Yiddish Tango
- Album ID:
- T-045(a)
- Format:
- Audio CD
- Publisher:
- RGS Music1261-2
- Date of issuance:
- 2003
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Provenance:
- Gift of Molly & Bob Freedman
- Genre:
- Tango/Compilation
- Where produced:
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Number of tracks:
- 16
Contents
Der Fidl (Skrifa) — דער פֿידל (סקריפֿקאַ)
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42261
- Vocal:
- Gerro, Henry — גערראָ, הענרי
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Levin, A. — לעװין, אַ.
- First line:
- Ven der himl blutikt in di shtern un in droysn falt tsi...
- First line:
- װען דער הימל בלוטיקט אין די שטערן און אין דרױסן פֿאַלט צי...
- Track comment:
- From Musical "Davidl Klezmer"
- Language:
- Yiddish/Russian
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 4:45
Yiddish Tango (Medley/Alb T-045(a)
- Genre:
- Medley/Tango/Concert
- Additional song notes:
- Mayn Shteytele Belz (melody)/Nign/A Brivele der Mame/Sha Shtil…
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42262
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 3:17
Rivka Ben Zabes
- Author:
- Potock, Bernard
- Genre:
- Humorous/Yiddish Parody of Argentenian Song/Tango
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42263
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Tango/Concert/Humorous/Parody of Argentinian Song
- Length:
- 2:57
Tsvey Shvartse Oygn — צװײ שװאַרצע אױגן
- Author:
- Ciobaturu,I. — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Composer:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Theater/Pop
- Subject:
- Love/Black Eyes
- Additional song notes:
- Sung (with English subtitles) in the restored version of "The Purim Shpiler" [V0108(a)]
- Related information in folder 763:
- Comments:
- 1. 5/9/2017 Text transliterated from audio by Bob Freedman entered in Ephemeral May 9, 2017
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42264
- Vocal:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- First line:
- Ikh bin farlibt, ikh ken nisht mer oyshaltn, a sheyne moyd..
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין פֿאַרליבט, איך קען נישט אױסהאַלטן, אַ שײנע מױד..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Tango/Concert
Friling (Kaczerginski) — פֿרילינג (קאַטשערגינסקי)
- Author:
- Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
- Composer:
- Brudno, Avrom — ברודנאָ, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Love/Vilna Ghetto
- Subject:
- Love/Season/Springtime/Wife
- Song comment:
- Memorializes author's wife who perished in the ghetto.
- Origin:
- Kaczer 70/Alb V-001(a)/Alb K-075(a)/ML WAH 42/
- Transliteration:
- Alb C-035(a)/Alb F-042(a)/ML WAH 42/Alb K-075(a)/Alb O-009(a)
- Translation:
- Alb C-035(a)/ML WAH 42/Alb Z-010(g)
- Music:
- Kon 30 41/ML WAH 42
- Additional song notes:
- Spring
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42265
- Vocal:
- Goldfarb, Zully
- First line:
- Ikh blondzhe in geto, fun gesl tsu gesl, un ken nit gefinen keyn ort,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בלאָנדזשע אין געטאָ, פֿון געסל צו געסל און קען ניט געפֿינען קײַן אָרט,…
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 4:01
Mir Lebn Eybik — מיר לעבן אײביק
- Author:
- Rozental, Leyb — ראַזענטאַל, לײב
- Composer:
- Kon, Henekh — קאָן, הענעך
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Subject:
- Endurance/Survival
- Origin:
- Vinkov 4 155
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 4 155
- Translation:
- Vinkov 4 155
- Music:
- Vinkov 4 155
- Additional song notes:
- We Live Forever
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42266
- Vocal:
- Duo Myr
- First line:
- Mir lebn eybik, es brent a velt, mir lebn eybik on a groshn gelt un af tselukhes
- First line (Yiddish):
- מיר לעבן עײביק, עס ברענט אַ װעלט, מיר לעבן עײביק אָן אַ גראָשן געלט,...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 2:01
Ikh Hob Dikh Lib — איך האָב דיך ליב
- Author:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Composer:
- Ciobaturu,I. — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Tango/Concert/Love/Lament
- Subject:
- Memory/Youth/Rejection/Passion
- Additional song notes:
- I Love You
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42267
- Vocal:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- First line:
- Ikh hob dikh lib. Ikh ken nisht lebn, ikh ken nit zayn on dir, Ikh hob dikh lib
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך האָב דיך ליב. איך קען נישט לעבן איך קען ניט זײַן אָן דיר, איך האָב דיך ליב,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
Libste — ליבסטע
- Author:
- Lubetski — לובעצקי
- Composer:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Genre:
- Concert/Tango/Love
- Subject:
- Lover/Heart/Consumed/Memory/Suffering/Yearning/Rejection
- Transliteration:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Translation:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Lover
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42268
- First line:
- Libste, s'iz mayn harts mit dir farnumen, un khotsh di velt
- First line:
- ליבסטע, ס'איז מײַן האַרץ מיט דיר פֿאַרנומען, און כאָטש די װעלט...
