us-005578-irn698929-irn600071
type: RecordSet
biographical history: For a biography of Secunda (composer of"Bei Mir Bistu Shei" and other classics), see www.milkenarchive.org/artists/view/sholom-secunda.
has beginning date: 1967-01-01
has end date: 1967-12-31
has or had holder: us-005578
has or had identifier: 1
has or had subject: 691
has record set type: Item
identifier: irn600071
is or was included in: us-005578-irn698929
note: Musicologist's file contains: Kol Nidre Service / Richard Tucker; program and lyrics. For details on the LP, see www.discogs.com/Richard-Tucker-2-Howard-Da-Silva-Bianca-Sauler-Seymour-Schwartman-Yizkor-In-Memory-Of-The-Six-Millio/release/10460960.
scope and content: Cassette dub. Sholom Secunda. Yizkor: in memory of the six million: an oratorio. Ethnic Music Pub Co, 1967"Yizko" (Hebrew, memorial prayer) is an oratorio created by Sholom Secunda (music) and Samuel Rosenbaum (text). The work premiered on ABC television's long-running religious program"Direction" in April 1973, and helped bring Holocaust history and commemoration to the attention of a broad American audience. The broadcast performance featured cantor Richard Tucker (lead singer) and Howard Da Silva (narrator); a recording was released on LP that same year.
title: Yizkor