Name:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Born:
Paris. France
Comment:
Holocaust survivor, emigrated to US 1950

Tracks with this artist

A Dudele — אַ דודעלע

Also known as:
Dem Berditshevers Rovs Dudke
Author:
Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok — באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק
Composer:
Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok — באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק
Genre:
Religious
Subject:
Khasidic/Faith/Praise/Presence/Melody
Origin:
Kotylan 36Album/L-038(d)
Transliteration:
Kotylan 36/Album R-034(k)/Album L-038(d)
Translation:
Alb B-001(a)/Alb D-002(b)/Album R-034(k)/Album L-038(d)
Music:
Kotylan 37
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
138
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Reboynu shel olam, Ikh vel dir a dudele zingen, du du du du,
First line (Yiddish):
רבוֹנוֹ של עוֹלם, איך װעל דיר אַ דודעלע זינגען, דו דו דו דו,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:10

A Glezele Lekhaim — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים

Author:
Bergholtz, B. — בערגהאָלץ, ב.
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Folk/USSR
Subject:
Toast/Drinking/Friendship
Origin:
Vinkov 2 176/Alb A-003(c)/Alb D-004(d)/CD W-017(f)/CD A-005(a)/ML SOG 238/
Transliteration:
Alb A-003(c)/Vinkov 2 176/Alb D-004(d)/CD W-017(f)CD A-005(a)/ML SOG 238
Translation:
Vinkov 2 179/Alb A-003(c)/CD W-017(f)/ML SOG 239/CD L-036(a)
Music:
Vinkov 2 176/ML SOG 239
Additional song notes:
Alexandrovitch recordings credit Pulver as composer. Chana Mlotek indicates that the song was put to a Rumshinsky composition.
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
224
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
A glezele lekhaim, es shat nit nemen haynt,
First line:
אַ גלעזעלע לחיים, עס שאַט ניט נעמען הײַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
A toast to life, lekhaim, let's drink it out today...
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Concert

A Brivele Der Mamen — אַ בריוועלע דער מאַמען

Also known as:
Mikhtav Le'ima
Author:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Mother/Son/Parting/Letter/Emigration/Class/Neglect/
Origin:
ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65/Alb G-013(c)/Alb L-009(a)/SM Moskow 54
Translation:
Silverman YSB 145/Alb D-004(k)/Alb D-016(a)/Levin N 65/Alb M-068(a)55
Music:
ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65/SM Moskow 54
Additional song notes:
A letter To Mother See also for translit and translate What's Not To Like Ephemera 1458 ---2017
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
58
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Arranger/Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
Violin Solo:
Shulman, Eliyahu
First line:
Mayn kind, mayn treyst, du forst avek, Ze zay a zin, a guter
First line (Yiddish):
מײַן קינד, מײַן טרײסט, דו פֿאָרסט אַװעק, זע זײַ אַ זין אַ גוטער,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:55

Dem Milners Trern — דעם מילנערס טרערן

Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Aging/Lament/Expulsion/Occupation/Miller
Origin:
Warsh Ye Yid4/Alb Z-012(a)/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb B-007(c)
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/ML MTAG 120/Belarsky Fav 32/Alb G-022(a)/Alb R-001(a)/
Translation:
Silver 114/Alb R-001(a)/Belarsky Fav 10/Alb B-005(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Sh Sh 202/
Music:
Belarsky Fav 10/Gottlieb 48/Alb S-103(a)
Additional song notes:
The Miller's Tears.Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit Similar melody to "Do Not Forsake Me, O My Darling" - from High Noon See Gottlieb, p. 48 for relationship of melody to Dimitri Tomkin's "High Noon"
Related information in folder 185:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/25/2003
Comments:
Response to letter from reader Net Groginsky regarding additional verses to Der Milners Trern.
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
2998
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Arranger/Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Oy, vifl yorn zaynen farforn, Zayt Ikh bin milner ot o do?
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װיפֿל יאָרן זײַנען פֿאָרפֿאָרן, זײַט איך בין מילנער אָט אָ דאָ ?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:36

Di Balade...Farloyrenem Shefele (Cohen) — די באַלאַדע פֿונעם פֿאַרלױרענעם שעפֿעלע (כהן)

Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Shepherd/Loss/Lamb/Finality
Origin:
CD L-036(a)/Alb M-003(i)/Manger 98/Alb M-003(i)
Transliteration:
CD L-036(a)/M-003(i)
Translation:
CD L-036(a)/M-003(i)
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
3513
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Arranger/Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Amol iz geven a pastukhl, iz im farloyrn gegangen a shof.
First line (Yiddish):
אַמאָל איז געװען אַ פֿאַסטוכל, איז אים פֿאַרלױרן געגאַנגען אַ שאָף.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
5:06

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:
Rabbi Eli, The King
Also known as:
The Merry Rebe Elie
Author:
Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
Composer:
Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking
Origin:
ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44
Translation:
Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360
Music:
ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44
Additional song notes:
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 733:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
3332
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Arranger/Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
Violin Solo:
Shulman, Eliyahu
First line:
Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..
First line (Yiddish):
אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Violin solo by Eliyahu Shulman.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:27

Di Mizinke Oysgegebn (Medley)

On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
3727
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Hekher! Beser! Di rod, di rod makht greser! Groys hot mikh..
First line (Yiddish):
העכער! בעסער! די ראָד, די ראָד מאַכט גרעסער! גרױס האָט מיך גאָט..
Track comment:
Tum-Balal/ Gey Ikh...Shpatsirn/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Mezinke
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Medley
Length:
6:19

Gey Ikh Mir Shpatsirn — גײ איך מיר שפּאַצירן

Genre:
Love/Courtship/Folk
Subject:
Love/Rejection/Disappointment
Origin:
ML MTAG 37/Vinkov 1 34/Alb B-090(x)/Alb L-038(a)
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 37/Vinkov 1 34/Alb S-083(a)/Alb R-001(b)/Alb K-005(a)/Alb B-090(x)
Translation:
Vinkov I 34/Alb R-001(b)/Alb K-005(a)/Alb L-038(a)
Music:
Kremer 14/Vinkov 1 34/ML MTAG 37
Additional song notes:
Translit published in Alb L-038(a) Also known as "Tra La La" See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 736:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
5638
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Gey ikk mir shpatsirn, tral la la la la la
First line (Yiddish):
גײ איך מיר שפּאַצירן, טראַ לאַ לאַ לאַ לאַ לאַ
Track comment:
Tum-Balal/ Gey Ikh...Shpatsirn/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Mezinke
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Medley
Length:
6:19

Fraytik Oyf Der Nakht (Shternheim) — פֿרײַטיק אױף דער נאַכט (שטערנהײַם)

Also known as:
Dermonungen
Also known as:
Fraytik Tsu Nakht
Author:
Shternheim, Nokhem — שטערנהײַם, נחום
Author:
Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
Composer:
Shternheim, Nokhem — שטערנהײַם, נחום
Composer:
Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
Genre:
Reminisence/Memory
Subject:
Sabbath/Family/Father/Grandmother/Children/Mother
Origin:
Shternheim 33/ML MTAG 110/Alb A-044(a)/Vinkov 2 72
Transliteration:
Shternheim 33/ML MTAG 110/Alb A-044(a)/Alb S-022(f)/Vinkov 2 72
Translation:
Vinkov 2 72/Alb G-013(c)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb C-044(a)
Music:
Vinkov 2 272/ML MTAG 111
Additional song notes:
Friday Night
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
5348
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Ikh dermon zikh in dem fraytik oyf der nakht, oy vos far...
First line (Yiddish):
איך דערמאָן זיך אין דעם פֿרײַטיק אױף דער נאַכט, אױ װאָס פֿאַר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:10

In Vildn Vald Aleyn — אין װילדן װאַלד אַלײן

Author:
Shneur, Zalman — שניאור, זלמן
Genre:
Literary Origin/Folk/Humor
Subject:
Courting/Paternity/Joke
Additional song notes:
Alone In the Wide Forest
Related information in folder 970:
Comments:
1. Translation and transliteration of "In Vildn Vald Arayn from the internet.
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
7444
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Vos tut dos meydl in vald aleyn, azoy zogt er,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס טוט דאָס מײדל אין װילדן װאַלד אַלײן, אַזױ זאָגט ער,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:47

