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 Megilla of Itzik Manger


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue NumberOS 3270
Matrix Number XSM138864
Record Label Columbia
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number401366
Number of Tracks17
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes This Broadway cast album in Yiddish and English puts a new and wildly creative spin on the Purim story of Queen Esther, her brother Modechai amd King Ahasueras, by bringing in Itzik Manger, a tailor, who embellishes the historic happenings as only a comic poet can. Throughout this delightful musical comedy, the Purimspiel emerges intact though enhanced with a new cast of characters, poems and songs. Pesach and Mike Burstein and Lillian Lux are wonderful in the leading roles.

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 - Overture and Prologue
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2 - Der Nigun Fun Der Megille
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3 - Dem Melech's Sudeh
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4 - Vashti's Kloglid
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5 - Der Alter Nussenboim
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6 - Di Elegiye Fun Fastrigosso
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7 - In Droissen Iz a Regen
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8 - Flits Fegelech
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9 - Gevald
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10 - Kum Arin In Shenk
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11 - S'a Mechaye
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12 - Das Lid Fun Der Goldener Paveh
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13 - Dos Shneider Lid
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14 - Mir Velen Nisht Fasten
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15 - Fastrigosso's Mame
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16 - Der Fetter Mord'che Heist
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17 - Chiribim
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18 - Lechaim
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