Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs

Album ID:
B-007(c)
Publisher:
Elektra Records EKL 281
Language:
Yiddish
Genre:
Folk/Theatre
Where produced:
New York
Number of tracks:
16

Contents

Shabos Oyf Der Gantse Velt — שבּת אױף דער גאַנצע װעלט
Also known as:
Sholem
Genre:
Sabbath/Peace
Subject:
Sabbath/Peace/Holiday
Origin:
Vinkov 2 225/Alb B-004(c)/Alb K-075(a)
Transliteration:
Vinkov 2 225/Alb B-007(c)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb L-38(a)/Alb L-038(b)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb L-038(a)/Vinkov 2 225/Alb O-009(a)/Alb B-007(c)/AlbL-038(b)/Ephemera 1458
Music:
Vinkov 2 225/
Additional song notes:
Sabbath Over The Entire World 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:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
13464
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Shabos (6x), zol zayn yidn shabos, shabos oyf der gantser..
First line:
שבּת (6), זאָל זײַן ייִדן שבּת, שבּת אױף דער גאַנצער װעלט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
A Kleyn Melamedl — אַ קלײן מלמדל
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Melamed/Teacher/Nadn/Negotiations/Shortage/Fees/Money
Origin:
B-007(c)
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/Alb J-025(a)/J-025(b)
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
369
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Tsu veyst ir ver ikh bin, ikh bin, ikh bin, ikh bin,
First line (Yiddish):
צו װײסט איך װער אַיך בין, איך בין, איך בין,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Bayt Zhe Mir Oys A Finfuntsvansiker — בײַט זשע מיר אױס אַ פֿינפֿאונצװאַנציקער
Also known as:
Rumshi
Also known as:
The Twenty Fiver
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Wedding/Klezmorim/Tipping Musicians/Money
Origin:
Ber Fef 258/Vinkov 2 164/ML MTAG 60/Epelboym 83
Transliteration:
Vinkov 2 165/Alb K-020(a)/Alb O-009(a)/ML MTAG 60/Rubin Voi17/Epelboym 83
Translation:
Rubin Voi 17/Alb K-020(a)/Vinkov 2 165/Alb B-007(c)/Alb O-009(a)
Music:
Vinkov 2 165/Rubin Voi 17/ML MTAG 60/Epelboym 83
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2133
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Bayt zhe mir oys a funfuntsvansiker, oyf samerodne drayer;
First line (Yiddish):
בײַט זשע מיר אױס אַ פֿינפֿאונצװאַנציקער, אױף סאַמעראַדנע דרײַער;
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "A Finf-Un-Tsvantsiger"
Language:
Yiddish
Beygelekh — בײגעלעך
Also known as:
Bublitshki
Also known as:
Question
Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
Origin:
Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/
Music:
Moskow SM 61
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2339
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh gey arum farshmakht,
First line (Yiddish):
עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך גײ אַרום פֿאַשמאַכט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Dem Milners Trern — דעם מילנערס טרערן
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Aging/Lament/Expulsion/Occupation/Miller
Origin:
Warsh Ye Yid4/Alb Z-012(a)/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb B-007(c)
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/ML MTAG 120/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb R-001(a)/
Translation:
Silver 114/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 10/Alb B-005(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Sh Sh 202/
Music:
Belarsky Fav 10/Gottlieb 48/Alb S-103(a)
Additional song notes:
The Miller's Tears.Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" - from High Noon See Gottlieb, p. 48 for relationship of melody to Dimitri Tomkin's "High Noon"
Related information in folder 185:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/25/2003
Comments:
Response to letter from reader Net Groginsky regarding additional verses to Der Milners Trern.
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
2993
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע
Also known as:
Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
Author:
Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Immigration/Lament
Subject:
Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
Origin:
Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Transliteration:
Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Additional song notes:
See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017
Related information in folder 408:
Comments:
1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
3594
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven...
First line (Yiddish):
צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Dire Gelt — דירה-געלט
Also known as:
Rent Money
Also known as:
Dir Gelt
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Landlord/Tenant/Apartment/Rent/Eviction/Repairs/Poverty
Origin:
ML MTAG 76/Alb Z-012(a)/
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 76/Alb N-020(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb D-016(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-014(k)
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/Alb D-016(a)/Alb O-009(a)/Alb N-020(a)/
Music:
ML MTAG 76/Alb Z-012(a)/
Additional song notes:
Rent Money
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
3887
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Dire-gelt un oy-oy-oy! Dire-gelt un bozhe moy!
First line (Yiddish):
דירה-געלט און אױ-אױ-אױ, דירה-געלט און באָזהע-מױ!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Doyne (Bikel) — דױנע (ביקעל)
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
4207
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Shpil mir fidele, shpil a doyne, s'iz bakant shoyn do a yedn
First line:
