Name:
Shenhar, Yitskhak
Name (Yiddish):
שנהר, יצחק
Also known as:
Shenberg, Yitzkhak — שענבּערג, יצחק
Also known as:
Sheinberg, Yitskhak — שײנבּערג, יצחק
Born:
1902 (Voltshisk, bordering Galicia and Ukraine)
Died:
1957
Note:
See Vorbei 323

Songs written or composed

Kumah Echa — קוּמה אחא

Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Genre:
Jewish Agency/Israeli/Zionist/
Subject:
Pioneer/Labor/Work/Return
Origin:
Bugatch 50/Alb O-001(d)/Alb N-014(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Metro Album 48
Transliteration:
Alb L-009(a)/Vorbei 432/Alb O-001(d)/Alb N-014(a)/Alb N-01 4(b)/Alb C-016(a)/
Translation:
DeRoy13/Vorbei 432/Alb S-006(a)/Alb C-016(a)
Music:
Bugatch 50/Nath 33/Metro Album 21
Sheet music:
Folder:
1011
Series:
4
Arranger:
Scher, William
Arranged for:
Bb Clarinet/ Bb Tenor Sax
Texts:
Hebrew/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, NY
Date:
1951
Provenance:
Gift of Carol Weinbaum
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Yiddish):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Notes:
Horah
Folder:
924
Series:
4
Arranger:
Scher, William
Arranged for:
Piano
Texts:
Hebrew/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, NY
Date:
1951
Provenance:
Gift of Carol Weinbaum
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Yiddish):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Notes:
Horah

Recordings

On album:
L-009(a) (Yiddish Sing Along with Cy Levitan- His Orchestra and Chorus — ייִדיש זינג מיט)
Track ID:
8719
Artist:
Cy Levitan Orchestra and Chorus
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Come o brothers, round and round. Rest- tomorrow in song...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
O-001(d) (Hebrew Folk Songs sung by Mark Olf with guitar)
Track ID:
8720
Vocal:
Olf, Mark — אָלף, מאַרק
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Rise and dance, oh. brethern! Dance round and round.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
S-006(a) (The Song of Ages Shifra and The Haifa Players)
Track ID:
8721
Vocal:
Schultz, Sylvia (Shifra)
Artist:
Haifa Players
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Rise and dance, oh. brethern! Dance round and round.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
N-014(a) (Sing Palestine Songs of Palestine sung by Moshe Nathanson — ארץ ישׂראל בּשיר)
Track ID:
8722
Arranger:
Nathanson, Moshe
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley in 78rpm album "Sing Palestine" Metro Music P-2001
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
C-016(a) (The Country Klezmers Traditional Jewish Folk Music)
Track ID:
8723
Artist:
Country Klezmers
Guitar/Harmonical/Tambourine/Recorder/Lead Vocal:
Shneyer, David
Banjo/Violin/Vocal:
Brill, Bruce
Bass:
Stone, Theodore
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Come o brothers, round and round. Rest- tomorrow in song...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
D-017(c) (Dany Delman Chatan Kala Mazl Tovu)
Track ID:
8724
Artist:
Delmin, Dany & Orchestra
Arranger:
Delmin, Dany, arr
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Rise and dance, oh. brethern! Dance round and round.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
N-014(b) (Moshe Nathanson Songfest/ Favorite Songs of the Feinberg Duo)
Track ID:
8725
Arranger:
Nathanson, Moshe
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Duplicate of N-14(b)
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
M-004(a) (40 Favorite Jewish Melodies — 40 באַליבטע ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
8726
Artist:
Jewish Music League of Tel Aviv
Director:
Herzl, David
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Come o brothers, round and round. Rest- tomorrow in song...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
B-057(a) (The Jewish Mood Maxim Broydn)
Track ID:
8727
Vocal:
Brodyn, Maxim — בראָדין, מאַקסים
First line:
Es brent di h..., es brent, s'iz heys, nishto keyn tseyt...
First line (Yiddish):
עס ברענט די ה..., עס ברענט, ס'איז הײס, נישטאָ קײן צײַט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of three record 78 album Stinson 602-1
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
I-017(a) (Israel Dances - The Folk Dances of Israel — ישראל רוקדת)
Track ID:
34248
Composer:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Composer:
Ravina, Menashe — ראַווינאַ, מענאַשע
Style:
Folk/Dance/Instrumental
Length:
2:20
On album:
V-015(k) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 11/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31623
Vocal:
Goland, Yosef — גאָלאַנד, יוסף
First line (Hebrew):
קומה אחא, סובה סוב,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Hora/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
2:47
On album:
I-026(a) (Authentic Israeli Folk Songs and Dance)
Track ID:
39818
Length:
1:46
On album:
V-015(h) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 8/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31545
Vocal:
Kipnis, Chana
Orchestra Leader:
Petruschka, Sigmund
Artist:
Petruschka Orchestra — אָרקעסטער פּעטרושקאַ
First line:
Kuma acha sov vasov, al tanucha, shuva sov! Eyn kan rosh, v'eyn kan sof,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
Length:
2:47

