Name:
Wolfson, A. L.
Name (Yiddish):
װאָלפֿסאָן, אַ. ל.
Born:
1867
Died:
1946

Songs written or composed

Vilna — װילנאַ

Author:
Wolfson, A. L. — װאָלפֿסאָן, אַ. ל.
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Place
Subject:
Vilna/Memory/Yearning/City/Inspiration
Origin:
Alb K-096(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Alb F-032(a)/A-054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb K-096(a)/A-054(a)/Alb B-122(a)/Alb 126(a)
Translation:
Alb K-096(a)/Alb K-029(a)/A-054(a)/Alb B-122(a)/Alb 126(a)
Related information in folder 365:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Transliteration.
Related information in folder 862:
Comments:
1. Article in Jewish Currents of March-April, 2008 by Nikolai Borodulin titled "Posters from the Vilna Ghetto"

Recordings

On album:
K-029(a) (Klezmer Conservatory Band Yiddishe Renaissance`)
Track ID:
16604
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ??
On album:
V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
Track ID:
16605
Vocal:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh ...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ??
On album:
V-003(a) (Khor Vilna / Dirigent: Borukh Zhislin — כאָר װילנע דיריגענט: ברןך זשיסלין)
Track ID:
16606
Vocal:
Vilna Khor — װילנאַ כאָר
Conductor:
Zhislin, Borukh, conductor — זשיסלין, ברוך, דיריגענט
Piano:
Burgin, Nekhemia, piano — בורגין, נחמיה, קלאַװיר
Vocal:
Vilna Khor — װילנאַ כאָר
Vocal:
Burgin, Yekhiel — בורגין, יחיאל
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh ...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Track comment:
"tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ??
On album:
T-022(a) (Nizza Thobi Mir Lebn Ejbig)
Track ID:
16607
Vocal:
Thobi, Nizza
Artist:
Herchenhahn H. Quartet
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Track comment:
"tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ??
On album:
B-055(a) (Bread & Candy Script by Irena Klepfisz)
Track ID:
16608
Vocal:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
Musical Director:
London, Frank
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ?? From Bread & Candy
On album:
R-042(a) (Eleanor Reissa Going Home Gems of Yiddish Song)
Track ID:
16609
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
Artist:
London, Frank
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See Pearl in May 10, 1991 Forward
On album:
F-032(a) (Songs of the Ghettos & Camps Compiled by Gila Flam)
Track ID:
16610
Vocal:
Segal, Betty
Accordion:
Dayches, Kiva, accordion acc
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See Forwards May 10, 1991 in "Pearl" and notes with album
On album:
K-064(a) (Jiddischkeit a concert in the Jewish Spirit Bente Kahn)
Track ID:
18699
Vocal:
Kahan, Bente
Artist:
Gjertrud's Gipsy Orchestra
Conductor:
Okland, Gjertrud
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Track comment:
"tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ??
On album:
G-048(b) (die "gojim" S'firt Keyn Veg Tsurik Vilna 1941-43)
Track ID:
20399
Artist:
Di Gojim (Austria) די גױעם (עסטרײַך)
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ??
On album:
O-009(a) (Moni Ovadia Theatre Orchestra Oylem Goylem)
Track ID:
21242
Vocal:
Ovida, Moni
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
On album:
A-035(a) (Lomp Nokh Nit Farloshn Jiddische Lieder Gruppe Aufwind — לאָמפּ נאָך נישט פֿאַרלאָשן)
Track ID:
21663
Artist:
Aufwind
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line (Yiddish):
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ??
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-068(a) (Klezamir Yiddish-Klezmer-Israeli Featuring Fraidy Katz — קלעזאַמיר)
Track ID:
22615
Artist:
Klezamir
Vocal:
Fraidy Katz
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See Pearl in May 10, 1991 Forward
On album:
C-035(a) (Dreaming In Yiddish Adrienne Cooper, vocals)
Track ID:
23994
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh ...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Credited erroneously to Shmerke Kacaerginski
On album:
P-028(a) (Cantor David Propis sings Memories of Home)
Track ID:
25162
Vocal/Arranger:
Propis, Cantor David
