Yom HaShoah…

Jewish composer Eric Zeisl fled Austria following the Anschluss in 1938. He went first to Paris, and then New York City. He finally settled in Hollywood, where he found work on a studio assembly line, contributing (often uncredited) to film scores like “The Postman Always Rings Twice” and “Abbott and Costello Meet the Invisible Man.”

At last, he was able to secure some academic appointments that allowed him to return to serious composition. Zeisl’s uplifting “Requiem Ebraico” (1944-5), a setting of Psalm 92, is dedicated to the memory of his “dear father and other victims of the Jewish tragedy in Europe.”

The piece is about 22 minutes in length, but is posted on YouTube in multiple segments. The files should run continuously, one into another, when you follow the link. Hopefully you won’t be bedeviled by ads.