Olim — עולים

Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Genre:
Zionist/Pioneer
Subject:
Ship/Immigration/Return/
Origin:
Belarsky Fav 31
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 28
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 26
Music:
Belarsky Fav 26

Recordings

On album:
B-003(f) (Sidor Belarsky Songs of Israel)
Track ID:
11436
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Bakhasha sfina gosheshet leyl shakhor khiam zo'ef,
First line (Hebrew):
בּחשאי ספינה גוששת ליל שחור הים זעף, הוי, שמעי אדמת מורשת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Through the night the ship is plowing, silently to reach...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Art Song
On album:
V0031
Track ID:
33766
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Organ:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
First line:
Bakhasha sfina gosheshet leyl shakhor khiam zo'ef,
First line (Hebrew):
בּחשאי ספינה גוששת ליל שחור הים זעף, הוי, שמעי אדמת מורשת,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Art Song
On album:
B-003(p) (Sidor Belarsky Sings A Salute To Israel's 20 Anniversary — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי 20 ישׂראל)
Track ID:
32969
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Musical Director:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
Violin:
Ravina, Oscar
Cello:
Altmann, Bernardo
First line:
Bakhasha sfina gosheshet leyl shakhor khiam zo'ef,
First line (Hebrew):
בּחשאי ספינה גוששת ליל שחור הים זעף, הוי, שמעי אדמת מורשת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Through the night the ship is plowing, silently to reach...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Art Song

Shedemati — שדמתּי

Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Admon, Yedidya — אדמון, י.
Genre:
Israli/Pioneer/ZionistI
Subject:
Fields/Farmer/Planting
Origin:
Netzer 39
Transliteration:
Netzer 38
Translation:
Alb D-012(f)/Alb D-012(h)
Music:
Netzer 38
Additional song notes:
I Seed My Fields

