Name:
Bergholtz, B.
Name (Yiddish):
בערגהאָלץ, ב.

Songs written or composed

A Glezele Lekhaim — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים

Author:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Folk/USSR
Subject:
Toast/Drinking/Friendship
Origin:
Vinkov 2 176/Alb A-003(c)/Alb D-004(d)/CD W-017(f)/CD A-005(a)/ML SOG 238/
Transliteration:
Alb A-003(c)/Vinkov 2 176/Alb D-004(d)/CD W-017(f)CD A-005(a)/ML SOG 238
Translation:
Vinkov 2 179/Alb A-003(c)/CD W-017(f)/ML SOG 239/CD L-036(a)
Music:
Vinkov 2 176/ML SOG 239
Additional song notes:
Alexandrovitch recordings credit Pulver as composer. Chana Mlotek indicates that the song was put to a Rumshinsky composition.

Recordings

On album:
G-027(a) (Yiddish Songs / Johnny Grey)
Track ID:
20100
Artist:
Grey, Johnny
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-031(a) (Sima Gorezkaya/ 14 Songs In Yiddish & Other Internat'l Songs)
Track ID:
20168
Artist:
Gorezkaya, Sima — גאָרעזקײַע, סימאַ
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-035(b) (Aufwind Jiddische Lieder & Klesmermusik Gassn Singer — גאַסן זינגער)
Track ID:
21866
Artist:
Aufwind
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-054(b) (The Day of Judgment Moscow Ensemble of Jewish Music — יוֹם-כּיפּוּר)
Track ID:
23078
Artist:
Moscow Male Ensemble of Jewish Mus
Artist:
Turetsky, Mikhail, director
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-035(b) (Adrianne Cooper & Zalmen Mlotek/An Afternoon Of Jewish Music)
Track ID:
25689
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See credit for music on Songs of Generations p 238
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-061(a) (Mesinke kejn schwarzer tog in lebn Jiddisher Musik)
Track ID:
26853
Artist:
Mesinke — מיזינקע
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-023(a) (Lechaim - Jewish Songs Giennadi Dubinski)
Track ID:
26299
Artist:
Dubinsky, Gennadi
Artist:
Rabinovia, Faddie, acc
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Track comment:
with Lekhaim (Liptzin) & #29 Lekhaim
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-005(e) (Misha Alexandrovich, Yiddish Songs of a Perished World/ Un Dokh Zing Ikh! — און דאָך זינג איך)
Track ID:
28657
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt, ven men zitst bay a yomtevdikn..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט, װען מען זיצט ...
Track comment:
Originally recorded in Tel Aviv by RCA, 1972
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
W-017(f) (Wholesale Klezmer Band/ Sing For Peace/ Dance For Joy — זינגען פֿאַר שלום\ טאַנצן פֿאַר פֿרייד)
Track ID:
28637
Artist:
Wholesale Klemer Band
Trombone:
Bender, Brian — בענדער, ברוך
Flute:
Davis, Peggy
Bass Viol:
Suter, Michael
Vocal/Violin:
Kurland, (Joe) Yosl — קורלאַנד, יוסל
Accordion:
Davidson, Owen
Percussion:
Davis, Richie
Violin:
Tasgal, David
Musical Director/Clarinet:
Mayrent, Sherry
First line:
A glezele lekhaim es shadtg nit nemen haynt, az men zitst bay a yontevdikn
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַדט ניט נעמען הײַנט, אַז מען זי צט בייִ אַ יום-טובדיקן
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
2' 45"
On album:
A-005(f) (Misha Alexandrovich - "The Wunderkind")
Track ID:
31140
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt, ven men zitst bay a yomtevdikn…
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט, װען מען זיצט …
Track comment:
L. Pulver credited as co-author/co-composer
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:22
On album:
A-005(g) (Mikhail Alexandrovich / Jewish Folk Songs / Instrumental ensemble conducted by Lev Kogan)
Track ID:
33262
Vocal:
Alexandrovitsh, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Artist:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
Conductor:
Instrumental Ensemble
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-009(a) (Grisha Tsatskis (Tsvi Ben Israel) The Soul Of Soviet Jewry — צבי בּן ישׂראל)
Track ID:
213
Vocal:
Ben Israel, Tsvi — צבי בּן ישׂראל
Piano:
Goldberger, Ida
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-015(b) (Talila et l'ensemble KOL AVIV Chants Yiddish Vol 2)
Track ID:
214
Vocal:
Talila
Artist:
Kol Aviv Ensemble
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט מיט נעמען הײַנט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-003(c) (Sholom Aleichem If I Were Rothschild Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
215
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Piano:
Valter, Naum G. — װאַלטער, נ. ג.
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
A-005(a) (Misha Alexandrovitsh The Yiddish Song — מישאַ אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש דאָס ייִדישע ליד)
Track ID:
216
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Arranger:
Graziani, Yitskhak — גרציאני, יצחק
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-005(c) (A Khazendl Oyf Shabos & Other..Songs Mikhail Alexandrovitch)
Track ID:
217
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Conductor/Arranger:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-010(h) (Strictly Yiddish Paul Zim sings Some Of Mamma's Favorites)
Track ID:
218
Artist:
Zim, Cantor Paul
Artist:
Simkha Klezmer Orch
Conductor:
Barnes, Rolf
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-023(a) (Boris Pevsner)
Track ID:
219
Artist:
Pevsner, Boris
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-006(a) (Chanson Yiddish Si J'Etais Rothschild de Sholem Aleichem — ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
220
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Piano:
Valter, Naum G. — װאַלטער, נ. ג.
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Track comment:
Same recording as on Album C-03(c)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-023(g) (Golden Voices of Israel/ Sings Yiddish Masterpieces — שירי הזהב בּייִדיש)
Track ID:
221
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Arranger:
Graziani, Yitskhak — גרציאני, יצחק
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Track comment:
Same recording as on A-05(a)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-004(d) (Cantor Louis Danto/Songs of My People/ Favorite Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
222
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Arranger:
Barnes, Milton
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-025(a) (Play More Cheerfully/ Fayerlech/ Jewish Folk Ensemble Vilnus — פֿרײלעך זאָל זײַן)
Track ID:
223
Artist:
Fayerlekh Jewish Folk Ensemble — פֿײַערלעך ייַדיש פֿאָלק אַנבעמבל
Artist:
Magid, Yakov, soloist — מאַגיד, יעקבֿ, סאָלאָיסט
Artist:
Glushkov, Vladimir, director — גלוסקאָװ, װלאַדמיר, דיריגענט
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
224
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line:
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
A toast to life, lekhaim, let's drink it out today...
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Concert

