Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל

Album ID:
A-054(a)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Joyce Rosenzweig & Robert Ableson
Date of issuance:
2008
Language:
Yiddish
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freeman, Aug 2008, purchase Charlotte Yiddish Institute
Genre:
Concert/Art Song
Where produced:
USA
Number of tracks:
14

Contents

Tatenyu (Engel) — טאַטעניו (ענגעל)
Genre:
Folk/Religious
Subject:
Suffering/Protest/Redemption/Plea/Forefathers/Temple
Origin:
Alb A-054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb L-004(a)/Alb A-054(a)
Translation:
Alb L-004(a)/Alb A-054(a)
Additional song notes:
Dear Father. Yiddish adaptation from the Russian
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35847
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
Arrangment:
Engel, Yoel — ענגעל, יואל
First line:
Tatenyu! Hartsenyu! Leyz oys undzer mamele. Rikht oyf undzer hayzele.
First line (Yiddish):
טאַטענעוּ! האַרצעניוּ! לײז אױס אנדזער מאַמעלע. ריכט אױף אודזער הײַזעלע.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:56
Ven Ikh Volt Geven A Shnayder — װען איך װאָלט געװען אַ שנײַדער
Author:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Composer:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Love/Occupation/Tailor/Singer/Gardner/Child/Singer
Song comment:
Written for Belarsky's Daughter, Isabel (Beylotshka)
Origin:
Belarsky 231/Alb 045(a)
Transliteration:
Belarsky 231/CD L-051(a)/Alb 045(a)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
CD L-051(a)/Alb 045(a)/Ephemera 1458
Music:
Belarsky 96
Additional song notes:
If I were a Tailor. Written for Belarsky's Daughter, Isabel (Beyletshka) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35845
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano/Arrangement:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Ven ikh volt geven a shnayder, volt ikh tog un nakht gezesn, un geneyt far...
First line (Yiddish):
װען איך װאַלט געװען אַ שנײַדער, װאָלט איך טאָג און נאַכט געזעסן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
2:52
Zmiros (Jacobs) — זמירות (דזאַקאָבס)
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Memory/Family/Sabbath/Shabos/Children/Song/Joy
Origin:
Alb 054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb H-002(c)/Alb 054(a)
Translation:
Alb 054(a)
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35848
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano/Arrangement:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Gedenkt ir yene sheyne tsaytn, ven mir zenen kinder nokh geven?
First line (Yiddish):
געדענקט איר יענע שײנע צײַטן, װען מיר זענען קינדער נאָך געװען?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
2:47
Oy Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl — אױ דאָרטן דאָרטן איבערן װאַסערל
Also known as:
Dortn Dortn Ibern Vaserl
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Separation/Distance
Origin:
Rubin Oak 90/ML MTAG 26/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Z-12(a)/Alb B-036(a)/
Transliteration:
Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(f)3/ML MTAG 27/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/
Translation:
Rubin Oak 54/Alb R-007(c)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb Alb B-036(a)
Music:
Rub Oak 54/ML MTAG 27/Alb Z-012(a)
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35850
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano/Arrangement:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern vaserl, Oy, dortn, dortn, ibern brik,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן װאַסער, אױ, דאָרטן, דאָרטן, איבערן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:52
Umru Mayne (Yomen) — אומרו מײַנע (יאָמען)
Author:
Halpern, Moyshe Leyb — האַלפּערן, משה לײב
Composer:
Yomen, Ben — יאָמען, בען
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Unrest/Longing/Love/Yearning/Beauty
Origin:
Alb A-054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb Z-011(e)/Alb 045(A)/Alb C-035(e)
Translation:
Alb C-044(a)/Alb M-035(g)/Alb A-054(a)/Alb C-035(e)
Additional song notes:
My Unrest
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35851
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano/Arrangement:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Ver ken di sheynkeyt fun a yam farshteyn, ver ken di shayn fun dayne oygn zen...
First line (Yiddish):
װער קען די שײנקײט פֿון א ים פֿאַרשטײן, װער קען די שײַן פֿון דײַנע אויגן זען...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:19
A Nigun — אַ ניגון
Author:
Lehrer, Leybush — לערער, לײבוש
Composer:
Lehrer, Leybush — לערער, לײבוש
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Poverty/God/Quarrel/Melody/Wine/Joy
Origin:
Alb A-054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb A-054(a)
Translation:
Alb A-054(a)
Additional song notes:
A Melody
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35852
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Iz a kaptsn a mol gevzn, flegt er nor mit got zikh krign, vunder iber vunder...
First line (Yiddish):
איז אַ קבצן אַ מאָל געוועזן, פֿלעגט ער נאָר מיט גאָט זיך קריגן, וווּנדער איבער...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:00
Yidn Zingen Ani Mamin (Weiner) — ייִדן זינגען אַני מאַמין (ווינער)
Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holocaust
Subject:
Faith
Origin:
CD B-012(t)/Levin L 43/WLZ 14SGS 52/Levin L WM 75/A-054(a)
Transliteration:
CD B-012(t)/Levin L 43/WLZ SGS 2/Levin L WM 75/A-054(a)
Translation:
WLZ 14SGS 52/Levin L WM 75/A-054(a)
Music:
Levin L 43
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35853
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Yidn zingen in di bunkers:ani mamin bevias hamoshiakh, af al pi, af al pi...
First line:
ייֽדן זינגען אין די בונקערס: אני מאמין בביאת המשיח, אף על פּי אף על פּי...
Language:
