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Guide to the Papers of Abraham Moshe Bernstein (1866-1932), 1878-1937, RG 36

Processed by Albert Weisser, 1969. Chana Mlotek processed the addenda in 1984 as part of the Max and Frieda Weinstein Music Project. Additional processing by YIVO archivists with the assistance of a grant from the Gruss Lipper Family Foundation. Additional processing by Shayna Goodman in 1911. Described and encoded as part of the CJH Holocaust Resource Initiative, made possible by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims against Germany.

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Collection Overview

Title: Guide to the Papers of Abraham Moshe Bernstein (1866-1932), 1878-1937, RG 36

ID: RG 36

Extent: 4.0 Linear Feet

Arrangement: The collection is paginated (except for the Addenda). Entries are identified by folder number and page number.

Languages: Yiddish, Russian, Hebrew

Abstract

Abraham Moshe Bernstein (1866, Shatzk, Byelorussia – 1932, Vilna, Poland), cantor, choir master, composer of Jewish liturgical and popular music, music teacher, musicologist and writer. Active in the S. Ansky Historical Ethnographic Society in Vilna where he headed its Music Department from the early 1920s until his death in 1932. Collector of Yiddish musical folklore and author of the Muzikalisher pinkes , an anthology of Yiddish folk musical creativity. The papers contain Bernstein’s manuscripts and published works.

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The collection relates to Bernstein's career and consists of the following:

Printed musical works by Bernstein. Musical manuscripts by Bernstein. Liturgical works: Friday evening prayer service; Sabbath morning service; High Holiday prayers; Psalms; zemirot; secular works; children's songs, 12 notebooks. Ethnomusicological works and transcriptions. Arrangements by Bernstein. Works attributed to Bernstein.

Manuscripts of articles and essays by Bernstein relating to Gershon Sirota, Solomon Salzer, Abraham Baer Birnbaum. Partial Yiddish translation of Ecclesiastes. Choral volumes and individuals' part books in manuscript, used by A.M. Bernstein and his choir at Taharot Hakodesh Synagogue, Vilna. Printed music by others: Samuel Alman, Mattiah Bensman, Eduard Birnbaum, D. Deutscher, Aron Friedman, Sh. Greentsayg, Erno Hoffman, Louis Lewandowski, Arno Nadel, David Nowakowski, Aron Merko Rothmuller, Nakhum Sternheim, Joshua Samuel Weisser, Eliakum Zunser. Musical manuscripts by others.

A collection of Jewish folk songs and tunes which was gathered by Bernstein as part of the project directed by him for the S. Ansky Historical-Ethnographic Society in 1926. Many of the collected songs were published in the anthology Muzikalisher pinkes (Musical Record), Vilna 1927 (reprinted in the U.S. by the Cantor’s Association in 1958). A significant part of the 1926 collection has not been published hitherto.

Manuscript of A.M. Bernstein's autobiography, Gilgalim . Obituaries of Bernstein. Photographs of famous cantors. Family photographs of the Bernstein and Punski families.

The music and folklore materials in the A.M. Bernstein papers derive largely from Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine and Belarus, which were the territories that made up the Jewish pale of settlement in the Russian empire. Additionally, there are items sent from Breslau, Boston, and New York, as well as Sephardic tunes from Palestine.

The A.M. Bernstein Papers were deposited at YIVO in Vilna in 1937. Looted by the Einsatzstab Rosenberg and sent to Germany in 1942 or 1943, these papers were recovered by the YIVO in New York in 1947. Some biographical materials including Bernstein’s autobiography (see Supplement C, f.29/4516) were added to the collection by the Punski family from Brussels in 1974.

The bulk of the collection was cataloged by Albert Weisser in 1969. Addendum materials were described by Chana Mlotek in 1984.

Historical Note

Biographical Note

A.M. Bernstein Chronology

Sources and bibliography (abbreviations and full citation) follow the chronology

1866 - Born July 21 (Tishah B’Av) in Shatzk, small town in the province of Minsk, western White Russia. Sixth child of moderately well-to-do parents, (BM, SH). (Other sources give Bernstein’s date of birth as 1865; however, his brother’s article is so detailed and knowledgeable about his early life, and my check on the Hebrew and civil calendars, have convinced me that 1866 is probably the correct date.

1870 - Sent to "kheyder" (elementary religious school) in town. He was so put upon by its autocratic teachers and the clamorous and wailing atmosphere that he became literally ill. (BM).

1871 - Allowed to study in the town "Bet Midrash" where he made remarkable strides. First began to show musical aptitudes in assisting his father, an amateur cantor, during services. (BM, SH).

1875 - Attends Yeshiva in Minsk. (BM).

1876 - Death of Bernstein’s mother to whom he was extremely devoted. Became an enthusiast of the cantor Yisroelke Minsker der Khazn, a “Baal Tefilah” who was known for his sweet hazanut and exemplary diction. Became a member of Yisroelke’s choir but was troubled by the taunts and “vulgar behavior” of his fellow choir members. (BM).

1879 - Enters the famous yeshiva in Mir, Poland. (BM).

1881 - Leaves yeshiva in Mir. Wanders from town to town in Poland. Great dissatisfaction with the prevailing lack of idealism, musicality, style and religious devotion in the hazanut circles he encounters. Extreme economic deprivation. Search for cantor to whom he could be apprenticed with confidence and dedication. (BM).

1884 - Arrives in Kovno, Russia. Befriends Cantor Raphael Yehudah Rabinowitch of the Kovno Khor-Shul with whom he undertakes intensive cantorial studies. Bernstein is convinced that he has found what he has been searching for. Rabinowitch has an enormous influence over him (BARA). Bernstein becomes member of his household. Does extensive reading in Yiddish, Hebrew, German and Russian literature (BM), and is made cantorial assistant and choir master to Rabinowitch (ST). Attends music school in Kovno and works with diligence to acquaint himself with general music history and music theory (LYT). Begins to compose in earnest – finishes songs Am Olam (text by Mordekhai Tzvi Mane) and Zamd un Shtern (text by Shmuel Frug) (BM).

1888 - Becomes cantor at second Khor-shul, Adat Yeshurun in Bialystok (BM, SH).

1889 - Engaged as choir master for Cantor Baruh Leib Rosowsky in Khor-shul, Riga (BARO)

1891 - Engaged as cantor at Vilna Khor-shul, Taharat Hakodesh, 35 Zavalna Street (LNYT, LYT, ST, ZA). (Other sources make the date of this event 1893. But as all other sources agree that his ministry here lasted thirty years and his successor, Eliyahu Zaludkowski, was engaged in 1921 has convinced me that 1891 is correct.)

1893 - Marries Lina Ansell, December 25 in Riga. Six children.

1898 - Publishes in Vilna the song Am Olam (Hebrew) as No. 1 of collection Neginot Yisrael: Liedersammlung aus der Hebraischen Poesie nebst Tonzeichen Zum Gesang mit Klavierbegleitung . Some sources (LYNT, LYT) list 1893 as the publication date of this song, but I have not been able to trace any published copy prior to 1898.

1900 - Publishes in Vilna the songs Al Hareri Tziyon (text by Menahem Mendel Dolitzky) and his subsequently very popular Zamd un Shtern (text by Shmuel Frug) under one cover, the first in Hebrew the second in Yiddish. Some sources list 1893 as publication date (LYNT, LYT), others 1898 (FR). I have found no earlier publication than 1900.

