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 Hershman Sings Folk Songs of the Shtetl
| Collection(s) | Judaic |
| Catalogue Number | CGY 614 |
| Matrix Number | N/A |
| Record Label | Collector's Guild |
| Record Format | 33 1/3 RPM - 12" |
| Shelf Number | 403190 |
| Number of Tracks | 9 |
| Date Recorded | 1961 |
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| Notes | Mordecai Hershman was a cantor in Vilna before coming to the United States in 1920. He served as Cantor in Temple Beth-El in Brooklyn and made extensive concert tours of Europe, South America, and Palestine. His singing style has been described as more of a minstrel with a beautiful tenor voice. |
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| 1 - Lomir Ale Zingen
Composer(s) : N/A
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| 2 - May Ko Mashma Lon
Composer(s) : A. Raisin/M. Warshofsky
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| 3 - Dos Yidishe Lid
Composer(s) : A. Schorr/S. Secunda
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| 4 - Mikita
Composer(s) : N/A
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| 5 - A Dudele
Composer(s) : N/A
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| 6 - Zamd Un Shtern
Composer(s) : Sh. Frug / A.M. Bernstein
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| 7 - A Khazendl Oyf Shabes
Composer(s) : N/A
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| 8 - Menashe
Composer(s) : M. Rund / L. Jaffe
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| 9 - Lider-Krants
Composer(s) : N/A
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