What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles

Album ID:
V0290(7)a
Format:
DVD
Publisher:
Beth El Synagogue, Durham, North Carolina
Date of issuance:
Nov 11, 2018
Language:
Yiddish
Provenance:
Gift of Beth El Synagogue, Durham, NC 2016
Genre:
CompilationConcert
Where produced:
Durham, NC
Number of tracks:
16
Additional notes:
Liner Notes in Ephemera Folder 1458

Contents

Dos Zekele Mit Koylen — דאָס זעקעלע מיט קוילען
Genre:
Theater/Humorous/Novelty
Subject:
Coal/Heat/Poverty
Origin:
Sheet Music 306
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1458 2018
Translation:
Ephemera 1458 2018
Music:
Sheet Music 306
Additional song notes:
A Sack of Coal
Related information in folder 806:
Comments:
1. Email from Anna Hurkmans, Rome, Italy citing the Italian newspaper La Republica, that the most famous song of the Italian resistance "Bella Ciao" is based on the Yiddish novelty theater song "Dos Zekele Fun Koylen". 2. Transliteration and Translation of lyrics of Bella ciao from the internet
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43005
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Rocamora, Nancy
Arranger:
Shapiro, Reuben
Vocal:
Valentine, Megan
Vocal:
Friedland, Beth
Vocal:
Marx, Jacqueline
Vocal:
Stewart, Andy
Vocal:
Hammond, Marie
Vocal:
Rivkin-Fish, Ziggy
Vocal:
Loewenthal, Norm
Vocal:
Junker, James
Vocal:
Fleisher, David
First line:
Gute fraynd, ken ikh bay aykh poyln, ir zolt mir hern zingn dos shtikele fun koyln, vayl mayn vayb
First line (Yiddish):
גוטע פֿרײַנד, קען איך בײַ אײַך פועלן, איר זאָלט מיר הערן זינגען דאָס שטיקעלע פֿון קוילן, ווײַל מײַן ווײַב שטייט אַף דעם...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Chorale
Length:
2:56
Moyshele Mayn Fraynd — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Memory/Folk
Subject:
Childhood/Aging/Friends
Origin:
ML MTAG 122/Alb R-22(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb F-024(e)/Sheet Music Moskow 3
Transliteration:
CD L-054(a)/ML MTAG 122/Alb D-004(d)/Alb R-022(a)/CD A-005(e)SM Moskow 3/e1435
Translation:
CD L-054(a)/Silverman SJP06/Alb R-022(a)/Alb M-041(a)/CD A-005(e)/SM Moskow 3
Music:
ML MTAG 122/Silverman SJP06//Sheet Music Moskow 3
Additional song notes:
Ephemera 1458 see 2013 for translat and translit Alb ID V02920(2) What's Not To Like 2013 and V029(7)a 2018 Ephemera 1458
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43006
Artist:
Berman, Gary
Artist:
Ma, Enze
Artist:
Smith, Andy
Artist:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Bolotin, Suzie
First line:
Vos makhstu epes, Moyshele? Kh'derken dikh nokh on blik. Du bist geven mayn khaverl, mit yorn lang tsurik, un oykh in
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס מאַכסטו עפּעס, משהלע? כ'דערקען דיך נאָך אָן בליק, דו ביסט געווען מײַן חבֿרל, מיט יאָרן לאַנג צוריק, און אויך אין..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:33
Di Fir Muskatirs — די פֿיר מוסקאַטירס
Author:
Greenblatt, Aliza — גרינבלאַט, עליזה
Composer:
Glatshteyn, Yisroel — גלאַטשטײן, ישׂראל
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Friendship/Nature/Singing/Evening/Night/Longing
Song comment:
Dedicated by author to "Girfiends in Kansas City"
Origin:
GRB TSL 9
Transliteration:
CD L-051(a)/1458 Ephemera 2018
Translation:
CD L-051(a)/1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
Aliza Greenblat credited with text & music on Alb V0290(7)a
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43007
Artist:
Berman, Gary
Artist:
Ma, Enze
Artist:
Smith, Andy
Artist:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Pickus, Mira
First line:
S'iz di zun a goldene shoyn avek un gezegent un gezukht zikh mit di berg, geyen mir af a shpatsir, benken mir ale fir,
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז דן זון אַ גאָלדענע שױן אַװעק, און געזעגענט זיך מיט די בערג, גייען מיר אַף אַ שפאַציר, בענקן מיר אַלע פֿיר,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk
Length:
3:39
Mayn Yugntfraynd — מײַן יונגנפֿרײַנד
Author:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Memory/Childhood/Kheyder/Friend/Distant/Lonely/Home
Transliteration:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Translation:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
My Childhood Friend
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43008
Artist:
Berman, Gary
Artist:
Ma, Enze
Artist:
Smith, Andy
Artist:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Marx, Jacqueline
Vocal:
Rivkin-Fish, Ziggy
First line:
Mayn Yugentfraynd, ikh gedenk es nokh haynt, ven mir zenenin kheyder gegangen, ikh ken nit fargesn yene kinder-yorn, ven
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן יוגנטפֿרײַנד, איך געדענק עס נאָך הײַנט, ווען מיר זענען אין חדר געגאַנגען, איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן יענע קינדער־יאָרן,....
