Songs

Akara (Ben Chaim) — עקרה (בן חיים)

Author:
Rachel Blumstein-Sela
Composer:
Ben-Khaim, E. — בּן־חיים, א.
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Mother/Child/Infertility/Hope
Origin:
Alber 156
Translation:
Alb 001(d)
Music:
Alber 156
Additional song notes:
"Barren"

Recording

On album:
K-065(a) (Nina Kaleska Recital Congregation Adath Jeshurun)
Track ID:
19914
Vocal:
Kaleska, Nina
Piano:
Flor, Gertrude
First line (Hebrew):
בּן לו היה לי! ילד קטן, שׁחר תּלתּלים ונבוֹן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
If I had a son! A little child, clever with dark curled...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Classical