Sheet Music

Hofnung Zise — האָפֿנונג זיסע

Author:
Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Lament/Love
Subject:
Parting/Hope
Additional song notes:
From the opera "The Song of Love" -" Dos Lid Di Libe" - "Shir Hashirim"
Folder:
17
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
The Hebrew Publishing Co.
Publisher address:
50 Eldridge St. New York
Date:
1917
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Akh vi shver iz mir dos leyden, mayn tayer kind,
First line (Yiddish):
אַך ווי שווער איז מיר דאָס לײַדען, מײַן טײַער
Notes:
Cover: Orientalized female image with balalaika, in a moonlit ì grove with trees, flowers and birds. Photograph of A. Schorr in ì lyre form. From the opera "Song of Love". Artwork by J. Keiler.