Kishinever Shechitah / The Kishineff Massacre. Composed and Arranged by Herman S. Shapiro

This elegy gave musical expression to New York Jewry’s outrage over the infamous Kishinev Pogrom of April 6-7, 1903. Movements: “The First Signal of the Storm”, “The Helpless in Despair”, “The Bugle-call of the Rioters”, “The Victims in Their Agony”, “The Wailings of Women and Children”, “The Hellish Work in Full Force”, “The Living Cry for Bread.” The poem “Have Mercy” by the great Russian-Jewish poet Simon Frug appears at end in English and Yiddish. See Library of Congress exhibition: From Haven to Home: 350 Years of Jewish Life in America,. www.loc.gov/exhibits/haventohome/haven-home.html#obj5.