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  • Notated Music
    Ner tomid sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "Eternal light" from the opera with the same name. "Over the Holy Ark in the sanctuary of the synagogue, a small lamp constantly burns. It is the symbol of eternity, of everlasting God, and of our religious dedication forever." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1910

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    Zion march sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | From "Eternal light." "Our people have suffered such hardships in exile. May those who are oppressed return to Zion." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). "from Ner Tomid" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1911

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    Mamenu Including an Elegy to the Triangle Fire Victims sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Mother dear." Appears to be a song whose lyrics were quickly augmented to reflect a tragic event. "Oh, the sorrows of mothers who struggle, and the anguish of orphans left alone. Woe for those victims who perished, and for their families desolated in grief." The Triangle Shirtwaist Company fire occurred at Washington Place and Greene...
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1911

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    A weibel vie a taibel - komisch duet sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Comic duet- a little wife like a turtledove" from "Eternal light." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). "from Ner Tomid" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1910

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    Suffragettes sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Ladies for rights/suffragettes" from "The song of love, or song of songs." In its Yiddish lyrics, the song mentions President Taft and advocates women as soldiers, mayors, congressmen, presidents, even as cantors and rabbis! Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). "from The Song of Love" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1911

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    Song of love sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "from The Song of Love" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1911

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    Von wiegel biss in keiwer sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "From cradle to grave." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). "from The Song of Love" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1911

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    Men tohr nit sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "One must not." "Enjoy the good years. One should not throw them away, or waste them. Have a good time while you can, but be careful never to shame yourself." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). "from The Song of Love" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1911

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    Der rebi hot geheisen frehlich zein sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "The rabbi has bid us be joyful." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Goldfaden, Abraham - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co - Rumshinsky, Joseph
    • Date: 1912

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    Besser is zu bleiben a moid sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Better to remain a maiden/unmarried girl." "One year after marriage, the hopeful maiden becomes a worn-out housewife. She's always at home, cleaning, cooking, with babies. Her husband says those are her duties, and he goes to the theater. Better to have stayed single!" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Reingold, Isaac - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1912

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    Litwack and Galitzianer sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Litvak (someone from Lithuania/Latvia) and Galician (someone from Galicia, then Austria/Poland)." from "Dos meydel fun vest" ("The girl from the west"). "More in jest than real antagonism, Jews from those two areas of East Europe poked fun at each other for their regional pronunciations of Yiddish, as well as their special food preferences and social...
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1912

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    Ich hob sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "I have." "I have everything I want, without a cent in my pocket. All is mine, property and business, fine home and clothes. I don't lie; I have it all. Only, it's all in my dreams. Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). "from Chantshe in America" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Lillian, Isidore - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1913

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    Steh auf mein man sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Arise, my man." "Arise, get up my son, and seek a job. Toil from dawn till night like so many others in a factory shop. Hear the machines rumble loudly in your ears, and work fast. Labor for rent and food, while time passes, and the precious years of your life fly by." Source: Heskes,...
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Reingold, Isaac - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1913

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    A glezele lechaim sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "A glass ( a toast) to life" from "Too late." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1913

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    Good bye sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | From the musical "Ladies first." "When a girl marries, she says goodbye to her parents' household. Their joy mixes with sadness on her wedding day, for now she is leaving their home." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Gilrod, Louis - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1913

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    Shoifar shel moshiach sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Shofar/ram's horn of the Messiah." In Jewish tradition, the Messianic coming is to be heralded by a speical sounding of the ritual musical instrument of Judaism, the shofar. "When Messiah comes, King David will take up his harp to sing the Psalms, and Moses will lead us into the Holy Temple rebuilt. Now, mother Rachel...
    • Contributor: Goldfaden, Abraham - Rumshinsky, Joseph - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1913

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    As ich ken kein mame nit sein sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Since I cannot be a mother." "My luck is asleep. I cannot have a child, nor have the joys of being a parent and grandparent. There is no remedy for my illness. The sun shines, but not for me." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Shor, A. (Anshel) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1913

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    Wie lang noch sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "How much longer" from "Die zigeinerin" ("The gypsy woman".) "How much longer will our people languish in oppression and exile?" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1914

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    A brivele von chosen sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "A letter from sweetheart." "A soldier is parted from his bride, and goes off to war. She tearfully asks him to send letters, until God brings him safely back to her. Alas, she reads his last letter. He has died in battle, a hero." Issued in 1915 as a song about the soldier families in...
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Meyerowitz, David - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1915

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    Der yosem'l sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "The little orphan" from "Mazel tov" ("Good luck"). Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Thomashefsky, Bores - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1917

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    Moshiach is gekumen sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "Messiah has come" from "Mazel tov" ("Good luck"). Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Thomashefsky, Bores - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1917

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    Volach and Sirba sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | From "Album musica Romana." (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1912

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    A brivele der kale sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Sung with Great Success" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Aronson, M. - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1910

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    A freilichs sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Song from The Greatest Dramatic Success of the Season Played at the Lipzin Theatre" "The White Slave" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). From the drama "Die veise schlav" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1910

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    A brivele dem taten sheet music | 3 p. ; 35 cm. | "Sung with Great Success" "A little letter to father" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Small, Solomon - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1911

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