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh ...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
E-025(a) (Europaisches Jiddish-Festival Leverkusen 1993)
Track ID:
26901
Vocal:
Kropoves, Dr. Maria
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh ...
First line:
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
On album:
B-086(a) (In Love And In Struggle/Musical Legacy of..Jewish Labor Bund — אין ליבשאַפֿט און אין קאַמף\ די מוזיקאַלישע ירושה פֿונעם...בונד)
Track ID:
27545
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Vocal:
New Yiddish Chorale
First line:
Vilne, vilne, undzer heymshtot, undzer benkshaft un bager...
First line:
װילנע, װילמע, אונדזער הײמשטאָט, אונדזער בענקשאַפֿט און באַגער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See Forwards May 10, 1991 in "Perl"
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Concert
On album:
A-035(f) (Aufwind / Live)
Track ID:
31986
Artist:
Aufwind
Violin/Arranger:
Koch, Claudia
Mandolin/Guitar/Arranger:
Reich, Hardy
Bandonian/Arranger:
Rohde, Andreas
Clarinets/Bass Clarinet/Blockflote/Percussion:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Contrabass:
Paffrath, Thomas
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh …
First line (Yiddish):
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:25
On album:
K-096(a) (Fraidy Katz Sings Yiddish/ The Eternal Question/ Di Alte Kashe — פֿריידע כּ'ץ די אַלטע קשיא)
Track ID:
33417
Drums:
Shea, Tom
Vocal:
Fraidy Katz
Artist:
The Lonesome Brothers
Guitars/Keyboard:
Armenti, Jim
Bass Guitar:
Mason, Ray
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh fartrakht, vu es murmlen…
First line (Yiddish):
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:11
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
34306
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano/Arranger:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh fartrakht, vu es murmlen…
First line (Yiddish):
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
4:26
On album:
B-126(a) (A Besere Velt/ Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston Workmen's Circle)
Track ID:
37955
Vocal:
Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston, WC
Soloist:
Gerut, Rosalie
Arranger:
Zuckerman, Mark — זוקערמאַן, מאַרק
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun gayst un tmimes, Vilna, yidishlekh fartrakht, vu es murmlen…
First line (Yiddish):
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט,…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Chorale/Acapella
On album:
B-122(a) (Banda Klezmer Brasil /Brazil Klezmer Band / Mishmash a Brasilleira)
Track ID:
37054
Artist:
Klezmer Brazil Band
Clarinet/Musical Direction/Arranger:
Travossos, Alexandre Fracalanza
Violin:
Graton, David
Vocal:
Sznajder, Debby
Viola/Acoustic Guitar:
Maluf, Julio Giudice
Accordion:
Barletta, Luciana
Contra Bass:
Dias, Neimar
Percussion:
Marini, Ricardo
Keyboards:
Travossos, Tania Frankiel
"Bandolim" and "Cavaquinho":
Carra, Camilo
Bass Trombone:
Moreira, Joao Paulo
Trumpet:
de Melo, Luciano Jose
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh fartrakht, vu es murmlen…
First line (Yiddish):
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנע ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:14

Itsikl Klezmer (Secunda) — איציקל קלעזמער

Author:
Wolfson, A. L. — װאָלפֿסאָן, אַ. ל.
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater/Occupation
Subject:
Klezmer/Fiddle/Virtuoso/Joy/Adulation
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Oy Di Meydlekh"

Recordings

On album:
K-116(a)1 (Yitzchak Koller/ Songs from the Shtetl/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
35475
Vocal:
Koller, Yitzchak — קאָלער, יצחק
Guitar:
Tal, Gabriella
First line:
Ven yosele tsushpilt zikh vert freylekher in shtot, oy nemt er nor di fidl...
First line (Yiddish):
ווען יאָסעלע צוששפּילט זיך, וועט פֿרייליכער אין שטאָט, אוי, נעמט ער נאָר די...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk
Length:
4:32
On album:
K-116(a)1 (Yitzchak Koller/ Songs from the Shtetl/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
35476
Language:
English
Style:
Introduction/Explanation/Spoken Word
Length:
0:24