Re: Mekhorati

[Ryna Kedar - Mekatleget for music lib. <ryna_k...>]

Dear List,
I found this song in three collections in our library. Only in one, Elef
Zemer ve'od zemer, vol 5 (Russian songs) did I find an author. The Hebrew
words are by Yitzhak Livni and the Russian by Alexei Tolstoy.

Lehit,

Ryna Kedar
Head, Acquisitions & Cataloging Division
The Felicja Blumental Music Center & Library
Tel-Aviv, Israel

On Thu, 18 Nov 1999, Stahl, Sheryl wrote:

> A patron of ours is looking for the author of a poem "Mekhorati"  It was
> apparently used as the lyrics to a folksong popular in the 40's and 50's.
> It was included in a collection entitled _Songs of Zion_ /ed. Harry
> Coopersmith (Behrman House, 1948), but did not credit an author.
> 
> The words are:
> Mekhorati nof moladeti
> Sheon galim bayam
> Ve-tsel harim saviv, saviv
> Kol tanim babar
> Heah moledet moladeti
> Hurshat kanim namah
> Ve-kol halil ba-hatsot halil
> Midbar harim uv-ruah
> 
> If anyone has information about the author or added verses, we would
> appreciate it!
> 
> Sheryl Stahl
> sfstahl (at) huc(dot)edu
> 
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