Name:
Tamir, A.
Name (Yiddish):
װאָלקאָװיסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Name (Hebrew):
תמיר, א.
Also known as:
Volkoviski, Alexl — װאָלקאָװיסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער — װאָלקאָװיסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Born:
1932 (Vilna)
Comment:
Name was originally Alex Volkovski

Songs written or composed

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.
Sheet music:
Folder:
50
Series:
1
Arranger:
I. R. Meisels
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
I. R. M.
Provenance:
Gift of Barbara Moskow
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do, s'hobn ze
First line (Yiddish):
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שווײַגן, קבֿרים וואַקסן דאָ, ס'האָבן זע פֿאַרפֿלאַנצט

Recordings

On album:
xV-001(b)
Track ID:
12314
Vocal:
Reuveni, Dorit — ראבני, דורית
First line:
Sheket, sheket, bene nakhrisha! Kon tsumkhim kvarim
First line:
שקט, שקט, בּני, נחרישה! כּאן צוֹמחים קברים,
Track comment:
Hebrew version by Avraham Shlonsky
On album:
xT-022(a)
Track ID:
12315
Vocal:
Thobi, Nizza
Vocal:
Herchenhahn H. Quartet
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line (Yiddish):
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
Track comment:
Recorded in West Germany undr title "Ponar Lid"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-005(b) (Hazzan Isaac Goodfriend Songs of Martyrdom and Hope — לידער פֿון קאַמף און בּטחון)
Track ID:
18633
Artist:
Goodfriend, Cantor Isaac
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
On album:
T-022(a) (Nizza Thobi Mir Lebn Ejbig)
Track ID:
14302
Artist:
Thobi, Nizza
Artist:
Herchenhahn H. Quartet
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
Track comment:
Recorded in West Germany undr title "Ponar Lid"
On album:
B-014(b) (Belina Siegfried Behrend Jiddish Songs "Es Brennt")
Track ID:
14303
Artist:
Belina
Arranger/Guitar:
Behrend, Siegfried
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
Track comment:
Recording made in Germany
On album:
B-055(a) (Bread & Candy Script by Irena Klepfisz)
Track ID:
14304
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Musical Director:
London, Frank
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line (Yiddish):
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Bread And Candy" With "Kinder"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-029(f) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Old World Beat)
Track ID:
14305
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Artist:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
On album:
F-032(c) (Remember The Children Songs...Children of the Holocaust)
Track ID:
14306
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
On album:
V-001(c) (Songs of the Ghettos (English Version))
Track ID:
14307
Artist:
Johnson, Sandra
First line:
Softly, softly, in the silence, graves around us grow --
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
English version by Gila Abrahamson
Language:
English
On album:
R-012(b) (The Child In tHe Jewish Catastrophe Shammai Rosenblum — הילד בּשואה שמאי רוזנבלום)
Track ID:
14308
Artist:
Rosenblum, Shami — רוזנבלום, שמאי
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Translated from Yiddish by A. Shlonsky.
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
V-001(b) (Songs of the Ghettos (Hebrew Version) — לידער פֿון געטאָס שירים מן הגיטאות)
Track ID:
14309
Vocal:
Reuveni, Dorit — ראבני, דורית
Hebrew Adaptation:
Shlonsky, Avraham — שלאָנסקי, אבֿרהם
Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Vocal:
Reuveni, Dorit — ראבני, דורית
First line:
Sheket, sheket, bni nakhrisha! kan tsumkhim kvarim
First line (Hebrew):
שקט, שקט, בּני, נחרישה! כּאן צוֹמחים קברים,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Hebrew version by Avraham Shlonsky
Language:
Hebrew
On album:
G-048(b) (die "gojim" S'firt Keyn Veg Tsurik Vilna 1941-43)
Track ID:
20413
Artist:
Di Gojim (Austria) די גױעם (עסטרײַך)
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)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Ponar Vig Lid"
On album:
xG-048(b)
Track ID:
20414
Vocal:
Di Gojim (Austria) די גױעם (עסטרײַך)
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Ponar Vig Lid"
