Songs written or composed
Tsum Hemerl — צום העמערל
- Also known as:
- O Hemerl Klap
- Author:
- Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
- Genre:
- Folk/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Occupation/Shoemaker/Poverty/Class/Hammer/Nails
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 78/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 107
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 78/Alb G-017(a)/Alb L-049(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-017(a)/Alb L-049(a)/Sh Sh 106
- Music:
- ML MTAG 79
- Additional song notes:
- To The Little Hammer
Recordings
- On album:
- W-018(a) (WDAS Tape (Recorded From Radio, 1969) Irving Leon)
- Track ID:
- 15673
- Vocal:
- Bar, Shimon — בּר, שמעון
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
- First line:
- אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- On album:
- C-032(a) (Chutzpah Frank Krasnowsky Sings Songs of the Jewish Workers)
- Track ID:
- 15674
- Vocal:
- Krasnowsky, Frank
- Piano:
- Steuer, Sydney Anschell
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Klap shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
- First line:
- אָ בעמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! קלאַפּ שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- Track comment:
- O hammer, o hammer, strike hard, strike quickly a blow...
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- 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:
- 19386
- Artist:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- Narrator:
- Brown, Himan
- Piano:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- 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:
- 19352
- Artist:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- Narrator:
- Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
- Piano:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- G-059(a) (Gesang Un Tants Das 2. Festival des Jiddischen Liedes... — געזאַנג און טאַנץ)
- Track ID:
- 20644
- Vocal:
- Meltz, Pierre with Harts Un Gefil
- Accordion:
- Didon, Jean, accordion
- Guitar:
- Brinkman, Walter, guitar
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- Track comment:
- Recording made in Zurich Recorded under "Hemerl"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- S-093(a)1 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 1 of 2)
- Track ID:
- 23173
- Vocal:
- Summergrad, Leo
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- L-044(a) (Ruth Levin Yiddish Songs on Israeli Radio)
- Track ID:
- 25229
- Vocal:
- Levin, Ruth — לוין, רותּ
- First line:
- Hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a…
- First line (Yiddish):
- העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Israeli Radio - Courtesy of Abe Chasid
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- O-012(a) (Orient Express, Moving Shnorers)
- Track ID:
- 27220
- Artist:
- Orient Express Moving Schnorers
- Track comment:
- Melokhe, Melukhe
- Style:
- Instrumental/Medley
- On album:
- L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)
- Track ID:
- 27624
- Vocal:
- Levy, Mark
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- G-017(a) (Gut Yom-Tov Kinder! A Treasury of Children's Songs... — גוט יום-טוב קינדער)
- Track ID:
- 19454
- Vocal:
- Workmen's Circle Children's Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג קינדער כאָר
- Conductor:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "O Hemerl Klap)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- F-067(a) (Fradle Pomerantz Friedenreich/ Passionate Pioneers: The Story of Yiddish Secular Education in North America, 1910-19\\\\\\\\\\\)
- Track ID:
- 35987
- Vocal:
- Matman, Hadar — מאַטמאַן, האַדאַר
- Vocal:
- Freidenreich, Fradle Pomerantz — פֿרידענרײַך, פֿריידל פּאָמעראַנץ
- Vocal:
- Broder, Chana — בראָדער, חנה
- Vocal:
- Blitt, Lazer — בליט, לאַזער
- Vocal:
- Alpert, Shmulik — אַלפּערט, שמוליק
- First line:
- O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a tshvok, keyn broyt iz....
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק, קיין...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk/Sadly
- Length:
- 1:59
Zamd Un Shtern — זאַמד און שטערן
- Author:
- Frug, Shimon Shmuel — פֿרוג, שמעון שמואל
- Composer:
- Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Promise/Genesis/Sand/Stars/Population
- Origin:
- Frug 16/Sh Sh 93
- Translation:
- Sh Sh 93
- Related information in folder 20:
- Document type:
- Article
- Publisher:
- Unknown
- Comments:
- Yiddish text and translation of Zand Un Shtern (Shimon Frug), translation by Moshe Spiegel.
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 892
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Translator:
- Raskin, P. M.
