Name:
Grebenka, Evheniy

Songs written or composed

Shvartse Oygn — שװאַרצע אױגן

Also known as:
Ochi Chyornye
Also known as:
Dark Eyes
Author:
Grebenka, Evheniy
Composer:
Hermann, Florian
Sheet music:
Folder:
1235
Series:
4
Arranger:
Richard Gendelman
Arranged for:
Bb Clarinet
Texts:
Music Only
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
Notes:
Manuscript / With Elegie by J. Massenet

Recordings

On album:
F-023(a) (Irina Fogelson Sings: Yiddish Hebrew Russian English)
Track ID:
11553
Artist:
Fogelson, Irena
Arranger:
Shalit, Vladimir
Arranger:
Batitsky, Pavel
First line:
I was...when you came my way, I still bless the day,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Russian/English
On album:
H-009(c) (Drora Havkin Israeli Songs and Ballads of Yesteryear — שירי רחוב דרורה חבקין)
Track ID:
11547
Vocal:
Havkin, Drora — חבקין, דרורה
First line:
Hitahavti bakh, ki aynayim lakh, panasay khasmal veraglay...
First line (Hebrew):
התאהבתי בך,כי עינים לך, פנסי חשמל, ורגלי גמל, כי קולך הערב,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Hebrew version of "Ochi Chyornye"
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Folk
On album:
S-080(a) (Sweet Dreams (Sheyne Chalomes) For Guitars and Flutes — שײנע חלומות)
Track ID:
11550
Artist:
Schonbrun, Bluma & Bill Bridges
Artist:
Schonbrun, B.& B. Bridges, arr
Track comment:
For Guitar & Flute
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
P-023(a) (Boris Pevsner)
Track ID:
11551
Artist:
Pevsner, Boris
Language:
Russian
On album:
B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)
Track ID:
11552
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
I once had a dream, of a love supreme, then you came my way,
Language:
Russian/English
On album:
G-006(k) (Russk'ie P'esn'i Romances Populaires Russes..par Sarah Gorby)
Track ID:
18900
Vocal:
Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
Director:
Arlovsky, Nicholas.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Otchy Tchornyi"
Language:
Russian
On album:
R-016(f) (Seymour Rechtzeit Yiddish Favorites)
Track ID:
19130
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Oygn, far dayne shvartse oygn, far zey shteyt eyngeboygn...
First line:
אױגן, פֿאַר דײַנע שװאַרצע אױגן, פֿאַר זײ שטײט אײַנגעבױגן...
Track comment:
With "Ortshi Chornia (Russian)
On album:
J-023(a) (Elmer Jaroka The World of Eastern Europe)
Track ID:
19860
Artist:
Jaroka, Elmer Ensemble
Track comment:
Russian - Black Eyes
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
M-034(e) (The Mazeltones Latkes & Lattes)
Track ID:
21366
Vocal:
Marcus, Wendy
Artist:
Mazeltones
Vocal:
Robbins, Carol
First line:
I once had a dream, of a love supreme, then you came my way,
Language:
Russian/English
On album:
O-007(d) (The Old World Folk Band Crossing New Borders)
Track ID:
25735
Artist:
Krashunskaya, Dina
Artist:
Old World Folk Band
First line:
Otchi tchorni, otchi zhguchiye, otchi strasniye y prikrasnye
Track comment:
Dark eyes, so passionate and beautiful - how do I love you
Language:
Russian
On album:
B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
Track ID:
33525
Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
Block, Bobby
Keyboards:
Kravitz, Bernie
Percussion:
Sperell, Chic
First line:
I once had a dream, of a love supreme, then you came my way,
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Waltz/Swing
Length:
2:28
On album:
G-108(a) (Ed Goldberg and the Odessa Klezmer Band/ Who Stole the Kishka? — אָרקקעסטער קלעזמער)
Track ID:
36246
Artist:
Odessa Klezmer Band
Sax/Clarinet:
Lesniak, John
Clarinet:
Mehlman, Bob
Trumpet/Flugl Horn:
Ionata, Dennis
Darbuoa/Tamborine/Percussion:
Goldberg, Barbara
Drums/Percussion:
Pecchioli, Joel
Accordion/Piano/Bass/Electronic Bouzouki/Arranger:
Goldberg, Ed
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:07
On album:
G-126(a) (Jim Guttumann / Bessarabian Breakdown)
Track ID:
40667
Piano:
Bailey, Art
Bass:
Guttmann, Jim
Drums:
Smith, Grant
On album:
E-040(a) (Yoni Eilat / Tzigayner Neshume — יוני אילט \ ציגײַנער נשמה)
Track ID:
42464
Vocal:
Eilat, Yoni — יוני אילת
First line:
Ochi chorne, ot di oygn tsvey, zi farfirn…sheyne zenen zey, nor tsu ir gevent,
First line (Yiddish):
אָשי טשאָרני, אָט די אויגן צוויי, זי פֿאַרפֿירן...שיינע זענען זיי, נאָר צו איר..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Cabaret/Gypsy/Tango
Length:
2:44