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Duet
Length:
3:32
A Shayle Baym Rebn — אַ שאלה בײַם רבּן
Genre:
Theater/Novelty/Humorous/Folk
Subject:
Wife/Rabbi/Solution/Kasher Pot/Maidservant/Kasher Husband/
Transliteration:
Peppler 2 29/1458 Ephemera 2018/wntl 10/18/2015
Translation:
Peppler 2 29/1458 Ephemera 2018/wntl 10/18/2015
Music:
Peppler 2 29
Additional song notes:
A Question For The Rabbi See also 1458 ephemera 2015 for translat and translit
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43009
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Li, Jenny
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Peppler, Jane
Viola:
Lin, Michael
First line:
Tayerer rebbe, rebe reb shneur, ikh bin gekumen tsu aykh af a vayle, ir zolt mir paskenen di shayle, mayn shkaynes…
First line (Yiddish):
טײַערער רבּע, רבּע רבּ שנוער, איך בין געקומען צו אײַך אַף אַ ווײַלע איר זאָלט מיר פסקענען די שאלה, מײַן שכנס שיקסע...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Humorous/Chantlike
Length:
3:23
Eynem Gelingt Dem Anderen Nisht — איינעם געלינקט דעם אַנדערן נישט
Also known as:
Eynem Gelinkt Es
Genre:
Waltz/Novelty
Subject:
Wealth/Poverty/Success/Failure/Class/Fate
Transliteration:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Translation:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
One Succeeds, The Other Fails
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43010
Artist:
Berman, Gary
Artist:
Ma, Enze
Artist:
Smith, Andy
Artist:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Fleisher, David
First line:
Mit a khaver gekumen tsu foren aher, un a sent un a shprakh, beyde in di zelbe yoren, genumen zikh tsum zelbn fakh….,
First line (Yiddish):
מיט אַ חבֿר גענומען צו פֿאָרן אַהער, אָן אַ סענט, אָן אַ שפּראַך, ביידע אין די זעלבע יאָרן, גענומען זיך צום שעלבן פֿאַך
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/WaltzHumorous
Length:
3:08
Khaveyrim Fun Kindhayt — צו מײַנע בחבֿרים פֿון קינהייט
Author:
Gendler, Arkady — גענדלער, אַרקאַדי
Composer:
Gendler, Arkady — גענדלער, אַרקאַדי
Genre:
iterary Origin/Memory
Subject:
Friends/ChildhoodDreams/Letters/Separation/Fate
Transliteration:
Alb G-070(d)/Ephemera 1424
Translation:
Alb G-070(d)/Ephemera 1424
Additional song notes:
Childhood companions
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43011
Artist:
Berman, Gary
Artist:
Ma, Enze
Artist:
Smith, Andy
Artist:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Grossfeld, Rebecca
First line:
Vu zhe zent ir, mayne libe un getraye gute-brider? Yede nakht fun yene yorn, kumt ir mir tsu kholem vider, un far mayne
First line (Yiddish):
וווּ זשה זענט איר, מײַנע ליבע און געטרײַע ליבע ברידער? יעדע נאַכט פֿון יענע יאָרן קומט איר צו חלום ווידער, און פֿון מײַנע...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:15
Di Zibn Borders — די זיבן באָרדערדס
Author:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Novelty/Humorous
Subject:
Boarders/Personalities/Occupations/Rent
Origin:
SM 114, Box 7
Transliteration:
1458 Ephemera 2018/Ephemra 1635/SM 114, Box 7
Translation:
1458 Ephemera 2018/Ephemra 1635
Music:
SM 114, Box 7
Additional song notes:
The Seven Boarders
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43012
Artist:
Berman, Gary
Artist:
Ma, Enze
Artist:
Smith, Andy
Artist:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Cohen, Susan
First line:
Mayn eshter border Rozen, flegt zikh tomid blozn, far dray dolar tey mit kofe, vashn vesh, un haynt mit sofe, angebrokhn
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן ערשטער באָרדער ראָזען, פֿלעגט זיך טאָמיד בלאָזן, פֿאַר דרײַ דאָלער טיי מיט קאָפֿע, וואַשן וועש און הײַנט פֿון סאָפֿע
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Humorous