שפּיל מיר פֿידעלע, שפּיל אַ דױנע, ס'איז באַקאַנט שױן דאָ אַ יעדן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Zol Nokh Zayn Shabos — זאָל נאָך זײַן שבּת
Also known as:
Got Fun Avrom (Golub)
Also known as:
Bobenyu (Golub)
Author:
Roisenblat, Chaim — רױזענבלאַט, הײם
Composer:
Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Shabos/Havdola/Grandmother
Origin:
ML PYP 274/ML PYS 207/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 68/Alb G-044(a)Sh Sh 273/SM 183/Box 8
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 71/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 207
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 71/Alb K-047(a)/Alb G-044(a)Sh Sh 272
Music:
Golub Songs 24
Additional song notes:
Shabos Should Not Be Over
Related information in folder 744:
Comments:
1. See folder 743
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
5771
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Oy, bobenyu, zog nokh nisht "Got Fun Avrom", Vos iz dos...
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, באָבעניו, זאָג נאָך נישט "גאָט פֿון אַבֿרהם", װאָס איז דאָס מיט..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Khasene Lid (Ellstein) — חתונה ליד (עלשטײַן)
Also known as:
Khasene Tants
Also known as:
A Khasene Lid
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Marriage/Brides/Peace/Soldiers/Return/Hope/Joy/Celebration
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/Alb K-029(i)
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)Alb K-029(i)
Additional song notes:
Dedicated to brides waitng for grooms to return from World War II.
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
8112
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Shpilt oyf a khasene tants far ale kales,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּילט אױף אַ חתונה טאַנץ פֿאַר אַלע כּלות, װײַל כּלות ... קומען…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז
Also known as:
Belz
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
Subject:
Place/Belz/Childhood
Origin:
GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
Music:
GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
Additional song notes:
From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b) Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
9966
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, punkt vi a...
First line (Yiddish):
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, פּונק װי אַ חלום...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Mekhutonim Geyen — מחותּנים גײען
Also known as:
Di Mekhutonim
Also known as:
Di Mekhutonim Geyen
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk/Wedding
Subject:
Family/Wedding Party/Wedding Guests/Procession/In Laws
Song comment:
Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)"
Origin:
ML MTAG 56/Alb D-004(d)/Kinderbuch 170/Epelboym 21
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 56/Alb M-057(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb R-07(f)2/Alb M-057(a)/A-005(e)/Epl 21
Translation:
Alb R-007(f)2/Kinderbuch 171/Alb B-007(c)/CD A-005(e)/Alb W-021(d)
Music:
Kinderbuch 170/ML MTAG 56/Epelboym 21
Additional song notes:
Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)" The In-Laws' Procession
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
10235
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Di mekhutonim geyen kinder, lomir zikh freyn, shat nor shat!
First line (Yiddish):
די מחותּנים גײען קינדער, לאָמיר זיך פֿרײען, שאַט נאָר שאַט!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)""(צאַד חתנס) פֿרײלעכס "אַ
Language:
Yiddish
Di Tsvey Mekhutenestes
Also known as:
Mekhuteneste Mayne
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
10212
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Mekhuteneste mayne, mekhuteneste getraye, mir vern haynt...
First line (Yiddish):
מחותּנתטע מײַנע, מחותּנתטע געטרײַע, מיר װערן הײַנט אױף אײביק...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Tsvey Briv Tsum Lyadier Rebn — צװײ בריװ צום ליאַדער רבּין
Also known as:
A Pintele
Also known as:
A Briv Tsum Liader Rebn
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Rebbe/Letters/Wife/Business/Health/Pregnancy/Khosid
Origin:
Kotlyan 104/Alb A-013(a)/Vinkov 3 102/
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/Alb L-023(b)/Alb L-038(a)/Vinkov 3 102/Alb L-023(b)
Translation:
Kotlyan 104/Vinkov 3 102/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb L-023(b)
Music:
Kotlyan 101/Vinkov 3 102
Related information in folder 94:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
1/21/2005
Comments:
Background of the song (a/ka/ "Miestietshku Ladinnyu"
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
15721
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Uv mestetshko lyadenyu- a pintele, mogilyovski gubernyu,
First line (Yiddish):
אוּװ מעסטעסשקאָ ליאַדענו-- אַ פּינטעלע, מאָלהילאָװסקי גובערניו,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "A Pintele"
Language:
Yiddish
Yosl Klezmer (Feingold) — יאָסל קלעזמער (פֿייִנגאָלד)
Author:
Gross, Naftali — גראָס, נפתלי
Composer:
Feingold, Lipa. — פֿײַנגאָלד, ליפּאַ
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Klezmer/Musician/Afterlife/Occupation
Origin:
WLZ 14SGS/Alb N-026(a)
Transliteration:
WLZ 14SGS 42/Alb B-007(c)/Alb L-049(a)/O-016(a)
Translation:
WLZ 14SGS/Alb B-007(c)/Alb N-026(a)/O-016(a)
On album:
B-007(c) (Theodore Bikel sings Yiddish Theatre and Folk Songs)
Track ID:
17830
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger/Conductor:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
First line:
Az yosl klezmer shpilt af a simkhe, tantst khevre vi a...
First line (Yiddish):
אַז יאָסל קלעזמער שפּילט אַף אַ שׂמחה, טאַנצט חבֿרה װי אַ כװאַליע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Yosl Der Klezmer"
Language:
Yiddish