Songs written or composed
Di Shvartse Kats — די שװאַרצע קאַץ
- Author:
- Tanich, Mikhail
- Composer:
- Saulsky, Yuri
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Metaphor/Russian Underground Song
- Subject:
- Black Cat/Enemies/Persecution/Bad Luck/
- Origin:
- Alb L-038(d)
- Transliteration:
- Alb L-038(d)
- Translation:
- Alb L-038(d)/Ephemera 1566 (p 27)
- Additional song notes:
- The Black Cat
Tanich - Original Russian Text
Moshe Sakhar - Yiddish Adaption
Recordings
- On album:
- F-042(a) (Basye Farbotene Lider Ojf Jiddish)
- Track ID:
- 26870
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה
- Vocal:
- Frydman, Basia
- Arranger/Piano:
- Hansson, Torsten, piano & arr
- First line:
- Ligt a kats, shvarts vi koyl, oyfn dakh, sonim hot ot di kats..
- First line (Yiddish):
- ליגט אַ קאַץ, שװאַרץ װי קױל, אױפֿן דאַך, שונאים האָט אָט די קאַץ...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- On album:
- L-038(d) (Shura Lipovsky: Ensemble Novaya/ Vaytinke)
- Track ID:
- 41615
- Vocal:
- Lipovsky, Shura
- Artist:
- Novaya Shira Ensemble
- Pianist/Arranger:
- Prenen, Paul
- Cellist:
- Roelofs, Maaike
- Recorder:
- van Roon, Marjolijn
- Violin:
- Vos, Bert
- First line:
- Ligt a kats, shvartse vi koyl, oyfn dakh, sonim hot ot di kats zeyer a sakh…
- First line (Yiddish):
- ליגט אַ קאַץ, שװאַרץ װי קױל, אױפֿן דאַך, שונאים האָט אָט די קאַץ זייער אַ סך!
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- Length:
- 3:14
- On album:
- K-026(k)2 (Klezmania/The Black Cat/Di Shvartse Kats — די שוואַרצע קאַץ)
- Track ID:
- 42233
- Clarinet/Guitar/Backing Vocal:
- Myrocki, Lionel
- Bayan:
- Breytman, David
- Double Bass/Vocal/Guitar/Harmonica:
- Krycer, David
- Vocal/Percussion:
- Mrocki, Freydi
- Arrangement:
- Klezmania
- First line:
- Ligt a kats, shvartse vi koyl, oyfn dakh, sonim hot ot di kats zeyer a sakh…
- First line (Yiddish):
- ליגט אַ קאַץ, שװאַרץ װי קױל, אױפֿן דאַך, שונאים האָט אָט די קאַץ זייער אַ סך!
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Jazz/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:39
- On album:
- E-001(e) (David Eshet sings in Yiddish Forbidden Russian Songs — דוד עשת זינגט אין ייִדיש רוסישע פֿאַרבאָטענע לידער)
- Track ID:
- 3771
- Yiddish Adaptation:
- Sachar, Moshe — סחר, משה
- Vocal:
- Eshet, David — עשת, דוד
- Artist:
- D. R. G. Orchestra — ד. ר. ג. אָרקעסטער
- First line:
- Ligt a kats, shvarts vi koyl, oyfn dakh, sonim hot ot di kats..
- First line (Yiddish):
- ליגט אַ קאַץ, שװאַרץ װי קױל, אױפֿן דאַך, שונאים האָט אָט די קאַץ...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Schwarze Katz (Tchorny Kott)
- Author:
- Tanich, Mikhail
- Composer:
- Saulsky, Yuri
- Genre:
- Lterary Origin/German/Russian/Russian Protest Song
- Additional song notes:
- No German or Russian Text.
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