M-029(a)

Babi Yar (Driz) — בּאַבּי יאַר (דריז)

Author:

Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ

Composer:

Boyarska, Rive — בּאָיאַרסקאַ, ריװע

Genre:

Holocaust/Literary Origin/Lament/

Subject:

Children/Cradle/Death/Mourning/

Origin:

Lifshutz 68/Belarsky 233/ML WAH 60

Transliteration:

Lifshutz 68/Belarsky 233/ML WAH 60/Alb O-016(b)

Translation:

ML WAH 60/Alb O-016(b)

Music:

Lifshutz 63/Belarsky 105/ML WAH 61

Related information in folder 271:

Document type:

Translation

Author:

Aaron Kramer

Publisher:

Midstream

Date:

2/1/1981

Comments:

English translation from the Yiddish.

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

1832

Vocal:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Vocal:

Goldberg, Miriam, solo

First line:

Volt ikh oyfgehangen dos vigl oyf a balkn, Un gehoydet,...

First line (Yiddish):

װאָלט איך אױפֿגעהאַנגען דאָס װיגל אױף אַ באַלקן, און געהױדעט,...

Track comment:

Text, translation and transliteration with album notes.

Language:

Yiddish

Ani Ma'amin (Helfman)

Also known as:

Undzer Gloybn

Author:

Helfman, Max — העלפֿמאַן, מאַקס

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Faith/Survival/Strength

Origin:

Alb M-029(a)

Transliteration:

Alb M-029(a)

Translation:

Alb M-029(a)

Additional song notes:

Same melody as traditional "Ani Ma'amin"

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

1354

Vocal:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Conductor/Piano:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Arranger:

Helfman, Max — העלפֿמאַן, מאַקס

First line:

Ani ma'amin, ani ma'amin, undzer gloybn, undzer gloybn, fest vi ayzn un shtol,

First line (Yiddish):

אני מאַמין, אני מאַמין, אונדזער גלױבן, אונדזער גלױבען, פֿעסט ווי אײַזן...

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Choral

Avodim Hayinu (Schwartz) — עבדים היינו (שװאַרץ)

Author:

Schwartz, Yisroel Yankov — שװאַרץ, ישׂראל ינקעבֿ

Composer:

Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר

Genre:

Holidy/Peysekh/Passover

Subject:

Slaves/Egypt/Memory

Origin:

Alb M-029(a)/

Transliteration:

Alb M-029(a)

Translation:

Alb M-029(a)

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

1653

Composer:

Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר

Author:

Schwartz, Yisroel Yankov — שװאַרץ, ישׂראל ינקעבֿ

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Harrel, Richard, solo

First line:

Shklafn zaynen mir geven gor a mol in land mitsrayim:

First line (Yiddish):

שקלאָפֿן זענען מיר געװען גאָר אַ מאָל אין לאַנד מצרים:

Track comment:

Yiddish Text, Translation, and Transliteration with Album

Language:

Yiddish

Dayenu (Genug Zol Shoyn Zayn) — דינוּ (גענוג זאָל שױן זײַן)

Author:

Telesin, Zhame — טעלעסין, ז.

Composer:

Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל

Genre:

Literary Origin/Protest

Subject:

Soviet Refusnik/Steadfastness/Survival

Origin:

Alb M-029(a)

Transliteration:

Alb M-029(a)

Translation:

Alb M-029(a)

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

2939

Vocal:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Director/Piano:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Vocal:

Montifiore, David, solo

Arranger:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

Dayenu! Dayenu! Genug zol shoyn zayn! Oyf khasenes fremde tsu tantsn,

First line (Yiddish):

דיינוּ! דיינוּ! גענוג זאָל שױן זײַן! אױף חתונות פֿרעמדע צו טאנצן.

Track comment:

Text, translation and transliteration with album notes.

