Hanukkah Song - “Chanukah March“ - Yiddish Song - Jewish Music - Lively Tune (subtitles)

Hanukkah music in the form of a rousing, up-tempo march. The song relates the Chanukah miracle of the Maccabees’ victory over the Syrian Greeks. This rare Yiddish music certainly deserves a place among the most popular Hanukkah songs and Yiddish songs. The score for this Chanukah music was first published in 1904. It is sung here by Marc Berman. Interestingly, the Yiddish text of “Chanukah March“ features much German syntax and many words not common in modern Yiddish. This was not uncommon during the early twentieth century. In the video, some (but not all) of the original text has been changed to more conventional Yiddish. Based on what is stated in a Yiddish advertisement on the back of the sheet music, a fully German text for the song was also published. Little information is available about the composer of the lyrics and melody, Sol. S. Rose. He apparently was an educator born in 1864. Rose was the principal of “Hebrew National School“ in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Even more obscure is the arranger who created the accompaniment, listed on the sheet music as “Prof. A’r’m’r.“ Pronunciation note: Yiddish is written in Hebrew letters. Thus, the spelling above of the song title, ““Chanukah March“ is necessarily phonetic. It might also be spelled several other ways, such as “Chanukeh March,“ “Chanuka March,“ “Khanuke March,“ “Khanike March,“ “Khanukeh March,“ “Khanuka March,“ or “Khanukah March. In the original sheet music, it is spelled “Chanuka March.“