Name:
Posner, Meyer
Name (Yiddish):
פּאָסנער, מאיר
Born:
1890/92
Died:
1931

Songs written or composed

Akht Kleyne Brider — אַכט קלײנע ברידער

Author:
Katz, Alef — כּץ, אַלף
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holiday/Khanike
Subject:
Candles/Memory
Origin:
Bugatch 252/Gelb GB 42
Transliteration:
Bugatch 252
Translation:
Akb W-022(a))
Music:
Bugatch 252/Gelb GB 42

Recording

On album:
W-022(a) (The Chanukah Story sung by The Western Wind)
Track ID:
18302
Artist:
Western Wind Ensemble
Narrator:
Bikel, Theodore
Artist:
Lee, William Lyon, arranger
First line:
Akht kleyne brider, fun a groysn flam, zingen shtume lider..
First line (Yiddish):
אַכט קלײנע ברעדער, פֿון אַ גרױסן פֿלאַם, זינגען שטומע לידער..
Language:
Yiddish

Arbeter Ring Himen — אַרבעטער רינג הימען

Also known as:
Ale Far Eynem
Author:
Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Genre:
Hymn/Anthem
Subject:
Fraternal/Labor/Workmen's Circle
Origin:
Levin N 112/Gelb GB 54
Transliteration:
Levin N 113
Translation:
Levin N 113
Music:
Levin N 113/Gelb GB 54
Sheet music:
Folder:
566
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano/Chorus
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1929
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
306
First line:
Mir hoben di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendlige yoren gehit….
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן די היימישע פֿלאַמען שוין צענדליקע יאָרן געהיט,
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English, list of 33 "Other Choruses" on front cover. Price 25 cents.

Recordings

On album:
G-013(b) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Himan Brown (English) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19370
Artist:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
Narrator:
Brown, Himan
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-013(a) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Yosl Mlotek (Yiddish) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19334
Artist:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
Narrator:
Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-006(a) (Bialystok in America)
Track ID:
1137
Vocal:
Cohen, Susan
Violin:
Peppler, Jane
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Viola Da Gamba:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Violin:
Xu, Wenjia
Commentator:
Zucker, Sheva — זוקער, שבֿע
Violin:
Lie, Jessica
Vocal:
Most, Bernie
Vocal:
Rocamora, Nancy
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen, shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבען די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Alle Var Einem"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-015(a) (The American Jewish Experience In Song)
Track ID:
1424
Artist:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-032(a) (Chutzpah Frank Krasnowsky Sings Songs of the Jewish Workers)
Track ID:
1426
Artist:
Krasnowsky, Frank
Piano:
Steuer, Sydney Anschell
First line:
Mir hobn di heymishe flamen shoyn tsendliker yorn gehit,
First line:
מיר האָבן די הײמישע פֿלאַמען שױן צענדליקער יאָרן געהיט,
Track comment:
We tended the fires of the people for tens and tens of years
Language:
Yiddish/English

Hamavdil (Posner) — המבדיל (פּאָסנער)

Author:
Khayat, Isaac Ibn
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Genre:
Shabos/Sabbath/Religious/Rite/Havdola
Subject:
Sabbath/Shabos/Separation/Holy/Profane
Origin:
Pasternak CH 146/Alb Y-003(a)/Alb B-033(f)/Cardozo 61
Transliteration:
Pasternak CH 76/Alb S-056(a)/Alb Y-003(a)/Alb S-047(c)
Translation:
Pasternak CH 146/Alb S-056(a)/Alb B-033(f)/Vorbei 280/Cardozo 61

Recording

On album:
S-073(a) (Cantor Leibele Schwartz sings Cantorial & Chassidic Melodies)
Track ID:
6038
Vocal:
Schwartz, Khazn Leybele — שװאַרץ, חזן לײבעלע
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Narrator:
Kirshblum, Rabbi I. Usher, narrat
First line:
Hamavdil beyn kodesh lekhol khatoseynu. Hu yomkhol zareynu..
First line:
המבדיל בּין קודש לחוֹל חטאתינו. הוּא ימחול, זרענוּ וכספנוּ...
Track comment:
"May he who makes distinction between holy and profane..."

Harbst Bletlakh — האַרבסט בלעטלעך

Author:
Rosenfeld, Morris — ראָזענפֿעלד, מאָריס
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament
Subject:
Melancholy/Sadness/Autumn
Sheet music:
Folder:
233
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Workmen's Circle Chorus
Date:
1947
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
26
First line:
Aynzam zitz ikh vi gefangen fun a zeltenem gefil…
First line (Yiddish):
אייַזאַם זיץ איך ווי געפֿאַנגען פֿון אַ זעלטענעם געפֿיל,,,
Notes:
Brown lettering in English/yiddish. Price 40 cents. Sole Selling Agent Metro Music Co. Back cover: Yiddish - issued by the Workmen's Circle Chorus in memory of their deceased director and friend, Mayer Posner.

