The Recorded Sound Archives (RSA) is a unit of FAU Libraries Special Collections department. We are located in the Wimberly Library on FAU's Boca Raton campus.

Originally established in 2002 as a small project dedicated to the preservation of recorded Jewish music, it has matured into a robust digitization operation for all types of sound recordings.

Psalms of Joy and Sorrow


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station

Recordings restricted by copyright will only play 45 seconds to give you a sense of what that recording originally sounded like. These recordings can be identified by the words (Research Station) in the music player.

If a song listed below has not been digitized yet, it will NOT show up within the player. If you need us to digitize this song/album, you can make a formal request here.
1 - Psalm 23
Composer(s) : George Rochberg
2 - Psalm 150
Composer(s) : George Rochberg
3 - Psalm 93
Composer(s) : Jacob Druckman
4 - Cantata Based on The First Psalm
Composer(s) : Ursula Mamlok
5 - Ma Tovu
Composer(s) : Yahudi Wyner
6 - Shiru Ladonai (Psalm 96)
Composer(s) : Yehudi Wyner
7 - Ma Tovu
Composer(s) : Miriam Gideon
8 - Adonai Malakh (Psalm 93)
Composer(s) : Miriam Gideon
9 - The Lord Is My Shepherd (Psalm 23)
Composer(s) : Martin Kalmanoff
10 - Psalm 126
Composer(s) : Philip Glass
11 - (From Psalms and Supplications) - II. The Twent-Third Psalm of David
Composer(s) : Donald Waxman
12 - (From Psalms and Supplications) - IV. Jonah's Prayer Fron The Belly of The Whale
Composer(s) : Donald Waxman
13 - Psalm II - Prologue: Prais'd Be
Composer(s) : Ralp Shapey
14 - Psalm II - I. Master of The Universe
Composer(s) : Ralp Shapey
15 - Psalm II - II. Thy Covenant
Composer(s) : Ralph Shapey
16 - Psalm II - III. Day of Wrath
Composer(s) : Ralph Shapey
17 - Psalm II - Epilogue: Life and Joy
Composer(s) : Ralph Shapey
18 - Psalm 117
Composer(s) : Robert Strassburg
19 - The 23rd Psalm
Composer(s) : Heinrich Schalit
20 - Psalm 137 (Al Naharot Bavel)
Composer(s) : Zavel Zilberts