Hebrew/Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Artsong
Length:
3:26
Fun Vayte Teg — פֿון װײַטע טעג
Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin/
Subject:
Faith/God/Prayer/Goodness/Protection/Joy
Origin:
WLZ 14SGS/Alb N-026(a)/A-054(a)
Transliteration:
WLZ 14SGS 06/A-054(a)
Translation:
WLZ 14SGS/Alb N-026(a)/A-054(a)
Music:
WLZ 14SGS 06
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35854
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Fun vayte teg an alte gezang hilkht op in mir mit frish geklang. A tfile ruf..
First line (Yiddish):
פֿון װײַטע טעג אַן אַלטע געזאַנג הילכט אָפ אין מיר מיט פֿריש...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Art Song/Concert
Length:
1:49
Zi (Reisen) — זי (רייזען)
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament/Love
Subject:
Loss/Separation/Love/Betrayal/Lonliness/Pain
Origin:
Alb A-054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb A-054(a)
Translation:
Alb A-054(a)
Additional song notes:
She
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35855
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Nito keyn halt, s'iz ler, s'iz kalt, un vintn veyen, veyen, blozn, un zi,...
First line (Yiddish):
ניט קײַן האָלט, ס'איז לער, ס'איז קאַלט, און ווינטן ווייען, ווייען, בלאָזן,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
1:57
Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס
Also known as:
A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)
Also known as:
Paper Is White
Genre:
Love/Letter/Separation/Folk
Subject:
Love/Separation/Ink/Paper
Origin:
Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)
Transliteration:
Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)
Translation:
Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)
Music:
Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240
Additional song notes:
Paper Is White Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269 Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35849
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano/Arrangement:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Papir iz dokh vays un tint iz dokh shvarts, Tsu dir mayn zis-lebn...
First line (Yiddish):
פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס און טינט איז דאָך שװאַרץ, צו דיר מײַן זיס־לעבן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:16
Vilna — װילנאַ
Author:
Wolfson, A. L. — װאָלפֿסאָן, אַ. ל.
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Place
Subject:
Vilna/Memory/Yearning/City/Inspiration
Origin:
Alb K-096(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Alb F-032(a)/A-054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb K-096(a)/A-054(a)/Alb B-122(a)/Alb 126(a)
Translation:
Alb K-096(a)/Alb K-029(a)/A-054(a)/Alb B-122(a)/Alb 126(a)
Related information in folder 365:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Transliteration.
Related information in folder 862:
Comments:
1. Article in Jewish Currents of March-April, 2008 by Nikolai Borodulin titled "Posters from the Vilna Ghetto"
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
34306
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano/Arranger:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh fartrakht, vu es murmlen…
First line (Yiddish):
װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
4:26
Figaro's Aria (Rosenfeld-Abelson) — פֿיגאַראָ
Author:
Sterbini, Caesare
Composer:
Rossini, Gioacchino
Genre:
Operatic/Parody/Humorous/Adaption
Subject:
Barber/Occupation/Seville/Tools/Importance
Origin:
A-054(a)
Transliteration:
A-054(a)
Translation:
A-054(a)
Additional song notes:
Largo el Factotum from "The Barber of Seville" Original Italian by Cesare Sterbini.
Related information in folder 1083:
Comments:
Text of Yiddish Parody and transliteration as adapted and translated by Robert Abelson from liner notes of Album A-054(a)
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35856
Vocal/Yiddish Adaptation:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
First line:
Ikh bin der makher fun der gantser shtot, itst darf ikh geyn tsu mayn gesheft,
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין דער מאַכער פֿון דער גאַנצער שטאָט, איצט דאַרף איך גיין צו מײַן געשעפֿט
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Humorous
Length:
4:40
In Kheyder — אין חדר
Author:
Milner, Moses — מילנער, משע
Composer:
Milner, Moses — מילנער, משע
Genre:
St Petersberg/Literary Origin/Art Song
Subject:
Kheyder/School/Learning/Teaching/Child
Origin:
Forward Sept 19, 1986/Alb H-004(a)/Alb 054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb F-005(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Alb 054(a)
Translation:
Alb L-004(a)/Alb P-002(b)/Alb 054(a)
Additional song notes:
In Hebrew School. See Vorbei 336 for Hebrew version
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35857
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Kum aher, yingele, nenter tsu mir un tu a kuk in di kleyne oysyelekh,...
First line (Yiddish):
קום אַהער ייִנגעלע נענטער צו מיר און טו אַ קוק אין די קלײנע אותיולעך,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
5:44
Vos Iz Vikhtik — װאָס איז וויכטיק
Also known as:
Vikhtik
Author:
Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים
Composer:
Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים
Genre:
Khasidic (Neo)/Instructional
Subject:
Faith/Priorities/Values
Origin:
Alb S-089(b)/Alb N-026(a)/Alb 054(A)
Transliteration:
Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)
Translation:
Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)
Additional song notes:
What Is Important
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35858
First line:
Vikhtik iz a shabos koydesh, a guter vokh un a guter khoydesh, vikhtig is a..
First line (Yiddish):
װיכטיק איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטער חודש, װיכטיק איז אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:17