Music study collection

Identifier: irn698929
Language of Description: English
Level of Description: Collection
Source: EHRI Partner

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Various audio cassettes, CDs, and LPs containing original sound recordings, published materials, interviews, or music obtained by the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum's curator of music.

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A Collection of Yiddish Songs, including I Long for the Song
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600046
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Side A: A Collection of Yiddish Songs/Lyrics by Abraham Joachimowicz/Tara Productions 1 Ikh Benk Nokh dem Nigun 2 Pastushke 3 Tsu a Volkn 4 Kholem, Broyt 5 Di Sonim Lehakhes 6 Shabos Farnakht 7 Shabosdik 8 Ikh Bin a Sheleikh 9 Harbst Vintn 10 ...
Chants Yiddish de Russie
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600048
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Cassette dubbed from LP made and printed in France under Melodia / Le Chant Du Monde label. Some songs by Mordechai Gebirtig. Conductor – Léon Kogan Design, Layout – Anne-Marie Rechner Translated By [French Translation Of Lyrics] – Cécile Cerf Vocals – Benjamin Khaiataouskas Tracklist: A1 Berceuse (Chanson Populaire) 4:51 A2 Chant D'Espoir. Written-By – I. Kotliar, L. Kogan 4:02 A3 Reizele (Sur Un Air Populaire). Written-By – M. Guebirtig 5:29 A4 Un Volekhel (Chanson Populaire) 1:25 A5 Trois Filles (Sur Un Air Populaire) Written-By – M. Guebirtig 6:02 B1 Jours De Fête Written-By – M. Varcha...
Cantoral Highlights of the High Holy Days
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600050
- English
- 1994
- Updated 7 months ago
Cantor Ray Kantor, who survived the Czestochowa ghetto and labor camp and was liberated from Buchenwald, chants at the B'nai Tzedek Congregation in Cincinnati, OH in 1994. He made a recording as a way to preserve the disappearing traditional Eastern European chanting form.
Brundibár
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600052
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Hans Krasa. Brundibár. April 19, 1982 performance, Cast A. Brundibár is a half-hour opera written to be performed by and for children. Composed by Hans Krasá in 1938, with lyrics by Adolf Hoffmeister (translated by Tony Kushner in 2003), as an entry for a children’s opera competition, it received its premiere in German-occupied Prague, performed by children at the Jewish orphanage in Belgicka Street. Brundibár had one additional performance before the mass transports of Bohemian and Moravian Jews to Terezin began in 1942. In July 1943, the score of Brundibár was smuggled into camp, where it...
Anna Frank opera - Grigori Frid
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600053
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
First opera on Anne Frank in the Soviet Union. First done in Russian, Hebrew in translation. The opera was performed at USHMM in Russian (not this particular recording). The mono-opera (single character opera) Diary of Anne Frank, op. 60, by Moscow-based Grigori Frid (b. 1915), completed in 1969, waited eight years for its first concert performance, which took place at a distant, provincial venue. Anna Frank - Gregory Fried Arranger: Moshe Hoch Translation: Yisrael Rubintchik Performer: Adi Eszion (Soprano) Sarah Fauson Hegman - Piano Recorded 30.4.80
Hana Roth I canti del popolo ebraico; "Yizkor" by Shammai Rosenblum
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600055
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
00:00-42:14 = Hana Roth I canti del popolo ebraico. Tracklist Canti Yiddish Dell'Europa Orientale: A1 Dire Gelt (Polonia); A2 Vos Vilsti Mitter Hobn (Ukraina); A3 Am Kodoysh (Galizia); A4 Vi Azoy S'Iz Nisht Tsu Geyn (Bessarabia); A5 Az Moshi-ach Vet Kumen (Bessarabia); A6 Fun Groys Dasad (Lituania); A7 Ich Lig Unter Grattes (Lituania); A8 Quadrille (Lituania); A9 Hob Ich Mir A Shpan (Lituania); A10 Papir Iz Doch Vays (Europa Orientale); A11 Freilech (Europa Orientale) Canti Religiosi Yemeniti: B1 Mipì El; B2 Ashira L'Adonai; B3 Kirià Yefefià Canti Del Rito Domestico Pasquale: B4 Uno Che Sap...
Sam Heider sings
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600056
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Sam Heider sings. Includes 4 songs. 1. "El Mole Rachmin" a song/prayer adapted for the Holocaust with references to Auschwitz, Majdanek, Treblinka... 2. A yidishe Izohid(?) 3. 20th September(?) isonkequmen oy veh 4. "Vi is dus gesele?" (Where is the little street?), a Yiddish folk song
Jewish Melodies of the Old Country
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600057
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Emil Decameron and his Orchestra. Jewish Melodies of the Old Country. Vanguard Everyman classics SRV-200. Includes Rozhinkes mit mandlen, Partizaner lied, etc.
Irene Geminder Eber sings Treblinka Dort
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600058
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Interview with Irene Germinder Eber by Miriam Isaacs in November 1990. Includes the Treblinka Dort song.
