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
Shabos In Mayn Zeydns Hoyz — שבּת אין מײַן זײדנס הױז
- On album:
- V-004(a) (Yiddish Songs, Vol. 1 Samuel Vigoda, tenor)
- Track ID:
- 13440
- Author/Composer:
- Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
- Artist:
- Vigoda, Cantor Samuel
- Piano:
- Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
- First line:
- Avek, avek zenen shoyn tsendilike yorn, fargagngen azoy vi..
- First line:
- אַװעק. אַװעק זענען שױן צענדליקע יאָרן, פֿאַרגאַנגען אַזױ װי...
Ono Bekhoah (Heb)
- On album:
- C-010(a) (Cantors Tevele & Jordan Cohen Joint Recital)
- Track ID:
- 11506
- Composer:
- Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
- Artist:
- Cohen, Khazn Tevele
- Piano:
- Miller, Arnold
- Track comment:
- Is this the same as "Ano Bekhoyakh" "בּכח "אנא
- Language:
- Hebrew
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
Eylu Devorim
- On album:
- M-056(a)2 (David Montifiore Hazzan Rishon Opus II — מונטיפיורי)
- Track ID:
- 23002
- Composer:
- Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
- Artist:
- Montefiore, Cantor David & Ensemble — מונטיפֿיורי, חזן דוד און אַנסעמבל
- Track comment:
- In the fulfillment of good deeds there is no fixed measure..
- 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
Di Yidishe Yom Tovim — די ייִדישע יום טובֿים
- On album:
- G-042(e) (Moshe Ganchoff Encore)
- Track ID:
- 24417
- Author:
- Rund, Morris
- Composer:
- Rappaport, Yakov — ראַפּעפּאָרט, יעקבֿ
- Vocal:
- Ganchoff, Cantor Moyshe — גאַנשאַף, חזן משה
- Piano:
- Fershko, Shmuel — פֿערשקאָ, שמואל
- First line:
- ... Vu ken ikh dikh nokh amol zen...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish/Hebrew