The Yiddish King Lear (Video)
- Album ID:
- V0020
- Format:
- DVD (digitized from Cassette)
- Publisher:
- Miriam Lillian Film Classics
- Date of issuance:
- 1935 ?
- Playing time:
- 84:52
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Provenance:
- Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman
- Genre:
- Theater/Drama
- Number of tracks:
- 1
- Copyright information:
- 1
- Additional notes:
- English Subtitles
- Penn library link:
- to be cataloged
Contents
The Yiddish King Lear (Video) — דער ייִדישע קעניג לעאַר (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Drama/Theater
- Subject:
- Family/Father/Children/Money/Women/Independence/Defiance
- On album:
- V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
- Track ID:
- 33989
- Director:
- Thomashefsky, Harry
- Producer:
- Walker, Johnnie
- Producer:
- Rieger, Jack
- Screen Adaptation:
- Armband, Abraham
- Actor:
- Krohner, Maurice
- Actor:
- Levenstein, Fannie
- Actor:
- Bergreen, Jacob
- Actor:
- Grosman, Miriam
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Drama/Theater
- Length:
- 80:00
Lozt Arayn — לאָזט אַרײַן
- Author:
- Jaffe, Moe
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Lament/Theater/Pop/Plea
- Subject:
- Ellis Island/Family/Immigrant/Children/Separation/Refusal
- Origin:
- ML SOG 209
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-013(c) //ML SOG 209/Ephemera 1458
- Translation:
- ML SOG 209/Ephemera 1458
- Music:
- ML SOG 209
- Additional song notes:
- Please Let Us In
What's Not To Like 2017
- On album:
- V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36063
- Vocal:
- Folksbiene Actors
- First line:
- A yunger tate, ayngegoygn, in Ellis Island, vind un vey, tsvey kinder kleyne...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ יונגער טאַטע אײַגעבוגן, אין עליס אײַלענד, ווינד און ויי, צוויי קינדער...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop/Folk/Theater/Sadly
Figaro's Aria (Rosenfeld-Abelson) — פֿיגאַראָ
- Author:
- Sterbini, Caesare
- Composer:
- Rossini, Gioacchino
- Genre:
- Operatic/Parody/Humorous/Adaption
- Subject:
- Barber/Occupation/Seville/Tools/Importance
- Origin:
- A-054(a)
- Transliteration:
- A-054(a)
- Translation:
- A-054(a)
- Additional song notes:
- Largo el Factotum from "The Barber of Seville" Original Italian by Cesare Sterbini.
- Related information in folder 1083:
- Comments:
- Text of Yiddish Parody and transliteration as adapted and translated by Robert Abelson from liner notes of Album A-054(a)
- On album:
- V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36065
- Vocal:
- Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
- First line:
- Ikh bin der makher fun der gantser shtot, itst darf ikh geyn tsu mayn gesheft...
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בין דער מאַכער פֿון דער גאַנצער שטאָט, איצט דאַרף איך גיין צו מײַן געשעפֿט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Humorous/Parody/Operatic
Ikh For Aheym (Meyerovitz) — איך פֿאָר אַהײם (מײעראָװיץ)
- Also known as:
- I'm Going Home
- Author:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Composer:
- Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
- Genre:
- Zionist/Theater
- Subject:
- Palestine/United States/Emigration/Return/Homeland
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1365 (Yiddish)
- Transliteration:
- Estella 34/Peppler 2 96
- Translation:
- /Peppler 2 96
- Music:
- Estella 34/Peppler 2 96
- Additional song notes:
- I'm Going Home
Also see "Mir Forn Aheym"
- Related information in folder 836:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliterated text
2. Translation
- On album:
- V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36066
- First line:
- Oy, mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol ikh zayn, ikh veys nit zayn tsufridn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אוי, מזל־טובֿ אײַך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל איך זײַן, איך ווייס ניט זײַן צופֿרידן,
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop/Folk/Klezmer/Theater
Vu Nemt..Parnusa/Brother Can..Spare A Dime
- Genre:
- Plea/Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Poverty/Sustance/Depression/NRA/Railroad/Unemployment
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-013(c)
- Translation:
- Alb G-013(c)
- Additional song notes:
- Sung in Counterpoint
- On album:
- V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36067
- Vocal:
- Reissa, Eleanor
- Vocal:
- Jones, Elmore
- First line:
- Ikh veys shoyn as di NRA zogt mir "hof un vart", do hungert men az ikh dergay,
- First line:
- איך וויס שוין אַז די נ ר א זאָגט מיר ,,האָף און וואַרט'', דאָ הונגערט מען.....
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Duet/Counterpoint/Theater/Concert