Zwei Gesänge nach Jüdischen Volkslieder, Op. 40
A video of a performance of Wilhelm Grosz's Zwei Gesänge nach Jüdischen Volkslieder, recorded in Madison Wisconsin.
Two chants from Jewish folksongs, Op. 40
Composed in April 1936, the second of these two songs (Marschlied) was premiered by Wilhelm Guttmann at a concert organised by the Jüdischer Kulturbund im Mainz, in February 1937. The first song is a well-known Chassidic melody known colloquially as Dudele.
Jessica Kasinski (mezzo-soprano) and Thomas Kasdorf (piano) perform Wilhelm Grosz's Zwei Gesänge nach Jüdischen Volkslieder, Op. 40 (1936), at a concert entitled Wilhelm Grosz - Lieder and Piano Music, held in May 2016 at the First Congregational Church, Madison Wisconsin as part of Out of the Shadows Festival. The texts were set in the German by Ludwig Strauss.
The two songs are as follows:
I Ein Lied an Gott
II Marschlied
This performance lasts approximately 5 minutes.