Sheet music for "The Sorrowing Jew," written by a Friend of Israel in London and dedicated to the Ladies Jew Society of Newburyport. Published in Boston, Massachusetts in 1841, it is considered the earliest published hymn of Jewish content in America, as noted in *The Jews of Boston*, page 50. A copy is located in the Eric Mandell Library of Jewish Music at the University of Pennsylvania.
Subject: Hymns
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This is the second edition of "Zemirot Yisra'el," a collection of Israelitic religious songs set to music. Published in Philadelphia by Schaefer & Koradi on October 15, 1865, the book contains approximately 160 pages. The text is primarily in German, with selected hymns in Hebrew. The book includes handwritten notes on the title page and pages 78 and 79. Wilhelm Fischer is credited as the composer, with David Einhorn listed as a contributor in some sources.