Baras, Jack

Name:
Baras, Jack
Name (Yiddish):
באַראַס, דזאַק

Tracks with this artist

Der Bekher (Frug) — דער בעכער (פֿרוג)

Also known as:
Der Kos
Author:
Frug, Shimon Shmuel — פֿרוג, שמעון שמואל
Composer:
Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Goblet/Cup/Tears/Redemption/Child/Question/Story
Origin:
Frug 57
Transliteration:
Frug 57
Music:
Frug 57
Additional song notes:
Translated from the Russian by Yitskhok Leyb Perets
On album:
V-004(a) (Yiddish Songs, Vol. 1 Samuel Vigoda, tenor)
Track ID:
3077
Vocal:
Vigoda, Cantor Samuel
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Zog mir, mameshi(2x), ikh bet dikh, iz dos emes(2x),
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג מיר, מאַמעשי(2), איך בעט דיך, איז דאָס אמת, װאָס עס האָט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

A Freylekhs (Kharik) — אַ פֿרײלעכס (כאַריק)

Author:
Kharik, Izi — כאַריק, איזי
Composer:
Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
Genre:
Literary Origin/USSR
Subject:
Joy/Unity/Dance
Origin:
Alb G-018(c)/Alb W-035(a)
Transliteration:
Alb W-035(a)
Translation:
Alb G-018(c)/Alb S-105(a)/Alb W-035(a)
Additional song notes:
Text sometimes attributed to Itsik Fefer and sometimes to Izi Charik
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
174
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Shpilt a freylekhs, shpilt a freylekhs, in der rod arayn...
First line (Yiddish):
שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, שפּילט אַ פֿרײלעכס, אין דער ראָד אַרײַן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Chasdei Hashem — חסדי השם

Also known as:
Lamentations 03:22
Genre:
Biblical/Lamentations/Prayer
Subject:
Kindness/Mercies/Lamentations 03:22
Origin:
Alb Y-003(b)/Pasternak CH 144
Transliteration:
Alb Y-003(b)/Pasternak CH 62
Translation:
Pasternak CH 144/Alb D-004(s)
On album:
xS-073(a)
Track ID:
8848
Composer:
Alter, Cantor Israel — אַלטער, חזן ישׂראל
Artist:
Schwartz, Khazn Leybele — שװאַרץ, חזן לײבעלע
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Artist:
Kirshblum, Rabbi I. Usher, narrat
First line:
Khasdey hashem ki lo somnu, ki lo kulanu rakhaman.
First line:
חסדי השם כּי לוא תמנו כּי לא כּלו רחמיו.
Track comment:
Surely the Lord's mercies are not consumed.

Der Boym — דער בױם

On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
3087
Author:
Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ
Composer:
Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Grinem boym, sheyner boym. shtarker boym, efsher vestu an...
First line (Yiddish):
גרינעם בױם, שײנער בױם, שטאַרקער בױם, אפֿשר װעסטו אַן ענטפֿער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Lekhaim (Bromberg) — לכיים (בראָמבערג)

On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
9015
Author:
Bromberg
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
In a nayem hoyz, a vunder, zog aykh nit keyn lign,
First line:
אין אַ נײַעם הױז, אַ װוּנדער, זאָג איך אײַך ניט קײן ליגן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Sim Sholom (Alter) — שׂים שלום

Composer:
Alter, Cantor Israel — אַלטער, חזן ישׂראל
Genre:
Religious/Prayer
Subject:
Peace
Origin:
Alb B-033(g)/HAL 24/Zim 27/Alb C-003(j)/Alb K-047(d)
Transliteration:
Goldfarb 1 214/HAL 24/Zim 26/CD K-047(d)
Translation:
Alb P-002(g)/Alb M-042(c)/HAL 24/Zim 27/Alb B-033(g)/Alb C-003(j)/Alb V-004(a)
On album:
S-073(a) (Cantor Leibele Schwartz sings Cantorial & Chassidic Melodies)
Track ID:
14407
Vocal:
Schwartz, Khazn Leybele — שװאַרץ, חזן לײבעלע
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Narrator:
Kirshblum, Rabbi I. Usher, narrat
First line:
Sim shalom tova uvrakha khen vekhesed verakhamim,
First line (Hebrew):
שׂים שלוֹם טוֹבה וּברכה חן וחסד ורחמים עלינוּ ועל כּל ישׂראל עמך.
Track comment:
Bestow peace, happiness and blessing, grace and compassion..
Language:
Hebrew

Ahavas Olam (Ellstein) — אהבת עוֹלם (עלשטײַ)

Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Roitman, Cantor David — רױטמאַן, חזן דוד
Genre:
Religious/Liturgical/Biblical/Deuteronomy 06:4-09
Subject:
Love/God/Heart/Mind/Teach/Children/Hand/Frontlets/Door Posts
Origin:
Tanakh v.1 437
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1124
Translation:
Tanakh v.1 437
Additional song notes:
Thou shall love thy Lord...
On album:
P-002(g) (Jan Peerce Today! Cantorial Masterpieces)
Track ID:
975
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Artist:
Beersheeba Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Rodan, Mendi
Arranger:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Ahavat olam beyt Yisroel amkho ahavto. Toyre umitsvos...
First line (Hebrew):
אהבת עוֹלם בּית ישׂראל עמך אהבתּ. תּוֹרה וּמצווֹת חקים וּמשפּטים...
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Avahas Olam"
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Cantorial

A Hoykher Boym (Driz)(Poliansky) — אַ הױכער בױם (דריז)(פּאָליאַנסקי)

Author:
Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ
Composer:
Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
Genre:
Holocaust/USSR/Literary Origin
Subject:
Tree/Survival/Strenth/Hope
Origin:
Levin L WM 225/Alb L-o44(c)
Transliteration:
Levin L WM 225/Alb L-o44(c)
Translation:
Levin L WM 225/Alb L-o44(c)
Additional song notes:
A Tall Tree
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
278
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Khotsh men hot a halbe velt mit mayn blut fargosn,
First line:
כאָטש מען האָט אַ האַלבע װעלט מיט מײַן בלוט פֿאַרגאָסן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See also Shrogin 261 for other music

Babi Yar (Driz) — בּאַבּי יאַר (דריז)

Author:
Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ
Composer:
Boyarska, Rive — בּאָיאַרסקאַ, ריװע
Genre:
Holocaust/Literary Origin/Lament/
Subject:
Children/Cradle/Death/Mourning/
Origin:
Lifshutz 68/Belarsky 233/ML WAH 60
Transliteration:
Lifshutz 68/Belarsky 233/ML WAH 60/Alb O-016(b)
Translation:
ML WAH 60/Alb O-016(b)
Music:
Lifshutz 63/Belarsky 105/ML WAH 61
Related information in folder 271:
Document type:
Translation
Author:
Aaron Kramer
Publisher:
Midstream
Date:
2/1/1981
Comments:
English translation from the Yiddish.
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
1835
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Volt ikh oyfgehangen dos vigl oyf a balkn, Un gehoydet,...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָלט איך אױפֿגעהאַנגען דאָס װיגל אױף אַ באַלקן, און געהױדעט,...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

A Yidishe Khasene (Fefer) — אַ ייִדישע חתונה

Author:
Fefer, Itsik — פֿעפֿער, איציק
Composer:
Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Wedding/Celebration/Gifts
Song comment:
Is there another melody by Poliansky??
Origin:
Belarsky 251/Alb D-004(d)/Alb G-018(c)/Alb N-026(a)/Ephemera 1520 p 48
Transliteration:
Belarsky 251/Alb D-004(d)/Alb N-026(a)Alb B-095(b)/Ephemera 1520 p 48
Translation:
Alb G-018(c)/Alb C-044(a)Alb B-095(b)/Ephemera 1520 p 48
Music:
Belarsky 174/Ephemera 1520 p
Additional song notes:
A Jewish Wedding Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
706
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Iber shliakhn freylekhe, vos zenen do faran, iz men oyf a...
First line (Yiddish):
איבער שליאַכן פֿרײלעכע, װאַס זענען דאָ פֿאַראַן, איז מען אױף אַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Bayt Zhe Mir Oys A Finfuntsvansiker — בײַט זשע מיר אױס אַ פֿינפֿאונצװאַנציקער

