Songs in different languages:

[NiceBlue]

German – Indo-European language family, Germanic subgroup

From Mozart’s 1791 Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), this aria sung by Natalie Dessay, is one of my two favorite parts of the opera. It is entitled "Der Hölle Rache" ("Hell's Revenge"). The Queen of the Night, the meanest mother in opera, is demanding that her daughter, Pamina, use the sword to kill the high priest, Sarastro. I particularly like the vocalizations.

Tom,

 

[NiceBlue]

Yiddish – Indo-European language family, Germanic subgroup

Belz, Mayn Shtetele Belz translate as “Belz, My Little Town of Belz”

“With immigration from Europe largely cut off in 1924 and visits to the old country prohibitively expensive for most, a wave of nostalgia for Eastern Europe spread among Yiddish-speaking Jews in the United States in the 1920s and 1930s.” This song was written in the US in 1937, and the “Little Town of Belz” could refer to a small community called Belz in Western Ukraine.

See here: https://forward.com/culture/419171/yiddish-song-on-belz-moldova-jewish-american-immigrant-anthem/

Tom,