Name:
Rappaport, Yakov
Name (Yiddish):
ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ

Songs written or composed

A Pastekhl A Troymer — אַ פּאַסעכל אַ טרױמער

Author:
Weinper, Zishe — װײַנפּער, זישע
Composer:
Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Literary Origin/Allegory
Subject:
Shepherd/Sheep/Flock/Wolves/Dreamer/Destruction/Massacre
Song comment:
Traveling motif from "A Pastekhl"
Origin:
Liptzin 65 30/YRD YPS 199
Transliteration:
YRD YPS 199/CD A-005(e)
Translation:
Alb O-005(g)/CD A-005(e)
Music:
YRD YPS199

Recordings

On album:
S-088(a) (Herman Snyder And Friends At Home — חיים סנײַנדער און חבּרים אין דער הײם)
Track ID:
19963
Vocal:
Snyder, Herman — שנײַדער, חיים
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsum himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צום הימל קוקן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella/Folk
On album:
G-053(a) (Jiddische Lieder - Jiddish Songs Lex Goudsmit)
Track ID:
20536
Vocal:
Goudsmit, Lex
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsum himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צום הימל קוקן,
Track comment:
Recorded in Holland
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-022(b) (Nizza Thobi: Geboyrn In A Zaydn Hemdl — ניצה טובי: געבױרן אין אַ זייִדן העמדל)
Track ID:
30837
Vocal:
Thobi, Nizza
Guitar/Arranger:
Seifinger, Andreas
Violin:
Jakob, Hans
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat in himl kukn
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט און הימל קוקן
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:36
On album:
L-045(a) (Shmaria Lin Yiddish Songs on Israeli Radio)
Track ID:
25235
Vocal:
Lin, Shmaryia — לין, שמריהו
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsu himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צו הימל קוקן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Israeli Radio - Courtesy of Abe Chasid
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-005(e) (Misha Alexandrovich, Yiddish Songs of a Perished World/ Un Dokh Zing Ikh! — און דאָך זינג איך)
Track ID:
28645
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Conductor:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
Artist:
Chamber Music Ensemble
First line:
Hot a pastukhl a troymer lib gehat tsum himl kukn, hobn volf dort hinter…
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צום הימל קוקן, האָבן װאָלף דאָרט ...
Track comment:
Originally recorded in Moscow, Meloydia 1968
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4' 04"
On album:
G-042(b) (Moshe Ganchoff Song Recital)
Track ID:
20306
Vocal:
Ganchoff, Cantor Moyshe — גאַנשאַף, חזן משה
Artist:
Instrumental Ensemble
Arranger:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat in himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט און הימל קוקן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
A-005(g) (Mikhail Alexandrovich / Jewish Folk Songs / Instrumental ensemble conducted by Lev Kogan)
Track ID:
33264
Vocal:
Alexandrovitsh, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Artist:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
Conductor:
Instrumental Ensemble
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsu himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צו הימל קוקן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
B-120(a) (Hazzan Steven C. Berke/Cantor Elizabeth S. Berk/Jewish Masterworks of the Synagogue Liturgy/ A Concert in Honor of the Re-establishment of Liberal Judiasm in Germany)
Track ID:
40394
vocal:
Berke, Hazzan Steven C.
vocal:
Berke, Cantor Elizabeth S.
organ:
Lorger, Kathinka
pianoforte:
Romano, Fabio
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
4:03
On album:
S-007(a) (Cantor Benjamin Siegal Sings Your Favorite Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
545
Vocal:
Siegel, Cantor Benjamin
Artist:
Jerusalem Art Trio
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat in himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט און הימל קוקן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
L-030(a) (Hazzan Morris Levinson Prayer and Song)
Track ID:
541
Vocal:
Levinson, Cantor Morris
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat in himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט און הימל קוקן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
O-005(g) (Moishe Oysher The Master Singer of His People! — משה אוישער דער מײַסטער זינגער פֿון זײַן פֿאָלק)
Track ID:
542
Vocal:
Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
Arranger:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat in himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט און הימל קוקן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
P-002(c) (Jan Peerce Sings Hebrew Melodies)
Track ID:
543
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Arranger/Conductor, Orchestra:
Bass, Werner S.
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsum himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צום הימל קוקן,
Track comment:
Album notes also credit Olshanetsky with music ??
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Operatic/Concert
On album:
P-002(f) (Jan Peerce Sings Hebrew Melodies Werner Bass, conductor)
Track ID:
544
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
ArrangerConductor:
Bass, Werner S.
Arranger:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsum himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צום הימל קוקן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Operatic/Concert
On album:
B-019(a) (Pinchos Borenstein Sings Best Loved Jewish Folk Songs Vol 3)
Track ID:
551
Vocal:
Borenstein, Khazn Pinkhos — באָרענשטײן, חזן פּינחס
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat in himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט און הימל קוקן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
S-007(e) (Encore by Cantor Benjamin Siegel)
Track ID:
546
Vocal:
Siegel, Cantor Benjamin
Artist:
Jerusalem Art Trio
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat in himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט און הימל קוקן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
S-018(a) (Bracha Skulnick Sings — בּרכה סקולניק זינגט)
Track ID:
547
Vocal:
Skulnik, Brakha — בּרכה סקולניק
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat in himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט און הימל קוקן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
T-009(a) (Grisha Tsatskis (Tsvi Ben Israel) The Soul Of Soviet Jewry — צבי בּן ישׂראל)
Track ID:
548
Vocal:
Ben Israel, Tsvi — צבי בּן ישׂראל
Piano:
Goldberger, Ida
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsu himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צו הימל קוקן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
A-005(c) (A Khazendl Oyf Shabos & Other..Songs Mikhail Alexandrovitch)
Track ID:
549
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Conductor/Arranger:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsu himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צו הימל קוקן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
B-010(b) (Once Upon A Town / Cavalcade of Life in the Shtetl Ben Bonus — אַמאָל אין אַ שטעטל)
Track ID:
550
Vocal:
Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען
First line:
Hot a pastekhl, a troymer, lib gehat tsum himl kukn,
First line (Yiddish):
האָט אַ פּאַסטעכל, אַ טרױמער, ליב געהאַט צום הימל קוקן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Yerusholaim (Rappaport) — ירושלים (ראַפּאַפּאָרט)

