Songs written or composed
Shir Hamaalos B'shuv Adonay... (Gisser) — שיר המעלות בּשוּב יהיה את שיבת ציוֹן (גיסער)
- Composer:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Genre:
- Biblical/Psalm
- Subject:
- Hope/Captivity/Psalm 126
- Origin:
- Tanakh 2 1732/Pasternak CH 142/Alb C-003(i)/Metro Album 49
- Transliteration:
- Pasternak 51/Metro Album 28
- Translation:
- Vorbei 243/Tanakh 2 126/Pasternak 142/Metro Album 28
Recording
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21325
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Piano/Arranger:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano and arr
- First line:
- B'shuv adonay et shivat Tsiun
- First line:
- בּשוּב יהיה את שיבת ציוֹן היינוּ כּחלמים.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under B'shuv Hashem, Psalm 126.
Other tracks with this artist
Kidush — קידוש
- Genre:
- Liturgical/Religious
- Subject:
- Blessing/Wine/Sanctification
- Origin:
- Zim 11/Alb K-047(d)
- Transliteration:
- Zim 11/Alb K-047(d)/
- Translation:
- Alb M-030(a)Alb R-026(b)/Zim 11/Alb K-047(d)/CD B-076(a)/Vorbei 235
- Additional song notes:
- See Cardozo 96 for the the text, translation and melody line of the Kidush recited on the evenings of the Three Festivals
- On album:
- G-043(a) (Solomon Gisser sings Cantorial & Yiddish Selections)
- Track ID:
- 20328
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Hebrew
Ata Niglayso
- Genre:
- Liturgy/Rosh Hashana/Religious/Prayer
- On album:
- G-043(a) (Solomon Gisser sings Cantorial & Yiddish Selections)
- Track ID:
- 20331
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Thou Manifests Thyself
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Cantorial
A Gebet (Weiner) — אַ געבעט (װײַנער)
- Author:
- Rolnik, Yosef — ראָלמיק, יוסף
- Composer:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Peace/Heart/
- Translation:
- Alb C-044(a)
- On album:
- G-043(b) (Shirim L'Shlomo Cantor Solomon Gisser)
- Track ID:
- 20340
- Piano:
- Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- First line:
- Reboynu shel olam, du got fun mayn foter,
- First line (Yiddish):
- רבּנוּ של עולם, דו גאָט פֿון מײַן פֿאָטער, מײַן האַרציקע תּפלה הער צו
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
A Zemer — אַ זמר
- Also known as:
- Reb Motenyu
- Also known as:
- Zogt Der Rebe
- Author:
- Zeitlin, Aaron — צײַטלין, אַהרן
- Composer:
- Bugatch, (Shmuel) Samuel — בוגאַטש, שמואל
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- God/Faith/Struggle/Khasid/
- Origin:
- Kon 65/ML PYS 142/Alb B-007(a)/Bugatch 146/Sheet Music 305
- Transliteration:
- Alb O-009(a)/Alb L-001(a)/Alb I-013(a)/Bugatch 146/Alb L-038(a)/Sheet Music 30
- Translation:
- Alb L-038(a)/ML PYS 142/Alb O-009(a)/Alb O-006(c)/Alb D-002(a)
- Music:
- Bugatch 146/ML PYS 142/Kon 65/Sheet Music 305
- Additional song notes:
- See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21314
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- First line:
- Zogt der rebe, reb motenyu: -- A gut morgn dir, gotenyu!
- First line (Yiddish):
- זאָגט דער רבּי, רבּ מאָטעניו: -- אַ גוט מאָרגען דיר, גאָטעניו!
