Name:
Gordin, Yakov
Name (Yiddish):
גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Also known as:
Gordin, Jacob
Born:
1853
Died:
1909
Related information in folder 1183:
Comments:
1.
Comments:
1. Article in the English Forward of May 4, 2012 by Joel Schechter titled "From Siberia To The Lower East Side: Jacob Gordin's Drama" reviewing Barbara Henry's book "Rewriting Russia: Jacob Gordin's Yiddish Drama

Songs written or composed

Mirele Efros (Excerpt) — מירעלע עפֿראָס (אױסצוג)

Author:
Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word
Subject:
Mother/Children/Conflict/Family/Inlaws/Business/Bar Mitzva/

Recording

On album:
K-008(a) (Ida Kaminska and her Yiddish State Theatre of Poland)
Track ID:
10533
Vocal:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Vocal:
Grudberg, Itsik — קאַמינסקע, רחל
Vocal:
Kaminska, Rakhl — גרודבערג, איציק
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

The Yiddish King Lear (Video) — דער ייִדישע קעניג לעאַר (ווידיאָ)

Author:
Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Drama/Theater
Subject:
Family/Father/Children/Money/Women/Independence/Defiance

Recording

On album:
V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
Track ID:
33989
Director:
Thomashefsky, Harry
Producer:
Walker, Johnnie
Producer:
Rieger, Jack
Screen Adaptation:
Armband, Abraham
Actor:
Krohner, Maurice
Actor:
Levenstein, Fannie
Actor:
Bergreen, Jacob
Actor:
Grosman, Miriam
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Drama/Theater
Length:
80:00

On A Heym (Video) — אָן אַ היים (ווידיאָ)

Author:
Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Composer:
Shayevitsh, Israel — שייעוויטש, ישׂראל
Genre:
Theater/Literary Orgin/Drama
Subject:
Immigration/Poverty/Hardship/Loss/Separation
Additional song notes:
Without A Home Homeless

Recording

On album:
V0150 (On A Heym/ Ida Kaminska/Shimon Dzigan/Yidroel Shumacher (Video) — אָן אַ היים (ווידיאָ))
Track ID:
36864
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Drama
Length:
88:00

Got Mentsh Un Tayvl (Video) — גאָט מענטש און טײַוול (ווידיאָ)

Author:
Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Theater/Drama
Subject:
Family/Devil/Corruption/Riches/Temtations/Divorce/Law/Akore
Additional song notes:
God Man and Devil Based on the play by Yakov Gordon

Recording

On album:
V0274 (Di Vayberishe Kniplekh (Video) — די ווײַבערשע קניפּלעך (ווידיאָ))
Track ID:
37151
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Drama
Length:
60:00

Other tracks with this artist

Di Shnayt (Excerpt) — די שנײט

On album:
K-008(a) (Ida Kaminska and her Yiddish State Theatre of Poland)
Track ID:
3767
Author:
Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Artist:
Grudberg, Itsik / Marian Melman — קאַמינסקע, רחל \ מעריאַן מעלמען
Artist:
Kaminska, Rakhl / Calel Rapaport — גרודבערג, איציק \ קאַלעל ראַפּאַפּאַרט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Fragment from fourth act.
Language:
Yiddish