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.

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Cantorial Rarities


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue NumberCG 609
Matrix Number CG-609a,CG-609-B
Record Label Collector's Guild
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number400301
Number of Tracks9
Date Recorded1961
Album Artists
Notes A group of nine rare cantorial selections have been selected for this album. Here you will find little circulated recordings by well-known and prolific cantors such as Hershman, Kwartin, and Rosenblatt. Also included are masterworks by famous cantors who made very few recordings: Jassinowsky, Schorr, Soorkis, and Steinberg. Each selection is a memorable performance. Taken together they create a remarkable opportunity to experience truly unique and rare cantorial moments.

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 - Prophecy of Isaiah
Composer(s) : Jassinowsky
2 - L'kel Boruch
Composer(s) : N/A
3 - Roso D'shabbos
Composer(s) : N/A
4 - V'chach Hoyoh Omer
Composer(s) : B Shorr
5 - Ribon Ho'olomim
Composer(s) : N/A
6 - V'chuulom M'kab'lim
Composer(s) : N/A
7 - L'ma'an Yirbu
Composer(s) : L'ma'an Yirbu
8 - Hama'avir Bonov
Composer(s) : N/A
9 - Yism'chu
Composer(s) : N/A