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Der Bekher (Frug) — דער בעכער (פֿרוג)
- Also known as:
- Der Kos
- Author:
- Frug, Shimon Shmuel — פֿרוג, שמעון שמואל
- Composer:
- Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Goblet/Cup/Tears/Redemption/Child/Question/Story
- Origin:
- Frug 57
- Transliteration:
- Frug 57
- Music:
- Frug 57
- Additional song notes:
- Translated from the Russian by Yitskhok Leyb Perets
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21315
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Piano:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- First line:
- Zog mir, mameshi, ikh bet dikh, iz dos emes,
- First line (Yiddish):
- זאָג מיר, מאַמעשי, איך בעט דיך, איז דאָס אמת, װאָס עס האָט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
Yiddish (Segal) — ייִדיש (סיגאַל)
- Author:
- Segal, Yankev Yitskhak — סיגאַל, יעקבֿ יצחק (1896-1954)
- Composer:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Yiddish/Language/Heritage
- Origin:
- Alb W-005(a)/Alb N-026(A)
- Transliteration:
- WLZ SGS 02/Alb N-026(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb W-005(a)/Alb N-026(a)
- Music:
- WLZ SGS 02/
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21316
- Author:
- Segal, Yankev Yitskhak — סיגאַל, יעקבֿ יצחק (1896-1954)
- Composer:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- First line:
- Yidish, mayn goldener brunem, fun dir hot der bal shem...
- First line:
- ייִדיש, מײַן גאָלדענער ברונעם, פֿון דיר האָט דער בּעל שם טובֿ...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Eybik (Leyvik) — אײביק (לייוויק)
- Author:
- Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Survival/Fire/Dangers/Persistance/Imperishable
- Origin:
- Betsky 37/ML PYS 199/Sh Sh305
- Transliteration:
- Betsky 37/ML PYS 199/Alb G-006(b)
- Translation:
- Alb G-006(b)/Sh Sh 304
- Music:
- ML PYS 199
- Additional song notes:
- Forever
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21317
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Piano:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- First line:
- Di velt nemt mikh arum mit shtekhike hent, un trogt mikh...
- First line:
- די װעלט נעמט מיך אַרום מיט שטעכיקע הענט, און טראָגט מיך...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Du Fregst Mikh — דו פֿרעגסט מיך
- Author:
- Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Folk Melody
- Subject:
- Aging/Memory
- Origin:
- Alb B-013(a)Belarsky Fav 31
- Transliteration:
- Belarsky Fav 03
- Translation:
- Belarsky Fav 03
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21318
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Piano:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- Arranger:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- First line:
- Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
Dem Zeydns Brokhe — דעם זײדנס בּרכה
- Author:
- Joffe, Joseph — יאָפֿע יוסף
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Folk
- Subject:
- Grandfather/Blessings/Yom Kipper/Nostalgia/Faith/Lament
- Origin:
- Belarsky Fav 32/ML PYS 100/
- Transliteration:
- ML PYS 100/Belarsky Fav 32
- Translation:
- Belarsky Fav 20
- Music:
- Belarsky Fav 20
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21319
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Piano:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- Arranger:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- First line:
- Nokh der sude far kol nidre, flegt mikh bentshn mayn zeyde,
- First line (Yiddish):
- נאָך דער סעודה פֿאַר כּל נדרי, פֿלעגט מיך בענטשן מײַן זײדע,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Also known as:
- Shir Eres (Shlof Mayn Kind Mayn Treyst)
- Related information in folder 14:
- Document type:
- Review
- Publisher:
- New York Times Magazine
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21320
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Piano:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Same Melody as Sholem Aleichem Viglid
- Language:
- Hebrew
Shabat Menukha (Heb, Ellstein) — שבּת מנוחה (עבֿרית, עלשטײַן)
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21321
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Omrim Yeshana Erets — אומרים ישנה ארץ
- Author:
- Tshernikhovski, Saul — טשרניחובסקי, שאול
- Composer:
- Engel, Yoel — ענגעל, יואל
- Genre:
- Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Paradise/Heaven/Fulfilment/Pride
- Origin:
- Vorbei 336
- Translation:
- Ephemera 628
- Additional song notes:
- See "M'zogt S'iz A Land Do" for Yiddish adaptation
- Related information in folder 323:
- Document type:
- Text
- Author:
- Shaul Tshurnikhovski
- Comments:
- Hebrew text, translation and transliteration.
