Name:
Dunaevski, Isaak
Born:
1900 (Lokhvitsa, Poltava, Russia)
Died:
1955 (Moskow, 1955)
Note:
Grandson of Dunajewski, Khazn A.

Songs written or composed

Harts Mayn — האַרץ מײַן

Author:
Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה
Composer:
Dunaevski, Isaak
Genre:
Concert/Tango/Literary Origin
Subject:
Love/Rejected/Heart/Fate/Night/Loss/Love
Transliteration:
Alb T-028(b)
Translation:
Alb T-028(b)
Additional song notes:
My Heart

Recordings

On album:
E-001(c) (David Eshet Volume One — דוד עשת)
Track ID:
6127
Artist:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
Artist:
Hed Arzi Orchestra — הד ארצי אָרקעסטער
Author/Artist:
Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
First line:
Mit dir eyn mol zayn in eynim, nokh eyn mol vil ikh zehen...
First line (Yiddish):
מיט דיר אײן מאָל זײַן אין אײַנעם, נאָך אײנמאָל װיל איך זעהען...
Track comment:
Familiar tango melody
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-028(b) (Karsten Troyke; Tango Oyf Yiddish/Dos Gezang Fin Mayn Harts — טאַנגאָ איף ייִדיש)
Track ID:
42493
VocalArranger:
Troyke, Karsten — טרױקע, קאַרסטען
Violin:
Dessiatnik, Gennadi
Accordion:
Khoryshman, Valeri
Contrabass:
Jach, Michael
First line:
Mir hot farlost amol a meydl, un yetst, mayn harts, zits ikh fartrakht, ikh veys
First line (Yiddish):
מען האָט מיך פֿאַרלאָסט אַמאָל אַ מיידל, און יעסט, מײַן האַרץ, זיץ איך...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Tango
Length:
2:54

Yugn Zikh Tsvey Taykhn — יאָגן זיך צװײ טײַכן

Also known as:
Birobidzhan (Dunaevski)
Author:
Friedman, Betsalel — פֿרידמאַן, בצלאל
Author:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Composer:
Yomen, Ben — יאָמען, בען
Composer:
Dunaevski, Isaak
Genre:
Place/ Propaganda/ USSR
Subject:
Birobijan/Utopia/Rivers/Bounty/Sustenance
Origin:
Yomen 48
Transliteration:
Yomen 49/Ephemera 1520, P 16
Translation:
Ephemera 1520, p 16
Music:
Ephemera 1520, p.16
Additional song notes:
Two Rivers Flow - Written in the USA See "Birobidzhan" in ephemera
Related information in folder 456:
Comments:
Article by Chana Mlotelk in Yiddish Forverts of July 12, 2002 Responsdingto letter from Dr. Sheva Zuker discussing songs of Biro Bidzhan.

Recordings

On album:
E-014(a) (ESPE Performance Tape No 1)
Track ID:
17881
Vocal:
ESPY
First line:
Yugn zikh tsvey taykhn, Biro un Bidjan, tsvishn beyde taykhn a freylekh land..
First line (Yiddish):
יאָגן זיך צװײ טײַכן, בעראָ און בידזשאַן, צװישן בײדע טײַכן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in West Germany. Written in the U.S.A.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk
On album:
G-062(a)2 (Gebrider Moyshele Yiddishe Lider (Side B))
Track ID:
24266
Vocal/Guitar:
Gebrider Moyshele
First line:
Yugn zikh tsvey taykhn, Biro un Bidjan, tsvishn beyde...
First line (Yiddish):
יאָגן זיך צװײ טײַכן, בעראָ און בידזשאַן, צװישן בײדע טײַכן,
Track comment:
Recorded in Austria. Written in the U.S.A.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Folk
On album:
E-014(d) (ESPE Jiddische Lieder 2 Sog nischt kejmol, as du gejst dem leztn weg — עספּע ייִדישע לידער 2 זאָג ניט קײנמאָל, אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג)
Track ID:
31969
Vocal, Guitar:
Bollinger-Erb, Gabi
Vocal, Guitar:
Bollinger, Hans
Guitar, Mandolin, Waldzither, Arranger:
Krennrich, Walter
Violin, Viola:
Rath, Wolfgang
First line:
yugn zikh tsvey taykhn, Biro un Bidzhan: tsvishn di tsvey taykn…
First line (Yiddish):
יאָגן זיך צװײ טײַכן, ביראָ און בידזשאַן: צװישן די צװײ …
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded as "Birobidjan"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert
On album:
P-068(a) (Jane Peppler/ Aviva Enoch/ I Can't Complain But Sometimes I Do)
Track ID:
36205
Vocal/Concertina/Arranger:
Peppler, Jane
Piano:
Enoch, Aviva
First line:
Yugn zikh tsvey taykhn, Biro un Bidjan, tsvishn beyde taykhn a freylekh land..
First line (Yiddish):
יאָגן זיך צװײ טײַכן, בעראָ און בידזשאַן, צװישן בײדע טײַכן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert
Length:
2:38
On album:
G-054(c) (Bay Mayn Mames Shtibele/ Beyle Schaechter Gottesman/ At My Mother's House — בײַ מײַן מאַמעס שטיבעלע \ ביילע שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן)
Track ID:
38459
Vocal:
Schaechter-Gottesman, Beyle — שעכטער־גאָטעסמאַן, בײלע
Violin:
Svigals, Alicia
Accordion:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Forn firn forn tsu dem fish gefang, forn firn forn, forn mit gezang,…
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאָרן פֿירן פֿאָרן צו דעם פֿיש געפֿאַנג, פֿאָרן מיט געזאַנג, איבער לאַנד
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
1:57

Other tracks with this artist

Letitse Golubi (Doves, Russian)

On album:
H-006(f) (Voice of Jewish Russia A Musical Panorama...)
Track ID:
9121
Author/Composer:
Dunaevski, Isaak
Artist:
Alyth Children's Chorus
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From soundtrack of USSR film "We Are For Peace".
Language:
Russian

Hoykher Man — הױכער מאַן

On album:
K-083(a) (Hidden History Songs of the Kovno Ghetto)
Track ID:
26651
Author:
Markovsky, Nosn (1895-1972) מאַרקאָװסקי, נאָטאַן (1895-1972)
Composer:
Dunaevski, Isaak
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
First line:
Iz in geto do faran, eyner gor a groyser man, vos gevorn...
First line:
איז אין געטאָ דאָ פֿאַראַן, אײנער גאָר אַ גרױסער מאַן, װאָס געװאָרן..
Track comment:
Melody-USSR cinema Pensenk o kapitne Song about the Captain

Frayhayt — פֿרײַהײַט

On album:
K-083(a) (Hidden History Songs of the Kovno Ghetto)
Track ID:
26657
Author:
Cypkin, Abraham (1910-1979)
Composer:
Dunaevski, Isaak
Artist:
Cypkin, Diane & Ensemble
First line:
S'iz der toy oyf di felder gelegn, der ershter shtral fun...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז דער טױ אױף די פֿעלדער געלעגן, דער ערשטער שטראַל פֿון..
Track comment:
USSR Cinema Melody-Marsh Trakoristov (Tractor Drivers' March
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/March