Az Du Bist Do, Iz Friling Do — אַז דאָ ביסט דאָ איז פֿרילינג דאָ

Author:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Composer:
Polonski, Shimon (Simon) פּאָלאָנסקי, שמעון
Genre:
Literary Origin/USSR
Subject:
Mother/Memory/Wandering/Yearning/Song/Spring
Translation:
Alb S-105(a)

Recordings

On album:
S-105(a) (Shalom Comrade! / Yiddish Music in the Soviet Union 1928-1961)
Track ID:
32807
Vocal:
Gordon, Marina (Masha) גאָרדאָן, מאַרינע (מאַשאַ)
Piano:
Branovskaya, R. E.
First line:
Dermon ikh ven in di kinderishe yorn,flegst du mamenyu bald in zikorn
First line (Yiddish):
דרמאָן איך ווען אין די קינדערישע יאָרן, פֿלעגסט דו מאַמעניו באַלד אין זכּרון
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:38
On album:
053l (Gordon, M./Branovskaya, P.E./ A Khosn On A Kale/ Az Du Bist Do, Iz Friling Do)
Track ID:
30320
Vocal:
Gordon, Marina (Masha) גאָרדאָן, מאַרינע (מאַשאַ)
Piano:
Branovskaya, R. E.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
H-006(g) (USSR Recordings (78 rpm) Collected by Molly Freedman)
Track ID:
1774
Vocal:
Gordon, Marina (Masha) גאָרדאָן, מאַרינע (מאַשאַ)
Piano:
Branovskaya, R. E.
First line:
Dermon ikh.. in di kinderishe yorn,... mamenyu bald in zikorn
First line (Yiddish):
דרמאָן איך.. אין די קינדערישע יאָרן,.. מאַמעניו באַלד אין זכּרון
Track comment:
Made in USSR 78rpm
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Mayn Oytser — מײַן אוצר

