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