Recordings

On album:
R-038(a) (The Walls Came Tumbling Down (The Six-Day War) Ilka Raveh)
Track ID:
13559
Vocal:
Raveh, Ilka
First line:
Shdemati, im shakhar zeratiha bidimate, tfilat hayogev...
First line (Hebrew):
שדמתּי, עם שׂחר זרעתּיה בּדמעה, תּפלתּ היוֹגב נשמעה.
Track comment:
Text credited to "I. Schoenberg" on album notes.
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
E-003(c) (Ron Eliran Golden Songs of Israel)
Track ID:
13560
Vocal:
Eliran, Ron — אלירן, רן
First line:
Shdemati, im shakhar zeratiha bidimate, tfilat hayogev...
First line (Hebrew):
שדמתּי, עם שׂחר זרעתּיה בּדמעה, תּפלתּ היוֹגב נשמעה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
D-012(f) (Shoshana! A Program of Israeli and International Songs)
Track ID:
13561
Vocal:
Damari, Shoshana — דמארי, שושנה
Orchestra Conductor:
Kingsley, Gershon
First line:
Shdemati, im shakhar zeratiha bidimate, tfilat hayogev...
First line (Hebrew):
שדמתּי, עם שׂחר זרעתּיה בּדמעה, תּפלתּ היוֹגב נשמעה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
My field, at dawn I sowed you with a tear, and the...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert
On album:
A-021(a) (Israel Today Songs in Hebrew by the Trio Aravah)
Track ID:
13562
Vocal/Guitar:
Borodovski, Zvi
Artist:
Trio Aravah
Artist:
Lavi, Arie
Vocal:
Israeli, Shimon — ישׂראלי, שמעון
First line:
Shdemati, im shakhar zeratiha bidimate, tfilat hayogev...
First line (Hebrew):
שדמתּי, עם שׂחר זרעתּיה בּדמעה, תּפלתּ היוֹגב נשמעה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Album notes credit lyrics to "Schoenberg"
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Pop/Folk
On album:
D-010(a) (Motke Dagan "Recital" — התאטרון הלאומי "הבימה" מציג הדיבוק)
Track ID:
13563
Artist:
Dagan, Motke
First line:
Shdemati, im shakhar zeratiha bidimate, tfilat hayogev...
First line (Hebrew):
שדמתּי, עם שׂחר זרעתּיה בּדמעה, תּפלתּ היוֹגב נשמעה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
G-011(a) (The Generations of Israel)
Track ID:
19180
Vocal:
Hillel & The Sons Of Galilee
First line:
Shdemati, im shakhar zeratiha bidimate, tfilat hayogev...
First line (Hebrew):
שדמתּי, עם שׂחר זרעתּיה בּדמעה, תּפלתּ היוֹגב נשמעה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
My field, at dawn I sowed you with a tear, and the...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Folk
On album:
H-005(c) (Israeli Songs Hillel And Aviva)
Track ID:
20809
Vocal:
Raveh, Hillel And Aviva — רווה, הלל ואביב
First line:
Shdemati, im shakhar zeratiha bidimate, tfilat hayogev...
First line (Hebrew):
שדמתּי, עם שׂחר זרעתּיה בּדמעה, תּפלתּ היוֹגב נשמעה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
My field, I sow you with tears by the light of the dawn,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Folk/Duet
On album:
D-012(h) (Shoshana Damari Israeli, Yiddish, Yemenite & ...Folk Songs)
Track ID:
25077
Author:
Shemberg, Y.
Artist:
Damari, Shoshana — דמארי, שושנה
Orchestra Conductor:
Kingsley, Gershon
First line:
Shdemati, im shakhar zeratiha bidimate, tfilat hayogev...
First line (Hebrew):
שדמתּי, עם שׂחר זרעתּיה בּדמעה, תּפלתּ היוֹגב נשמעה.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert
On album:
H-005(d) (Hillel And Aviva Songs of Canaan)
Track ID:
28594
Khalil:
Raveh, Hillel — רווה, הלל
Style:
Instrumental/Pipe Solo/Khalil
On album:
A-029(B) (Big Hits From Israel/ Songs by the Amranim — העמרנים)
Track ID:
35114
Vocal:
Amranim, The
Arranger:
Sherman, Joe
Language:
Hebrew
Length:
3:36

Shirat Hashomer — שירת השומר

Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Zeira, Mordecai — זעירא, מרדכי
Genre:
Israeli
Subject:
Occupation/Night Guard/Watchman
Origin:
Alb B-021(a)/Vorbei 336
Transliteration:
Alb B-021(a)
Translation:
Alb B-021(a)
Additional song notes:
The Watchman's Song

Recordings

On album:
H-021(a) (Ohela Halevy Voice of Israel)
Track ID:
13942
Artist:
Halevy, Ohela
Artist:
Mishori, Nathan, flute
Artist:
Ophir, Miriam, drums
First line:
Holem tsahadi bidmi halayl. Ay sham harkhek shoel mayalel.
First line (Hebrew):
הולם צערי בּדמי הליל. אי שם הרחק שועל מילל. הסכּת ושמה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
The night is quiet. I hear my own footsteps. Somewhere far..
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
V-015(k) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 11/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31641
Vocal:
Goland, Yosef — גאָלאַנד, יוסף
First line:
Holem tsahadi bidmi halayl. Ay sham harkhek shoel mayalel.
First line (Hebrew):
הולם צעדי בּדמי הליל. אי שם הרחק שועל מילל. הסבת ושמה,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Piano Accompaniment
Length:
2:47

Shirath Hechalil

Also known as:
Song of the Flute
Also known as:
Hine Achalaiah
Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Zeira, Mordecai — זעירא, מרדכי
Genre:
Israeli/Love
Subject:
Flute/Kid/Lost/Girl/Lone/Tent/Caress/Space
Additional song notes:
Song of the Flute
Sheet music:
Folder:
1010
Series:
4
Arranger:
Binder, A. W.
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration/Translation
Publisher:
Bloch Publishing
Date:
1935
Provenance:
Gift of Gerald Kadis

Shir Hacheirut — שיר החרות

Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Literary Origin/Zionist
Subject:
Pioneers/Liberation/Nation/Homeland/Redemption/Hope
Origin:
Sheet Music
Transliteration:
Sheet Music
Translation:
Sheet Music
Music:
Sheet Music
Additional song notes:
Song of Liberation
Sheet music:
Folder:
19
Series:
1
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Hebrew/Transliteration/Translation
Publisher:
Metro Music Co
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave
Date:
1952
Provenance:
Gift of Barbara Moskow, March 2014
First line:
Paneinu el hashemesh haolah, darkeinu shuz ponah mizrachah,
First line (Yiddish):
פּנינו אל השמש העולה, דרכּנו שוב פּונח מזרחה אָנו צופים לקראת שעה גדולה
Notes:
Printed Sheet Music/Title in English, Transliteration and Hebrew/Price 75 cents

Other tracks with this artist

Ikh Leb Vi Grozn — איך לעב װי גראָזן

On album:
F-012(d) (Festival of Yiddish Songs 1972 — פֿעסטיװאַל פֿון ייִדישע לידער 1972)
Track ID:
7190
Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Hollander, Yakov — הולנדר, יעקב
Vocal:
Zohar, Rivka — זהר, רבקה
Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
First line:
Eyner zifst un eyner lakht, eyner kukt glat on di velt,
First line (Yiddish):
אײנער זיפֿסט און אײנער לאַכט, אײנער קוקט גלאַט אָן דיט װעלט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Ma Omrot Eynayikh (Heb) — מה אוֹמרוֹת עיניך

On album:
K-001(b) (Songs of the Sabras Karmon Israeli Dancers and Singers)
Track ID:
9527
Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Zeira, Mordecai — זעירא, מרדכי
Vocal:
Karmon Israeli Dancers and Singers
Director:
Karmon, Jonathan
First line:
Shemesh rad layam, Ruakh kal y'hom. Mi kholom alayikh..."
First line (Hebrew):
שמש רד לים, רוּח קל יהוֹם. מי חוֹלם עליך בּמשלט ערם.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"The sun sinks into the sea, A soft wind moans."
Language:
Hebrew

Ma Omrot Eynayikh (Heb) — מה אוֹמרוֹת עיניך

On album:
A-013(a) (Exodus To The World Regina Ben-Amittay)
Track ID:
9528
Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Zeira, Mordecai — זעירא, מרדכי
Artist:
Ben-Amitay, Regina — בּן־אמיתי, רגינה
First line:
Shemesh rad layam, Ruakh kal y'hom. Mi kholom alayikh..."
First line (Hebrew):
שמש רד לים, רוּח קל יהוֹם. מי חוֹלם עליך בּמשלט ערם.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"The sun sinks into the sea, A soft wind moans."
Language:
Hebrew

Layle Pele (Heb) — לילה פּלא (עבֿרית)

On album:
G-009(a) (Edith Gordon / Raymond Oliver Yiddish - Israeli Duets)
Track ID:
19151
Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Zeira, Mordecai — זעירא, מרדכי
Artist:
Gordon, Edith, soprano
Artist:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Artist:
Helfman, Max — העלפֿמאַן, מאַקס
First line:
Elef layla veod layle, tati shay la, leartsi tsu...
First line (Hebrew):
אלף לילה ועוֹד לילה, תּתּי שׁי לה, לארצי זוֹ הקטנטנת--אך לא די ל
Track comment:
Bugatsh credits text to Postolski, Sh. .ש ,פּוסטולסקי
Language:
Hebrew

Ma Omrot Eynayikh (Heb) — מה אוֹמרוֹת עיניך

On album:
K-071(a) (Kleitanim Lyden af jodisk tradition 2.)
Track ID:
22766
Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Zeira, Mordecai — זעירא, מרדכי
Vocal:
Jensen, Richard Hytholm
First line:
Shemesh rad layam, Ruakh kal y'hom. Mi kholom alayikh...
First line (Hebrew):
שמש רד לים, רוּח קל יהוֹם. מי חוֹלם עליך בּמשלט ערם.
Track comment:
What Are Your Eyes Telling Me?
Language:
Hebrew