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    Notated Music
    Russian sherr sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Abe Schwartz famous Violin Player accompanied by the famous Pianist his daughter Miss Schwartz" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Schwartz, Abe
    • Date: 1921

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    Russian Gipsey sheet music | 7 p. ; 34 cm. | "The Great Hit of Adler's "Thalia Theatre"" (General). "Selection of Favorite Songs from Leo Tolstoi's Last Play The Living Corpse" (General). "Produced in Jewish by the Eminent Tragedian Jacob Adler" (General). From the drama "Der leybedigeh mas" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Rumshinsky, Joseph - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1911

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    Russian sherr sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "For Violin" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Violin part. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Russotto, H. - Schwartz, Abe
    • Date: 1922

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    Russian polka sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "Once in May." Libretto: Morris Schwartz. "How well I remember those lovely dance steps from the olden days. Come now, eveyrone dance, and be happy together." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). From the operetta "Maytime" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Max R. Wilner and Morris Schwartz - Wilner's Irving Place Theater - Sandler, Peretz - Schwartz, Maurice
    • Date: 1920

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    Russian sher and Romanian volach sheet music | 10 p. ; 35 cm. | "Russian sher, or scissors tune dance." "Romanian Wallachian dance tune." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Two separate pieces placed together in collection. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Russotto, H. - Schwartz, Abe
    • Date: 1921

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    The fall of the Russian czar sheet music | 6 p. ; 34 cm. | Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Cohan, Max M. - S. Schenker - Zavodnik, Maks
    • Date: 1917

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    Hot rachmunes, der pogrom in Russland In Remembrance of the Heroes, Self Defenders in Russia sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Have compassion/pity, (for the victims of) the pogroms in Russia." "Brothers have pity. Give shrouds for the dead, and bread to the living." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Spector, Getter & Co - Frug, Samuel - Spector, Nathan L.
    • Date: 1906

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    The Russian Revolution : 1917 For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Staff notation.
    • Contributor: Gartner, Adolph
    • Date: 1917

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    Mother song; Russian gigue; Polish polka
    • Contributor: Lomax, Alan - Ketvirtis, Charles
    • Date: 1938-09-14
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    Drive those huns from Russian soil Manuscript in ink with typescript words. For unaccompanied voice. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Staff notation.
    • Contributor: Clark, Luther A. - McKinnon, C. B.
    • Date: 1918

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    The fall of the Russian Czar
    Nicolay's mapule     Caption bears alternate title "Nicolay's mapule." For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Staff notation. Yiddish ; Roman alphabet.
    • Contributor: Zaṿodnik, Maḳs - Cahan, Max M.
    • Date: 1917

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    I'm a captain in the Russian ladie's army Caption title. For voice and piano. Manuscript in ink. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Staff notation.
    • Contributor: McKeon, Roy
    • Date: 1918

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    America (combining national songs of America, England, France and Russia) For mixed chorus (SATB) a cappella. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Staff notation.
    • Contributor: Lʹvov, AlekseÄ­ Fedorovich - Smith, Samuel Francis - Carey, Henry - Rouget De Lisle, Claude Joseph - Carter, Ernest
    • Date: 1917
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    Russland's freiheit's lied sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "Russia's freedom song." "A narrative ballad expressing idealistic hopes for an end to tsarist oppression, and for the coming of a new era of peace, freedom, and prosperity in Russia." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Rumshinsky, Joseph - Rosenfeld, Morris
    • Date: 1917
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    Dos naie Russland sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "The new Russia." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Goldfaden, Abraham - Small, Solomon - Russotto, H.
    • Date: 1917
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    Yudishe kazatzke sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "Jewish Coassack, or Russian Cavalryman dance tune." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Rumshinsky, Joseph
    • Date: 1920
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    A brivele fun Russland sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | "A little letter from Russia." A letter arrives from an old mother left behind in Russia. She tells of great hardships there, cruel tsarist edicts, poverty, and pogroms. She blesses her children who are now in free America. Like other popular brivelehs (letter songs) of the time, there is an underlying didactic message: Before it's...
    • Contributor: Russotto, H. - Small, Solomon - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1912
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    The sufferers, descriptive melody sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | Elegy music for a protest march held Dec. 4, 1905, and for fundraising meetings held to aid victims of the pogroms in Russia. Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Theodore Lohr Co - Centner, Conrad - Adler, Simon L. (Simon Louis)
    • Date: 1906
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    Zwei troikes sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "Two three-horse carriages, or wagon teams." "Our traditions are like great wagon teams, carrying us forward through all the generations." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). "A Russian Melody" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Russotto, H. - Frug, S. G. (Semen Grigor'evich) - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1916
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    Goldener fodim sheet music | 6 p. ; 35 cm. | Steh auf mein folk -- Der rebi hot geheisen freilich sein -- Es drimelt nit der wechter" (Content). "New Russian, Polish, Ukrainian & Roumanian Melodies for Piano and Violin" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Rumshinsky, Joseph - Friedsell, Louis - Goldfaden, Abraham
    • Date: 1906
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    Pauken sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "Drum beats" from "The golden anniversary." "Beat the kettledrum, sound an alarm, and let everyone know that Jews are suffering in Russia. Send help!" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs 1895-1950. (General). "from Die Goldene Hochzeit" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Friedsell, Louis - Theodore Lohr
    • Date: 1906
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    A brivele fun Rusland sheet music | 10 p. ; 35 cm. | "A little letter from Russia." "Before it's too late, help your parents to emigrate and join you here, or at least send back some money to help support them." Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Russotto, H. - Small, Solomon
    • Date: 1912
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    Schenkt a neduwe and Wiede sheet music | 6 p., 13 3/4 x 10 1/2 in. | "Make a donation" and "Confessional prayer." These two songs were generally performed at theaters for charity collections to aid victims of pogroms in Russian East Europe. Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Wohl, Herman - Perlmutter, Arnold
    • Date: 1906
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    Mnucho wsimcho sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "Peaceful rest and celebration" from "Diaspora in Russia." Music: folk melody. Lyrics: folk poetry. "Let us celebrate the Sabbath joyfully, though we are beset with Hamans. When will there be peace in this world?" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950. (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Russotto, H. - Hebrew Publishing Co
    • Date: 1907
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    Mnucho wsimcho sheet music | 4 p. ; 35 cm. | "Peaceful rest and celebration" from "Diaspora in Russia" "Let us celebrate the Sabbath joyfully, though we are beset by Hamans. When will there be peace in the world?" Source: Heskes, Irene, Yiddish American Popular Songs, 1895-1950 (General). From the opera "Golus Rusland" (General). Sheet Music (Form).
    • Contributor: Hebrew Publishing Company - Russotto, H.
    • Date: 1913