Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto
- Album ID:
- D-004(n)
- Publisher:
- Da Vinci Records D 201
- Liner notes:
- Unclear xerox copy of album cover. Short essay in liner notes -
dealing with Ghetto Songs of WWII. Text of the songs in -
transliteration and translation with liner notes.
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Provenance:
- Gift of cassette archival copy of 33rpm album from anonymous donor
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Where produced:
- New York
- Number of tracks:
- 12
Contents
Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern (Brodno) — תחת זעו כוכבי שמים / אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן
- Also known as:
- Takhat zi kukhvi shomayim
- Also known as:
- Shema Koleynu
- Author:
- Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Brudno, Avrom — ברודנאָ, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Holocaust
- Subject:
- Faith/Prayer
- Song comment:
- Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 74/Alb V-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)/ML WAH 48/Alb N-026(a
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 1204/ML WAH 48/Alb M-049(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/D-004(n)
- Translation:
- Alb Z-010(g)/Alb V-001(d) ML WAH 48/Alb G-040(a)/Alb M-049(a)/D-004(n)
- Additional song notes:
- First sung by Zlote Kaczerginski at Litter Art Theatre of Vilna Ghetto
Under Your White Stars./ Takhat Ziv Kokhvey Shamayim (Hebrew Adaptation)
Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
English Adaptation with Album Notes and Ephemera 1204
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28025
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Unter dayne vayse shtern, shtrek tsu mir dayn veyse hant, mayne verter zenen..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן, שטרעק צו מיר דײַן װײַסע האַנט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Mournful
Di Litvishe Shtetele — די ליטװישע שטעטעלע
- Author:
- Jaffe, Joseph
- Composer:
- Botwinik, David — באָטװיניק, דוד
- Genre:
- Memory
- Subject:
- Shtetl/Lithuania/Place/Song/Dream/Praying/Learning/Singing
- Origin:
- Belarsky 223/ Yiddsh Forward Apr 9,1996/Alb-062(a)/Botwinik 349
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(n)/Alb-062(a)/Botwinik 349
- Translation:
- Alb D-004(n)/Alb-062(a)/Botwinik 350
- Music:
- Botwinik 352
- Additional song notes:
- The Little Lithuanian Town
Originally titled "Heymat"
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28026
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Ot her ikh vider, a heymishe lidele, ot ze ikh vider, dem erev, dem tsoym,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָט הער איך װידער, אַ הײמישע לידעלע, אָט זע איך װידער...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Mournful
Zog Nit Keyn Mol — זאָג ניט קײן מאָל
- Also known as:
- Shir Hapartizanim
- Also known as:
- Partisaner Lid
- Also known as:
- Partisan Song
- Also known as:
- Al Na Tomar
- Also known as:
- Never Say
- Author:
- Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
- Composer:
- Pokras, Dan — פּאָקראַס, דאַן
- Composer:
- Pokras, Dimitri — פּאָקראַס, דימעטרי
- Genre:
- World War II/Holocaust/Resistance
- Subject:
- Survival/Resistance/Hope
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/ Kaczer 3/ML WAH 94/Alb M-029(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Vinkov 4 65
- Transliteration:
- ML WAH 94/Alb G-010(g)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb G-005(b)/Vinkov 4 65
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204/Alb G-006(b)/ML WAH 94/Alb S-083(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Vonkov IV 65
- Music:
- ML WAH 94/Alb Z-012(a)/Rubin Voi 85/Vinkov 4 65/Kaczer 361
- Additional song notes:
- Never Say
Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28027
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Zog nit keyn mol az du geyst dem letstn veg. Khotch himlen bleyene farshteln..
- First line (Yiddish):
- זאָג ניט קײן מאָל אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג. כאָטש הימלען...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Militant/March
Rivkele Di Shabesdike — רבֿקהלע די שבּתדיקע
- Also known as:
- Rivkale Hashabatit
- Also known as:
- Sabbath For Sweet Rivkele
- Author:
- Kaplan, Peysakh — קאַפּלאַן, פּסח
- Composer:
- Kaplan, Peysakh — קאַפּלאַן, פּסח
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Historical
- Subject:
- Husband/Sabbath/Workers/
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/ML WAH 33/Alb D-004(g)/Alb V-001(c)/Alb V-001(b)/Vinkov 4 144
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(n)/ML WAH 33/Alb G-006(b)/Alb Z-010(g)/Vinkov 4 144
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204//ML WAH 33/Alb G-006(b)/Vinkov 4 144
- Music:
- ML WAH 33/Vinkov 4 144
- Additional song notes:
- Wives in Bialostock ghetto whose husbands were taken in an "action" on a particular shabos referred to themselves "Shabosdike".
Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28022
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Rivkele di shabesdike, arbet in farbrik. Dreyt a fodim tsu a fodim, flekht...
- First line (Yiddish):
- רבֿקהלע די שבּתדיקע, אַרבעט אין פֿאַבריק. דרײט אַ פֿאָדים צו אַ...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Mournful
Yugnt Himen — יוגנט הימען
- Also known as:
- Himnon Hanoar
- Also known as:
- Youth Anthem
- Author:
- Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
- Composer:
- Rubin, Bayse — רובין, בײַסע
- Genre:
- Holocaust/March/Anthem
- Subject:
- Youth/Hope/Militant/Future/Resistance
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 325/Alb V-001(a)(b)(c)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb B-086(a)/
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(n)/ML WAR 88/Alb B-086(a)/Alb F-032(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb R-007(f)5
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204/Alb D-004(n)Alb R-07(f)5/Alb O-001(c)/Alb M-029/Kalisch 141/
- Music:
- Kalisch 139/Vinkov 4 72/Kaczer 427
- Additional song notes:
- "Hymn of Youth" - "Youth Anthem"
Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28023
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Undzer lid iz ful mit troyer, dreyst uz undzer muntergang, khotsh der soyne...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אונדזער ליד איז פֿול מיט טרױער, דרייסט איז אונדזער מונטער־גאַנג,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/March/Defiant
Far Vos Iz Der Himl — פֿאָר װאָס איז דער הימל
- Author:
- Opsekin, Leyb — אָפּעסקין, לײב
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Subject:
- Questions/Mood
- Song comment:
- Music based on a Soviet motiv
- Origin:
- Kaczer 78/Alb V-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(n)/Alb W-001(a)/ML WAH 25/
- Translation:
- Alb D-004(n)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)/ML WAH 28
- Music:
- ML WAH 28/
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28024
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Far vos iz der himl geven nekhtn loyter, fun freyd hot gesheynt yeder gas...
- First line (Yiddish):
- פֿאַר װאָס איז דער הימל געװען נעכטן לױטער, פֿון פֿרײד האָט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Mournful
Rokhele (Botwinik) — רחלע (באָטװיניק)
- Also known as:
- Rochele (Botwinik)
- Author:
- Botwinik, David — באָטװיניק, דוד
- Composer:
- Botwinik, David — באָטװיניק, דוד
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Child/Murder/Loved/Family/Play/Friends/SS Barbarians
- Origin:
- Alb D-004(g)/Alb W-062(a)\Botwinik 3
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(n)/Alb W-062(a)\Botwinik 3
- Translation:
- Alb D-004(g)/Alb D-004(n)/Alb W-062(a)\Botwinik 4
- Music:
- Botwinik 5
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28016
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Rokhele a kleyinke, a vunder sheyne meydele. Zi'z alt in gantgsn dray a halb…
- First line (Yiddish):
- רחלע אַ קלײנינקע, אַ װוּנדער שײנע מײדעלע, זי'ז אַלט אין גאַנצן…
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Lament
Yid Du Partizaner — ייִד דו פּאַרטיזאַנער
- Author:
- Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
- Composer:
- Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Resistance/Vilna Ghetto
- Subject:
- Partisans/Survival/Resistance/Revenge/Mohican
- Song comment:
- Written under author's partisan alias "Voroshilov"
- Origin:
- Kaczer 351/Alb D-004(g)
- Transliteration:
- Alb C-035(c)/Alb B-007(o)/Kon 30 39/Alb D-004(n)
- Translation:
- Alb C-035(c)/Alb V-001(d)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb D-004(n)/Alb B-007(o)
- Music:
- Kon 30 38
- Additional song notes:
- The Jewish Partisan/Liner notes with Alb D-004(n) - Written under author's partisan alias "Voroshilov" / Liner notes with Alb B-007(o) - Text dates from 1943 when author served with Voroshilov Brigade in Byelorussian forest of Narocz.
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28017
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Fun di getos tfise-vent -- in di velder freye, onshtot keytn oyf di hent...
