Name:
Fromm, Herbert
Born:
1905 (Kitzigen, Germany)
Died:
1995 (Boston, MA)
Comment:
See liner notes to A Hanukka Celebration Alb M-068(a)09

Songs written or composed

Passover (Fromm) — ( פּסח (פֿראָם

Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Genre:
Holiday
Subject:
Passover
Additional song notes:
Part of "Six Madrigals" Song performed is English version of "Ekhad Mi Yodaya"

Recording

On album:
R-031(a) (Chanukah Rejoice ! Jewish Holiday Folk Songs and Madrigals — חנוכּה)
Track ID:
4465
Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Vocal:
Rochester Singers
Conductor & Arranger:
Adler, Samuel
Artist:
Rochester Philharmonic, accomp
Track comment:
Shabos/ Purim/ Khanike/ Ti'shebov/ Peysekh/ Sukos
Language:
English
Style:
Madrigal

Khag Purim (Fromm) — פּוורים (פֿראָם)

Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Genre:
Holiday
Subject:
Purim
Additional song notes:
Part of "Six Madrigals". Song performed is "Khag Purim"

Recording

On album:
R-031(a) (Chanukah Rejoice ! Jewish Holiday Folk Songs and Madrigals — חנוכּה)
Track ID:
8015
Vocal:
Rochester Singers
Conductor/Arranger:
Adler, Samuel
Artist:
Rochester Philharmonic, accomp
First line:
Khag purim, khag purim, hag gadol hu layehudim,
Track comment:
Shabos/ Purim/ Khanike/ Ti'shebov/ Peysekh/ Sukos
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Madrigal/Medley

Six Madrigals

Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Genre:
Holidays/Festivals
Subject:
Shabos/Khanike/Passover/Purim/Tisha B'av/Sukot
Additional song notes:
Group of six madrigals representing six holydays in the Jewish Religious calander.

Recording

On album:
R-031(a) (Chanukah Rejoice ! Jewish Holiday Folk Songs and Madrigals — חנוכּה)
Track ID:
14539
Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Artist:
Rochester Singers
Conductor & Arranger:
Adler, Samuel
Artist:
Rochester Philharmonic, accomp
Track comment:
Shabos/ Purim/ Khanike/ Ti'shebov/ Peysekh/ Sukos
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Madrigal

Ninth of Av — תּישעה-בּאָבֿ ((פֿראָם)

Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Genre:
Holiday
Subject:
Tisha Ba Av
Additional song notes:
Part of "Six Madrigals"

Recording

On album:
R-031(a) (Chanukah Rejoice ! Jewish Holiday Folk Songs and Madrigals — חנוכּה)
Track ID:
15325
Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Artist:
Rochester Singers
Conductor & Arranger:
Adler, Samuel
Artist:
Rochester Philharmonic, accomp
Track comment:
Shabos/ Purim/ Khanike/ Ti'shebov/ Peysekh/ Sukos
Language:
English
Style:
Madrigal

Grant Us Peace (Fromm)

Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Genre:
Religious/Prayer
Subject:
Peace
Origin:
Alb S-063(a)

Recording

On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
5793
Artist:
Langee, Jacqueline
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
First line:
Grant us peace, Thy most precious gift
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - In Memorial

Chanukah (Fromm) — חנוכּה (פֿראָם)

Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Genre:
Holiday
Subject:
Khanike
Additional song notes:
Part of "Six Madrigals" Song performed is "Mi Yemalel"

Mi Y'mallel (Zamir Chorale of Boston) — מי ימלל

Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Genre:
Chanukah/ Choral/ Round
Subject:
History/Story/Hero/Maaccabees/Temple
Origin:
Alb G-017(a)/Coopersimith 1 32/Alb P-040(a)/Coopersmith HCB 13/Metro Album 48
Transliteration:
G-017(a)/Bugatch 248/Vorbei 449/Schwartz 8/Coopersmith HCB 13/
Translation:
G-017(a)/Coopersmith 1 32/Vorbei 449/Schwartz 9/Alb P-040(a)
Music:
Bugatch 248/Coopersmith 1 32/Schwartz 9/Coopersmith HCB 13/
Additional song notes:
"Who can Retell?" As Judas Maccabeus rededicated the Temple of Old, so shall Israel today be redeemed.