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration/English
- Publisher:
- Metro Music Co
- Publisher address:
- 58 Second Ave, New York, NY
- Date:
- 1927
- Provenance:
- Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman
- First line:
- Es sheynt di levone, es likhtn di shern,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס שײַנט די לבנה: עס גלעצען די שטערן,
- Notes:
- Portrait of Sh. Frug on cover/ stamped "From the collection of Cantor Albert J Weiser"
Recordings
- On album:
- 046h (Kusevitsky, Khazn Moshe/ Zamd Un Shtern/ Der Khazn Un Der Gabay)
- Track ID:
- 30098
- Artist:
- Kusevitsky, Cantor Moshe
- On album:
- F-016(a) (Hanna Foukes chante L'AME D'UN PEUPLE EN YIDDISH EN HEBREU — חנה פֿןקס זינגט די פֿאָלקס-נשמה חנה פוקס בּשירי נשמת האם)
- Track ID:
- 17928
- Artist:
- Fouks, Hanna
- Piano:
- Grynszpan, Laurent
- First line:
- Es shaynt di levone. Es glantsn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt..
- First line:
- עס שײַנט די לבֿנה. עס גלאַנצן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט אױף...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recording made in France. God's promise to Abraham.
- On album:
- O-005(h) (Moishe Oysher At His Best with Moshe Koussevitzky — פֿאָלקס לידער)
- Track ID:
- 17929
- Vocal:
- Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
- First line:
- Es shaynt di levone. Es glantsn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt..
- First line:
- עס שײַנט די לבֿנה. עס גלאַנצן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט אױף...
- Track comment:
- God's promise to Abraham.
- On album:
- S-007(a) (Cantor Benjamin Siegal Sings Your Favorite Jewish Songs)
- Track ID:
- 17930
- Vocal:
- Siegel, Cantor Benjamin
- Artist:
- Jerusalem Art Trio
- First line:
- Es shaynt di levone. Es laykhn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt..
- First line:
- עס שײַנט די לבֿנה. עס לײַכן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט אױף...
- Track comment:
- God's promise to Abraham.
- On album:
- S-007(e) (Encore by Cantor Benjamin Siegel)
- Track ID:
- 17931
- Vocal:
- Siegel, Cantor Benjamin
- Artist:
- Jerusalem Art Trio
- First line:
- Es shaynt di levone. Es laykhn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt..
- First line:
- עס שײַנט די לבֿנה. עס לײַכן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט אױף...
- Track comment:
- God's promise to Abraham.
- On album:
- B-063(a)1 (Sarah Benjamin / Lidelakh Vol 1/ 101 Favorite Yiddish and Russian Folksongs)
- Track ID:
- 21963
- Artist:
- Benjamin, Sarah
- First line:
- Tsi shaynt di levone un glantsn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt..
- First line:
- צי שײַנט די לבֿנה און גלאַנצן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט אױף...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- God's promise to Abraham.
- On album:
- M-056(a)2 (David Montifiore Hazzan Rishon Opus II — מונטיפיורי)
- Track ID:
- 23009
- Artist:
- Montefiore, Cantor David & Ensemble — מונטיפֿיורי, חזן דוד און אַנסעמבל
- First line:
- Es shaynt di levone. Es laykhn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt..
- First line:
- עס שײַנט די לבֿנה. עס לײַכן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט אױף...
- Track comment:
- God's promise to Abraham.
- On album:
- C-040(a) (Cantors In Yiddish/Arias, Opereta, Folk Songs & Chassidic... — חזנים זינגען אױף ייִדיש)
- Track ID:
- 27482
- Vocal:
- Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
- First line:
- Es shaynt di levone. Es glantsn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt..
- First line:
- עס שײַנט די לבֿנה. עס גלאַנצן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט אױף...
- On album:
- G-042(b) (Moshe Ganchoff Song Recital)
- Track ID:
- 20303
- Vocal:
- Ganchoff, Cantor Moyshe — גאַנשאַף, חזן משה
- Artist:
- Instrumental Ensemble
- First line:
- Es shaynt di levone. Es laykhn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt..