Also known as:
Der Oytser
Author:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Composer:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
Genre:
Literary Origin/USSR
Subject:
Children/Family/Treasure/Idyllic Life
Song comment:
ML SOG credits Telesin as author. Album C-011(b) credits Bergholts
Origin:
ML SOG 124/Alb C-011(b)
Transliteration:
ML SOG 124/L-054(a)
Translation:
ML SOG 125/ L-054(a)
Music:
ML SOG 125

Recordings

On album:
C-011(b) (Chants Yiddish de russie Benjamin Khaiatouskas, chant)
Track ID:
9904
Author:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Composer:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
Artist:
Khayatovsky, Benjamin (Benyumen) כײַאַטאָװסקי, בעניאָמען
Director, Instrumental Ensemble:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
Bay mir iz an oytser, faran nit keyn kleyner, haynt veystu..
First line:
בײַ מיר איז אַן אוצר, פֿאַראַן ניט קײן קלײנער, הײַנט װײסטו...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Mon Tresor"
On album:
L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
Track ID:
28420
Vocal:
Labovitz, Sherman
Piano:
Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
Violin:
Weinberger, Marvin
Arranger:
Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
First line:
Bay mir iz an oytser, faran nit keyn kleyner, haynt veystu ir bashteyt?
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר איז אַן אוצר, פֿאַראַן ניט קײן קלײנער, הײַנט װײסטו...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
05:07

Dos Feygele (Bergholtz) — דאָס פֿייגעלע (בערקהאָלטס)

Author:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Composer:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Genre:
Lament/Metaphor
Subject:
Bird/Caged/Freedom/Yearning/Nest

Recording

On album:
L-005(f) (Nechama Lifschitz / Mayn Farmegn/ Historical Recording Moscow 1964 — ליפֿשיץ, נחמה מיי ליפֿשיץ, נחמה מייִן פֿאַרמעגן)
Track ID:
30755
Vocal:
Lifshitz, Nekhama — ליפֿשיץ, נחמה
Piano:
Golubkova, Yelena
Arranger:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
S'hot fun…fidele, zingt a feygele a lidele, un derbay di kleyne fiselekh,
First line (Yiddish):
ס'האָט פֿון...פֿידעלע, זינגט אַ פֿייגעלע אַ לידעלע, און דערבייִ די קליינע פֿיסעלעך,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:07

Di Bobe Hot Zikh Dermont — די באָבע האָט זיך דערמאָנט

Author:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Composer:
Milner, Moses — מילנער, משע
Genre:
USSR/Literary Origin
Subject:
Grandmother/Memory/Granfather/Civil War/WWII/Victory Joy
Translation:
Alb S-105(a)

Recording

On album:
S-105(a) (Shalom Comrade! / Yiddish Music in the Soviet Union 1928-1961)
Track ID:
32802
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
First line:
Di bobe in an..hot nekhtn zikh dermont…gekumen..
First line (Yiddish):
די באָבע אין אַן..., האָט נעכטן זיך דערמאָנט,...געקומען איז דער זיידע…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:16

Other tracks with this artist

A Feygele — אַ פֿײגעלע

On album:
A-044(a) (Larisa Averbakh & Ensemble Simkha Shnirele Perele)
Track ID:
27359
Author:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Composer:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
Vocal:
Averbakh, Larisa
Artist:
Klezmer Ensemble Simkha — קלעזמער אַנסאַמבל שׂימחה
First line:
Tsart un hartsik vi a fidele, zingt a feygele a lidele,
First line:
צאַרט און האַרציק װי אַ פֿידעלע, זינגט אַ פֿײגעלע אַ לידעלע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Russian trans with album notes -