Name:
Kvitko, Leyb
Name (Yiddish):
קװיטקאָ, לײב
Born:
1893
Died:
1952
Related information in folder 833:
Comments:
1. 10/12/27 Article by Chana Mlotek in Yiddish Forward, Oct. 12, 2007, titled "Leyb Kvitko - A Korbn fun August 12, 1952.; Tsu Zayn 55stn Yortsayt". (Leyb Kvitko: A Victim of August 12, 1952: On the occasion of the 55th Anniversary of His Death.


2.10/4/2003 Biography from Wikipedia as of October 4, 2009


3. 7/30/2010 Article in Yiddish Forward, July 30-Aug 5, 2010, by Genady Estraykh, titled "Leyb Kvitko 1890-1952.


4. 7/30/2010 Article in Yiddish Forward, July 30-Aug 5, 2010, by Manya Landman, titled "Kvitko Shtayt Mir Far Di Oygn";Tsvishn Yiddishe Shrayber, Moskva, 1982". (Kvitko before my eyes, Between Jewish writers, Moskow, 1982)


5. 7/30/2010 Article in Yiddish Forward, July 30-Aug. 5, 2010 by Yitzhak Yanasovitsh, titled " Leyb Kvitko oystsugn fun Yitzhak Yanasovitsh "Mit Yidishe Shreyber in Rusland". Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1959. (Excerpts from Yitzhak Yanasovitsh, "With Jewish Authors in Russia". Buenos Aires, 1959.


6. English Adaptation of his Poem "Day Grows Darker", HG TYP 20.


7. English adaptation of his poem "Women''
by Herbert H. Paper, HG TYP 22

8. 7/?/2016 Article in Yiddish Forverts of July 2016 by Mikl Kritikov titled "Dos Reenish of Leyb Kvitko." (The riddle of Leyb Kvitko)

Songs written or composed

A Khosn On A Kale (Gorovets) — אַ חתן אָן אַ כּלה (גאָראָוועטס)

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Composer:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Wedding/Bride/Rejected Groom/Family/In Laws/Sleds
Origin:
Alb (B-013(a)/Alb G-018(c)
Transliteration:
Alb G-095(b)
Translation:
Alb G-018(c)/ Alb B-095(b)

Recordings

On album:
G-018(c) (Emil Gorovets Sings Songs of the Martyred Yiddish Poets...)
Track ID:
19497
Vocal:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Zeynen mir aroysgeforn oyfn ershtn shlitn,
First line (Yiddish):
זײַנען מיר אַרױסגעפֿאָרן אױפֿן ערשטן שליטן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-038(c) (Mark Aizikovitch / In Jiddischn Wort / Lieder Verfolgter judisch-sowjetischer dichter — אין ייִדישען וואָרט)
Track ID:
31406
Vocal/Arranger:
Ayzikovitch, Mark — אײַזיקאָװיטש, מאַרק
Mandolin/Accordion/Arranger/Vocal:
Yavir, Nikolai — יאַוויר, ניקאָלי
Piano/Arranger/Vocal/Tsimbl:
Nasarov, Konstantin — נאַזאַראָוו, קאָנסטאַנטין
Violin/Vocal:
Babenko, Alexander — באַבענקאָ, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Zeynen mir aroysgeforn afn ershtn shlitn, afn ershtn shlitn,
First line (Yiddish):
זײַנען מיר אַרױסגעפֿאָרן אױפֿן ערשטן שליטן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Spirited
Length:
4:14
On album:
053l (Gordon, M./Branovskaya, P.E./ A Khosn On A Kale/ Az Du Bist Do, Iz Friling Do)
Track ID:
30319
Vocal:
Gordon, Marina (Masha) גאָרדאָן, מאַרינע (מאַשאַ)
Piano:
Branovskaya, R. E.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-095(b) (Hilda Bronstein Sings Yiddish Songs With Chutzpah!)
Track ID:
35943
Vocal/Arranger:
Bronstein, Hilda — בראָנשטײַן, הילדאַ
Keyboard:
Schleider, Yair
First line:
Zeynen mir aroysgeforn oyfn ershtn shlitn, ale mekhtenestes-di kale in der...
First line (Yiddish):
זײַנען מיר אַרױסגעפֿאָרן אױפֿן ערשטן שליטן, אַלע מחותּנתטעס - די כּלה אין דער...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
2:30