Length:
5:23
Mayn Fraynd — מײַן פֿרײַנד
Author:
Grinberg, Roman
Composer:
Grinberg, Roman
Genre:
Literary Origin
Song comment:
Friend/Heart/ConstancyConcern
Transliteration:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Translation:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
May Friend
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43013
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Kumin, Karen
First line:
Vifl mentshn hob ikh shoyn getrofn, vifl mentshn hot ikh shoyn gezen, s'iz mayn harts shoyn geshtanen far alem ofn,...
First line (Yiddish):
וויפֿל מענטשן האָב איך שוין געטראָפֿן, וויפֿל מענטשן האָב איך שוין געזען, ס'איז מײַן האַרץ געשטאַנען פֿאַר אַלעם אָפֿן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Operatic
Length:
3:19
A Khaver In Lebn — אַ חבֿר און לעבן
Author:
Reznik, B. — רעזניק, ב.
Composer:
Brody, Joseph — יוסף ברױדי
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Money/Purpose/Waste/Friendship/Loyalty/Goal/Life
Transliteration:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Translation:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
My Friend
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43014
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Peppler, Jane
First line:
Vi biter dem mentshn iz do af der velt, ven er nor zet zayn lebns tsvek, zay yugent, farshvendt in loyfn nokh gelt,..
First line (Yiddish):
ווי ביטער דעם מענטשן איז דאָ אַף דער וועלט, ווען ער נאָר זעט זײַן לעבנס צוועק, זײַן יגענט, פֿאַרשווענדט אין לויפֿן נאָך...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:39
Ven Es Fort Avek A Fraynd — ווען עס פֿאָרט אַוועק אַ פֿרײַנד
Author:
Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
Composer:
Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Loss/Friend/Memories/Silence/Echoes/Time/Death
Transliteration:
Alb V-021(b)/1458 Ephemera 2018
Translation:
Alb V-021(b)/1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
When A Friend Has To Leave
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43015
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Marx, Jacqueline
Vocal:
Most, Bernie
First line:
Ven es fort avek a faynd, un mit dir a shtikl haynt, un mit dir geyt avek a teyl fun nekhtn, s'vert nokh veyniker di…
First line (Yiddish):
ווען עס פֿאָרט אַוועק אַ פֿרײַנד, מיט דיר אַ שטיקל הײַנט, און מיט דיר גייט אַוועק אַ טייל פֿון נעכטן, ס'ווערט נאָך ווייניקער
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Duet/Sadly
Length:
3:54
Borukh Habo Dir Khaver — ברוך הבאָ דיר חבֿר
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43016
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Bolotin, Suzie
First line:
Borukh habo dir, khaver! Lang shoyn nisht gezen zikh, vu bistu geven di ale teg, tsi zenen es shoyn yorn zint du host…
First line (Yiddish):
ברוך הבאָ דיר, חבֿר! לאַנג שױן נישט געזען זיך. װוּ ביסטו געווען די אַלע טעג, צי זענען עס שוין יאַרן זינט דו האָסט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:26
Mayne Khaverte Mintsye — מײַנע חבֿרטע מינציע
Author:
Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
Composer:
Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
Genre:
Literary Origin/Memory//Holocaust
Subject:
Time/Space/Children/Joy/Abyss/Killed/Desolation
Transliteration:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Translation:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
Mayn Friend Mintsye
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43017
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Peppler, Jane
First line:
Ven kh'brekh durkh di tirn fun ort un fun tsayt, shtaystu far mir in farneplter vayt, un fun unter di tsamen farleygte..
