Wiseman, Joseph

Name:
Wiseman, Joseph
Born:
May 15, 1998 (Montreal, Canada)
Died:
October 19, 2009 (Manhattan, NY)
Related information in folder 1354:
Comments:
1. 10/20/2009 Obituary published by the NY Times of October 20, 2009, written by Margalit Fox.

Tracks with this artist

Berosh Hashana

On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
2272
Composer:
Sulzer, Salamon
Artist:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
First line (Hebrew):
כּבקרת רוֹעה עדרוֹ: מעביר צאמוֹ תּחת שבטוֹ, כּן תּעביר ותספּוֹר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - Rosh Hashono
Language:
Hebrew

Birkat Kohanim — בּרכּת כּהנים

Also known as:
Priestly Blessing
Also known as:
Numbers 06:24
Also known as:
Bamidbar 06:24
Genre:
Religious/Blessing/Biblical/Numbers/Bamidbar
Subject:
Peace/Numbers 06:24/Bamibar 06:24
Origin:
Cardozo 97
Transliteration:
Alb C-023(d)/Alb S-075(a)/Alb Z-020(a)
Translation:
Alb Z-020(a)/Alb G-056(a)/Alb M-019(a)/Alb M-030(a)/Alb S-075(a)/Alb P-002
Music:
Cardozo 97, 98
Additional song notes:
May the Lord bless you and keep you, And make his face shine upon you and show favor, And give you peace./Priestly Benediction/published under title in Cardozo "Duchan"
On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
2463
Vocal:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - In Memorial
Language:
Hebrew

Halleluya Hallelu-El Bekodshu (Naumborg) — הללויה הללו־אל בקדשו (נאומבאָרג)

Composer:
Naumbourg, Samuel
Genre:
Psalm/Biblical
Subject:
Psalm 150/Praise/Music/Exaltation/Horn/Psaltry/Harp/Drum
Origin:
Alb B-033(b)/Vorbei 337
Transliteration:
Alb Z-020(a)/Alb F-015(b)
Translation:
Alb F-015(b)/Alb F-033(b)
On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
5972
Vocal:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
Organ:
Queler, Eve
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - Rosh Hashono
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Dramatic/

Grant Us Peace (Fromm)

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

Kol Nidre — כּל נדרי

Genre:
Religious/Liturgical/Yom Kipur
Subject:
Vows
Origin:
Alb B-033(i)
Translation:
Alb R-009(b)/Alb B-026(b)/Alb B-033(b)/V0121
Related information in folder 779:
Comments:
1. English Translation
On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
8598
Artist:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
First line (Hebrew):
כּל נדרי ואסרי וחרמי וקוֹנמי וכנוּיי וקנוּסי וּשבוּעוֹת דנדרנא
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - Yom Kippur
Language:
Hebrew

Ovinu Malkeynu (Unknown) — אבינו מלכּנו

Author:
Akiba, Rabbi
Author:
Amram Goan, Rabbi
Genre:
Religious/High Holy Days/Liturgical/Prayer
Subject:
Sin/Repentance/Confession/Forgivness
Origin:
Alb C-005(b)/Alb B-033(b)/Seder Avo 466
Transliteration:
Alb C-005(b)/Alb S-092(s)/alb M-129(a)
Translation:
Alb B-026(b)/Alb B-033(b)/Alb C-005(c)/Seder Avo 466
Additional song notes:
See Vorbei 293 for history of the text See Alb S-202(b) for synopsis of text
On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
11658
Vocal:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor/Arranger:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
First line:
Our Father our king, we have sinned before you, our father our king, forgive...
First line:
אבינוּ מלכּנוּ חטאנו לפניך, אבינוּ מלכּנוּ בלח ומחל לכל עונותינו,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - Rosh Hashono
Language:
Hebrew/English
Style:
Choral/Cantorial/Narration

Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern (Brodno) — תחת זעו כוכבי שמים / אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן

Also known as:
Takhat zi kukhvi shomayim
Also known as:
Shema Koleynu
Author:
Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Brudno, Avrom — ברודנאָ, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holocaust
Subject:
Faith/Prayer
Song comment:
Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"
Origin:
Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 74/Alb V-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)/ML WAH 48/Alb N-026(a
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1204/ML WAH 48/Alb M-049(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/D-004(n)
Translation:
Alb Z-010(g)/Alb V-001(d) ML WAH 48/Alb G-040(a)/Alb M-049(a)/D-004(n)
Additional song notes:
First sung by Zlote Kaczerginski at Litter Art Theatre of Vilna Ghetto Under Your White Stars./ Takhat Ziv Kokhvey Shamayim (Hebrew Adaptation) Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203 English Adaptation with Album Notes and Ephemera 1204
On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
13626
Composer:
Helfman, Max — העלפֿמאַן, מאַקס
Artist:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
First line:
Shema kolenu haShem Elokeynu, Hus v'rakhem olenu, V'kabel...
First line (Hebrew):
שמע קולנו ה' אלקנו חוס ודחם עלינו וקבּל בּרחמים וברצון את...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - Rosh Hashono
Language:
Hebrew

Un'saneh Tokef — וּנתנה תּקף

On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
15903
Composer:
Lewandowski, Cantor Louis
Artist:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
First line (Hebrew):
כּבקרת רוֹעה עדרוֹ: מעביר צאמוֹ תּחת שבטוֹ, כּן תּעביר ותספּוֹר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer"
Language:
Hebrew

V'al Kulom (Heb) — ועל כּלם

On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
16147
Artist:
Langee, Jacqueline & Smolover
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
First line:
V'al kulom elokay slikhos. Slakh lanu mekhal lanu kapeyr...
First line (Hebrew):
ןעל כּלם אלוֹה סליחוֹת. סלח למוּ מחל לנוּ כּפר למוּ.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - Yom Kippur
Language:
Hebrew

V'al Yeday (Wohlberg) — ועל ידי עבדיך (וואַלבערג)

Genre:
Biblical/Religious/Liturgical/Prayer
Subject:
God/Eternal
Additional song notes:
From the Rosh Hashana Musaf
On album:
D-008(c) (The Sound of the Shofar Conducted by Charles Davidson)
Track ID:
16157
Vocal:
Smolover, Cantor Raymond
Narrator:
Wiseman, Joseph
Conductor:
Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "The Sound of the Shofer" - Rosh Hashono
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Cantorial

You Must Know Everything

Also known as:
At Granmother's
Author:
Babel, Isaac
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Translation
Subject:
Knowledge/Grandmother/Memory/Food/Learning/Music/Study/Anger
Translation:
See Babel p 43 PG3476.B2 A23 2002
Additional song notes:
See "You Must Know Everything" Babel See Babel p 43 PG3476.B2 A23 2002 Published under the title "At Grandmother's"
On album:
B-158(a) (Stories by Isaac Babel read by Joseph Wiseman)
Track ID:
39727
Vocal:
Wiseman, Joseph
English Adaptation:
Morrison, Walter
English Adaption:
Hayward, Max
First line:
On Saturday's I always came home late after my six lessons at school,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
15.25

Shabos Nakhamu

Author:
Babel, Isaac
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Translation
Subject:
Shabos/Food/Poverty/Wife/Curses/Rabbi/Horse/Hunger
Translation:
See Babel p 84 PG3476.B2 A23 2002
Additional song notes:
The Shabos of Comfort Also Trickery/Other World/Fools/Inkeeper See Babel p 84 PG3476.B2 A23 2002
On album:
B-158(a) (Stories by Isaac Babel read by Joseph Wiseman)
Track ID:
39728
Vocal:
Wiseman, Joseph
English Adaptation:
Morrison, Walter
English Adaption:
Hayward, Max
First line:
The morning goes by, the evening comes and it's the fifth day of the week,…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
15:04

The Cemetary at Kozin

Author:
Babel, Isaac
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Translation
Subject:
Cemetary/Shtetl/Volhynia/Gravestones/Images/Death
Translation:
See Babel p 259 PG3476.B2 A23 2002
On album:
B-158(a) (Stories by Isaac Babel read by Joseph Wiseman)
Track ID:
39729
Vocal:
Wiseman, Joseph
English Adaptation:
Morrison, Walter
English Adaption:
Hayward, Max
First line:
The cemetary of a little Jewish town, Assyria, all of the mysterious stagnation
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
1:57

Awakening (Babel)

Author:
Babel, Isaac
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Translation
Subject:
Father/Son/Adolescence/Music/Rebellion/Independence/Violin/
Additional song notes:
also:"Without Talent/Odessa/Swimming/Role Model/Child Author/Nature
On album:
B-158(a) (Stories by Isaac Babel read by Joseph Wiseman)
Track ID:
39003
Vocal:
Wiseman, Joseph
English Adaptation:
Constantine, Peter
First line:
All the folks in our circle, brokers, shopkeepers, clerks in banks…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
18.20

Gedali

Author:
Babel, Isaac
Genre:
Literary Origin/ Spoken Word/ Translation
Subject:
Memory/Grandfather/Grandmother/Sabbath/Revolution/Prayer
Additional song notes:
Also: Counter Revolution/Poles/Anti Semites/Contradiction See Babel p 227 PG3476.B2 A23 2002
On album:
B-158(a) (Stories by Isaac Babel read by Joseph Wiseman)
Track ID:
39006
Vocal:
Wiseman, Joseph
English Adaptation:
Morrison, Walter
English Adaption:
Hayward, Max
First line:
On sabbath eves I'm oppressed by the dense melancholy of memories,…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
8:08

The Rabbi's Son

Author:
Babel, Isaac
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word/Translation
Subject:
Memory/Sabbath/Prayer/Revolution/Violence, Contradiction
Translation:
Babel p331 PG3476.B2 A23 2002
On album:
B-158(a) (Stories by Isaac Babel read by Joseph Wiseman)
Track ID:
39726
Vocal:
Wiseman, Joseph
English Adaptation:
Constantine, Peter
First line:
Do You remember Zhitomir, Vasily? Do you remember the River Teterev, Vasily,…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
5:56

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