- First line (Yiddish):
- פֿון די געטאָס תּפֿיסה־װענט -- אין די װעלדער פֿרײע, אָנשטאָט קײטן..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/March/Militant
Makh Tsu Di Eygelekh — מאַך צו די אײגעלעך
- Also known as:
- Got Hot Di Velt Farmakht
- Author:
- Shpigl, Isaiah — שפּיגל, ישעיה
- Composer:
- Beyglman, David — בײגלמאַן, דוד
- Genre:
- Lullaby/Holocaust/Lament
- Subject:
- Child/Homeless/Fear/Destruction
- Origin:
- Kaczer 92/Alb B-011(a)/Alb D-004(g)/ML WAH 052/Alb R34(i)
- Transliteration:
- Flam B 147/Alb C-035(c)/Alb F-032(c)/ML WAH 52/Alb Z-010(g)/Duhl 219/B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Alb C-035(c)/ML WAH 52/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb B-011(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Duhl 212/Flam B
- Music:
- ML WAH 52/Flam T 187
- Additional song notes:
- First sung at the Culture House of the Lodz Ghetto, written after -
the death of the author's daughter, Eva. Banned by the Jewish -
Council because it spoke too openly of suffering and Nazi -
terroris See Duhl Doctoral Thesis.
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28018
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Makh tsu di eygelekh, ot kumen feygelekh, un krayzn do arum, tskopens fun..
- First line (Yiddish):
- מאַך צו די אײגעלעך, אָט קומען פֿײגעלעך, און קרײַזען דאָ אַרום,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Lament
Shtiler Shtiler (Kaczerginski) — שטילער שטילער (קאַטשערגינסקי)
- Also known as:
- Ponar
- Also known as:
- Ponar Lid
- Also known as:
- Ponar Vig Lid
- Also known as:
- Poner
- Author:
- Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
- Composer:
- Tamir, A. — װאָלקאָװיסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Place/Lullaby/ Vig Lid
- Subject:
- Ponar/Hope
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 88/Alb V-001(a)/Alb B-003(a)/Alb V-001(c)/Vinkov 4 84
- Transliteration:
- ML WAH 46/Alb D-004(n)/Alb G-005(b)/Alb K-059(c)/Alb F-042(a)/Vinkov 4 84
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1204/Alb-004(n)/ML WAH 46/Alb K-059(c)/Alb G-005(b)/Alb V-001(c)
- Music:
- ML WAH 46/Vinkov 4 84
- Additional song notes:
- Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
Music contest organized by Jewish Council of Vilna Ghetto won by 11 year old.
- Related information in folder 544:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Aviva Lurie
- Publisher:
- Ha-aretz
- Date:
- 4/5/2002
- Comments:
- Article asserting that Shtiler Shtiler was originally written in Polish by Alex Wilkomiski 's (Tamir) father, and translated by Kaczerginski.
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28019
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do. S'hobn zey farflantst di...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Lament
Friling (Kaczerginski) — פֿרילינג (קאַטשערגינסקי)
- Author:
- Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
- Composer:
- Brudno, Avrom — ברודנאָ, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Love/Vilna Ghetto
- Subject:
- Love/Season/Springtime/Wife
- Song comment:
- Memorializes author's wife who perished in the ghetto.
- Origin:
- Kaczer 70/Alb V-001(a)/Alb K-075(a)/ML WAH 42/
- Transliteration:
- Alb C-035(a)/Alb F-042(a)/ML WAH 42/Alb K-075(a)/Alb O-009(a)
- Translation:
- Alb C-035(a)/ML WAH 42/Alb Z-010(g)
- Music:
- Kon 30 41/ML WAH 42
- Additional song notes:
- Spring
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28020
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Ikh blondzhe in geto, fun gesl tsu gesl, un ken nit gefinen keyn ort,
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך בלאָנדזשע אין געטאָ, פֿון געסל צו געסל און קען ניט..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Lament/Love
Hot Zikh Mir Di Shikh Tserisn — האָט זיך מיר די שיך צעריסן
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Folk
- Subject:
- Shoes/Permits/Wife/Food/Depravation/Judenrat
- Song comment:
- Adapted from folksong "Hot Zikh Mir Di Zip Tsezipt".
- Origin:
- Kaczer 205/Alb D-004(g)/Vinkov 4 111
- Transliteration:
- Alb D-004(n)/Kalisch 136/Vinkov 4 111/Kaczer 404
- Translation:
- Alb D-004(n)/Kalisch 136/Alb D-004(g)//Vinkov 4 111
- Music:
- Kalisch 136/Vinkov 4 111/Kaczer 404
- On album:
- D-004(n) (Songs Of The Ghettos sung by Louis Danto)
- Track ID:
- 28021
- Vocal:
- Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
- Arranger:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Hot zikh mir di shikh tserisn, vey tsu mayne yorn! Di kragns hot men undz...
- First line (Yiddish):
- האָט זיך מיר די שיך צעריסן, װײ צו מײַנע יאָרן! די קראַגנס האָט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Mournful