Mikh Tsit Ahin — מיך ציט אַהין

Author:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Composer:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament
Subject:
Desire/Better Life
Sheet music:
Folder:
366
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1947
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
142
First line:
Mikh tsit ahin, mikh tsit ahin, ahin vu di erd iz grin…
First line (Yiddish):
מיך ציט אַהין, מיך ציט אַהין, אַהין וווּ די ערד איז גרין,
Notes:
Brown lettering, Yiddish & English. Price 40 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Di Mashin — די מאַשין

Author:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Factory/Noise/Speed/Labor/Sweatshop/Mindless
Sheet music:
Folder:
619
Series:
4
Arranger:
Posner, Meyer
Arranged for:
Mixed Chorus/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1930
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
367
First line:
Arbet (40x), S'roysht in fabrik azoy vild machinen az oft..
First line (Yiddish):
...אַרבעט...ס'רוישט אין פֿאַבריק
Notes:
Small folder, Black lettering, Yiddish/English. Price 50 cents. Listing of 33 "Other Choruses" on front cover. Twenty page pamphlet, appears to be a cantata.

Meshiekh (Einhorn) — משיח

Author:
Einhorn, Dovid — אײנהאָרן, דוד
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament
Subject:
Mourning/Tisha B'ov/Rome/Time/Comfort
Sheet music:
Folder:
655
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave. New York, NY
Date:
417
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
417
First line:
S'klingen di kayten baym toyer fun roym…
First line (Yiddish):
ס'קלינגן די קייטן בײַם טויער פֿון רוים,
Notes:
Dark brown lettering, Yiddish/English. Price 40 cents. Four verses in Yiddish on back cover.

Other tracks with this artist

Der Zingemaring — דער זינגעמאַרינג

Author:
Yehoyash — יהואָש
Composer:
Pozner, M
Genre:
Literary Origin/various Voices/Concert
Subject:
Singmering/Walked/Woods/Talkled/Birds/Leaves/Language
Origin:
Alb L-044(d)
Music:
Alb L-044(d)
Additional song notes:
The Singmering
On album:
G-017(a) (Gut Yom-Tov Kinder! A Treasury of Children's Songs... — גוט יום-טוב קינדער)
Track ID:
19452
Author:
Yehoyash — יהואָש
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Artist:
Workmen's Circle Children's Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג קינדער כאָר
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Der zingemaring iz gegangen in vald, der zingemaring,
First line (Yiddish):
דער זינגעמאַרינג איז געגאַנגען אין װאַלד, דער זינגעמאַרינג,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Text, translat, translit with album notes.
Language:
Yiddish

Der Khazn Un Der Gabay (Variant) — דער חזן און דער גבּאי (װאַריאַנט)

On album:
R-013(a) (The Art of Henry Rosenblatt Vol 1)
Track ID:
3175
Vocal:
Rosenblatt, Henry — ראָזענבלאַט, הענרי
Piano:
Zayde, Jascha
Arranger:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
First line:
Sholom aleykhem, aleykem, sholom, ver zent ir, fun vanen...
First line (Yiddish):
שלום עליכם, עליכם שלום, װער זענט איר, פֿון װאַנען קומט איר?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Cantorial/Concert

Hamavdil — המבדיל

Also known as:
La Separation
Also known as:
Shevue Tov (Hamavdil)
Author:
Khayat, Isaac Ibn
Genre:
Shabos/Sabbath/Religious/Rite/Havdola
Subject:
Sabbath/Shabos/Separation/Holy/Profane/
Origin:
Pasternak CH 146/Alb Y-003(a)/Alb B-033(f)/Cardozo 61
Transliteration:
Pasternak CH 76/Alb S-056(a)/Alb Y-003(a)/Alb S-047(c)/Ephemera 1048
Translation:
Pasternak CH 146/Alb S-056(a)/Alb B-033(f)/Vorbei 280/Cardozo 61/Ephemera 1048
Additional song notes:
Some credit Isaac ben Hiyat (11th Century as composer)
Related information in folder 1048:
Comments:
1. Text and translation of this hymn from Wikisource.
On album:
R-013(b) (Henry Rosenblatt Recital Jascha Zayde at the Piano Vol 2)
Track ID:
6032
Artist:
Rosenblatt, Henry — ראָזענבלאַט, הענרי
Piano:
Zayde, Jascha
Artist:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
First line:
Hamavdil beyn kodesh lekhol khatoseynu. Hu yomkhol zareynu..
First line:
המבדיל בּין קודש לחוֹל חטאתינו. הוּא ימחול, זרענוּ וכספנוּ...
Track comment:
"May he who makes distinction between holy and profane..."

Maylid — מײַליד

On album:
B-086(a) (In Love And In Struggle/Musical Legacy of..Jewish Labor Bund — אין ליבשאַפֿט און אין קאַמף\ די מוזיקאַלישע ירושה פֿונעם...בונד)
Track ID:
27538
Author:
Soreives, M. (1869-1909)
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Artist:
New Yiddish Chorale
Artist:
Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר
First line:
Vemens shtime her ikh klingen? Naye lider zol men zingen!
First line:
װענעס שטימע זאָל מען קלינגען? נײַע לידער זאָל מען זינגען!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)