Shekhalam (He That Was Dream..) — מי שחלם

On album:
N-010(a) (Sing Along With Effi Netzer No. 3 — הבה נשירה עם אפי נצר מס. 3)
Track ID:
10393
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Author:
Manussi, Didi — מנוסי, דידי
Artist:
Netzer, Effi — נצר, אפי
First line:
Mi shekhalam lo, hen nishar lo hekhalam. Mi shelakham lo..
First line:
מי שחלם לוֹ, הן נשאר לוֹ החלוֹם. מי שלחם הוּא לא ישכּח על מה לחם,
Track comment:
He that was dreaming still remembers all his dreams,

Mi Shekhalam (Spanish) — מי שחלם (שפּאַניש)

On album:
Y-002(e) (Los Exitos De Israel Canta En Espanol Yaffa Yarkoni — יפה ירקוני שרה ספרדית)
Track ID:
10394
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Author:
Manussi, Didi / J. Holtzman, Span — מנוסי, דידי / י. האָלץמאַן, שפּאַניש
Artist:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
He that was dreaming still remembers all his dreams,
Language:
Spanish

Our David (Yid) — דוד (ייִדיש)

On album:
E-001(a) (David Eshet All The Songs Of The Six Day War — אַלע מלחמה לידער פֿון די 6 טעג זינגט דוד עשת)
Track ID:
11625
Author:
Sela, U. / Shmuel Fisher, Yid — סלע, א. \ שמואל פֿישער, ייַדיש
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
Arranger/Conductor:
Kribushey, Dovid — קריבושי, דוד
First line:
Geven dovid, in leyd un freyd, a guter khaver tomid,
First line:
געװען דוד, אין לײד און פֿרײד, אַ גוטער חבֿר תּמיד,
Track comment:
Translated from the Hebrew. Not the same song as "Dudu"

Ver S'iz Avek (He That Was...) — װער ס'איז אַװעק (ייִדיש)

On album:
xE-001(d)
Track ID:
16458
Author:
Manussi, Didi, / Moshe Sakhar, Yid — מנוסי, דידי \ משה סחר, ייַדיש
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
Arranger/Conductor:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
Artist:
D. R. G. Orchestra — ד. ר. ג. אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ver s'hot gekholemt bleybt der kholum in getray,
First line:
װער ס'האָט געחלומט בלײַבט דער חלןם אין געטרײַ,
Track comment:
Should be entered under "Mi Shekhalam" "שחלם "מי

Vayiven Uziyahu (Instr) — ויבן עזיהוּ (דברי הימים ב כו)

On album:
B-018(a) (Ruth Ben-Zvi Israeli Percussion)
Track ID:
16265
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Ben-Tsvi, Ruth, percussion
First line:
Vayiven Uziyahu migadlim biYerusholaim vaykhazkem...
First line:
ויבן עזיהוּ מגדלים בּירוּשלים ויחזקם, ויחזקם, ויבן מגדלים בּמדבּר
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Vayiven Uziyahu-2 Chronicles 26:09 — ויבן עזיהוּ (דברי הימים ב כו)

On album:
H-003(b) (Donkey Debka! Young Israel Sings Ron & Nama)
Track ID:
16266
Vocal:
Eliran, Ron — אלירן, רן
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Vocal:
Hendel, Nechama — הנדל, נחמה
First line:
Vayiven Uziyahu migadlim biYerusholaim vaykhazkem...
First line (Hebrew):
ויבן עזיהוּ מגדלים בּירוּשלים ויחזקם, ויחזקם, ויבן מגדלים בּמדבּר
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Duet

Vayiven Uziyahu-2 Chronicles 26:09 — ויבן עזיהוּ (דברי הימים ב כו)

On album:
K-001(a) (Folksongs by the Karmon Israeli Dancers and Singers)
Track ID:
16267
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Vocal:
Karmon Israeli Dancers and Singers
Director:
Karmon, Jonathan
First line:
Vayiven Uziahu migdalim b'Yerusholaim, Vayekhazkem,
First line:
ויבן עזיהוּ מגדלים בּירוּשלים ויחזקם, ויבן מגדלים בּמדבּר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"Uziyahu built towers in Jerusalem And strengthened them..."

Vayiven Uziyahu-2 Chronicles 26:09 — ויבן עזיהוּ (דברי הימים ב כו)

On album:
O-006(b) (Oranim Zabar Israeli Troupe, Guela Gill, Around the Campfire)
Track ID:
16268
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Gill, Geula & Oranim Zabar Troupe
Arranger:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
Artist:
Elber, Avraham, percussion
Drum:
Kagen, Michael
First line:
Vayiven Uziyahu migadlim biYerusholaim vaykhazkem...
First line:
ויבן עזיהוּ מגדלים בּירוּשלים ויחזקם, ויחזקם, ויבן מגדלים בּמדבּר
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Va Yven"

Vayiven Uziyahu-2 Chronicles 26:09 — ויבן עזיהוּ (דברי הימים ב כו)

On album:
A-004(a) (The Wonderful Songs of Israel The Alonim Singers)
Track ID:
16269
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Artist:
Alonim Singers
First line:
Vayiven Uziyahu migadlim biYerusholaim vaykhazkem...
First line:
ויבן עזיהוּ מגדלים בּירוּשלים ויחזקם, ויחזקם, ויבן מגדלים בּמדבּר

Vayiven Uziyahu-2 Chronicles 26:09 — ויבן עזיהוּ (דברי הימים ב כו)

On album:
B-056(b) (Halevi Choral Society/Orch Hall Concert Jacob Barkin, Tenor)
Track ID:
16271
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Vocal:
Barkin, Cantor Jacob — באַרקין, חזן יעקבֿ
Artist:
Halevi Choral Society
Artist:
Reznick, Hyman, cond
First line:
Vayiven Uziyahu migadlim biYerusholaim vaykhazkem...
First line:
ויבן עזיהוּ מגדלים בּירוּשלים ויחזקם, ויחזקם, ויבן מגדלים בּמדבּר
Track comment:
Part of 14 song medley under name "Ba'uverinnu

Nigun Etik — ניגון עתיק

Author:
Alterman, Natan — אלתּרמן, נתן
Genre:
Film/Literary Origin
On album:
O-018(a) (Odot Hamonitim Music from the Movie of Yoram Kislev — אודות המוניטין מוסיקה מתוך סרטו של יורם כסלו)
Track ID:
34266
Author:
Alterman, Natan — אלתּרמן, נתן
Composer:
Zarai, Yokhanan — זראי, יוחנן
Producer:
Avni, Boaz — אבני, בועז
Vocal:
Lavie, Aric
Conductor:
Megan, A. — מגן, א.
Pianist:
Avni, Boaz — אבני, בועז
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Film/Literary Origin
Length:
3:23