Also known as:
Rumshi
Also known as:
The Twenty Fiver
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Wedding/Klezmorim/Tipping Musicians/Money
Origin:
Ber Fef 258/Vinkov 2 164/ML MTAG 60/Epelboym 83
Transliteration:
Vinkov 2 165/Alb K-020(a)/Alb O-009(a)/ML MTAG 60/Rubin Voi17/Epelboym 83
Translation:
Rubin Voi 17/Alb K-020(a)/Vinkov 2 165/Alb B-007(c)/Alb O-009(a)
Music:
Vinkov 2 165/Rubin Voi 17/ML MTAG 60/Epelboym 83
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
2132
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Artist:
Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
First line:
Bayt zhe mir oys a funfuntsvansiker, oyf samerodne drayer;
First line (Yiddish):
בײַט זשע מיר אױס אַ פֿינפֿאונצװאַנציקער, אױף סאַמעראַדנע דרײַער;
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Rumchi"
Language:
Yiddish

Bene Veskho — בּנה ביתך

On album:
S-073(a) (Cantor Leibele Schwartz sings Cantorial & Chassidic Melodies)
Track ID:
2226
Composer:
Fuchs, F. — פֿוקס, ל
Artist:
Schwartz, Khazn Leybele — שװאַרץ, חזן לײבעלע
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Artist:
Kirshblum, Rabbi I. Usher, narrat
First line:
Khasdey hashem ki lo somnu, ki lo kulanu rakhaman.
First line (Hebrew):
בּנה ביתך כּבתּחלה וכוֹנן מקדשך על מכוֹנו.
Track comment:
Rebuild Thy house as at the beginning, and establish Thy...
Language:
Hebrew

Di Menoyre — די מנורה

On album:
V-004(a) (Yiddish Songs, Vol. 1 Samuel Vigoda, tenor)
Track ID:
3685
Author:
Herzl, Theodore, German orig
Artist:
Vigoda, Cantor Samuel
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
A kleyner, shlanker, zilber boym, a boym fun vunderbarn...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ קלײנער, שלאַנקער, זילבער בױם, אַ בױם פֿון װוּנדערבאַרן...
Track comment:
Translated from the German by Khazn Samuel Vigoda
Language:
Yiddish

Di Kley Koydesh — די כּלי קדוש

On album:
V-004(a) (Yiddish Songs, Vol. 1 Samuel Vigoda, tenor)
Track ID:
3627
Artist:
Vigoda, Cantor Samuel
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
A yid, a talmud khokhem, fun der alter heym, gerufn hot...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ ייִד, אַ תּלמיד חכם, פֿון דער אַלטער הײם, גערופֿן האָט מען אים...
Language:
Yiddish

Dos Vigele — דאָס װיגעלע

Author:
Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ
Composer:
Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
Genre:
Holocaust/Lullaby/Lament
Subject:
Cradle/Rocking/Empty/Mother/Kid (Goat)/Bloody Straw
Additional song notes:
The Cradle
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
4153
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Vigt zikh dos vigele, hin un tsurik,
First line (Yiddish):
װיגט זיך דאָס װיגעלע, הין און צוריק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Sorrowful

Hashkiveynu (Ganchoff) — השכּיבנוּ (גאַנשאָף)

Composer:
Ganchoff, Cantor Moyshe — גאַנשאַף, חזן משה
Genre:
Hymn/Religious/Prayer/Liturgy
Subject:
Peace/Shabos
Origin:
Levin N 18/Alb B-033(g)/Alb F-031(a)/Alb K-047(d)
Transliteration:
Alb M-030(a)/Levin N 18
Translation:
Vorbei 253/Levin N 19/Alb P-002(g)/Alb B-033(g)/Alb F031(a)/Alb G-056(b)
On album:
P-002(g) (Jan Peerce Today! Cantorial Masterpieces)
Track ID:
6169
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Piano:
Stern, Gershon
Arranger:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Hashkiveynu avinu lesholom, vha'amidenu malkeynu lekhaim...
First line (Hebrew):
השכּיבנוּ אבינוּ לשלוֹם. והעמידנוּ מלכּנוּ לחיים טוֹבים וּלשלוֹם
Language:
Hebrew