An Alter nign — אַן אַלטער ניגון

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Composer:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Genre:
Literary Origin/Ballad
Subject:
Errand/Melody/Purchase
Origin:
Alb G-018(c)
Translation:
Alb G-018(c)

Recordings

On album:
G-018(c) (Emil Gorovets Sings Songs of the Martyred Yiddish Poets...)
Track ID:
19495
Composer/Artist:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Oy nakhmanyu - shrayt oys der pan tsum meshores,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, נחמניו - שרײט אױס דער פּאַן צום משרת, נאַ יאפֿאַרקו מאַרש...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-035(a) (Dreaming In Yiddish Adrienne Cooper, vocals)
Track ID:
23995
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
Artist:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
First line:
Oy nakhmanyu - shrayt oys der pan tsum meshores,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, נחמניו - שרײט אױס דער פּאַן צום משרת, נאַ יאפֿאַרקו מאַרש...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-038(c) (Mark Aizikovitch / In Jiddischn Wort / Lieder Verfolgter judisch-sowjetischer dichter — אין ייִדישען וואָרט)
Track ID:
31419
Vocal/Arranger:
Ayzikovitch, Mark — אײַזיקאָװיטש, מאַרק
Arranger/Vocal:
Yavir, Nikolai — יאַוויר, ניקאָלי
PianoArranger/Vocal:
Nasarov, Konstantin — נאַזאַראָוו, קאָנסטאַנטין
Violin/Vocal:
Babenko, Alexander — באַבענקאָ, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Oy nakhmanyu - shrayt oys der pan tsum meshores,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, נחמניו - שרײט אױס דער פּאַן צום משרת, נאַ יאפֿאַרקו מאַרש...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Dramatic/Concert/Folk
Length:
7:04
On album:
C-003(e) (Israeli '83 Chassidic Festival 15 — פסטיבל הזמר החסידי ה - 15)
Track ID:
1256
English Adaptation:
Almagor, Dan — אלמגור, דן
Composer:
Caspi, Mati — כּספּי מתי
Artist:
Stern, Gilia & Khasidic Fest Chor — שטרן, גיליה ולהקת הפסטיבל
First line:
A story, a story, a story about a horse with a white star...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Based on Yiddish poem by Leyb Kvitko, Yoram Tahar Lev credited
Language:
English

A Khosn On A Kale (Shrogin) — אַ חתן אָן אַ כּלה (שראָגין)

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Composer:
Schrogin, Joseph — שראָגין, יוסך
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Wedding/Bride/Rejected Groom/Family/In Laws/Sleds
Origin:
Alb (B-013(a)/Alb G-018(c)
Transliteration:
Alb G-095(b)
Translation:
Alb G-018(c)/ Alb B-095(b)

Recording

On album:
B-013(a) (Babi Yar/ Yevgeni Yevtushenko A Tsikl Lider/ Yosef Shrogin — באַבי יאָר יעװדעני יעװטושענקאָ אַ ציקל לידער יוסף שראָגין)
Track ID:
357
Vocal:
Marlon, Estel — מאַרלאָן, עסטעל
Piano:
Gish, Esther, piano — גיש, אסתר, פּיאַנאָ
First line:
Zeynen mir aroysgeforn oyfn ershtn shlitn,
First line (Yiddish):
זײַנען מיר אַרױסגעפֿאָרן אױפֿן ערשטן שליטן,
Track comment:
Part of "A Tsikl Lider" by Shrogin שראָכין פֿון "לידער ציקל "אַ
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

A Khosn On A Kale (Poliansky) — אַ חתן אָן אַ כּלה (פּאָליאַנסקי)

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Composer:
Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Wedding/Bride/Rejected Groom/Family/In Laws/Sleds
Origin:
Alb (B-013(a)/Alb G-018(c)
Transliteration:
Alb G-095(b)
Translation:
Alb G-018(c)/ Alb B-095(b)

Recording

On album:
H-006(g) (USSR Recordings (78 rpm) Collected by Molly Freedman)
Track ID:
358
Vocal:
Gordon, Marina (Masha) גאָרדאָן, מאַרינע (מאַשאַ)
Piano:
Branovskaya, R. E.
First line:
Zeynen mir aroysgeforn oyfn ershtn shlitn,
First line (Yiddish):
זײַנען מיר אַרױסגעפֿאָרן אױפֿן ערשטן שליטן,
Track comment:
Made in USSR 78rpm
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Mayn Hof — מײַן האַף

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Composer:
Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Ruins/Renewal/Growth/Blooms