Author:
Hameiri, Avigdor — המאירי, אביגדוד
Composer:
Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Israeli/Place/Zionist
Subject:
Jerusalem/Mt Scopus
Origin:
Bugatch 17/Netzer 21/Alb N-014(a)//Belarsky Fav 32
Transliteration:
Bugatch 17/Netzer 21/Alb K-047(a)/Alb-014(a)/Belarsky Fav 24
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 14/Alb K-047(a)//Belarsky Fav 24/Alb S-083(d)
Additional song notes:
Jerusalem/ See Ephemera #337 for confusion as to identity of composer. Bugattch does not credit Rappaport, descibes music as "Folk Melody". "Hebrew Songs.com" on the internet cites Rapaport/Folk for "Music".
Related information in folder 1337:
Comments:
1. 7/2/2013 Emails from Reuven Weiner, Cantor Sam Weiss and Ofer Ben-Amots dated July 2, 2013 discussing the origins of the melody. 2. 6/92014 Transliteration and translation of the song was downloaded from hebrewsongs.com as of June 9, 2014 from the internet
Sheet music:
Folder:
238
Series:
4
Translator:
Stanley Lionel (English lyrics)
Texts:
Hebrew/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co./Hensley Music Co.
Publisher address:
54 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1948
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
32
First line:
Meyal pisgat har hatsofim, shalom lakh Yerushalayim....
First line (Yiddish):
מעל פּסגת הר הצופים שלום לך ירושלים...
Notes:
Black/white lettering in Hebrew and English. Price 60 cents. Back cover: "A Khalutz stands on Mt. Scopus from which he sees Jerusalem. He greets it with great love and admiration; "Jerusalem, I shall not leave thee, for Messiah will come!".

Recordings

On album:
K-047(a) (Cantor Sholom Katz sings Hebrew and Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
17276
Vocal:
Katz, Sholom — קאַץ, שלום
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Me al pisgat hatsofim, Shalom lakh, Yerusholaim,
First line (Hebrew):
מעל פסגת הר הצופים, שלום לך, ירושלים, מעל פסגת הר הצופים...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
S-039(a) (Cantor Eleazer Shulman Yiddish & Israeli)
Track ID:
17277
Vocal:
Shulman, Cantor Eleazer
Organ:
Reisenman, Bob
First line:
M'al pisgat har hatsofayim, Eshtakhev lakh apayim,
First line (Hebrew):
מעל פּסגת הר הצוֹפים אשתּחוה לך אפּים, מעל פּסגת הר הצוֹפים שלום..
Track comment:
Album notes credit music to "Moshe Rappoport"
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
F-006(a) (An Evening With Nico Feldman Israeli & Yiddish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
17285
Vocal:
Feldman, Cantor Nico
First line:
Me al pisgat hatsofim, Shalom lakh, Yerusholaim,
First line (Hebrew):
מעל פסגת הר הצופים, שלום לך, ירושלים, מעל פסגת הר הצופים...
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33732
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
First line:
Me al pisgat hatsofim, shalom lakh, yerusholaim,
First line (Hebrew):
מעל פסגת הר הצופים, שלום לך, ירושלים, מעל פסגת הר הצופים...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:35

Other tracks with this artist

Modim Anakhnu Lakh (Heb) — אַ דין-תּורה מיט גאָט

On album:
J-024(a)2 (Judische Lebenswelten /Patterns of Jewish Life 2/Berlin 1992)
Track ID:
22295
Composer:
Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Lang, Cantor Marcel
First line (Hebrew):
מוֹדים אנחנוּ לך, שׁאתּה הוּא יי אלהינוּ ואלהי אבוֹתינוּ לעוֹלם ועד.
Track comment:
We proclaim that You are the Lord our God and God of our...
Language:
Hebrew

Modim Anakhnu Lakh (Heb) — אַ דין-תּורה מיט גאָט

On album:
M-056(a)2 (David Montifiore Hazzan Rishon Opus II — מונטיפיורי)
Track ID:
23010
Composer:
Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Montefiore, Cantor David & Ensemble — מונטיפֿיורי, חזן דוד און אַנסעמבל
First line (Hebrew):
מוֹדים אנחנוּ לך, שׁאתּה הוּא יי אלהינוּ ואלהי אבוֹתינוּ לעוֹלם ועד.
Track comment:
We proclaim that You are the Lord our God and God of our...
Language:
Hebrew