1901 - Publishes children’s song Hisheleg (text by Zalman Shneur) and Shirat Ha’aviv (text by Yavitz) in publication Olam Katan , Vienna, No. 1. (Hebrew).

1903 - Publishes song Hot Rakhmones: nokhn kishinever pogrom (text by Shmuel Frug) in supplement of the publication Der Fraynd , St. Petersburg No. 142, June 28, 1903, pp. 5-6.

1908 - Important notice of Bernstein’s works in St. Petersburg publication Birzhevyie Vedomosti by the music critic Nikolai Feopemptovich Solovyov – “the compositions of A.M. Bernstein deserve close attention because of their religious ecstasy and the beauty of their oriental elements” (LYT).

1912 or 1914 - Publishes in Vilna Avodat Haboreh , Parts I and II, collections of liturgical pieces for cantor solo, cantor and choir by A.M. Bernstein and some of his contemporary cantor-composers. No publication date. The New York Public Library-Jewish Division, in its catalogue, dates these volumes as 1912, all other sources 1914.

1915-1918 - German occupation of Vilna. Bernstein conducts Hazamir Choir and the students’ choir of the professional school “Hilf durkh arbet.” His setting of Y.L. Peretz’s dramatic poem Dos fremde khupe kleyd is performed a few times on local stages. Readies for publication a collection of 150 Hebrew and Yiddish children’s songs and a solfegge manual for children. Sets Shmuel Ansky’s poems Mayn lid and Der shnayderl . Publishes Herzl’s Yortzayt: Troyer lid far a gemishtn khor un klavier (text by M. Shiva), 1917 in supplement to Vilna publication Unzer Osed . Musical director of the Vilna Jewish musical organization Bene Asaf. Receives its first award (BAP).

1919 - Publishes in Vilna the song Tsum hemerl (O hemerl, hemerl klap) (text by Avrohom Reisen) solo voice, with or without choir (Yiddish). Attends first meeting on February 23 of the music section of the S. Ansky Vilna Jewish Historical-Ethnographical Society. Its organization, goals and activities devised by Bernstein (SHM).

1920 - On December 8, participates in a “troyer ovnt tzu shloshim nokhn toyt fun Shloyme Anski. (Memorial evening for S. Anski). Choir under Bernstein’s direction performs his settings of Ansky’s poems Mayn lid , Der shnayderl and Lazare Saminsky’s setting of Ansky’s Di nakht .

1921-1926 - Resigns his post as cantor of Taharat Hakodesh. Bitter disagreements with “gabaim” (synagogal managerial heads) because of their petty bickering and musical insensitivity. Congregation as a whole and Vilna community remain devoted to him. A period of sharp disappointment and hardship for Bernstein. Teaches music in Vilna Hebrew schools and such secular institutions as Mefitze Haskalah where he structures special musical curricula. Organizes male choir at Vilna Teachers Seminary. Writes musical criticism and articles for various publications. Composes children’s operetta Snow White (text in Hebrew).

1927 - Publishes in Vilna Muzikalisher pinkes a collection of religious folk songs mainly of Hassidic origin. Considered Bernstein’s best scholarly work. Published under auspices of the Jewish Historical-Ethnographical Society. Translates Kohelet (Eccliastes) into Yiddish. Tzum hemerl reprinted by Metro Music Co., New York.

1931 - Translates Shir Hashirim (Song of Songs) into Yiddish. Publishes Vol. III of Avodat Haborah – cantor, choir and cantor solo, Vilna.

1932 - Dies June 16 in Vilna.

1934 - A.M. Bernstein’s Av Harahamim Shokhen Meromim published in Di khazonim velt , Warsaw, 1 May 1934 supplement.

1935 - A.M. Bernstein’s Tziyona for four part mixed choir (text by Hikiel Zunsky) published in Di khazonim velt , Warsaw, 11 April, 1935, pp. 20.

1937 - Tsum hemerl published by White-Smith Music Publishers Co., New York, in an arrangement by Boris Levenson for four part choir. Yiddish and English text.

1958 - Muzikalisher pinkes republished by The Cantor’s Assembly of America.

Sources and Bibliography

BAP - Bernstein, A.M. “Di Muzik in Vilne far der tsayt fun di okyupatsie” (Music in Vilna During the Time of the Occupation) in Pinkes far der geshikhte fun Vilne in di yorn fun milkhome un okyupatsie , Vilna, 1922, pp. 683-688. (Yiddish).

BARA - Bernstein, A.M. “Yidishe shul muzik un R.Y. Rabinovitsh” (Jewish Synagogue Music and R.Y. Rabinowitch), Di khazonim-velt , Warsaw. 7 (May, 1934) pp. 4-8. (Yiddish).

BARO - Bernstein, A.M. “Vi azoy ikh bin gevorn dirigent bay Rosovsky” (How I Became Rosowsky’s Choir Master), Di khazonim-velt , Warsaw. 10 (August, 1934) pp. 9. (Yiddish).

BM - Bernstein, Maier. “A.M. Bernshtayn: Zikhroynes iber mayn bruder” (A.M. Bernstein: Remembrances of My Brother). Di khazonim-velt , Warsaw. 9 (July, 1934) pp. 15-17. (Yiddish).

FR - “Fule reshime fun A.M. Bernshtayns kompozitsies” (Complete List of the Musical Works of A.M. Bernstein). Di khazonim-velt , Warsaw, 7 (May, 1934) pp. 8-10. (Yiddish).

LNYT - Lexikon fun der nayer yidisher literatur . (Lexicon of the New Jewish Literature). New York, 1956. Vol. I, pp. 403-405. (Yiddish).

LYT - Lexikon fun der yidisher literatur (Lexicon of the Jewish Literature), Vilna, 1926. Vol. I, pp. 367-369. (Yiddish).

SH - Sherman, Pinkhos. “A.M. Bernshtayn: tsu zayn tsveytn yortzayt” (A.M. Bernstein: On the Second Anniversary of His Death). Di khazonim-velt . Warsaw. 7 (May, 1934) pp. 1-3. (Yiddish).

SHM - Shalit, Moshe. “Preface to A.M. Bernstein’s Muzikalisher pinkes ” Vol. I, Vilna. 1927, n.p. (Yiddish).

ST - Stolnitz, Nathan. Negine in yidishn lebn , (Music in Jewish Life), Toronto, Canada, 1957. See “Negine in lite” (Music in Lithuania) pp. 17-19; “Vilner khor shul Taharat Hakodesh” (The Vilna Choir Synagogue Taharat Hakodesh) pp. 20-21; “Avraham Moshe Bernshtayn” (A.M. Bernstein), pp. 22-24; passim. pp. 25, 30. (Yiddish).

ZA - Zaludkowski, Eliyahu. Kultur-treger fun der yidisher liturgye . (Culture Bearers of the Jewish Liturgy). Detroit, Mich., 1930. pp. 255-256, 292. (Yiddish).

Subject/Index Terms

An-Ski, S., 1863-1920, Bernstein, Abraham Moshe, 1865-1932, Cantors (Judaism), Documents - clippings (information artifacts), Documents - Sheet music, Jews Music, Music by Jewish composers, Nigunim, Poland, Russia, Theater, Yiddish, YIVO Archives

Administrative Information

Access Restrictions: Permission to use the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archivist.

Use Restrictions:

Permission to publish part or parts of the collection must be obtained from the YIVO Archives. For more information, contact:

YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011

email: archives@yivo.cjh.org

Acquisition Method: Records were received from YIVO, Vilna in 1947. Later additions were contributed by the Punski family in 1974.

