Look up artist Epstein, Meir
Name: Epstein, Meir
Name (Yiddish): עפּשטײַן, מאיר
Born: 1946 (Shvidnitz, Poland)
Note: Emigrated to US in 1964 by way of Israel
Tracks with this artist
Title: Hey Tsigelekh -- הײ ציגעלעך
Author: Gebirtig, Mordkhe -- געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer: Gebirtig, Mordkhe -- געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre: Folk
Subject: Love/Lament/Shepherd/Goats
Origin: ML MTAG 213/Vinkov 1 42/Alb R-007(f)4/Gebir Lemm 94/Alb A-044(a)/Gebir ML 38
Transliteration: ML MTAG 213/Vinkov 1 42/Alb R-007(f)4/Alb T-015(c)/Alb A-044(a)/Lifshitz 28
Translation: Vinkov 1 42/Alb A-044(a)/Gebir SIMC 38
Music: ML MTAG 213/Vinkov 1 42/Gebir Lemm 94/Lifshitz 26
On album: E-028(a) (Ethel Epstein / Songs from the Mame)
Track ID: 33309
Artist: Epstein, Ethel (Ety) עפּשטײַן, עטל (עטי)
Artist: Epstein, Meir -- עפּשטײַן, מאיר
First line: Hey, tsigelekh, kumt aher tsu mir geshvind!
First line (Yiddish):הײ, ציגעלעך, קומט אַהער צו מיר געשװינד!
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language: Yiddish
Style: Folk
Length: 3:18
Title: A Malekh Veynt (Hirshbeyn) -- אַ מלאך װײנט
Author: Hirshbeyn, Peretz -- הירשבײן, פּרץ
Composer: Weiner, Lazar -- װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre: Literary Origin/Love
Subject: Angel/Love/Yearning
Origin: ML PYS 38/Alb A-001(l)/Sh Sh 289
Transliteration: Alb A-001(l)/Alb N-020(a)/ML PYS 38/Alb S-062(a)/Alb N-026(a
Translation: Alb N-026(a)/Alb G-009(a)/Alb S-062(a)/Alb A-001(l)/Alb N-020(a)/Sh Sh 288
Music: ML PYS 38
On album: E-028(a) (Ethel Epstein / Songs from the Mame)
Track ID: 33310
Artist: Epstein, Ethel (Ety) עפּשטײַן, עטל (עטי)
Artist: Epstein, Meir -- עפּשטײַן, מאיר
First line: A malekh veynt, a malekh veynt, un badekt di groz mit toy,
First line (Yiddish):אַ מלאך װײנט, אַ מלאך װײנט, און באַדעקט די גראָז מיט טױ,
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language: Yiddish
Style: Folk
Length: 3:04
Title: Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen -- ראָזשינקעס מיט מאַנדלען
Also known as: Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
Author: Goldfaden, Avrom -- גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer: Goldfaden, Avrom -- גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Genre: Folk/Theatre/Lullaby/Viglid
Subject: Mother/Son/Metaphor/Occupation/Future/Raisens/Almonds
Song Comment: From the operetta "Shulamis"
Origin: ML MTAG 04/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 7/Alb L-023(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Vinkov 4 188/Sh Sh 37
Transliteration: ML MTAG 04/GYF 06/Alb D-004(k)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb R-001(a)/Alb L-023(a)
Translation: Alb L-023(a)/Bikel 99/GYF 7/Alb K-014(a)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-001(a)Sh Sh 36
Music: ML MTAG 05/Bikel 99/Vinkov 4 188/Metro Scher 20
Additional song notes: See Gottlieb, p. 43-44 for relationship to Berlin's "Blue Skies"
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 189:- Comments: 1Essayin the magazine "Judiasm" by Marvin Kaplan titled "Raisins and Almonds" Goldfaden's Glory". Analayzes song text and also provides biographical information.
2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
3. Article in Yiddish Forverts of June 17-23, 2011 by Yitzkhak Ludan (Israel) titled "Di Vizie Fun "Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen'" (The Vision of Raisens and Almonds". An analysis of the present political situation in the Middle East with a pessimistic conclusion that the implied security and prosperity in the song Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen will not be realized for some time to come.
On album: E-028(a) (Ethel Epstein / Songs from the Mame)
Track ID: 33311
Artist: Epstein, Ethel (Ety) עפּשטײַן, עטל (עטי)
Artist: Epstein, Meir -- עפּשטײַן, מאיר
First line: In beys-hamikdosh, in a vinkl in kheyder, zitst di almone..
First line (Yiddish):אין בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל אין חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language: Yiddish
Style: Folk
Length: 3:48
Contact: yidsong@pobox.upenn.edu