Name:
Brill, Willi

Tracks with this artist

A Lidele Oyf Yidish — אַ לידעלע אױף ייִדיש

Also known as:
Klezmerl (A Lidele Oyf Yidish)
Also known as:
Sholem Lid
Also known as:
Shpil Shpil
Also known as:
Shpil Zhe Mir A Lidele Oyf Yidish
Also known as:
Klezmerl
Also known as:
A Lid Vegn Freydshaft Un Sholem
Also known as:
A Lidele Fun Sholem
Also known as:
Lomir Ale Aingen, Zingen Far Sholem
Author:
Kotliar, Yosef — קאָטליאַר, יוסף
Author:
Kotliar, Yosef — קאָטליאַר, יוסף
Author:
Kotler, Yosef — קאָטלער, יוסף
Composer:
Kon, Henekh — קאָן, הענעך
Composer:
Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Peace/Fraternity/Yiddish/Klezmer
Origin:
Liptzin 74 10/Alb W-001(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb A-017(a)Alb W-017(b)
Transliteration:
Alb W-001(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb D-016(a)/Alb A-017(a)/Alb W-017(b)/Alb T-031(b)
Translation:
Alb D-016(a)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb W-001(a)/Alb D-004(d)/Alb W-017(b)/Alb T-031(b)
Additional song notes:
Recorded under title "Bessarabien" by the Budapester Klezmer Band [Alb B-065(c)].
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
398
Vocal:
Brill, Willi
Guitar/Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Zing־zhe mir a lidele in Yidish, Dervekn zol es freyd un…
First line (Yiddish):
זינג־זשע מיר אַ לידעלע אין ייִדיש, דערװעקן זאָל עס פֿרײד און ניט..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk

A Yingele Vet Zey Firn — אַ ייִגעלע װעט זײ פֿירן

Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holocaust/Lament
Subject:
Child/Creamated/Mourning/Mother/Plea/Empty Cradle
Origin:
Album L-038(a)
Transliteration:
Album L-038(a)
Translation:
Album L-038(a)
Additional song notes:
Melody based on refrain of "Shmerl Mity Fidl"
On album:
xB-046(a)
Track ID:
787
Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Composer:
Sobel, B. — סאָבעל, ב.
Artist:
Brill, Willi
Vocal:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Dayn kholem, groyser novi, kholemt vider, Bay zikh in di...
First line:
דײַן חלום, גרױסיר נבֿיא, חלומט װידער, בײַ זיך אין די חרובֿדיקע..
Track comment:
Recorded under title "A Yingele"

Di Bayke — די בײַקע

On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
3521
Vocal:
Brill, Willi
Vocal:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Der tate iz geforn in balta, der tate iz geforn in balta,
First line (Yiddish):
דער טאַטע איז געפֿאָרן אין באַלטאַ, דער טאַטע איז געפֿאָרן אין באַלטאַ
Track comment:
Published under title "Der Tate Iz Geforn". (Vinkov 1)
Language:
Yiddish

Dos Yingele Ligt Farbrent — דאָס ייִגעלע ליקט פֿאַרברענט

Genre:
Holocaust/Lament
Subject:
Child/Murder/Immolation
Additional song notes:
The Little Boy Lies Immolated
Related information in folder 660:
Comments:
1. Article in Forward, Oct. 29, 1993 by Chana Mlotek, responding to reader, giving backround and text of Dos Yingele Ligt Farbrent".
Related information in folder 1387:
Comments:
1. 10/29/93 Response by Chana Mlotek in the Yyiddish Forverts of October 29, 1993 ia letter from a reader and gave credit to Molly and Bob Freedman and to Dina Abromowitz, YIVO libararian for proving her with the text of the song.
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
4169
Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Composer:
Sobel, B. — סאָבעל, ב.
Artist:
Brill, Willi
Vocal:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Dayn kholem, groyser novi, kholemt vider, Bay zikh in di...
First line (Yiddish):
דײַן חלום, גרױסיר נבֿיא, חלומט װידער, בײַ זיך אין די חרובֿדיקע..
Track comment:
Recorded as "A Yingele"-See Forward Oct 29, 1993 Alb G-06(b)
Language:
Yiddish

Es Dremlt In Shtetl — עס דרעמלט אין שטעטל

Also known as:
Ven Es Dremlt Dos Shtetl
Author:
Heftman, (Chaim) Yosef — העפֿטמאַן, (חיים) יוסף
Composer:
Eksman, Gershon — עקסמאַן, גרשון
Genre:
Folk/Literary Origin
Subject:
Love/Lonliness/Poverty/Need
Origin:
ML PYP 531/Alb L-022(a)/Alb R-049(a)/S-062(a)
Transliteration:
S-062(a)/Alb L-022(a)/Alb R-049(a)/Alb T-031(b)
Translation:
Alb S-062(a)Alb B-046(a)/Alb R-049(a)/Alb T-031(b)
Related information in folder 119:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Mlotek, Chana
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
3/18/2005
Comments:
Letter from reader recalling song titled "es dremlt in lager" Holocaust adaptation of "es dremlt in shtetl."
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
4797
Artist:
Brill, Willi
Guitar:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Es drimilt in shtetl, di lodns farmakht, kum tsu mir...
First line (Yiddish):
עס דרעמלט אין שטעטל, די לאָדנס פֿאַרמאַכט, קום צו מיר מײַן...
Language:
Yiddish