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Soloist with Children's Chorus

Dremlen Feygl Oyf Di Tsvaygn (Yampolsky) — דרעמלען פֿױגל אױף די צװײַגן (יאַמפּאָלסקי)

Also known as:

S'dremlen Feygl Oyf Di Tsvaygn

Author:

Rudnitski, Leah — רודניצקי, לאה

Author:

Rudnitski, Leah — רודניצקי, לאה

Composer:

Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב

Composer:

Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב

Genre:

Viglid/Lullaby/Holcaust/Lament

Subject:

Birds/Tree/Branches/Sleep/Child/Parents

Origin:

Kaczer 87/Alb D-004(g)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Alb M-029(a)/

Transliteration:

Alb K-014(a)/Alb M-029(a)/Alb R-007(c)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-034(a)

Translation:

Alb C-015(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-032(c)/Alb G-006(b)/Alb J-034(a)

Music:

ML WAH 57/Ephemera 632/Green

Additional song notes:

Same melody as "S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nishto." Birds Drowse On The Branches See pamphlet in Book Index (short title "Green") Franklin Call # 1621 G 733 F7 1994 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration. The pamphlet is boxed in a folio sized folder.

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

4296

Vocal:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Musical Director/Piano/Choral Arranger:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

Dremlen feygl oyf di tsvaygn, shlof, mayn tayer kind,

First line (Yiddish):

דרעמלען פֿײגל אױף די צװײַגן, שלאָף, מײַן טײַער קינד,

Track comment:

Same melody as "S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nishto."

Language:

Yiddish

Es Brent — עס ברענט

Also known as:

Undzer Shtetl Brent

Also known as:

Haayara Boeret

Also known as:

Our Little Village Is Aflame

Author:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Composer:

Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי

Genre:

Holocaust/

Subject:

Catastrophe/Destruction/Pogrom/Resistance/Alarm/Warning

Origin:

Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 330/ML WAH 12/Alb B-003(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-24(e)/

Transliteration:

CD L-054(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb Z-010(g)/Mlot-Gott 12/Alb M-029(a)/Vinkov 4 62

Translation:

Ephemera 1204/Alb M-029(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb R-033(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb D-004(g)

Music:

Kaczer 424/ML WAH 12/Vinkov 4 62

Additional song notes:

It's Burning Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk. Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

4765

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר

First line:

S'brent! Briderlekh, s'brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl...

First line (Yiddish):

ס'ברענט! ברידערלעך, ס'ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך…

Track comment:

Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk.

Language:

Yiddish

Eliyahu Hanovi — אליהוּ הנביא

Also known as:

Elijah

Genre:

Holiday/Peysekh/Havdola

Subject:

Elijah/Prophet

Origin:

Alb M-029(a)/Coopersmith NJS 56/Alb Y-003(b)/Alb B-033(f)

Transliteration:

Alb M-029(a)/Coopersmith NJS 56/Alb Y-003(b)/Alb B-067(a)

Translation:

Alb M-029(a)/Coopersmith NJS 56/Alb B-067(a)

Music:

Coopersmith NJS 56

Related information in folder 1118:

Comments:

1. Article in American Music, Spring Issue 2011 by Michael Ochs titled "Welcoming Elijah in 1927: Medelssohn in Yiddish Socialist Clothing, describing an unusal version of Mendelssohn's "Elijah" performed by a left wing amateur chorous in Chicago on May 15th, 1927. The chorus, Freiheit Gezang Farein, was directed and founded by Jacob Schaeffer

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

4594

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Feinsinger, Mary, solo

First line:

Eliyahu hanovi, eliyahu hatishbi, eliyahu, eliyahu,

First line (Hebrew):

אליהוּ הנביא, אליהו התּשבּי, אליהוּ, אליהוּ, אליהוּ הגלעדי,

Track comment:

Text, Translation, and Transliteration with Album

Language:

Hebrew

Gut Yom Tov — גוט יום טובֿ

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

5822

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Kaplan, Joel, clarinet

First line:

Na na na na na na na na nam gut yomtev, gut yomtev,

First line:

נאַ, נאַ, נאַ, נאַ, נאַ, נאַ, נאַ, נאַ, דוט יום-טובֿ, גוט יום-טובֿ

Track comment:

Yiddish Text, Translation, and Transliteration with Album

Tayere Malke — טײַערע מלכּה

Also known as:

Bim Bom (Tayere Malke)

Also known as:

Der Bekher (Warshavsky)

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Composer:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Genre:

Folk/Holiday/Peysekh/Passover

Subject:

Wife/Toast/Drinking/Passover/Enemies/Wine Cup/

Origin:

Alb L-001(a)/Warshav 19/Alb M-029(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-004(c)Kinderbuch 84

Transliteration:

Alb B-004(c)/Alb B-007(a)/Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/CD K-029(j)

Translation:

Alb L-024(a)/Kinderbuch 85/Alb B-007(a)/Alb T-018(a)/CD K-029(j)/Sh Sh 200

Music:

ML YT 64/Kinderbuch 84

Additional song notes:

Originally titled "Der Bekher"

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

14852

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Kaplan, Joel, clarinet

First line:

Tayere Malke, gezunt zolstu zayn, gis on dem bekher,

First line (Yiddish):

טײַערע מלכּה, געזונט זאָלסטו זײַן, גיס אָן דעם בעכער,

Track comment:

Text, translation and transliteration with album notes.

