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.

Hassidic Melodies


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue NumberB 102
Matrix Number OP7548
Record Label Artistic Enterprises
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number401067
Number of Tracks12
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes In this album, Sidor Belarsky once heard will be remembered; here he has returned to the people a sense of the magnificence of their own cultural heritage. The melodies which he sings here have become famous throughout the Jewish world and speak for themselves.

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 - A Maissele
Composer(s) : Hirshbein-Weiner
2 - L'koved dem Heilign Shabes
Composer(s) : Belarsky
3 - Mlave Malke Lid
Composer(s) : Eisenberg-Davidson
4 - Eliyahu Hanovi
Composer(s) : Belarsky
5 - Yo Riboin Olam
Composer(s) : Belarsky
6 - Yadi-Bidi-Bam
Composer(s) : Zelser-Weiner
7 - Der Filosof
Composer(s) : Kopit
8 - Mikdash Melekh
Composer(s) : Belarsky
9 - Yiddish Loshen
Composer(s) : Schindler-Kelemer
10 - Nign un Havdolo
Composer(s) : Secunda
11 - Samkheynu
Composer(s) : Fisherman
12 - Baal Shem Tov's Zemerl
Composer(s) : Basin-Rumshinsky