Name:
Saulsky, Yuri

Songs written or composed

Di Shvartse Kats — די שװאַרצע קאַץ

Author:
Tanich, Mikhail
Composer:
Saulsky, Yuri
Genre:
Literary Origin/Metaphor/Russian Underground Song
Subject:
Black Cat/Enemies/Persecution/Bad Luck/
Origin:
Alb L-038(d)
Transliteration:
Alb L-038(d)
Translation:
Alb L-038(d)/Ephemera 1566 (p 27)
Additional song notes:
The Black Cat Tanich - Original Russian Text Moshe Sakhar - Yiddish Adaption

Recordings

On album:
F-042(a) (Basye Farbotene Lider Ojf Jiddish)
Track ID:
26870
Yiddish Adaptation:
Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה
Vocal:
Frydman, Basia
Arranger/Piano:
Hansson, Torsten, piano & arr
First line:
Ligt a kats, shvarts vi koyl, oyfn dakh, sonim hot ot di kats..
First line (Yiddish):
ליגט אַ קאַץ, שװאַרץ װי קױל, אױפֿן דאַך, שונאים האָט אָט די קאַץ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-038(d) (Shura Lipovsky: Ensemble Novaya/ Vaytinke)
Track ID:
41615
Vocal:
Lipovsky, Shura
Artist:
Novaya Shira Ensemble
Pianist/Arranger:
Prenen, Paul
Cellist:
Roelofs, Maaike
Recorder:
van Roon, Marjolijn
Violin:
Vos, Bert
First line:
Ligt a kats, shvartse vi koyl, oyfn dakh, sonim hot ot di kats zeyer a sakh…
First line (Yiddish):
ליגט אַ קאַץ, שװאַרץ װי קױל, אױפֿן דאַך, שונאים האָט אָט די קאַץ זייער אַ סך!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:14
On album:
K-026(k)2 (Klezmania/The Black Cat/Di Shvartse Kats — די שוואַרצע קאַץ)
Track ID:
42233
Clarinet/Guitar/Backing Vocal:
Myrocki, Lionel
Bayan:
Breytman, David
Double Bass/Vocal/Guitar/Harmonica:
Krycer, David
Vocal/Percussion:
Mrocki, Freydi
Arrangement:
Klezmania
First line:
Ligt a kats, shvartse vi koyl, oyfn dakh, sonim hot ot di kats zeyer a sakh…
First line (Yiddish):
ליגט אַ קאַץ, שװאַרץ װי קױל, אױפֿן דאַך, שונאים האָט אָט די קאַץ זייער אַ סך!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
3:39
On album:
E-001(e) (David Eshet sings in Yiddish Forbidden Russian Songs — דוד עשת זינגט אין ייִדיש רוסישע פֿאַרבאָטענע לידער)
Track ID:
3771
Yiddish Adaptation:
Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה
Vocal:
Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
Artist:
D. R. G. Orchestra — ד. ר. ג. אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ligt a kats, shvarts vi koyl, oyfn dakh, sonim hot ot di kats..
First line (Yiddish):
ליגט אַ קאַץ, שװאַרץ װי קױל, אױפֿן דאַך, שונאים האָט אָט די קאַץ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Schwarze Katz (Tchorny Kott)

Author:
Tanich, Mikhail
Composer:
Saulsky, Yuri
Genre:
Lterary Origin/German/Russian/Russian Protest Song
Additional song notes:
No German or Russian Text. Need Translators See DI Shvartse Kats

Recording

On album:
T-028(c) (Unser Var Di Nacht / Karsten Troyke)
Track ID:
42516
Vocal:
Troyke, Karsten — טרױקע, קאַרסטען
Violin:
Dessiatnik, Gennadi
Accordion:
Khoryshman, Valeri
Contrabass:
Jach, Michael
Vocal:
Kruse, Jens-Peter
First line:
Do Not Have Text
Language:
Russian/German
Style:
Concert/Jazz
Length:
2:51