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Eric Rau Collection

Synagogue Music and Yiddish Folksongs

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Kol nidre - The evening service of the Jewish High Holiday Yom Kippur begins with the recital of ‘Kol Nidre’ (‘All Vows’), here sung by Chief Cantor Aron Weiss in Berlin, ca. 1925. 1 side of 1 sound disc; analog, 78 rpm.
Image: The picture shows the Kol Nidre service near the town of Metz during the Franco-German War in a drawing by Hermann Junker.
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A Yiddish song, “Oi a Mame”, sung by Salomon Stramer, accompanied by an orchestra in circa 1925.
1 side of 1 sound disc; analog, 78 rpm.
Priests Blessing the People
Birchas kohanim - The Blessing of the Priests is part of the Torah-service, recited by the descendants of biblical Aaron, here sung by Chief Cantor Salome Pinkassowicz from Czernowitz, circa 1920. 1 side of 1 sound disc; analog, 78 rpm.
Image: The picture shows the Benediction of the Priests in a Portuguese synagogue in The Hague, Netherlands, as depicted in a drawing by Bernard Picart.
“Amerika Ganew”: 1 side of 1 sound disc
A Yiddish song, “Amerika Ganew” from the musical “Wie senen meine Kinder” (“Where are my children”), sung by Julius Guttmann.
1 side of 1 sound disc; analog, 78 rpm.

Eric Rau collection, AR 10550

This assembly of sound recordings combines traditional synagogue- and High Holidays music with Yiddish folksongs, all collected by Eric Rau (1928-2013), a German born chemist and passionate activist for Jewish education.

Highlights:

Kol Nidre, sung by Chief Cantor Aron Weiss
“Oi a Mame”, sung by Salomon Stramer
Birchas Kohanim sung by Salome Pinkassowicz
“Amerika Ganew” (“Wie senen meine Kinder”) sung by Julius Guttmann

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