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.

The Art of Cantor Israel Alter


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue NumberCG 633
Matrix Number 123
Record Label Collector's Guild
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number400002
Number of Tracks9
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes In this album Cantor Alter includes some of the hymns from the Sabbath service, (L'choh Dodi, V'Hogen Baadenu, V'Shomru); from Torah services (Sh'ma Yisroel, Hashem Hashem,); and also the popular Hanukkah hymn, Mooz Tsur. Also included is one of the most popular hymns in the liturgy, Adon Olom.

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 - L'choh Dodi
Composer(s) : Sulzer
2 - V'hogen Baadenu
Composer(s) : Lewandowsky
3 - V'shom'ru
Composer(s) : Linhard
4 - Mooz Tzur
Composer(s) : Traditional
5 - Sh'ma Yisroel
Composer(s) : Sulzer
6 - Hashem, Hashem
Composer(s) : Sulzer
7 - Y'hi Rotson
Composer(s) : Alter
8 - Yaaleh
Composer(s) : Alter
9 - Adon Olom
Composer(s) : Sulzer