Look up artist Okun, Shneur

Name: Okun, Shneur

Songs written or composed

Title: 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: January 05, 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
Artist: Shneur, Zalman -- שנאור, 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
Artist: Shortt, Ellis D., dir
Artist: 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
Artist: Okun, Shneur
Artist: Pulver, Lev M. -- פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Artist: Belarsky, Sidor -- בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Artist: Baras, Jack -- באַראַס, דזאַק
Artist: 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
Artist: Okun, Shneur
Artist: Pulver, Lev M. -- פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Artist: Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich -- גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Artist: Mlotek, Zalmen -- מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Artist: 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

Title: 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
Artist: Mitnick, Sam
Artist: 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

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