Preferred Citation: Published citations should take the following form:Identification of item; date (if known); Papers of Abraham Moshe Bernstein; RG 36; folder number; YIVO Institute for Jewish Research.

Box and Folder Listing

Browse by Series:

Series I: Printed Musical Works by Bernstein, undated, 1898-1900, 1912-1919, 1931,
Series II: Printed Material about Bernstein, 1933,
Series III: Musical Manuscripts by Bernstein-Completed Work, undated, 1914,
Series IV: Works Possibly by Bernstein, undated,
Series V: Fragments, Stray Pages, Unidentified Works, undated,
Series VI: Literary Works by Bernstein in Manuscript, 1927,
Series VII: Documents Relating to Bernstein, 1924-1928,
Series VIII:Choral Volumes and Part Books in Manuscript used by Bernstein and his Choir at the Taharot Hakodesh Synagogue, undated,
Series IX: Printed Music not by A.M. Bernstein, undated, 1878-1887, 1902-1936,
Series X: Musical Manuscripts not by Bernstein, undated, 1878, 1912-1927,
Series XI: Supplements A-B: Miscellaneous Compositions, undated,
Series XII:Supplements C-D: Biographical Materials, undated, 1937,
Series XIII: ADDENDA: Folk Music Collection from the S. Ansky Historical Ethnographic Society, 1926-1927

Series I: Printed Musical Works by Bernstein, undated, 1898-1900, 1912-1919, 1931

Folder 1

Page 1

Am Olam: Song for voice and piano, 3p [Text by Mordekhai Tzvi Mane]. Hebrew. No. 1 of a projected series to be called Neginot Yisrael: Liedersammlung aus der Hebraischen Poesie. A.G. Syrkin, Vilna, 1898, 6 copies.

Folder 2

Page 13

Al Hareri Tziyon: Song for voice and piano with or without chorus. 2pp. [Text by Menakhem Mendl Dalitzky]. Hebrew. Y. Pirozhnikoff, Vilna, 1900.

Page 15

Zamd un Shtern: Song for voice and piano, 4pp. [Text by Shmuel Frug]. Yiddish, Nos. 2 and 3 of the projected series Negino Yisrael. 1 copy. [Above two titles published together]

Folder 3

Page 20

Descriptive leaflets meant to advertise Avodat Haborah, Parts 1 and 11: Two collections of synagogue pieces for cantor solo, cantor and choir, by A.M. Bernstein and some of his contemporary cantor composers. Edited by A.M. Bernstein. Sz Ryndzinsky, circa 1912 or 1914? 4 copies.

Folder 4

Page 24

Sefer Moreh Teve Hazimrah Part I, 2 sections: Solfegge manual of 90 diatonic gradated musical exercises meant for use by children and young people. Contains songs with Hebrew texts to illustrate solfegge problems. 15pp.; Lithographed by Eisenshtat, Vilna, no date, possibly 1915-1918? 23 complete copies, 1 incomplete.

Folder 5

Page 724

Tsum Hemerl [O hemerl, hemerl klap]: Song for voice and piano with or without chorus. [Text by Avrohom Reisen]. 2pp. Slatkin, Vilna, 1919, 5 copies.

Folder 6

Page 736

Avodat Haborah Part III: Collection of synagogue compositions for cantor and choir, composed by A.M Bernstein and David Novakovsky, 16 pp.

Folder 7

Page 832

Descriptive leaflets meant to advertise Avodat Hoboreh Part III: See above. 1 pp.; Kreines, Kowalsky, Vilna, 1931, 4 copies.

Series II: Printed Material about Bernstein, 1933

Folder 8

Page 836

The First Anniversary of the death of A.M. Bernstein: Unsigned article in Yiddish found in folder 6 between pages 743-744; Vilner Tog, No. 6, 1933.

Series III: Musical Manuscripts by Bernstein-Completed Work, undated, 1914

Subseries 1: Sacred, undated, 1914

Folder 9

Page 837

Avodat Haboreh: Asifah Minginot Shire Tefilah: A collection of synagogue pieces, by A.M. Bernstein, composed for cantor and choir, for Kabalat Shabbat and Shaharit Leshabbat, handwritten by Bernstein. Some published in other places. 155 pp. 1 copy.

Folder 10

Page 952

Avodat Haboreh: Six notebooks in Bernstein’s hand, Synagogue pieces in six notebooks composed for cantor and choir, sometimes duplicating works in folder 9 above. Vilna, 1914, 1 copy. For High Holidays, Kabalat Shabbat, Tefilat Arvit Leshabbat, Psalms, Musaf Leshabbat, and Shaharit Leshabbat.

Folder 11

Page 1052

Avodat Haboreh: Ten pieces extracted from Notebook II above [Kabalat Shabbat]. For cantor and choir. 7 pp.

Folder 12

Page 1059

Avodat Haborah: Three liturgical works for the High Holidays extracted from Notebook I above [High Holidays]. Composed for cantor and choir. 12 pp.

Folder 13

Page 1071

Sammlung Synagogaler Gesange [150 Stucke]: One Hundred and fifty pieces of Religious Hasidic folksongs collected and transcribed by Bernstein. Handwritten by Bernstein. Solo voice. Bound copy. 106 pp.

Folder 14

Page 1177

Untitled Bound Volume: Collection of synagogue works for cantor and choir copied out in score form by Bernstein. Volume contains four pieces of liturgical music composed by Bernstein and works by A.S. Erstler, Solomon Sulzer and others. 310 pp.

Subseries 2: Secular, undated

Folder 15

Page 1487

Hashevua: Song for four part mixed choir and piano acc. Hebrew [Text: Yaffe-Silman] 2 pp., 2 complete, 1 incomplete copy.

Page 1491

Heys un kalt: Song for voice and piano acc. Yiddish [Text: Shimen Frug] 3 pp., 1 copy

Page 1494

Herzel’s yortsayt: Song for four part mixed chorus, a capella. Yiddish. [Text: M. Shiva] 1 pp., 2 copies

Page 1496

In keyver: balade: Song for voice and piano acc. Yiddish. [Text: Y.L. Peretz] 3 pp., 1 copy

Page 1499

Kagda Znala By Ty Rodnaya: Song for voice and piano acc. Russian. [Text: V. Velyichko] 3 pp., 1 copy Music possibly by A. Berushu. Arranged by AMB.

Folder 16

Page 1502

Malpelakh: Song for voice – no account. Yiddish. [Text: A Ravin] 1 pp., 1 copy

Page 1503

Nes Tziyona: Song for voice and piano acc. Hebrew. [Text: Saul Tchernikhowsky] 1 pp., 2 versions. 2 copies [on second copy – verso: Part of Hashevua. See 15/1487-1490 above]

Page 1505

Numah Ferah: Shir Eresh: Song for voice and piano acc. Hebrew. [Text: A. Lipshutz] 3 pp. 3 copies [on second copy – verso: Franz Schubert’s song “The Organ Grinder”.]

Page 1515

O ir kleyne likhtelekh: Song for voice and piano acc. Yiddish. [Text: Moris Rosenfeld] 2 pp., 1 copy

Page 1517

Two works under one cover

1. [Po] A1 Sefat Hayarden. Cantata for voice and piano acc. Hebrew. [Text: From the Book of Ruth. Jacobson-Rust] 6 pp. 1 copy

2. Halaila Bahadar Olamim. Song for voice and piano acc. Hebrew. 2 pp. 1 copy

Page 1524A

Two works under one cover

- Shirat Setav. Song for voice, no piano acc. Hebrew. 3 pp. 2 copies.

- Bahalomi. Song for voice, no piano acc. Hebrew. 3 pp. 2 copies. Contains stamp of Hevrah Lehatpathut. Mamuzika Halamit Bevilna

Page 1525

Vi Lang oy got: Song for voice and piano acc. Yiddish 5 pp., 1 copy

Folder 17

Page 1530

Untitled Collection I: Various works for solo and four-part mixed chorus under one cover. Including Yiddish folksongs, and a work in Hebrew.

Page 1535A

Untitled Collection IA: Various secular works in Yiddish and Hebrew: songs for solo voice and piano.

Page 1536

Untitled Collection III: Various works for solo voice and 4 part chorus. In Yiddish and Hebrew including Purim songs and the Hatikvah

Page 1545

Untitled Collection IIIA: Various works in Yiddish and Hebrew for solo, mixed chorus and a capella

Page 1548

Untitled Collection IIIB: Twelve works for 2, 3 and 4 part chorus, no piano acc. 28 pp., 1 copy. Modern Hebrew.

Page 1549

Untitled Collection IV: Four Yiddish folk songs under one cover for mixed chorus and piano

Page 1552A

Untitled Collection V: Thirty-seven songs under one cover for solo voice and 3 or 4 part chorus. Hebrew and Yiddish.

Subseries 3: Children's Songs (Kinder Lider), undated

Folder 17

Page 1553

Notebook I: 16 pp., 1 copy. Yiddish songs for solo and two voices

Page 1569

Notebook II: 24 pp., 1 copy. Yiddish and Hebrew songs for solo and two to three voices

Page 1593

Notebook III: 5 pp., 1 copy. Hebrew songs for four voices, Hanukah songs

Page 1598

Notebook IV: 16 pp., 1 copy. Songs in Hebrew with text by Zalman Shneur, H.N. Bialik, Epstein and David Frishman, includes Tomar Eheye Rav, melody based on Yiddish folk song

Page 1614

Notebook V: 22 pp., 1 copy. Songs in Yiddish and Hebrew for one and two voices

Page 1636

Notebook VI: Shalgiah, operetta for children in Hebrew and Yiddish. 8 pp. 1 copy.

Page 1644

Notebook VII: Hebrew songs for solo voices, includes songs based on Yiddish and Russian folksongs

Page 1692

Notebook VIII: 19 pp., 1 copy. Hebrew songs for solo voices, includes melodies based on German folksongs

Page 1711

Notebook IX: Collection of songs in Yiddish using material from Sefer Moreh Teve Hazimrah, unknown author, possibly Bernstein

Page 1730

Notebook X: Di fir kashes. Yiddish [Text: Haggadah]. Solo voice, transcribed by AMB. No piano acc. 3 pp. 1 copy.

Page 1733

Notebook XI: Four works in Yiddish for 2 voices, no acc. No indications as to authorship. Very possibly by Bernstein. 8 pp., 1 copy.

Page 1740A

Notebook XII: Collection of songs in Hebrew for Solo voice, no piano acc. Authorship of texts unidentified, possibly Bernstein. 18 pp., 1 copy.

Subseries 4: Partially finished works in progress, undated

Folder 18

Page 1741

Shoshanat Yaakov: Song for two part choir and piano acc. [Some voice parts unfinished] Hebrew [Text: Liturgy] 4 pp., 1 copy

Page 1745

Mah Gadlu Ma’asekhah: Work for voice and piano acc. [pencil sketch]. Hebrew [Text: Liturgy] 3 pp., 1 copy

Page 1747

Fragment from a Purim Play [In recitative form]: Solo and chorus. No piano acc. Yiddish and German. 10 pp., 1 copy

Page 1748

Untitled Collection V A: Series of solo recitatives, Hebrew. [Text: Liturgy] 13 pp., 1 copy

Page 1761

Untitled Collection VI: Series of unfinished choral responses for the Sabbath. Other liturgical transcriptions. [unfinished]. 19 pp., 1 copy

Page 1780

Untitled Collection VII: Variety of pieces – songs and piano accompaniments to songs found in other places, in Yiddish and Hebrew. 71 pp., 1 copy

Page 1849

Untitled Collection VIII: Variety of incomplete works and sketches in Yiddish. 27 pp., one copy

Page 1876

Untitled Collection IX: Contains partially finished works and sketches. 78 pp., 1 copy

Page 1955

Untitled Collection X: Six works for two part chorus in Yiddish [unfinished except for final editing] 18 pp. 1 copy.

Page 1973

Untitled Collection XI, XII, XIII: Three small pocket notebooks containing mostly children’s songs in Yiddish. 2 voices. 39 pp.; 86 pp.; 39 pp.

Page 2131

Untitled Collection XIV: Unfinished piano accompaniment to songs, piano pieces and songs. 54 pp., 1 copy

Page 2185

Untitled Collection XV: Cantorial Recitatives and liturgical pieces, sketches. Unfinished 34 pp. Includes pieces composed by Mozart set to Hebrew liturgical text by AMB

Page 2219

Untitled Collection XVI: Fragmentary works for chorus. 12 pp., 1 copy

Subseries 5: Ethnomusicological Works and Transcripts, undated

Folder 19

Page 2231

Muzikalisher pinkes: Manuscript of pp. 66-81 of finally published work. Exact replica. In AMB’s hand.

Page 2247

Sammlung Synagogalen Gesange: Manuscript notebook of 206 pieces of liturgical works and folksongs of Eastern European Jews collected and transcribed by AMB. Related to 13/1071-1176 above which was a selection from this manuscript. Contains also some secular material not published by AM Bernestein in the Pinkes.

Page 2434

Zemirot Shel Hasidim: A collection of 100 wordless songs primarily of Hasidic sources. Transcribed and collected by many hands. Volume edited by AMB with annotations in Yiddish. All solo voice 24 pp., 1 copy

Page 2435

Workbooks I, II, III, IV: Contains material later selected for Muzikalisher pinkes. Also material of secular content later organized in Untitled Collection. See above. 75 pp.; 45 pp.; 46 pp. 1 copy.

Subseries 6: Arrangments by A.M. Bernstein, undated

Folder 20

Page 2603

Di Shvueh: [Hymn of the Bund of Poland and Russia]. 4 part mixed chorus. Yiddish. [Text: Shmuel Ansky] 3 pp., 1 copy

Page 2606

Du-Du [Yiddish Folk Song]: Transcribed and arr. by AMB from oral sources. One voice. 2 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2607A

Hatikvah [E Minor]: Arranged AMB for 4 part chorus. 1 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2608

Ki Lo Naeh A and B

(a) No. 132 of Musikalisher Pinkes. Arr. for voice and piano. AMB. 1 pp., 1 copy.

(b) Second version titled Adir Bimlukha. Arr. for piano by Abi-Yosef Bernstein [son of AMB]. 1 pp., 2 copies

Page 2611

Muzikalisher pinkes: Six pieces from published version of Muzikalisher Pinkes. Arr. by AMB for 4 part chorus. 11 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2622

Kiru Levavkhem: Tenor aria “If With All Your Hearts” from Mendelssohn’s Oratorio “Elijah”. Hebrew words adapted by AM Bernstein. 16 pp., 1 copy.

Series IV: Works Possibly by Bernstein, undated

Folder 21

Page 2638

Bikhnaf Eretz Tzafon: Song for voice and piano. Hebrew, no composer indicated. In AM Bernstein’s hand. 3 pp., 3 copies

Page 2644

Di naye neshome: Song for solo voice. Yiddish. No composer indicated. Not listed in FR. Not in AM Bernstein's hand. 1 pp., 2 copies.

Page 2646

Di shefele: Song for solo. Chorus and piano. No composer indicated. Not listed in FR. In AMB’s hand. 4 pp., 1 copy

Page 2650

Hatikvah: Arrangement for piano [solo or acc.] No composer indicated. Not found in FR. Not in AMB's hand. 2 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2654

Kinah Al Mavet Rashi: Song for voice and piano. Hebrew. No composer indicated. Not found in FR. In AMB’s hand. 2 pp., 2 copies.

Page 2657

Lealmah Ivriah: Song for voice and piano. Hebrew. No composer indicated. Not found in FR. In AMB’s hand. 1 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2658

Nodu Lamyalelet: Song for voice and piano. Hebrew. No composer indicated. Not found in FR. Not in AMB’s hand. 2 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2660

Ribono Shel Olam: Adon Olam. Mimkomkha. Unfinished Recitatives for voice and piano. Hebrew. [Text: Liturgy]. No composer indicated. Not found in FR. In AMB’s hand. 19 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2680

Vehi Sheamdah: Song for solo voice. Hebrew. [Text: Haggadah]. No composer indicated. Not found in FR. Not in AMB’s hand. 1 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2681

Shir Eresh, Alizim Verikudim: No composer indicated. Not found in FR. Not in AMB's hand. 2 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2683

Untitled Collection XVII: Songs for solo voice. No composer indicated. In Yiddish. Not found in FR. I AMB's hand. Material not found in any other place among AMB's works. No authorship indicated. 5 pp., 1 copy.

Series V: Fragments, Stray Pages, Unidentified Works, undated

Folder 22

Page 2688

Fragments

Series VI: Literary Works by Bernstein in Manuscript, 1927

Folder 23

Page 2768

Variety of articles, Reviews, and belle-lettres: by AM Bernstein in empty sheets of galley proofs of Muzikalisher pinkes. circa 1927. Some pieces still unidentified. 33 pp., 1 copy.

Series VII: Documents Relating to Bernstein, 1924-1928

Folder 23

Page 2801

Postcard; List

- postcard to A.M. Bernstein from H. Solomon. [Warsaw]. February 27, 1928.

- List of the names of the Commission of the Vilner Yidishe Historishe-Etnografishe Gezelshaft Oyf Dem Nomen Fun Shmuel Ansky for the publication of the Muzikalisher pinkes. 1924.

Series VIII:Choral Volumes and Part Books in Manuscript used by Bernstein and his Choir at the Taharot Hakodesh Synagogue, undated

Folder 24

Page 2803

Choral Volume [bound] I: Thirty-three pieces of liturgical works for cantor and 4 part choir. In A.M. Bernstein’s hand. No composers indicated. [Some pieces have been recognized by me as by Naumbourg and Sulzer. By A.M. Bernstein only his Ahavat Olam and Harakhaman- Lesefirah. (See his Avodat Haboreh Part I) were familiar to me. However, many other pieces in this volume may be his.] 231 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2804

Choral Volume [unbound] II: Eleven pieces of liturgical works for cantor and 4 part choir. In A.M. Bernstein’s hand. Most composers not indicated. [I have recognized pieces by Sulzer, Hirsh Weintraub and Josef Goldstein. Of A.M. Bernstein's, I recognized his Shir Hamalot, see Notebook IV, folder 25 above. However other pieces may be by Bernstein.] 81 pp., 1 copy.

Page 2805

Soprano Part Books I, II, III: Books I and II are stamped with the seal of Taharot Hakodesh Synagogue, Vilna. They contain pieces of the entire liturgical year. Names of most composters not listed. Works recognized: A.M. Bernstein’s Lekhu Neranena. See Notebook 11, No. 6. Book III contains works by Naumbourg, Poliakov, Sulzer, Lewandowsky, Blumenthal, Weintraub, Halevy, Dunayevsky, Handel, Gottbeter.

Page 2808

Soprano Part Book IV: Five pieces for the High Holidays. Works recognized: Lewandowsky’s Kol Nidre and his Ve’al Yede. Other composers not listed.

Page 2809

Soprano Part Book V: Contains six pieces of secular material, In AM Bernstein’s hand. Hebrew.

Page 2810

Alto Part Books I, II, III: These books contain the stamp of the Taharot Hakodesh Synagogue seal. Pieces for the entire liturgical year. Names of composers not listed. In A.M. Bernstein's hand.

Page 2813

Alto Part Book V: Nine songs of secular material. Perhaps used for concert purposes. In Hebrew and Yiddish. Most composed by A.M. Bernstein and in his handwriting.

Page 2814

Tenor Part Books I, II: Pieces for various times of the liturgical year. Book II contains stamp of the Taharot Hakodesh Synagogue, Vilna. Names of composers not given. Includes pieces composed by Hirsh Weintraub, Lewandowsky, Sulzer and AMB’s Hashkivenu. Book II related to Soprano Part Book IV above.

Page 2816

Tenor Part Book III: Six pieces of secular material. Perhaps used for concert purposes. Hebrew and Yiddish. No authors or composers listed. Handwritten. Related to Alto Part Book V above.

Page 2817

Bass part Books, I, II, III: Book I contains stamp of Taharot Hakodesh Synagogue, Vilna Seal. Works for various parts of the liturgical year. Name of composers not listed. Contains Bernstein’s Ahavat Olam, Harakhaman-Lesefirah and Hashkivenu.

Series IX: Printed Music not by A.M. Bernstein, undated, 1878-1887, 1902-1936

Folder 25

Page 2820

A bisl libe un a bisl glik, Tsipke: J. Rumshinsky; words by Molly Picon. Voice and piano, Yiddish. Second Avenue Theater. New York City, 1924 4 pp.; 3pp.

Page 2821

Aforizmi: Aron Marko Rothmuller, for harp, Edition Omanut, Zagreb, 1936, 6pp.

Page 2822

Two pieces

- A Purim lid. Melody by A. Goldfaden, arr. by Pesah Lwow. 3 part childrens chorus and piano accompaniament

- Tsindt on liktelech. Hasidic folksong arr. by A. Shitomirsky. Extracts from Lider zamlbukh, Yiddish. Society for Jewish Folk Music, St. Petersburg. 1914, 1pp., 1pp.

Page 2823

Bene Hekhala: Hasidic folksong. Words: Isaac Luria. Voice and piano, Hebrew. Ost und West Berlin, 1916, 2pp. Hebrew

Page 2824

Berumte Melodie “Wahawienu L’scolaum”: “Wilnaer Balebessel” arranged by Arno Nadel. Piano solo., 2pp.

Page 2825

Der alt-nayer hap nit: [Lekoved Shteiger’s bafrayung]. Words and music Nakhum Sternheim. Solo Voice, Yiddish. Ign. Jaegera, Lwow [1934?], 3 pp.

Page 2826

Di grine Yente: Samuel Weisser [Joshua S. Weisser]. Words by Morris Rund, voice and piano, Yiddish. J and Y Kammen, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1924, 3 pp.

Page 2827

Eleven Jewish National Songs: Sh. Greentzayg. Voice and piano, Yiddish. Y. Petrushenka, Lublin, 1902, 22 pp.

Page 2828

Eli, Eli: No composer listed, arranged by Joseph Kammen. Voice and piano, Yiddish. S. Schenker, New York, 1911, 2 pp.

Page 2829

Es hoybt zikh on mit dir: Joseph M. Ruminshinsky, Words by Isidor Lillian. Voice and piano; Yiddish. Trio Press, New York, 2 pp.

Page 2830

Feygele mayns: Words and music Ludwig Satz, arr. Harry Lubin. Voice and piano, Yiddish. Trio Press, New York, 1925, 2 pp.

Page 2831

Ve’al Yede Avadekha [Halokh Veka-Rota]: Moritz Henle. Cantor and choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. [fragment only]. 2 pp.

Page 2832

In Mayn land: Barukh Guttman. Words Nakhum Shternheim. Voice and piano. Yiddish. Snunit, Lwow. 2 pp., 2 copies.

Page 2833

Kaddish: Shmuel Alman. [English version Louis Levi]. Voice and piano. Hebrew [Liturgy] and English. M.L. Callingold, London, 1930, 4 pp.

Page 2834

Kavkaz: Peretz Sandler. Words, Louis Gilrod. Voice and piano. Yiddish. Trio Press, New York, 1924, 3 pp.

Page 2835

Klange der Juden, Sammlung Judischer Lieder und Gesang-stucke: H.N. Golomb. Piano solo. A.G. Syrkin, Vilna, 1887, 10 pp., 2 copies. [one incomplete]

Page 2836

Lozt di zorgn oyf morgn: Peretz Sandler, words Louis Gilrod. Voice and piano, Yiddish. Trio Press, New York, 2 pp.

Page 2837

Loynt tsu hobn kinder: Alexander Olshanetsky, words Jacob Jacobs. Voice and piano, Yiddish. Trio Press, New York , 2 pp.

Page 2838

Maccabee-gimnastisher marsh: D. Deutscher, Piano solo. H. Mac., Vilna, 1924, 3 pp., 6 copies

Page 2839

Mah Nomar Lefanekha: Eduard Birnbaum. Cantor, male choir and organ, Hebrew. Neilah Liturgy, 4 pp.

Page 2840

Mayn Goldele: Joseph M. Rumshinsky, words Louis Gilrod. Voice and piano, Yiddish. J.J. Kammen, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1924, 3 pp.

Page 2841

Melodien Zu Zehn Judischen Volksliedern: Eiakum Zunser, words and music. Voice and piano. A.G. Syrkin? Vilna, 1887, 29 pp., 2 complete copies, incomplete.

Page 2842

Mi Adir: Eduard Birnbaum. Cantor [baritone] mixed chorus and orchestra [Partitur]. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Published by composer, Konigsberg, 1878, 8 pp.

Page 2843

Mizraha: Moses Levinson, words. J. Bluestone. Solo, chorus and piano. Hebrew. Trio Press, New York, 4 pp.

Page 2844

Natasha: No composer listed. Voice and piano. Yiddish. S. Etshtayn, Vilna, 5 pp.

Page 2845

Oy khanike, oy khanike: Hasidic folksong arr. by Pesah Lwow. 2 part children’s chorus and piano, Yiddish. Extracted from Lider Zamlbukh, Society for Jewish Folk Music, St. Petersburg. 1914, 2 pp.

Page 2846

Palestina iz mayn foterland: Alexander Olshanetsky, words Isidor Lillian. Voice and piano. J.J. Kammen, Brooklyn, N.Y., 3 pp.

Page 2847

Psalm 24: Arno Nadel. Cantor solo and male choir, a cappella, Hebrew [Liturgy]. Festschrift Zum 70 Geburtstage Von Moritz Schaefer, Berlin, Philo Verlgag. 1927, 4 pp.

Page 2848

Psalm 133: Eduard Birnbaum. 4 part male choir Harmonium and piano. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Ferd. Beyer, Konigsberg, [189-?] 13 pp.

Page 2849

Rokhels keyver: Zavel Zilberts, words K.A. Shapiro. Voice, piano and violin or cello obligatto. Yiddish. Joseph P. Katz, New York, 1921, 7 pp.

Page 2850

Romance: M.M. Bukshy. Voice and piano. Russian. [Incomplete]. St. Petersburg, 1 pp.

Page 2851

Salomo’s Hoheslied [Song of Songs]: Aron Friedmann. Voice and piano. Hebrew – German Translation Moses Mendelssohn. C. Boas, Berlin 1929, 15 pp.

Page 2852

Shloflid: Nakhum Shternheym. Words and music. Yiddish. solo voice. Richard Brandeis. Prague, 1918, 1 pp.

Page 2853

Seelenfeier: Louis Lewandowski. Choral parts only. 16 sop, 7 alto, 3 tenor, 3 bass. Hebrew [Liturgy]. No. 89 of larger work

Page 2854

Synagogen Gesange: Arno Nadel. for cantor, 4 part choir, organ. J. Kauffmann, Frankfurt-am-Main, 1930, 13 pp.

Page 2855

Tami Zimrah-Lehamizmor Hakatan: Matthiah Bensman, words and music. 2 part children’s choir, a cappella. 15 songs. Hebrew. Concordia, Warsaw, 1904 7 pp.

Page 2856

[Taini Garema] The Secrets of the Harem: V. Valentinov. Operetta in 3 acts. Vocal score. Moscow? Yiddish translation from Russian by AMB?

Page 2857

Tayer yankele: Yiddish folksong from Kipnis collection [No. 19]. arr. by Matthiah Bensman. Yiddish. Voice and piano. Kipnis Verlag, Warsaw, 3 pp.

Page 2858

Tilemel [The Psalms]: Words and music by S. Smulowitz [Solomon Small]. arr. A. Russoto. Voice and piano, Yiddish. Hebrew Publishing Co., New York, 1910?, 5 pp.

Page 2859

Tirzah Yafah: Samuel Alman, Words H.N. Bialik. voice and piano. Hebrew. M.L. Callingold, London, 1934, 4 pp.

Folder 26

Page 2860

Tov Lehodot [Psalm 92]: Louis Lewandowsky. 4 part chorus and organ, Hebrew, 5 pp.

Page 2861

Tsipke fayer: Notated and arranged by H. Glezer. Solo voice. Yiddish. Sh. Etshtayn, Vilna, 4 pp.

Page 2862

Unter a kleyn beymele: Yiddish folk song from A. Gerstein Collection [No. 31]. Yiddish arranged by A. Sliep, Voice and piano, H. Mac, Vilna, 3 pp.

Page 2863

Fragments, unidentified works, odd and stray pages

Series X: Musical Manuscripts not by Bernstein, undated, 1878, 1912-1927

Subseries 1: Fragments from Part Books, undated, 1878, 1912-1927

Folder 26

Page 2864

Adon Olam: Salamon Sulzer. Cantor and 4 part mixed choir, Hebrew. Not in Sulzer’s hand, 3 pp.

Page 2867

Ana Adona: Lazar Goldberg. Cantor and 4 part mixed choir, Hebrew [Liturgy]. 2 pp.

Page 2869

Hahashmonayim Haktanim [“Die Kleine Khaschmonaer”]: Arie Ben Eres Abrahamson. Voice and piano. Hebrew. 2 pp., text by Zalman Shneur

Page 2870A

Two pieces

- Der shnayder. Yiddish. [Text: Shmuel Ansky].

- Mestetchko Ladenyu, Hasidic Folksong. B. Antomoni. Voice and piano. 10 pp. Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian. [Text: Folk Sources]

Page 2871

El Barukh Gadol: Composer not listed. Cantor, mixed chorus, piano, Hebrew [Liturgy]. 5 pp.