Dos Lid Fun Der Goldener Pave — דאָס ליד פֿון דער גאָלדענער פּאַװע

Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Seltzer, Dov — זלצר, דב
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Peacock/Deriction/Fool/Tragedy/Past
Origin:
Manger 433/Manger SB 49/Manger Illust
Transliteration:
Pakn Treger, Winter 1985, p12
Translation:
Leftwich GP 549
Music:
Manger SB 50
Additional song notes:
The Song of the Golden Peacock
Related information in folder 211:
Document type:
Translation
Author:
Itzik Manger
Publisher:
Pakentrager
Comments:
Yiddish text and translation of "Dos Lid Fun Der Goldener Pave".
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
4085
Artist:
Brill, Willi
Vocal:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Iz di goldene pave gefloygn avek, keyn mizrakh zukhn di...
First line (Yiddish):
איז די גאָלדענע פּאַװע געפֿלױגן אַװעק, קײן מזרח זוכן די...
Track comment:
Translation P 12 Winter 1985 issue of Pakn Treger
Language:
Yiddish

Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז

Also known as:
Belz
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
Subject:
Place/Belz/Childhood
Origin:
GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
Music:
GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
Additional song notes:
From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b) Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
9946
Artist:
Brill, Willi
Guitar:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Oy, az ikh dermon zikh in mayne kinder yorn, oy, vi a...
First line (Yiddish):
אַױ, אַז אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין מײַנע קינדער יאָרן, אַױ, װי אַ חלום...
Language:
Yiddish

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:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
10750
Guitar/Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Vocal:
Brill, Willi
First line:
Vos makhstu epes, Moyshele? Kh'derken dikh nokh on blik,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס מאַכסטו עפּעס, משהלע ? כ'דערקען דיך נאָך אָן בליק,
Language:
Yiddish

Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן

Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht
Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
Also known as:
El Chiclerito
Also known as:
Freylekhe Yidelekh
Also known as:
Sigaryot
Also known as:
Kupite Papirosy
Author:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Composer:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
Origin:
Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
Music:
Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
Additional song notes:
Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
12070
Vocal:
Brill, Willi
Guitar:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
A kalte nakht, a nebeldike finster umetum, shteyt a...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
Language:
Yiddish

Rabeynu Tam — רבּינו תּם

Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Rubin, Hertz — רובין, הערץ
Genre:
Literary Origin/Humorous
Subject:
Simpleton/Fool/Rebbe/Rebetsn/Golden Peacock/Queen Of Turkey
Origin:
ML MTAG 170/Alb A-001(b)/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-112(a)
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 170/Ephemera 1435
Translation:
Alb B-046(a)/Manger Wolf 104/Alb G-112(a)/Ephemera 1435
Music:
ML MTAG 170
Additional song notes:
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 747:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
12553
Vocal:
Brill, Willi
Guitar/Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Lomir zingen dos sheyne lid, haydl didl dam, vi di goldene..
First line (Yiddish):
לאָמיר זינגען דאָס שײנע ליד, הײַדל דידל דאַם--װי די גאָלדענע...
Language:
Yiddish

Tshiribim Tshiribom — טשיריבים (לאָמיר זינגען קינדערלעך)

Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Holiday/Khasidim/Food/Rebe/Chelm
Origin:
GYF 32/Alb F-024(e)/
Transliteration:
GYF 35/Alb L-048(a)/Gold Zem 269
Translation:
GYF 35/Alb L-048(a)/
Music:
GYF 33/Gold Zem 267/
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
15548
Artist:
Brill, Willi
Guitar:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Lomir zingen, kinderlekh, a zemerl tsuzamen, a nigundl...
First line (Yiddish):
לאַמיר זינגען, קינדערלעך, אַ זמרל צוזאַמען, אַ ניגונדל אַ...
Language:
Yiddish

Zibn Vokhn In A Hemd — זיבן װאָכן אין אַ העמד

Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Poverty/Shirt/Hunger/Employer/Exploitation
Origin:
Alb R-007(a)
Transliteration:
Alb R-007(a)
Translation:
Ephemera 1114/B-046(a)/Alb R-007(a)
Music:
Alb R-007(a)
Additional song notes:
Seven Weeks In One Shirt
On album:
B-046(a) (Willi Brill and Pieter Van Der Staak Sing and Play Yiddish — משהלע מײַן פֿרײַנד)
Track ID:
18032
Artist:
Brill, Willi
Vocal:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
Arranger:
Staak, Pieter Van Der
First line:
Vi azoy s'iz nit gut tsu geyn zebn vokhn in a hemd,
First line (Yiddish):
װי אַזױ ס'אַיז ניט גוט צו גײן זיבן װאָכן אין אַ העמד,
Track comment:
Varient on page 152 Rub Voi.
Language:
Yiddish