Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ
- Album ID:
- V-001(a)
- Publisher:
- CBS S 66345
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Where produced:
- Israel
- Number of tracks:
- 12
- Additional notes:
- Recording prepared by "Yitzhak Katznelson House of the Ghetto -
Fighters" at Kibbutz Lochamei Hagetot, Israel, in cooperation -
with Vilna Organization of Haifa.
Contents
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:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 14296
- Vocal:
- Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
- Vocal:
- Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
- First line:
- Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
- First line:
- שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
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:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 4303
- Vocal/Arranger:
- Hendel, Nechama — הנדל, נחמה
- First line:
- Dremlen feygl oyf di tsvaygn, shlof, mayn tayer kind,
- First line (Yiddish):
- דרעמלען פֿײגל אױף די צװײַגן, שלאָף, מײַן טײַער קינד,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Same melody as "S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nishto."
- Language:
- Yiddish
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:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 5099
- Artist:
- CBS Israel Orch and Choir — סי בי עס ישׂראל אָרק און כאָר
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Aldema, Gil — אלדמע, גיל
- First line:
- Far vos iz der himl geven nekhtn loyter, fun freyd hot...
- First line:
- פֿאַר װאָס איז דער הימל געװען נעכטן לױטער, פֿון פֿרײד האָט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
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:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 5453
- Vocal:
- Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
- Artist:
- CBS Israel Orch, Gil Aldema, cond — סי בי עס ישׂראל אָרק,
- Artist:
- Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
- First line:
- Ikh blondzhe in geto, fun gesl tsu gesl,
- First line:
- איך בלאָנדזשע אין געטאָ, פֿון געסל צו געסל און קען ניט..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Ikh Benk Aheym (Rozental) — איך בענק אַהײם (ראָזענטאַל)
- Author:
- Rozental, Leyb — ראַזענטאַל, לײב
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Subject:
- Memory/Yearning/Home/Lament
- Origin:
- ML WAH 22/Alb V-001(a)/Alb S-025(a)
- Transliteration:
- ML WAH 22/Ephemera 1458
- Translation:
- ML WAH 22/Ephemera 1458
- Music:
- ML WAH 22
- Additional song notes:
- What's Not To Like 2017
- On album:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 7078
- Vocal:
- Hendel, Nechama — הנדל, נחמה
- Artist:
- Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
- First line:
- Ven, mentsh, bist yung, iz groys dayn shvung,
- First line:
- װען, מענטש, ביסט יונג, איז גרױס דײַן שװוּנג--
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Itsik Vitnberg — איציק װיטנבערג
- Author:
- Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
- Composer:
- Blatner, Marvey — בלאַטנער, מאַרװײ
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Resistance
- Subject:
- Wittenberg/Vilna/Gestapo/Capture
- Origin:
- Kaczer 341/ML WAH 87
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(o)/ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88/Alb B-007(o)
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(o)/Alb V-001(d)/ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88/Alb B-007(o)
- Music:
- ML WAH 87/Vinkov 4 88
- Additional song notes:
- Melody from 1935 Soviet song "Partizan Zhhelezniak"
- On album:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 7568
- Vocal:
- Israeli, Shimon — ישׂראלי, שמעון
- Artist:
- Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
- First line:
- S'ligt ergets farteyet der faynt vi a khia, Der mauzer er vakht…
- First line:
- ס'ליקט ערגעץ פֿאָרטײעט דער פֿײַנט װי אַ חיה, דער מאוזער ער װאַכט..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Shtil Di Nakht Iz Oysgeshterent — שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט
- Also known as:
- The Night Is Still
- Also known as:
- Mizmor Shir Lepartizanit
- Also known as:
- The Jewish Partisan Girl
- Author:
- Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
- Genre:
- Holocaust/Resistance/Love/Historical
- Subject:
- Resistance/Partisan/Combat/Love/Night/Stars/Frost/Pistol
- Origin:
- Kaczer 348/Alb V-001(a)/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb V-001(b)/Vinkov 4 142/Ephemera 1203
- Transliteration:
- ML WAH 86/Alb A-036(a)/Alb B-007(o)/Alb W-001(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428
- Translation:
- Kalisch 70/Alb F-035(a)/Alb V-001(d)/B-007(o)/Vinkov 4 142/Schwatz 4/Ephemera
- Music:
- Rub Treas 181/Z-012(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428/Schwartz 5
- Additional song notes:
- Quiet, The Night Is Starry
Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
- On album:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 14278
- Vocal:
- Israeli, Shimon — ישׂראלי, שמעון
- Arranger:
- Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
- Artist:
- CBS Israel Orch, Gil Aldema, cond — סי בי עס ישׂראל אָרק,
- First line:
- Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt. Un der frost - er hot...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט, און דער פֿראָסט- ער האָט געברענט
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Tsu Eyns Tsvey Dray — צו אײנס צװײ דרײַ
- Author:
- Rozental, Leyb — ראַזענטאַל, לײב
- Composer:
- Eisler, Hans
- Genre:
- Holocaust
- Subject:
- Hope/Purpose/Resistance
- Origin:
- Alb V-001(a)/ML WAH 80
- Transliteration:
- ML WAH 80/Alb F-005(a)/Alb K-059(c)/Alb L-038(b)_
- Translation:
- Alb F-005(a)/Alb K-059(c)/Alb L-038(b)_
- Music:
- ML WAH 80
- Additional song notes:
- Music by Eisler, based on Berthold Brecht (See liner notes Alb L-038(b)
- On album:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 15646
- Vocal:
- CBS Orchectra and Choir — סי בי עס אָרקעסטער און כאָר
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Aldema, Gil — אלדמע, גיל
- First line:
- Es hot undz dos lebn gerufn, dos lebn oyf zunike teg,
- First line (Yiddish):
- עס האָט אונדז דאָס לעבן גערופֿן, דאָס לעבן אױף זוניקע טעג,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Militant March
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:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 16003
- Vocal:
- Hendel, Nechama — הנדל, נחמה
- Arranger:
- Aldema, Gil — אלדמע, גיל
- First line:
- Unter dayne vayse shtern, shtrek tsu mir dayn veyse hant,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן, שטרעק צו מיר דײַן װײַסע האַנט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"
- Language:
- Yiddish
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:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 16605
- Vocal:
- Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
- First line:
- Vilna, shtot fun geyst and tmimes, vilna yidishlekh ...
- First line:
- װילנאַ, שטאָט פֿון גײַסט און תּמימות, װילנאַ ייִדישלעך פֿאַרטראַכט
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "tmimes" ""תּמימות naivete ??
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:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 18142
- Vocal:
- Israeli, Shimon and Choir — ישׂראלי, שמעון און כאָר
- Artist:
- CBS Israel Orchestra — תזמורות סי בּי אס ישׂראל
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Aldema, Gil — אלדמע, גיל
- 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...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- 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:
- V-001(a) (Songs of the Vilna Ghetto — דאָס געזאַנג פֿון װילנער געטאָ)
- Track ID:
- 17889
- Artist:
- CBS Israel Orchestra and Choir — סי בי עס ישׂראַל אָרקעסטער און כאָר
- Arranger/Conductor:
- Aldema, Gil — אלדמע, גיל
- First line:
- Undzer lid iz ful mit troyer, dreyst uz undzer munter-gang,
- 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