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21322
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- First line (Hebrew):
- ...where is that ,They say there is a land bathed in the sun
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Joel Engel Opus 39, No 1
- Language:
- Hebrew
Hinakh Yafa (Admon) — הנך יפה (אדמן)
- Genre:
- Biblical/Song of Songs/Shir Hashirim
- Subject:
- Beauty/Eyes/Hair/Song of Songs 01:15/Shir Hashirim 01:15
- Origin:
- Alb D-002(c)/Alb D-002(b)/Alb K-051(e)
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-002(c)/(a)/Alb D-002(b)/Alb K-051(e)/Alb S-075(a)
- Translation:
- Alb D-002(c)/Alb D-002(b)/Alb K-051(e)/Alb S-075(a)
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21323
- Vocal:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Piano:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- First line:
- Hinakh yafa rahayati aynayikh yonim beveyr letsmatekh.
- First line (Hebrew):
- הנך יפה רעיתי, עיניך יונים מבּעד לצמתך. שיניך כּעדר הרחלים...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "Behold, thou are fair, my love; behold, thou art fair,"
- Language:
- Hebrew
Shir Hashirim 04 (Hinakh Yafa) — שיר השירים ד (הנך יפה)
- On album:
- xG-043(c)
- Track ID:
- 21324
- Composer:
- Admon, Yedidya — אדמון, י.
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- First line:
- Hinakh yafa rahayati aynayikh yonim beveyr letsmatekh.
- First line:
- הנך יפה רעיתי, עיניך יונים בּבעד לצמתך. שיניך כּעדר הרחלים...
- Track comment:
- "Behold, thou are fair, my love; behold, thou art fair,"
Psalm 134 (Heb) — תהלים קלד (עבֿרית)
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21326
- Composer:
- Chajes, Julius
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano and arr
- First line:
- Hine barkhu et adonay kol avdey adonay, haodim beveyt...
- First line (Hebrew):
- הנה: בּרכוּ את יהוֹה כּל עבדי יהוֹה, העמדים בּבית יהוֹה בּלילוֹת,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Behold, bless ye the Lord. All ye servants of the Lord.
- Language:
- Hebrew
Old Jerusalem (Psalm 134, Heb) — תהלים קלד (עבֿרית)
- On album:
- xG-043(c)
- Track ID:
- 21327
- Composer:
- Chajes, Julius
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano and arr
- First line:
- Hine barkhu et adonay kol avdey adonay, haodim beveyt...
- First line:
- הנה: בּרכוּ את יהוֹה כּל עבדי יהוֹה, העמדים בּבית יהוֹה בּלילוֹת,
- Track comment:
- Behold, bless ye the Lord. All ye servants of the Lord.
Shema — שמע
- Also known as:
- Deuteronomy 06:04
- Genre:
- Religious/Liturgy/Deuteronomy/Biblical
- Subject:
- Unity of God/Affirmation/Deuteronomy 06:04
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21328
- Composer:
- Bogzester, William
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano and arr
- First line:
- Shema Yisroel, Adonay Elokenu, Adonay Ekhod.
- First line (Hebrew):
- שמע ישׂראל יהוֹה אלכּינוּ יהוֹה אחד.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Musfa - Kedusha
- Language:
- Hebrew
Modim Derabonon (Heb)
- On album:
- G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
- Track ID:
- 21329
- Composer:
- Alter, Cantor Israel — אַלטער, חזן ישׂראל
- Artist:
- Gisser, Cantor Solomon
- Artist:
- Levitan, Samuel, piano
- Arranger:
- Idelson, Jerry
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Repetition of Silent Devotion
- Language:
- Hebrew