Hamavdil — המבדיל

Also known as:
La Separation
Also known as:
Shevue Tov (Hamavdil)
Author:
Khayat, Isaac Ibn
Genre:
Shabos/Sabbath/Religious/Rite/Havdola
Subject:
Sabbath/Shabos/Separation/Holy/Profane/
Origin:
Pasternak CH 146/Alb Y-003(a)/Alb B-033(f)/Cardozo 61
Transliteration:
Pasternak CH 76/Alb S-056(a)/Alb Y-003(a)/Alb S-047(c)/Ephemera 1048
Translation:
Pasternak CH 146/Alb S-056(a)/Alb B-033(f)/Vorbei 280/Cardozo 61/Ephemera 1048
Additional song notes:
Some credit Isaac ben Hiyat (11th Century as composer)
Related information in folder 1048:
Comments:
1. Text and translation of this hymn from Wikisource.
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
6044
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Hamavdil ben koydesh, ben koydesh lekhol
First line:
איך דערמאָן זיך אין דעם פֿרײַטיק אױף דער נאַכט, אױ װאָס פֿאַר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
with Aliyahu Hanovi
Language:
Hebrew/Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:42

A Nign — אַ ניגון

Also known as:
A Yid A Kaptsn (Leybush...Nign)
Also known as:
Leybush Lehrers Nign
Author:
Lehrer, Leybush — לערער, לײבוש
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Khasidic
Subject:
Poor Man/Kaptsn/Melody/Nigun/Contention/God
Origin:
Alb L-001(a)/ML PYS 112/Alb L-022(a)/CD S-100(a)/SM Moskow 56
Transliteration:
Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-004(a)/ML PYS 112/Alb L-049(a)//SM Moskow 56
Translation:
ML PYS 112/Alb L-049(a)/Alb D-002(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-022(a)/CD S-100(a)
Music:
ML PYS 113//SM Moskow 56
Additional song notes:
Known in Camp Boiberik as "Leybush Lehrer's Nigun" See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. L. Magister is pseudonym for Leybush Lehrer
Related information in folder 740:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
9155
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arrager:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Iz a kaptsn a mol gevezn, flegt er nor mit Got zikh krign, .
First line (Yiddish):
איז אַ קבצן אַ מאָל געװעזן, פֿלעגט ער נאָר מיט גאָט זיך קריגן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Known in Camp Boiberik as "Leybush Lerer's Nigun."
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Lomir Zikh Iberbetn (Medley) — לאָמיר זיך איבערבעטן (מעדלי)

On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
9390
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Lomir zikh iberbetn, iberbetn, Shtel dem samovar, shtel...
First line (Yiddish):
לאַמיר זיך איבערבעטן, איבערבעטן, שטעל דעם סאַמאָװאַר, שטעל...
Track comment:
Tum-Balal/ Gey Ikh...Shpatsirn/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Mezinke
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
6:19

Lomir Ale Zingen A Zemerl (Medley) — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען אַ זמרל (מעדלי)

On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
9333
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Lomir ale zingen, lomir ale zingen, a zemerl, a zemerl tsu..
First line (Yiddish):
לאָמיר אַלע זינגען, לאָמיר אַלע זינגען, אַ זמרל, אַ זמרל צו גאָט,
Track comment:
Tum-Balal/ Gey Ikh...Shpatsirn/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Mezinke
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Mamele (Goodheart) — מאַמעלע (גאָדהאַרט)

Author:
Alstone, Alex
Author:
Parish, Mitchell
Composer:
Goodheart, A.
Genre:
Nostalgia
Subject:
Mother/Shabos/Sabbath/Candles
Origin:
Alb L-023(a)
Transliteration:
Alb L-023(a)
Translation:
Alb L-023(a)
Related information in folder 511:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Text transliterated Text translated and transliterated
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
9718
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
Yiddish Adaptation:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
As I watched you light the evening candles, there's a...
First line:
מאַמעלע, מאַמעלע, מיט ליבשאַפֿט װעל איך רופֿן דיך, מאַמעלע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:19

Rabeynu Tam (Medley) — רבּינו תּם (מעדלי)

On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
12566
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
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...
Track comment:
Tum-Balal/ Gey Ikh...Shpatsirn/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Mezinke
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

