Songs
Dos Zekele Mit Koylen — דאָס זעקעלע מיט קוילען
- Genre:
- Theater/Humorous/Novelty
- Subject:
- Coal/Heat/Poverty
- Origin:
- Sheet Music 306
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 1458 2018
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1458 2018
- Music:
- Sheet Music 306
- Additional song notes:
- A Sack of Coal
- Related information in folder 806:
- Comments:
- 1. Email from Anna Hurkmans, Rome, Italy citing the Italian newspaper La Republica, that the most famous song of the Italian resistance "Bella Ciao" is based on the Yiddish novelty theater song "Dos Zekele Fun Koylen".
2. Transliteration and Translation of lyrics of Bella ciao from the internet
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 306
- Series:
- 4
- Arranger:
- Shapiro, Reuben
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration
- Publisher:
- S. Schenker
- Publisher address:
- 66 Canal Street, New York, NY
- Date:
- 1929
- Provenance:
- Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
- Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
- 91
- First line:
- Gute fraynde, ken ikh bay aykh poylen ir zolt mikh hern...
- First line (Yiddish):
- גוטע פֿרייַנדע, קען איך בייַ אייַך פּוילען, איר זאָלט מיך הערן...
- Notes:
- Brown lettering, Yiddish/Transliteration/English. Photo in center, Abe Schwartz and daughter Miss Schwartz. "Sung at all Jewish theatres". Price 50 cents. Three verses in Yiddish/Transliteration on back cover.
Recording
- On album:
- V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
- Track ID:
- 43005
- Piano:
- Berman, Gary
- Violin:
- Ma, Enze
- Violin:
- Smith, Andy
- Viola da gama:
- Thomsen, Fred
Margolin, Connie
- Vocal:
- Rocamora, Nancy
- Arranger:
- Shapiro, Reuben
- Vocal:
- Valentine, Megan
- Vocal:
- Friedland, Beth
- Vocal:
- Marx, Jacqueline
- Vocal:
- Stewart, Andy
- Vocal:
- Hammond, Marie
- Vocal:
- Rivkin-Fish, Ziggy
- Vocal:
- Loewenthal, Norm
- Vocal:
- Junker, James
- Vocal:
- Fleisher, David
- First line:
- Gute fraynd, ken ikh bay aykh poyln, ir zolt mir hern zingn dos shtikele fun koyln, vayl mayn vayb
- First line (Yiddish):
- גוטע פֿרײַנד, קען איך בײַ אײַך פועלן, איר זאָלט מיר הערן זינגען דאָס שטיקעלע פֿון קוילן, ווײַל מײַן ווײַב שטייט אַף דעם...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Chorale
- Length:
- 2:56