Page 2876

Eli, Eli: Composer listed as “B. Thomaschewsky”. Voice and piano, Yiddish. 1 pp.

Page 2876A

Eli Tsiyon: No composer listed. Solo cantor, soprano and 4 part chorus. Hebrew. 2 pp.

Page 2877

Elohe Ad Shelo Natzarta: Hasidic Table Song. arranged Ludwig Finkel. Bass part only. Hebrew and Yiddish. 2 pp.

Page 2879

Emet Ki Atah Hu: No composer listed. Cantor 4 part chorus. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 3 pp.

Page 2881A-B

Faryomert, Farklogt: Yiddish folk song collected in Podbrodz by Khaye and Aron Ayngeltzin. solo voice. Yiddish. 2 pp.

Page 2882

Hamavdil: Hasidic sources. No collector or transcriber listed. Solo voice and unison choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 4pp.

Page 2888

Heber Melodiak: Erno Hoffmann [Gyujtemenye]. Bound collection in manuscript of Yiddish folk songs, Hasidic zemirot and nigunim. Solo voice, some with piano acc. Hebrew and Yiddish. 63 pp.

Page 2952

Hineni Heani Mimaas: A. Berkowitz. Cantorial recitative. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 3 pp.

Page 2955

Kedusha: no composer listed. cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 3 pp.

Page 2961

Khasidisher nign [Dem Rebn’s Nign]: notated by Bezalel Tzinman. solo voice. March 20, 1922, 1 pp.

Page 2961A-B

Kinderheim: Arie “Ben Erez” Abrahamson. Solo voice. German [Text: Hugo Salus]. 2 pp.

Page 2961C-D

Kolibelnya Pesnya [Lullaby]: Jacob M. Skliar. op.1, No. 1. Voice and piano. Russian. dedicated to my sister Lyuba M. Skliar. Nov. 27, 1914, 2 pp.

Page 2962

Mayn kleyne: A. Glezer. [Text: Z. Segaloviatach]. Voice and piano. Yiddish. 2 pp.

Page 2964

Two pieces: Mikdash; Ve Sham Ru. both by Herman Semitin. Recitatives for cantor. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 2 pp.

Page 2966

Mimkomkha: David Nowakowsky. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. incomplete. 1 pp.

Page 2967

Mimkomkha: no composer listed. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 4 pp.

Page 2971

Mekhalkel Hayim: Isadore Blumenthal. 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. May 18, 1913, 3 pp.

Page 2974

Magen Avot: David Nowakowsky. 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Odessa, November 18, 1912, 3 pp.

Page 2976A-B

Magen Avot: Schnitman. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 2 pp.

Page 2977

Morgen Gottesdienst [En Kamokha etc.]: Eduard Birnbaum. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 3 pp.

Page 2981

Naaritzkha: no composer listed. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 3 pp.

Page 2984

Nigun Shel Hasidi Kotzki; Adres tsum Reboyne Sheloylem: Hasidic material. collected by Gendlish. Solo voice. Russian. 2 pp.

Page 2988

Sefer Avuriah Lizman Hamorim: No editor listed. Recitatives for cantor. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Bet Hakneset Hagodol, Vilna, 1927, 48 pp.

Page 3036

Sefer Kebutzat Shirim: [fragment of a larger work]. Cantorial anthology collected and edited by Aba Yakov Bengis. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Vilna, January 29, 1878, 158 pp.

Page 3195

Shema Yisrael: Yoshe Slonimer [Yosef Altshuler]. Soprano solo and 2 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 1 pp.

Page 3196

Shoshanat Yaakov; Yismah Mosheh

- 2 part choir

- cantor and 3 part choir. composer not indicated. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 4 pp.

Page 3200

Shuvi Nafshi: Louis Lewandowski. 4 part choir. 1 pp. [score]. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 11 pp.

Page 3211A

Shuvi Nafshi: no composer indicated. solo voice. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 1 pp.

Page 3211B

Simhu Voroni; Lo Nishtakhave: No composers indicated. 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 17 pp.

Page 3212

Torat Adonai: No composer indicated. cantor, 4 part choir and organ. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 6 pp.

Page 3217-B

Ve’al Avdekha Haneviyim: No composer indicated. Cantorial recitative. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 2 pp.

Page 3218

Veshamru: S. Gurovitch. Cantor, alto solo, 4 part mixed choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 4 pp.

Page 3222

Veshamru: No composer indicated. 4 part mixed choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 2 pp.

Page 3224

Yehi Ratzon Milfanekha: Abraham Narver. Recitative for cantor. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 3 pp.

Page 3227

Two pieces

- Yehi Shalom. Solo, unison choir and piano

- Adonai Malakh. 4 part choir. no composer indicated. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 10 pp.

Page 3237

Two pieces: Yehudah Hamakabi; M.M. Dolitzky. Voice and piano. Yiddish. Stamp of “A. Bernstein Chor-Dirig. II Cantor Kovno”. 4 pp.

Page 3243

a, b, c) Yotzer Meshartim: No composer indicated. 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 3 pp.

Page 3244

Untitled Collection XVIII: M. Burstein. Cantor, 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 8 pp.

Page 3252

Untitled Collection XIX: M.A. Fomin. Recitatives for cantor. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 9 pp.

Page 3261

Untitled Collection XX: Recitatives for cantor. David Yakolevitch. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 53 pp.

Page 3315

Untitled Collection XXI: David Nowakowsky. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 30 pp.

Page 3343

Untitled Collection XXII: Joshua Samuel Weisser [Pilderwasser]. Cantor, 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 19 pp.

Page 3362

Untitled Collection XXIII: Schargorodsky. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 13 pp.

Page 3375

Untitled Collection XXIV: Various composers. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 24 pp. "

Page 3399

Untitled Collection XXV: Jacob Teper. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 17 pp.

Page 3419

Untitled Collection XXVI: Hayim Wassertzug. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 24 pp. Only first page contains composer’s name. Handwriting different for pieces nos. 3 and 4

Page 3442

Untitled Collection XXVII [Fragment]: Cantorial anthology, no editor or collector indicated. Cantor and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 113 pp.

Page 3554A

Uvashofar Gadol: Composer not indicated. Bass solo. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 1 pp.

Page 3555

Soprano Part Book V [Five Fragments]: 114 pp. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Pieces most often incomplete. Contains amongst others works by Y. Gottbeter, David Roitman, A. Paliakov, Y. Teper, Zaydel Rovner.

Page 3669

Alto Part Book [Four Fragments]: 103 pp. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Pieces most often incomplete. Contains amongst others works by Y. Gottbeter, A. Poliakov, P. Rubin, Yakovkin, A. Berkowitz.

Page 3773

Bass Part Book [Nine Fragments]: 53 pp. Hebrew [Liturgy]. Pieces most often incomplete. Contains amongst others, works by Y. Gottbeter, Wolf Shestapol, Nissl Belzer Spivak, D. Rubin, Y. Weiss, Akiva Durmashkin, A. Poliakov.

Subseries 2: Fragments Scraps and Unidentified Pieces, undated

Folder 26

Page 3827

Fragments

Series XI: Supplements A-B: Miscellaneous Compositions, undated

Subseries 1: Supplement A, undated

Folder 27

Page 3984

Shema Yisrael

Yosef Meslonim [Yoshe Slonimer Altshuler]. No indications of composers except following:

- Cantor Rabinowitch aus Bialistok [Mosheh Bass Rabinowitch?] Selah

- Kartzoni-Melekh Elyon Naaritzkha

- Mimkomkha ‘asher shirat Bevilna’. Anthology of cantorial recitatives and works for cantor and 3 and 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 239 pp. Bound copy of mss in different hands. No title page. Merely indication in Hebrew script. Shema Yisrael-Yosef Meslonim. Back page contains indication in Hebrew script. Min Hahazan Mohilev. Indication in Hebrew script. Min Hahazan Mohilever [probably owner of copy]

Subseries 2: Supplement B, undated

Folder 28

Page 4224

Schir Zion Part I: Solomon Sulzer. Cantor, 4 part choir. Hebrew [Liturgy]. 214 pp. Printed copy. First six and last ten pages missing. Contains stamp of Taharot Hakodesh Synagogue, Vilna seal. Dedicatory page reads “Als Geschenk von Simon Joffe gewidment der Wilnaer Synagoge Taharot Hakodesh, Wilna. D. 26 Kislow 5652” [1892]. Embossed on outer covering of bound copy “Gottes – dienstliche Gesange der Israeliten”.

Series XII:Supplements C-D: Biographical Materials, undated, 1937

Subseries 1: Supplement C, undated, 1937

Folder 29

Page 4328

A.M. Bernstein’s autobiography in manuscript “Gilgalim (biografye fun a shlim-mazl)": 189 pp.

Page 4516

A.M. Bernstein’s last note: Letter concerning A.M. Bernstein archives – YIVO Vilna 1937. Obituaries and announcements of memorials. Pictures of famous cantors (a wall chart).

Subseries 2: Supplement D, undated

Folder 30

Page 4523

7 photographs of Bernstein and Punski family and of gymnasium classes in Vilna

Series XIII: ADDENDA: Folk Music Collection from the S. Ansky Historical Ethnographic Society, 1926-1927

This Addenda consists of manuscripts of Jewish songs and melodies that Abraham Moshe Bernstein assembled in 1926 for the S. Ansky Jewish Historical Ethnographic Society in Vilna. The collection is comprised of Shabbes-zmires (Sabbath hymns and melodies), holiday songs, religious, ritual and secular songs, Hasidic melodies and folksongs. Most of them are in Hebrew, some in Yiddish and others have no words altogether. The Addenda was processed by Chana Mlotek in January 1984 as part of the Max and Frieda Weinstein Music Project.

In 1926 Bernstein supervised a project to collect nigunim (melodies), most of which were published in a volume Muzikalisher pinkes, Vilna 1927 (This publication was reprinted in the U.S. by the Cantor’s Association in 1958).

This addenda consists of hitherto unpublished manuscripts.

Included among the Hasidic sources whose nigunim were collected are the Barkover ( f. 11), Gerer (f. 9), Talner (f. 11), Czortkover (f. 2), Libishayer (f. 1), Lubavitcher (f. 7), Stoliner (f. 1, 7), Slonimer (f. 1), Kosover (f. 3), and others.

The yeshivas, whose more "secular" songs were harvested include the schools of Volozhin (f. 2), Vilkomir ( f. 2, 10), Lechowicze (f. 7), Nowogrodek ( f. 2 , 10), Slobodka ( f. 7, 10), Slonim (f. 2), Kleck ( f. 10), and others.

Materials hail largely from Polad, Lithuania, Latvia and Russia; more specifically, from localities: Aleksandrovsk, Ostrowo, Bialystok, Berditshev, Dabrowice, Dvinsk, Warsaw, Vitebsk, Vilna, Vilkomir, Vladimir, Khomsk, Lomza, Lwow, Swislocz, Stolin, Slutsk, Semiatycze, Pinsk, Kovno, Kolomyja, Kamieniec, Kosow, Krakinove, Krementshug, Radvits, and Ejszyszki.

Beyond that, there are items acquired and sent from Breslau, Germany, Boston and New York, as well as Sephardic and Yemenite melodies from Palestine.

Among the unusual nigunim worthy of mention is the song Riboyne-shel-Oylem that the Lubavitch Rebbe sang as he was being released from Prison (f.1, 2), a melody heard in a production of Sholem-Aleichem’s play Mazl-Tov ( f. 1) and apparently the original of a melody in a setting of The Dybbuk by An-sky ( f. 10). Two items are particularly venerable - a melody of Tsur misheloy (a “table nigun” sung before the blessing following a meal) , that was received from R’Avrom Yankev HaKohen of Vilna , who had heard it from his father, R’Shloyme HaKohen, Vilner who in turn, remembered it sung by his father, R’Yisroel Moyshe HaKohen (f. 45:7), and dance-themes annotated by an old musician in Swieciany.

There are also melodies to a number of songs for which the text only, but no music appear in the very first collection of Yiddish folksongs published by Shaul Ginsburg and Pinhas Marek in Petersburg in 1901 ( f. 1). Included as well are several art-scores composed for texts by the poets, Dovid Fishman, A. Zak, H. N. Bialik, and Zalmen Shneur (f. 15).

Folder 1: Hebrew and Yiddish songs: religious and secular works including Hasidic nigunim, includes the Riboynoy shel oylem, a nigun sung by the Rebbe of Lubavitch when he was released from prison, and a melody heard in Shalom Aleichem’s play “Mazal tov”, about 25 titles
Folder 2: Religious songs: liturgical pieces and Hasidic nigunim, including a number of Passover songs in Hebrew, Arabic and Lithuanian
Folder 3: Various nigunim: liturgical works and Hasidic nigunim
Folder 4: Vos mir zenen: a song about the alef-beys in Yiddish
Folder 5: Zingt di Alef: the “alef sings,” a work supplied by the Peretz Collector’s Circle of YIVO in Kolomyja
Folder 6: Zmires l'Motsey Shabbes: five liturgical works for Saturday evening
Folder 7: Shabbos zmires: liturgical works for Saturday evening, including Zmirot sung by Hasidim, about 60 pieces
Folder 8: Khasal Sidur Pesakh: pieces from the Passover Seder, Hebrew
Folder 9: Sent by Michal Lucki, Lomza: five songs gathered and sent by Michal Lucki including Sabbath songs sung by Hasidim
Folder 10: Vikhi-od Lanetsakh: liturgical works and Hasidic nigunim, including the Lamdonishe nigunim, around 33 pieces
Folder 11: Melodies, annotated by Avrom Tesletsky, Baku: three melodies sung by Yosef Talner, Hasidic court composer and others, transcribed by Avrom Tesletsky
Folder 12: Kum ikh arayn tsu springen: a Purim song recorded by Yankev Glatshteyn, who heard it from a student, 1926
Folder 13: Krayts – march, Vider – march, Mikita - march annotated by Khayim Smorganski: marches and dances annotated by Khayim Smorganski, Vilna
Folder 14: Lebedik, lustik – arranged by L. Efron: two Yiddish songs arranged by L. Efron
Folder 15: Notebook of musical notations: notebook of about 20 musical pieces
Folder 16: Shivas Tsiyon - E. Tsanzer , annotated by Bernstein: three pieces including Shivas Tziyon, by E. Tsanzer, transcribed by Bernstein
Folder 17: Page of notes, no text, Bernstein: unidentified handwritten music, 1 pp.
Folder 18: Various music missing: cantorial pieces and Hasidic nigunim, about 50 titles, originally numbered 77-114, no 105
Folder 19: Fragments: fragments of liturgical works, 2 pp.
Folder 20: Some personal papers belonging to Bernstein: letters to the Cantors Association, Warsaw; photo of Bernstein on deathbed; obituary