📖 תפלות ושירים | Songs of My People, compiled and edited by Harry Coopersmith (1938)

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Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation) and Harry Coopersmith

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Shabbat Siddurim, Hymn-Books & Religious poetry

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20th century C.E., 57th century A.M., North American Jewry, Conservative Jewry, Early Reconstructionist, Chicago

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PREFACE
I have compiled this Song Book with the hope of adding to the beauty and joy of Jewish assemblies-religious and otherwise. I availed myself of as many sources as are known to me, and selected the material which I found to be merit and suited for popular use. I have no doubt that many a student of Jewish Music will be missing some of his favorite songs, but I was guided by my own experience, by the limitations of space and the cost of production. The classifications of the songs need not be strictly adhered to, they are merely suggestions. In the transliteration from the Hebrew, I employed the system which I have found most usable. It is to be regretted that there is as yet no universal system of transliteration.
I am greatly indebted to the many composers and compilers listed at the end of this book, whose works made this Songster possible. I am also under obligation to the thousands of children and adults who, for many years, permitted me to experiment and test these songs on them; to my friends of the Board of Jewish Education, Chicago-particularly Mr. Hyman Reznick; and to my wife who laboured indefatiguably in the preparation of this collection. Finally-this book is in large measure due to the constant encouragement, guidance, deep love for Jewish music, and material assistance of Rabbi Solomon Goldman.
H. C.

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Aharon N. Varady (digital imaging and document preparation)

Aharon Varady, founding director of the Open Siddur Project, is a copyright researcher and amateur book scanner. He prepares digital images and new digital editions of prayer books and related works in the Public Domain in order to make their constituent parts (prayers, translations, annotations, etc.) publicly accessible for collaborative transcription by project volunteers. (In some cases, he finds existing digital editions prepared by others that require correction and reformatting.) If you appreciate his efforts, please send him a kind note or contribute to his patreon account.

Harry Coopersmith

Harry Coopersmith (b. Russia, 2 December 1902; d. Santa Barbara, California, 31 December 1975) was a pioneer in the dissemination of Jewish music in America. Coopersmith studied music education at Teachers’ College, Columbia University (BS, 1924; MA, 1933). He was music director at the Chicago Bureau of Jewish Education (1926-1940) and the Anshe Emet Synagogue.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17