First line (Yiddish):
װען כ'ברעך דורך די טירן פֿון אָרט און פֿון צײַט, שטייסטו פֿאַר מיר אין פֿאַרנעפלטער ווײַט, און פֿון אונטער די צאַמען...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:44
Ale Brider — אַלע ברידער
Also known as:
Brothers All
Author:
Winchevsky, Morris — װינטשעװסקי, מאָריס
Genre:
Folksong
Subject:
Fraternal/Unity/Brotherhood
Song comment:
Folklorized song based on poem "Akhdes" by Morris Winchevsky
Origin:
Kinderbuch 111/Albs B-004(c)/G-017(a)/G-019(a)/P-019(b)/ML MTAG 160
Transliteration:
Albs K-51(a)/P-19(c)/P-19(b)/G-19(a)/G-17(a)/B-004(c)/Kinderbuch11/ML MTAG 160
Translation:
Kinderbuch11/Albs B-004(c)/G-017(a)/Alb J-025(a)/ P-019(b)/Alb V0121/Sh Sh 119
Music:
Vinkov 2 182/Kinderbuch 111/ML MTAG 160
Additional song notes:
All Brothers Song associated with the labor movement Translation and Transliteration in Ephemera 1269 and also Alb B-126(a) Translation in Ephemera 1566 (p32) Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and translit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012. Also Translat and Translit in 1458 Ephemera 2018
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43018
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Friedland, Beth
Vocal:
Most, Bernie
Vocal:
Valentine, Megan
Vocal:
Crowe, Katie
First line:
Un mir zaynen ale brider, oy oy, ale brider, un mir zingen freylekhe lider, oy oy oy…un mir zaynen ale eynik, oy oy,…
First line (Yiddish):
און מיר זײַנען אַלע ברידער, אוי אוי, אַלע ברידער און מיר זינגען פֿריילעכע לידער, אוי אוי אוי, און מיר האַלטן זיך אין...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Literary Origin.Spirited
Length:
2:51
Vu Nemt Men A Fraynd — װוּ נעמט מען אַ פֿרײַנד
Author:
Rund, Morris
Composer:
Weisser, Joshua S. — ווייסער, יהושע ס.
Genre:
Cynicism
Subject:
Friend/Money/Falsity/Riches/Lonliness
Origin:
Peppler 3 300
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1516/1458 Ephemera 2018
Translation:
Ephemera 1516/1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
Where Does One Find A Friend?
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43019
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Rocamora, Nancy
First line:
Batrakht nor mentsh oy gut di velt, vi falsh a yeyder iz haynt, koym bistu orem, host keyn gelt, krign kenstu nit keyn..
First line (Yiddish):
באַטראַכט נאָר מענטש אָוי גוט די וועלט, ווי פֿאַלש אַ יעדער איז הײַנט, קוים ביסטו אָרעם, האָסט קיין געלט, קריגן קענסטו...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:00
The House I Live In
Author:
Allen, Lewis
Composer:
Robinson, Earl
Genre:
Literary Origin/Patriotic
Subject:
America/Democracy/Equality/Freedman/History/Liberty/Home
Origin:
1458 Ephemera 2018
Additional song notes:
Lewis Allen is a/k/a Abel Meeropol
On album:
V0290(7)a (What's Not to Like, (Nov 5, 2018): A Yiddish Songfest (Video) [separated] - subtitles)
Track ID:
43020
Piano:
Berman, Gary
Violin:
Ma, Enze
Violin:
Smith, Andy
Viola da gama:
Thomsen, Fred Margolin, Connie
Vocal:
Rocamora, Nancy
Vocal:
Valentine, Megan
Vocal:
Friedland, Beth
Vocal:
Marx, Jacqueline
Vocal:
Stewart, Andy
Vocal:
Hammond, Marie
Vocal:
Rivkin-Fish, Ziggy
Vocal:
Loewenthal, Norm
Vocal:
Junker, James
Vocal:
Fleisher, David
First line:
What is America to me! A name a flag I see. A certain word: democracy, what is democracy to me! The house I Live in,…
Language:
English
Style:
Concert, Choral,
Length:
2:47