On album:
C-032(c) (Chutzpah Labor & Holocaust Songs of Hope Courage & Defiance — חי)
Track ID:
21297
Artist:
Krasnowsky, Frank
Arranger/Piano:
Anschell-Steuer, Sydney
First line:
Quiet, quiet, we must be silent, graves, they grow nearby,
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
Track comment:
English adaptation by Frank Krasnowsky
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
A-001(k) (Chava Alberstein / Yiddish Songs — חוה אלברשטיין / מארגאריטקעלעך)
Track ID:
23343
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)
Track comment:
Duplicate of A-01(e)
On album:
K-059(c) (Daniel Kempin/ Mir Lebn Eybik/ lider fun getos un lagern — מיר לעבן אײביק)
Track ID:
22963
Guitar:
Kempin, Daniel
Violin:
Reznik, Dimitri (b.1969), violin
Violin:
Meier, Sigi
Contrabass:
Muller, Thomas O. H.
Vocal:
Skurkovitsh, Sima (b.1924) סקורקאָװיטש, סינאַ (1924-)
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22917
Vocal:
Osipov, Claire Klein
Artist:
Seattle Peace Theatre Singers
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)
On album:
B-003(y) (Sidor Belarsky Sings "Songs Of The Holocaust")
Track ID:
23372
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Conductor Orchestra and Chorus:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
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)
Track comment:
Duplicate B-03(a)
On album:
Z-013(d) (Hear Our Voices/Zamir Choral/ Songs of the Ghettos and the Camps / Joshua Jacobson Conductor — שמע קולנו)
Track ID:
26187
Vocal:
Thorpe, Catherine
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
On album:
G-048(b)2 (gojim Ess firt kejn weg zurik... Jiddische Lider...1941-43)
Track ID:
25936
Artist:
Di Gojim (Austria) די גױעם (עסטרײַך)
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Ponar Vig Lid"
On album:
F-042(a) (Basye Farbotene Lider Ojf Jiddish)
Track ID:
26879
Artist:
Frydman, Basia
Artist:
Hansson, Torsten, piano & arr
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Ponar Lid"
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
On album:
S-008(c) (Lea Szlanger in Song — לאה שלאַנגער זינגעציק)
Track ID:
30994
Vocal:
Szlanger, Lea — שלאַנגער, לאה
First line:
shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line (Yiddish):
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
M-096(a) (Urszula Makosz / Dos Lid Funem Khurbn/ Songs from the Ghettos and Jewish Resistance — דאָד ליד פֿונעם חורבן)
Track ID:
36257
Vocal:
Makosz, Ursulaz
Piano:
Krol, Waldemar
Saxaphone/Clarinet:
Czubak, Irenousz
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
Length:
1:56
On album:
L-005(a) (Nehama Lifschitz Recorded Live/First Appearance in Israel — נחמה ליפשיץ הוקלט חי בהופעה פומבית רטשונה בּישׂראל)
Track ID:
14295
Vocal:
Lifshitz, Nekhama — ליפֿשיץ, נחמה
Conductor/Arranger:
Graziani, Yitskhak — גרציאני, יצחק
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
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)
On album:
V-007(a) (Songs Of The Ghetto and Jewish Folklore sung by Ana Vinocur — געטאָ לידער)
Track ID:
14297
Artist:
Vinicur, Ana — װיניקור, אַנאַ
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
On album:
A-001(e) (Chava Alberstein / Yiddish Folk Songs / Margaritkelekh — חוה אַלבערשטײן מאַרגאַריטקעלעך)
Track ID:
14298
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...
On album:
B-003(a) (Remember Songs of the Holocaust Sidor Belarsky — געדענק - זכור לידער פֿון חורבן - שירי השואה סידאָר בעלאַרסקי)
Track ID:
14299
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Conductor Orchestra and Chorus:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
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)
On album:
V-001(d) (Partisans of Vilna Songs of World War II Jewish Resistance)
Track ID:
14300
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
First line:
Shtiler, shtiler, lomir shvaygn, kvorim vaksn do.
First line:
שטילער, שטילער, לאָמיר שװײַגן, קבֿרים װאַקסן דאָ. ס'האָבן זײ...
On album:
B-011(a) (Songs Of The Ghetto Sung By Cantor Abraham Brun)
Track ID:
14301
Artist:
Brun, Khazn Abraham — ברון, חזן אַבֿרהם
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)
Track comment:
Text and translat with album notes.