Name:
Okun, Shneur

Songs written or composed

Volt Ikh Zayn A Feygele (Trad) — װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע (טראַד)

Author:
Okun, Shneur
Genre:
Folk/Love
Subject:
Bird/Separation/Yearing
Origin:
Alb W-009(a) (See also Steinberg 213 for folk song)
Additional song notes:
Text credited to Zalmen Schneur on W-009(a) and to Okun on B-003®
Related information in folder 422:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
1/5/2001
Comments:
Article titled "Ven Ikh Zol Hobn Fligelekh" publishing text to "Volt Ikh Zayn a Feygele" and "Volt Ikh Hobn Gildene Fligelekh"

Recordings

On album:
L-031(a) (Favorite Images Genia Lev and Boris Landau — געליבטע געשטאַלטן געניע לעװ און באָריס לאַנראַו)
Track ID:
16652
Author:
Shneur, Zalman — שניאור, זלמן
Artist:
Landau, Boris — לאַנדאַו, באָריס
First line:
Volt ikh zayn a feygele, zolt ikh hobn fliegelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע, זאָלט איך האָבן פֿליִגעלעך,
Track comment:
Part of lst selection on album
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre
On album:
Z-008(a) (Shema Kolenu The Zimriyah Choir)
Track ID:
16654
Artist:
Zimriyah Choir
Choral Music Director:
Shortt, Ellis D., dir
Arranger:
Shortt, Ellis D., dir
First line:
Volt ikh zayn a feygele, zolt ikh hobn fliegelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע, זאָלט איך האָבן פֿליִגעלעך,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Choral
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
16655
Author:
Okun, Shneur
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Arranger:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Volt ikh zayn a feygele, zolt ikh hobn fliegelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע, זאָלט איך האָבן פֿליִגעלעך,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Adapted from folksong: See Shteynberg
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
On album:
G-018(e) (Emil Gorovets First Concert In America — עמיל גאָראָװעץ ערשטער קאַנצערט אין אַמעריקע)
Track ID:
19534
Author:
Okun, Shneur
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Artist:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Arranger:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Volt ikh zayn a feygele, zolt ikh hobn fliegelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע, זאָלט איך האָבן פֿליִגעלעך,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Adapted from folksong: See Shteynberg
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop

Volt Ikh Zayn A Feygele (Rubenstein) — װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע (רובענשטײַן)

Author:
Okun, Shneur
Composer:
Rubinstein, Eli — רובינשטײַן, עלי
Genre:
Folk/Love
Subject:
Separation/Bird/Yearning
Origin:
Alb W-009(a)/Sheinberg 213 for text to folk song.
Additional song notes:
Text credited to Zalmen Schneur on W-009(a) and to Okun on B-003®

Recording

On album:
W-009(a) (A Shtetl Wedding Artistic Director Dora Wasserman — אַ חתונה אין שטעטל רעזשיסירט פֿון דאָראַ װאַסערמאַן)
Track ID:
16653
Vocal:
Mitnick, Sam
Arranger/Conductor:
Rubinstein, Eli — רובינשטײַן, עלי
First line:
Volt ikh zayn a feygele, zolt ikh hobn fliegelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע, זאָלט איך האָבן פֿליִגעלעך,
Track comment:
From "A Shtetl Wedding" directed by Dora Wasserman
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre