Name:
Friedman, Betsalel
Name (Yiddish):
פֿרידמאַן, בצלאל

Songs written or composed

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

Ale Far Eyns — אַלע פֿאַר איינס

Author:
Friedman, Betsalel — פֿרידמאַן, בצלאל
Composer:
Low, Leo — ליאָװ (משה לײב), לעאָ
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Unity/Non Discrimination
Sheet music:
Folder:
499
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano/Chorus
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave. New York, NY
Date:
1931
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
237
First line:
Afn feld tzu fabrik, in dorf oder shtot….
First line (Yiddish):
אויפֿן פֿעלד צו פֿאַבריק, אין דאָרף אָדער שטאָט...
Notes:
Black lettering, small folder, Yiddish/English. Price 25 cents. List of "Other Choruses" on front cover. Five short verses in Yiddish inside front cover.