Recording

On album:
B-090(j) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 5 of 11 (B))
Track ID:
32208
Vocal:
Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
First line:
S'hot keyn mol oyf khurves nit gebliet, itster zeyt royzn vaksn oys,
First line (Yiddish):
ס'האָט קיין מאָל אויף חורבֿות ניט דעבליִט, איצטער זייט רויזן וואַקסן אויס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella/Folk
Length:
2:13

Undz Di Shpetse — אונדז די שפּעטטע

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word
Subject:
Promise/Violence/Expelled/Rocks
Additional song notes:
Us, The Latest Ones
Related information in folder 1133:
Comments:
1 Yiddish Text, Shpigl 349

Recording

On album:
K-136(b) (On The Keys of Yiddish Poetry 2/ Poems by Yiddish Poets murder during Stalinist purges read by Evgeny Kissin — אויף די קלאַווישן פֿון ייִדישער פּאָעזיע\ לידער..ייִדישע דיכטער 2..יעווגעני קיסין)
Track ID:
36716
Vocal:
Kissin, Evgeny — קיסין, יעווגעני
First line:
Undz di shpeste iz tsgezogt gevorn dos vildenish vet vern opgerotn fun di...
First line (Yiddish):
אונדז די שפעסטע איז צוגעזאָגט געוואָרן דאָס ווילדעניש וועט ווערן אָפגעראָטן פון..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
2:07

Du Vos Geyst Mir Nokh — דו וואָס גייסט מיר נאָך

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word
Subject:
Descendants/Followers/Footsteps/Guard/Sight
Additional song notes:
You Who Follow Me
Related information in folder 1134:
Comments:
1. Yiddish Text, Shpigl 339

Recording

On album:
K-136(b) (On The Keys of Yiddish Poetry 2/ Poems by Yiddish Poets murder during Stalinist purges read by Evgeny Kissin — אויף די קלאַווישן פֿון ייִדישער פּאָעזיע\ לידער..ייִדישע דיכטער 2..יעווגעני קיסין)
Track ID:
36719
Vocal:
Kissin, Evgeny — קיסין, יעווגעני
First line:
Du vos geyst mir nokh, vos trit, vos gedenkst mikh ven ikh farges zikh,
First line (Yiddish):
דו וואָס גייסט מיר נאָך, וואָס טריט, וואָד געדענקסט מיך ווען איך פֿאַרגעס זיך,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word
Length:
1:53

Us, the Latest Ones — אונדז, די שפּעטסטע

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Genre:
Literary Origin

Recording

On album:
K-136(b) (On The Keys of Yiddish Poetry 2/ Poems by Yiddish Poets murder during Stalinist purges read by Evgeny Kissin — אויף די קלאַווישן פֿון ייִדישער פּאָעזיע\ לידער..ייִדישע דיכטער 2..יעווגעני קיסין)
Track ID:
39082
Orator:
Kissin, Evgeny — קיסין, יעווגעני
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Words, Poetry
Length:
7:40

You Who Follow Me — דו וואָס גייסט מיר נאָך

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Genre:
Literary Origin

Recording

On album:
K-136(b) (On The Keys of Yiddish Poetry 2/ Poems by Yiddish Poets murder during Stalinist purges read by Evgeny Kissin — אויף די קלאַווישן פֿון ייִדישער פּאָעזיע\ לידער..ייִדישע דיכטער 2..יעווגעני קיסין)
Track ID:
39083
Orator:
Kissin, Evgeny — קיסין, יעווגעני
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Words, Poetry
Length:
1:02

Afn Glitsh — אַפֿן גליטש

Author:
Kvitko, Leyb — קװיטקאָ, לײב
Genre:
Literary Origin/USSR
Subject:
Sliding/Slope/Cold/Strength/Sled/Youth/Frost/Outdoors
Transliteration:
Alb Z-014(l)
Translation:
Alb Z-014(l)
Additional song notes:
On The Slope

Recording

On album:
Z-014(l) (Yale Strom & Hot Pstromi Presents: City of the Future, Yiddish Songs From the Former Soviet Union)
Track ID:
41696
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Classical Guitar:
Benedetti, Fred
First line:
Glitshn, glitshn, glitshn vider, varum vert in ale glider, flam in beklekh,…
First line (Yiddish):
געליטשן, געליטשן, געליטשן, ווידער, וואַרעם ווערט אין אַלע גרידער, פֿלאַם אין..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert