Name:
Markish, David
Name (Yiddish):
מאַרקיש, דוד
Born:
Sept 24, 1938 (Moscow)
Note:
Emigrated to Israel 1972
Related information in folder 1147:
Comments:
1. English Adaption of his Poem ""Caravans of Jewish Cemetaries", HT TYP, 12

2. English Adapation of his poem "Pharoah - Let My People Go"

Songs written or composed

Otpusti Narod Moy

Also known as:
Pharaoh - Let My People Go
Author:
Markish, David — מאַרקיש, דוד
Genre:
Protest/March
Subject:
Soviet Jewry/Freedom/Exodus/Pharaoh
Translation:
Ephemera 1144
Additional song notes:
Pharaoh - Let My People Go
Related information in folder 1144:
Comments:
1. English Adaptation, HG TYP 31

Recordings

On album:
N-007(a) (The New Slavery)
Track ID:
11618
Vocal:
Goffin, Cantor Sherwood
Arranger/Conductor:
Schwartz, Stanley, arr and cond
First line:
To the Pharaoh, to the Pharaoh, I say, let my people go!
Language:
English
On album:
B-007(j) (Silent No More Theodore Bikel)
Track ID:
11619
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Miron, Issachar, arr & cond
First line:
Pharaonu, Pharaonu gavaryu, Otpusti narod moy,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
lyrics by Bikel and Miron. "Pharaoh - Let My People Go"
Language:
Russian
Style:
Defiant