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1942
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"persname\">Coopersmith, Harry</span>, Compiled and Edited by, <span class=\"title\">Songs of Zion</span> New York: Behrman House, (reissued by the publisher in )."}
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{"value"=>"12 unpaginated sides + 241 pages; 136 selections.", "format"=>"simple"}
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{"value"=>"<p>For over two decades, from the 1940s well into the 1960s, this hard cover collection served as the most comprehensive and musically qualitative source of Hebrew song materials for students and educators, as well as amateur and professional performers. Handsomely issued in an edition whose hard cover was attractively enhanced by a lithographic illustration, it was prepared under the auspices of the Department of Youth and Education of the Zionist Organization of America. Numerous charming illustrations appear throughout the book, and there are well earned acknowledgements for that artistry, and for the book's design, on the title page. The unpaginated prefatory materials include title matter and editorial notes, and a table of contents listing all song titles and indicating either folk attributions or citation sources for music (composers) and poetics/lyrics (writers). The songs themselves are presented in two distinctive parts, each with several sections, constituting a total of eighteen topical categories. Part One - Zionist Songs: Songs of Our Land and Our People; <span class=\"emph\">Aliyah,</span> Songs of Striving; Songs of Hope and Courage; Songs of Toil; Pastorals; Love Songs; Dances and Horas; and, Rounds. Part Two - Songs of the Festivals and Holidays: <span class=\"emph\">Oneg Shabbat; Sukkoth</span> and <span class=\"emph\">Simhat Torah; Hanukkah; Hamisha Asar B'shvat; Purim;</span> Passover; <span class=\"emph\">Lag B'omer; Shevuoth; Tisha B'av;</span> and, <span class=\"emph\">Hatikvah</span> and Patriotic Anthems. There is an appendix consisting of singable English lyric versions for some of the songs, as translated by several educators, and then an alphabetical index listing of all song titles as given in transliteration throughout the book. At the top of the page for each selection, is a brief English interpretation of the text, followed by the entire melody in clear attractive notation with transliterated verses under the music lines. The lower part of the page has other verses in Hebrew print and in transliteration. If an English singable version is available in the back of the book, this fact is indicated on the music page.</p>"}
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1942