Auschwitz Epitaph
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600060
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Auschwitz Epitaph. Hebrew writing on cassette label. Possibly features the composer Shabtai Petrushka and Victor Ulmann.
Fun Vanen Heybt Zikh On a Libe
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600062
- English
- 1986
- Updated 7 months ago
Side A: B-45(a) The Bluestein Family/Fun Vanen Heybt Zikh On a Libe/Greenbays GR 716/ 1 Zol Zayn Shabos Oyf Der Gantser Belt/ 2 Oyfn Yam Veyet A Vintl/ 3 Korev Yom/ 4 Hob Ikh A Por Oksn/ 5 Mayn Yingele/ 6 Di Grine Kuzine/ 7 Fun Vanen Heybt Zikh On a Libe
Trotz Alledem! | 1987 National Civic Commemoration Ceremony
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600064
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Dub of the 1978 album "Trotz Alledem!" by German singer songwriter Wolf Biermann. Tracks from the "Trotz Alledem!" album include: Ballade Vom Preussischen Ikarus Nelli, Min Appelsnut Hanseatische Idylle Kommentar/Mangelsdorff Deutsches Miserere Gegen Die Objektiven Trotz Alledem! Mag Sein, Dass Ich Irre Jetzt Klagen Sie Gross Über Terror Mädchen In Stuttgart Collage Frankfurter Rundschau Ach Stuttgart, Du Nasse, Du Schöne Streikposten Vor Euro-Kai Gorleben Soll Leben Lied Des Bundes The remaining audio (starting an hour and ten minutes into the tape) is from the April 28, 1987 National Civi...
La Cucaracha
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600065
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Polish music specialist Barbara Milewski sings the Polish resistance adaptation of the traditional Spanish folk song La Cucaracha ("The Cockroach") in Polish. Recorded by Bret Werb in August 21, 1992.
Mir Trogn a Gezang
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600067
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Yiddish folk songs performed by the Vilna Choir.
Mir Zaynen Do! Ansambl
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600068
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
J-06(a) Yidisher Folks Ansalbl Mir Zaynen Do! / STK 1048 1 Es Brent/ 2 Dos Lid Fun Hofnung (Zog Nit Keyn Mol)/ 3 A Lidele Oyf Yidish/ 4 Undzer Nigundl/ 5 Zolst Nit Geyn Mit Andere Meydelekh/ 6 Oyfn Pripetshik/ 7 Lozt Zey Op
Dos Gezang fun Geto
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600069
- English
- 1969
- Updated 7 months ago
LP and cassette dub of Songs of the Vilna Ghetto. Original LP is from 1969. Contains twelve Yiddish songs from World War II era. The songs were composed by the inmates of the Vilna Ghetto during the Holocaust and are sung by Nechama Hendel, Chava Alberstein, and Shimon Israeli with accompaniment from the CBS Israel Orchestra and Choir, conducted by Gil Aldema. Side A, Track 1 "Vilna" [Vilnius] 3:33 Performed by Chava Alberstein. Lyrics by Efraim-Leyb Wolfson (1870–1946) From the early 1930s. Composer Alexander Olshanetsky. Side A, Track 2 "Partizaner Lied" [Partisan Song] 3:30 Performed by ...
Nu Me Lakh Jiddische Lieder
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600070
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Performer, Manfred Lemm (a German vocalist specializing in Yiddish repertoire, he published an anthology of songs by Mordecai Gebirtig). 1 Talmudishe Kashe/ 2 Der Rebe Elimelkh/ 3 Der Rebe In Der Yishiva/ 4 A Genevve/ 5 Hastu Tsion, Hastu Hiner?. 6 Tsen Brider/ 7 Im Geto/ 8 Dona Dona/ 9 Es Brent/ 10 Zog Nit Keyn Mol/ 11 Shtil. Di Nakht Iz Oysoeshternt/ 12 Sarah Hirshberg/ 13 Blau Und Grun
Yizkor
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600071
- English
- 1967
- Updated 7 months ago
Cassette dub. Sholom Secunda. Yizkor: in memory of the six million: an oratorio. Ethnic Music Pub Co, 1967 "Yizkor" (Hebrew, memorial prayer) is an oratorio created by Sholom Secunda (music) and Samuel Rosenbaum (text). The work premiered on ABC television's long-running religious program "Directions" in April 1973, and helped bring Holocaust history and commemoration to the attention of a broad American audience. The broadcast performance featured cantor Richard Tucker (lead singer) and Howard Da Silva (narrator); a recording was released on LP that same year.
Zipper Conducts Dachau-Lied
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600072
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Dr. Zipper conducts the Dachau Song with words by Jura Soyfer at the September 1988 Styrian Autumn Festival in Graz. Playwright Jura Soyfer and composer Herbert Zipper, active in Viennese antifascist cabaret, were arrested by the Gestapo after the German-Austrian Anschluss of 1938. They met again at Dachau, where both toiled as “horses,” hauling cartloads of heavy stone throughout the camp. Soyfer and Zipper wrote Dachau Song [Dachau-Lied] in September 1938 as an ironic response to the motto “Arbeit Macht Frei” (Work Makes Freedom) inscribed on the gate at the entrance to the camp. Initiall...
Interview with Herbert Zipper
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
- irn600073
- English
- Updated 7 months ago
Herbert Zipper - Dachau Song Interview

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