Recording

On album:
Z-013(e) (Zamir Choral of Boston/ Shemesh/Sunshine/ Joshua Jacobson Conductor — שמש)
Track ID:
37598
First line:
Mi yemalel g'vurot Yisroel? Otan mi yimne? Hen bekhol dor...
First line (Hebrew):
מי ימלל גבוּרוֹת ישׂראל? אוֹתן מי ימנה? הן בּכל דוֹר יקוּם הגיבור..
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Choral
Length:
0:57

Other tracks with this artist

Mi Y'mallel — מי ימלל

Genre:
Chanukah
Subject:
History/Story/Hero/Maaccabees/Temple
Origin:
Alb G-017(a)/Coopersimith 1 32/Alb P-040(a)/Coopersmith HCB 13/Metro Album 48
Transliteration:
G-017(a)/Bugatch 248/Vorbei 449/Schwartz 8/Coopersmith HCB 13/
Translation:
G-017(a)/Coopersmith 1 32/Vorbei 449/Schwartz 9/Alb P-040(a)
Music:
Bugatch 248/Coopersmith 1 32/Schwartz 9/Coopersmith HCB 13/
On album:
R-031(a) (Chanukah Rejoice ! Jewish Holiday Folk Songs and Madrigals — חנוכּה)
Track ID:
10399
Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Vocal:
Rochester Singers
Conductor/Arranger:
Adler, Samuel
Artist:
Rochester Philharmonic, accomp
Track comment:
Shabos/ Purim/ Khanike/ Ti'shebov/ Peysekh/ Sukos
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Madrigal

Pesakh Lanu Sha'ar (Heb) — פּתח לנו שער (עבֿרית)

On album:
B-037(a) (Musik aus der Synagoge Herman Berlinski, Orgel — מוסיקה של בית כנסת)
Track ID:
12183
Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Artist:
Boothman, Donald, Baritone
Organ:
Berlinski, Herman
Track comment:
Part of Vier Kantorale Gesange
Language:
Hebrew

Shir Hamaalos (Fromm) — שיר המעלות (פֿראָם)

Genre:
Literary Origin/Art Song
Subject:
Hope/Exile/Song/Praise
Transliteration:
Alb F-005(a)/Metro Album 28
Translation:
Alb F-005(a)
Additional song notes:
Charcterized as a folk song arranged by Herbert Fromm on Alb L-004(b)
On album:
L-004(b) (THE YIDDISH ART SONG Volume 2 Leon Lishner, basso — דאָס לעבן איז ביטער און זיס איז דאָס לידל)
Track ID:
13842
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Arranger:
Fromm, Herbert
First line:
Shir hamaalos, a gezang mit maalos, s'iz a pelediger gezang,
First line:
שיר המעלות, אַ געזאַנג מיט מעלות, ס'איז אַ ... געזאַנג,
Language:
Yiddish/Hebrew
Style:
Art Song/Concert/Cantorial

Shir Hamaalos (Fromm) — שיר המעלות (פֿראָם)

Genre:
Literary Origin/Art Song
Subject:
Hope/Exile/Song/Praise
Transliteration:
Alb F-005(a)/Metro Album 28
Translation:
Alb F-005(a)
Additional song notes:
Charcterized as a folk song arranged by Herbert Fromm on Alb L-004(b)
On album:
F-005(a) (Reuven Frankel, Baritone Out Of The Silence)
Track ID:
13843
Vocal:
Frankel, Cantor Reuven — פֿראַנקל, חזן רעובן
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Arranger:
Fromm, Herbert
First line:
Shir hamaalos, a gezang mit maalos, s'iz a pelediger gezang, pele, piley ploim.
First line:
שיר המעלות, אַ געזאַנג מיט מעלות, ס'איז אַ ... געזאַנג,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Shir hamaalos, a song with "maalos", its a wonderous song,
Language:
Yiddish/Hebrew
Style:
Art Song/Concert/Cantorial

V'al Kulom (Heb) — ועל כּלם

On album:
B-037(a) (Musik aus der Synagoge Herman Berlinski, Orgel — מוסיקה של בית כנסת)
Track ID:
16146
Composer:
Fromm, Herbert
Artist:
Boothman, Donald, Baritone
Organ:
Berlinski, Herman
First line:
V'al kulom elokay slikhos. Slakh lanu mekhal lanu kapeyr...
First line (Hebrew):
ועל כּלם אלוֹה סליחוֹת. סלח למוּ מחל לנוּ כּפר למוּ.
Track comment:
Part of Vier Kantorale Gesange
Language:
Hebrew