הילדים | Ha-yeladim | The Children (1912)

Artist: Abraham Zvi Idelsohn (1882-1938)

Hebrew translation (PDF)

Scientific contributions

• Das „jüdisch-deutsche Liederbuch von 1912“ (by Dr. Gila Fam, 13. September 2022)

This song was published in one of the earliest Hebrew-language children's books, Beit Ha-Sefer [The School], edited by Leyb Ben-Zev (Vienna, 1802).

Written for solo and choir, “Ha-yeladim” tells of happy, playful children. Idelsohn (Ben-Yehuda) composed a dance tune in a major key.

Included in

• Sefer ha-Shirim (Book of Songs)

Scores

Original (PDF) Modernized (PDF)

Transliteration

Transliteration (PDF)