Rosh Hashanah songs are varied, as are Yiddish songs, including Yiddish folk songs. The beautiful Yiddish song performed here, titled "Dorey Maylo Im Dorey Mato," arguably falls into all these genres, as well as chazzanut (synagogue music for vocal soloist). It is sung in this video by Marc Berman.
The origin of this Jewish folk song is as follows: The early Hasidic leader Rabbi Levi Yitzchok (Issac) of Berdichev (Bardichev) (1740–1809 ) was known for his pleading with the Almighty on behalf of his people. It is said that he composed and recited this Yiddish song (there are differing versions of the text and music) before he served as the chazzan (cantor, or prayer leader) on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Accordingly, the song ends with the first word of the Kaddish, the first mandatory prayer that the prayer leader recites. The Kaddish's traditional melody is a highlight of Rosh Hashanah services and Rosh Hashanah prayers (as well as Yom Kippur services and Yom Kippur prayers).
Typically, the best Yiddish music, and, more specifically, Yiddish songs of this type (Rosh Hashanah music and Yom Kippur music), have been recorded multiple times. Artists who have recorded similar songs include Misha Alexandrovich and Sidor Belarsky, as well as cantors such as Yossele Rosenblatt, Moshe Koussevitzky, Moyshe Oysher, Leibele Waldman and Mordechai Hershman, as well as opera singers like Jan Peerce and Richard Tucker. Strangely, however, there does not appear to be a widely-available recording of this charming piece (at least under the title found in the sheet music.)
(Fundraising Note: This channel primarily releases new recordings of rarely heard Jewish music from the past, especially Yiddish music. It is so important that such seldom-heard Jewish songs be preserved for future generations. Recording and producing music is an expensive endeavor. This New Year, won't you please help by becoming a member or donating at https://www.patreon.com/CantorClassics or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cantorclassics . Thanks so much!)
The music for this song is found in a book of Yiddish folk songs, mainly Hasidic, compiled by baritone Chaim Kotylansky. He published the book in 1944, after he had been forced to retire from singing, due to illness.
Interestingly, Kotylansky states in the preface that a main reason that he compiled a Yiddish folk song anthology was because he believed that Hasidim and other Orthodox Jews might soon disappear entirely, and with them their unique Jewish music. The reason for the impending disappearance being mainly due to what Kotylansky referred to as "barbaric fascism." He was, of course, referring to the then ongoing atrocities being committed by the Nazis and their collaborators, now called the Holocaust.
The origin of this Jewish folk song is as follows: The early Hasidic leader Rabbi Levi Yitzchok (Issac) of Berdichev (Bardichev) (1740–1809 ) was known for his pleading with the Almighty on behalf of his people. It is said that he composed and recited this Yiddish song (there are differing versions of the text and music) before he served as the chazzan (cantor, or prayer leader) on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur. Accordingly, the song ends with the first word of the Kaddish, the first mandatory prayer that the prayer leader recites. The Kaddish's traditional melody is a highlight of Rosh Hashanah services and Rosh Hashanah prayers (as well as Yom Kippur services and Yom Kippur prayers).
Typically, the best Yiddish music, and, more specifically, Yiddish songs of this type (Rosh Hashanah music and Yom Kippur music), have been recorded multiple times. Artists who have recorded similar songs include Misha Alexandrovich and Sidor Belarsky, as well as cantors such as Yossele Rosenblatt, Moshe Koussevitzky, Moyshe Oysher, Leibele Waldman and Mordechai Hershman, as well as opera singers like Jan Peerce and Richard Tucker. Strangely, however, there does not appear to be a widely-available recording of this charming piece (at least under the title found in the sheet music.)
(Fundraising Note: This channel primarily releases new recordings of rarely heard Jewish music from the past, especially Yiddish music. It is so important that such seldom-heard Jewish songs be preserved for future generations. Recording and producing music is an expensive endeavor. This New Year, won't you please help by becoming a member or donating at https://www.patreon.com/CantorClassics or https://www.buymeacoffee.com/cantorclassics . Thanks so much!)
The music for this song is found in a book of Yiddish folk songs, mainly Hasidic, compiled by baritone Chaim Kotylansky. He published the book in 1944, after he had been forced to retire from singing, due to illness.
Interestingly, Kotylansky states in the preface that a main reason that he compiled a Yiddish folk song anthology was because he believed that Hasidim and other Orthodox Jews might soon disappear entirely, and with them their unique Jewish music. The reason for the impending disappearance being mainly due to what Kotylansky referred to as "barbaric fascism." He was, of course, referring to the then ongoing atrocities being committed by the Nazis and their collaborators, now called the Holocaust.
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