A Zemer — אַ זמר

Also known as:
Reb Motenyu
Also known as:
Zogt Der Rebe
Author:
Zeitlin, Aaron — צײַטלין, אַהרן
Composer:
Bugatch, (Shmuel) Samuel — בוגאַטש, שמואל
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
God/Faith/Struggle/Khasid/
Origin:
Kon 65/ML PYS 142/Alb B-007(a)/Bugatch 146/Sheet Music 305
Transliteration:
Alb O-009(a)/Alb L-001(a)/Alb I-013(a)/Bugatch 146/Alb L-038(a)/Sheet Music 30
Translation:
Alb L-038(a)/ML PYS 142/Alb O-009(a)/Alb O-006(c)/Alb D-002(a)
Music:
Bugatch 146/ML PYS 142/Kon 65/Sheet Music 305
Additional song notes:
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
12663
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Zogt der rebe, reb motenyu: -- A gut morgn dir, gotenyu!
First line (Yiddish):
זאָגט דער רבּי, רבּ מאָטעניו: -- אַ גוט מאָרגען דיר, גאָטעניו!
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Tum Balalayke (Medley) — טום באַלאַלײַקע (מעדלי)

On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
15824
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse...
First line (Yiddish):
שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
Track comment:
Tum-Balal/ Gey Ikh...Shpatsirn/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Mezinke
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Undzer Nigndl (Medley) — אונדזער ניגונדל (מעדלי)

On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
15948
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Hobn mir a nigundl, In nakhes un in freydn, Zingen mir es,
First line (Yiddish):
האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל, אין נחת און אין פֿרײדן, זינגען מיר עס,
Track comment:
Tum-Balal/ Gey Ikh...Shpatsirn/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Mezinke
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern (Brodno) — תחת זעו כוכבי שמים / אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן

Also known as:
Takhat zi kukhvi shomayim
Also known as:
Shema Koleynu
Author:
Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Brudno, Avrom — ברודנאָ, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holocaust
Subject:
Faith/Prayer
Song comment:
Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"
Origin:
Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 74/Alb V-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)/ML WAH 48/Alb N-026(a
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1204/ML WAH 48/Alb M-049(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/D-004(n)
Translation:
Alb Z-010(g)/Alb V-001(d) ML WAH 48/Alb G-040(a)/Alb M-049(a)/D-004(n)
Additional song notes:
First sung by Zlote Kaczerginski at Litter Art Theatre of Vilna Ghetto Under Your White Stars./ Takhat Ziv Kokhvey Shamayim (Hebrew Adaptation) Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203 English Adaptation with Album Notes and Ephemera 1204
On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
16013
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
First line:
Unter dayne vayse shtern, shtrek tsu mir dayn veyse hant,
First line (Yiddish):
אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן, שטרעק צו מיר דײַן װײַסע האַנט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
"Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"
Language:
Yiddish

Yiddish Medley (Lissek) — ייִדיש מעדלי (ליסעק)

On album:
L-036(a) (Leon Lissek, Tenor / A Toast To Life / Shimon Cohen, Arranger and conductor Israel Symphony Orchestra — אַ גלעזעלע לחיים)
Track ID:
17475
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Conductor/Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
Artist:
Israel Symphony Orchestra
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Tum-Balal/ Gey Ikh...Shpatsirn/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Mezinke
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Lo Amut — לא אמוּתּ

Also known as:
Psalm 118:17-20
Also known as:
Psalm 117:17-20
Genre:
Religious/Psalm/
Subject:
Psalm 118:17-24/Life/Deliverence/Praise
Origin:
Alb B-033(g)/Alb S-104(a)
Transliteration:
Alb S-104(a)
Translation:
B-033(g)/S-104(a)
On album:
S-104(a) (The Spirit Series Vol 5/ The Spirit of Hanukkah/ Voices of the Conservative Movement)
Track ID:
32775
Vocal:
Lissek, Cantor Leon
Vocal:
B'nai Amoona Male Chorus of St. Louis
Conductor:
Johnson, Orland
First line:
Lo amut ki ehyeh va-asapeir maase yah. Yasor yisrani yah ve-la-mavet lo netanani,
First line (Hebrew):
לא-אמוֹת כּי אחיה ואספּר מעשׂי יה: יסר יסרני יה ולמות לא נתנני.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Cantorial
Length:
5:35