Language:

Yiddish

Tsind Un Di Likht — צינד אָן די ליכט

Author:

Frug, Shimon Shmuel — פֿרוג, שמעון שמואל

Composer:

Malek, Eugene

Genre:

Literary Origin/Holiday/Passover

Subject:

Candles/Flowers/Wine/Morer/Karpos/Kharoses/Freedom/Joy

Origin:

Alb M-029(a)

Transliteration:

Alb M-029(a)

Translation:

Alb M-029(a)

Additional song notes:

Light The Candles

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

15606

Composer:

Malek, Eugene

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Montifiore, David, solo

First line:

Tsind un di likht fun ek biz ek. Bakrants dem tish mit...

First line:

צינד אָן די ליכט פֿון עק ביז עק, באַקראַנץ דים טיש מיט פֿרישע...

Track comment:

Yiddish Text, Translation, and Transliteration with Album

Umoshe (And Moses..., Heb) — ומשה (עבֿריתּ)

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

15885

Author:

Kadmon, D.

Composer:

Admon, Yedidya — אדמון, י.

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Goldberg, Miriam, solo

First line:

Umoshe hika al tsur bamate hika al sela, sela,

First line:

ומשה היכה צור בּמטה היכה על סלע, סלע,

Track comment:

Text, Translation, and Transliteration with Album

Yisrolik (Rozental) — ישׂראליק (ראָזענטאַל)

Author:

Rozental, Leyb — ראַזענטאַל, לײב

Composer:

Veksler, Misha — װעקסלער, מישאַ

Genre:

Holocaust/Theatre/Cabaret/

Subject:

Occupation/Street Peddler/Child/Orphan/Defiance

Song comment:

Vilna Ghetto

Origin:

Kaczer 106/Alb W-001(a)/Alb M-029/ML WAH 54/Vinkov 4 139

Transliteration:

Alb C-025(a)/Alb G-005(b)/Alb M-029/Alb F-032(c)/ML WAH 54/ W-001(a)

Translation:

C-035(a)/ML WAH 54/Alb V-001(a)/Alb F-032(c)/Alb M-029(a)/Alb G-005(b)/

Music:

Kaczer 389/ML WAH 54/Vinkov 4 139

On album:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

17673

Author:

Rozental, Leyb — ראַזענטאַל, לײב

Composer:

Veksler, Misha — װעקסלער, מישאַ

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Berk, Phyllis

First line:

Nu koyft zhe papirosn, Nu koyft zhe sakharin. Gevorn iz...

First line:

נו קױפֿט זשע פּאַפּיראָסן, נו קױפֿט זשע סאַכאַרין, געװאָרן אַיז הײַנט..

Track comment:

Translation by Roslyn Bresnick Perry.

Language:

Yiddish/English

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:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

18134

Vocal:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Conductor:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

First line:

Zog nit keyn mol az du geyst dem letstn veg. Khotch himlen..

First line (Yiddish):

זאָג ניט קײן מאָל אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג. כאָטש הימלען...

Track comment:

Text, transliteration and translation with album notes.

Language:

Yiddish

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:

M-029(a) (Workmen's Circle Chorus Sings Songs of Freedom & Resistance — לידער פֿון פֿרײהײַט און װידערשטאַנד)

Track ID:

17885

Artist:

Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר

Artist:

Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)

Artist:

Eleanor Reissa

First line:

Yugnt geyt foroys, yugnt geyt foroys,

First line (Yiddish):

יוגנט גײַט פֿאָראױס, יוגנט גײַט פֿאָראױס, אונדזער ליד איז פֿול...

Track comment:

Text, translation, transliteration with album notes.

Language:

Yiddish