- First line:
- עס שײַנט די לבֿנה. עס לײַכן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט אױף...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- God's promise to Abraham.
- On album:
- 031j (Hershman, Khazn Mordkhe/ Zamd Un Shtern/ Mai Ko Mash Melon)
- Track ID:
- 29671
- Artist:
- Hershman, Cantor Mordkhe
- On album:
- G-054(c) (Bay Mayn Mames Shtibele/ Beyle Schaechter Gottesman/ At My Mother's House — בײַ מײַן מאַמעס שטיבעלע \ ביילע שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן)
- Track ID:
- 38467
- Vocal:
- Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
- Violin:
- Svigals, Alicia
- Accordion:
- Sklamberg, Lorin
- First line:
- Shaynt di levone, s'glantsn di shtern. Di nakht shvebt iber barg, iber tol…
- First line (Yiddish):
- שײַנט די לבֿנה און ס'גלאַנצן די שטערן. די נאַכט שװעבט איבער באַרג, איבער טאָל..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Length:
- 3:54
Av Harahamim Hu Yerahem Am Amussim — אב הרחמים הוא ירחם עם עמוסים
- Composer:
- Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
- Composer:
- Broido, Moshe Yona — משה יונה ברוידא
- Genre:
- Cantoral/Liturgical
- Subject:
- Prayer recited as the scroll is brought out from the ark
- Additional song notes:
- Arr. Moshe Yona Broido
Other tracks with this artist
Hashem Hashem- Thirteen Attributes
- On album:
- S-086(a) (Sirota Sings Again Gerson Sirota 1874-1943)
- Track ID:
- 6145
- Vocal:
- Sirota, Cantor Gershon — סיראָטאַ, חזן גרשן
- Composer:
- Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- The Lord, the Lord is a merciful and gracious God,...
Poale Tsien Shvue (Variant) — פּועלי ציון שבֿועה (װאַריאַנט)
- Related information in folder 600:
- Comments:
- 1. Article published in Yiddish Forward of 2/15/2002 by Chane Mlotek, including text of the Poale Tsien Shvue as originally written by Yeshua Pelovitz.
- On album:
- B-007(l) (Theodore Bikel, History and Origin of Jewish Music (Lecture))
- Track ID:
- 12285
- Author:
- Felovitsh, Y. — פֿעלאָװיטש, י,
- Composer:
- Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- First line:
- Mir heybn di hent kegn mizrekh un shvern, unzere trern mit..
- First line:
- מיר הײבן די הענט קעגן מיזרח און שװערן, אונדזערע טרערן מיט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Part of Lecture on Origin and History of Jewish Music.
Poale Tsien Shvue (Variant) — פּועלי ציון שבֿועה (װאַריאַנט)
- Related information in folder 600:
- Comments:
- 1. Article published in Yiddish Forward of 2/15/2002 by Chane Mlotek, including text of the Poale Tsien Shvue as originally written by Yeshua Pelovitz.
- On album:
- B-007(d) (Theodore Bikel / From Bondage to Freedom)
- Track ID:
- 12286
- Author:
- Felovitsh, Y. — פֿעלאָװיטש, י,
- Composer:
- Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
- Vocal:
- Bikel, Theodore
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Hellerman, Fred
- First line:
- Mir heybn di hent kegn mizrekh un shvern, unzere trern mit..
- First line:
- מיר הײבן די הענט קעגן מיזרח און שװערן, אונדזערע טרערן מיט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Sung version different from published text
Mizmor Shir Khanikas Habayit (Heb) — מזמוֹר שיר חנכּת הבּית (תהלים ל)
- On album:
- M-028(b) (Cantor Benjamin Muller/Jewish Male Voice Choir of ManchesterEastern — חזן בּנימין מילר)
- Track ID:
- 21206
- Composer:
- Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
- Artist:
- Muller, Benjamin & Rafael — מילר, חזן בּנימין און ראַפֿעאַל
- Artist:
- Jewish Male Voice Choir Manchester — מילר, חזן בּנימין
- Artist:
- Salter, Paul, piano
- Composer:
- Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Psalm 30
- Language:
- Hebrew