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.

Mordecai Yardeini sings his own compositions


Additional information (PDF) is only available
through the Research Station
Collection(s)Judaic
Catalogue NumberFAM-1033
Matrix Number N/A
Record Label Famous Records
Record Format33 1/3 RPM - 12"
Shelf Number401654
Number of Tracks13
Date RecordedN/A
Album Artists
Notes Not only celebrated for his mellow lyric tenor voice, warm and flexible with brilliant pianissimos and sparkling tremolos, Mordecai Yardeini was also revered for his accomplishments as a composer. In this album are some of his original songs in Yiddish including Babi Yar, Lomir Loien Unzer Land, Main Mame and Ale Trinken, as well as Hebrew songs such as Shir Hador, Veulai, and Yerushalayim Ir Hakodeck.

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 - Babi Yar
Composer(s) : Shike Driz - Music: Joseph Shapiro - Arr.: Mordecai Yardeini
2 - Lomir Boien Unzer Land
Composer(s) : Sylvia Goldberg - Music: Mordecai Yardeini
3 - Main Mame
Composer(s) : Z. Weinper - Music: Mordecai Yardeini
4 - Ale Trinken
Composer(s) : Charni-Yardeini - Music: Mordecai Yardeini
5 - Shiffle Mains
Composer(s) : Gitl Citrin - Music: Mordecai Yardeini
6 - Drai Gezangen
Composer(s) : Ber Green - Music: Mordecai Yardeini
7 - Main Yugnt
Composer(s) : Rose Kreditor - Music: Mordecai Yardeini
8 - Shir Hador
Composer(s) : Ber Green - Music: Mordecai Yardeini
9 - Veulai
Composer(s) : Rachel - Music: Yakov Sharet - Arr.: Mordecai Yardeini
10 - Yerushalayim Ir Hakoydesh
Composer(s) : Arr.: Mordecai Yardeini
11 - Yafim Haleylot
Composer(s) : Arr.: Mordecai Yardeini
12 - Hora Yisrael
Composer(s) : Yardeini - Music: Mordecai Yardeini
13 - Al Tira
Composer(s) : Music: Mordecai Yardeini
14 - Zemer Lakh
Composer(s) : Music: Mordecai Yardeini