Tango Margarita — טאַנגאָ מאַרגאַריטאַ
- Author:
- Rexsite, (Rekhtseyt) Jack — רעכטצײט, דזאַק
- Composer:
- Rexsite, (Rekhtseyt) Jack — רעכטצײט, דזאַק
- Genre:
- Tango/Concert
- Subject:
- Dance/Enchantment/Black Hair/Grine Eyes/Red Lips/Argentina/
- Transliteration:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Translation:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Additional song notes:
- Karsten Troyke designataes this as "Traditional" and does not credit author or composer
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42269
- Vocal:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- First line:
- Tango, tants mayn margarita, dayn tango fakisheft senorita
- First line (Yiddish):
- טאַנגאָ, טאַנץ מײַן מאַרגאַריטאַ, דײַן טאַנגאָ פֿאַרכּישופֿט סענאָריטאַ,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 3:02
La Cumparsita
- Author:
- Matos
- Author:
- Rodriguez, Roberto Luis
- Composer:
- Matos
- Composer:
- Rodriguez, Roberto Luis
- Genre:
- Concert/Tango
- Additional song notes:
- Assume basic language is Spanish, but with some Yiddish words interspersed???
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42270
- Vocal:
- Derasner, Jose
- Language:
- Spanish/???
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 3:04
Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן
- Also known as:
- A Kalte Nakht
- Also known as:
- A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
- Also known as:
- El Chiclerito
- Also known as:
- Freylekhe Yidelekh
- Also known as:
- Sigaryot
- Also known as:
- Kupite Papirosy
- Author:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Composer:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament
- Subject:
- Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
- Origin:
- Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
- Translation:
- Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
- Music:
- Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
- Additional song notes:
- Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a)
Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42255
- Vocal:
- Goldfarb, Zully
- First line:
- A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a yingele fartroyert un…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע פֿאַרטרויערט...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Tango/Concert/Pop
- Length:
- 3:07
Gedenk (Witler) — געדענק (װיטלער)
- Author:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Composer:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Genre:
- Theater/Love
- Subject:
- Memory/Joy/Happiness/Fate
- Origin:
- Alb K-096(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-096(a)
- Translation:
- Alb K-096(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Remember
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42256
- Vocal:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- First line:
- Gedenk, az nor in libe ligt dos glik, di libe vert ayn oygnblik,
- First line (Yiddish):
- געדענק, אַז נאָר אין ליבע ליגט דאָס גליק, די ליבע װערט איין אויגענבליק,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Tango/Concert
- Length:
- 2:47
A Bisele Glik — אַ ביסעלע גליק
- Author:
- Gerro, Henry — גערראָ, הענרי
- Composer:
- Gerro, Henry — גערראָ, הענרי
- Genre:
- Concert/Tango/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Heart/Music/Dreams/Luck/Success/Riches/Love
- Transliteration:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Translation:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Additional song notes:
- A Little Luck
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42257
- Vocal:
- Londner, Rosita — לאָנדנער, ראָזיטאַ
- First line:
- A yeder men shpilt, a yeder men shelt, in hartsn klangt…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ יעדער מען שפּילט, אַ יעדער מען שעלט, אין האַרצן קלאַנגט...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop/Theater/Tango/Concert
- Length:
- 2.08
Tate Mame (Sandler) — טאַטע מאַמע (סאַנדלער)
- Author:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Composer:
- Ciobaturu,I. — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Orphan/Parents
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42258
- Vocal:
- Sandler, Jacob — סאַנדלער, יעקבֿ
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Tarski, Alexander — טאַרסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Artist:
- Hed Arzi Orchestra and Choir — הד ארצי אָרקעסטער און כאָר
- First line:
- Vi shnel zenen avek di yorn, ot bin ikh yung, ot bin ikh alt
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי שנעל זענען אַװעק די יאָרן, אָט בין איך יונג, אָט בין איך אַלט,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Tango/Concert
- Length:
- 3:18
Ales Farloyrn — אַלעס פֿאַרלױרן
- Author:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Composer:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- Genre:
- Concert/Tango/Lament/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Loss/Suffering/Depression/Memory/Past/Bleak/Hollow/
- Transliteration:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Translation:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Additional song notes:
- All Is Lost
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42259
- Vocal:
- Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
- First line:
- Ales farloyrn, ales farfaln, khotsh dos harts zogt neyn, elent vi a shteyn…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַלעס פֿאַרלױרן, אַלעס פֿאַרפֿאַלן, כאָטש דאָס האַרץ זאָגט ניין, עלענט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Lament/Tango/Concert
- Length:
- 3:44
A Shod Dayne Trern — אַ שאָד דײַנע טרערן
- Author:
- Levin, Abraham — לעװין, אבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Chaslavski, A.
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Theater/Tango
- Subject:
- Tears/Hurt/Love/Fate/Consolation/Sorrow/Solitude/Hope
- Transliteration:
- Alb T-028(b)
- Translation:
- CD K-075(b)/Alb T-028(b)
- Additional song notes:
- A Pity Your Tears
Karsten Troyke credits Ben Tsion Witler as author and composer
- On album:
- T-045(a) (Yiddish Tango)
- Track ID:
- 42260
- First line:
- Ven es bafaln mir trern, vens prest mayn brust a geveyn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- װען עס באַפֿאַלן מיר טרערן, װענס פּרעסט מײַן ברוסט אַ געװײן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Tango/Concert
- Length:
- 3:14