Hamavdil (Posner) — המבדיל (פּאָסנער)

Author:
Khayat, Isaac Ibn
Composer:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
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)
Translation:
Pasternak CH 146/Alb S-056(a)/Alb B-033(f)/Vorbei 280/Cardozo 61
On album:
S-073(a) (Cantor Leibele Schwartz sings Cantorial & Chassidic Melodies)
Track ID:
6038
Vocal:
Schwartz, Khazn Leybele — שװאַרץ, חזן לײבעלע
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Narrator:
Kirshblum, Rabbi I. Usher, narrat
First line:
Hamavdil beyn kodesh lekhol khatoseynu. Hu yomkhol zareynu..
First line:
המבדיל בּין קודש לחוֹל חטאתינו. הוּא ימחול, זרענוּ וכספנוּ...
Track comment:
"May he who makes distinction between holy and profane..."

Kh'hob Zingen Dir Gevolt — כ'האַב זינגען דיר געװאָלט

On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
7980
Author:
Sakzier
Composer:
Kompaneyets, Zinovi — קאָמפּאַנײעץ, זינאָװי
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Artist:
Den Flygande Bokrullen
Clarinet/Alto Sax:
Ydgren, Lars
Mandolin/Tenor Banjo/Tenor Horn/Cornet:
Pohjola, Matti
Tuba/Double Bass:
Pohjola, Oskar
Accordion/Baritone Horn:
Johansson, Gustav
Drums/Percussion:
Johansson, Carl
First line:
Kh'hob fun friling zingen dir gevolt, nor in bloy un...
First line:
כ'האָב פֿון פֿרילינג זינגען דיר געװאָלט, נאָר אין בלױ און...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

In Di Berg — אין די בערג

On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
7346
Author:
Shenderay
Composer:
Gontar, A. — גאָנטאַר, אַבֿרהם
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
In di berg vel ikh zikh lozn, un vel dikh gefinen,
First line:
אין די בערג װעל איך זיך לאָזן, און װעל דיך געפֿינען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Chasdei Hashem (Alter) — חסדי השם (אַלטער)

Genre:
Biblical/Lamentations/Prayer
Subject:
Kindness/Mercies/Lamentations 03:22
Origin:
Alb Y-003(b)/Pasternak CH 144
Transliteration:
Alb Y-003(b)/Pasternak CH 62
Translation:
Pasternak CH 144/Alb D-004(s)
On album:
S-073(a) (Cantor Leibele Schwartz sings Cantorial & Chassidic Melodies)
Track ID:
8103
Vocal:
Schwartz, Khazn Leybele — שװאַרץ, חזן לײבעלע
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Narrtion:
Kirshblum, Rabbi I. Usher, narrat
First line:
Khasdey hashem ki lo somnu, ki lo kulanu rakhaman.
First line (Hebrew):
חסדי השם כּי לוא תמנו כּי לא כּלו רחמיו.
Track comment:
Surely the Lord's mercies are not consumed.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Chasidic/Dveykus

Tsvey Khazonim Oyf Probe — צװײ חזונים אױף פּראָבע

On album:
V-004(a) (Yiddish Songs, Vol. 1 Samuel Vigoda, tenor)
Track ID:
15730
Artist:
Vigoda, Cantor Samuel
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Tsvey khazonim, velt barimte, kumen itster beyde,
First line:
צװי חזונים, װעלט באַרימטע, קומען איצטער בײדע,

Undzer Shuster — אונדזער שוסטער

Author:
Teyf, Moyshe — טײף, משה
Composer:
Shaynski — שײַנסקי
Genre:
Literary Origin/USSR
Subject:
War/Shoemaker/Occupation/Family/Death/Children/Memorial/
Transliteration:
Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Alb B-095(b)
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
15958
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Bay undz in dem gesl, nit vayt fun der tayhk,
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ אונדז אין דעם געסל, ניט װײַט פֿון דער טײַך,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Volt Ikh Zayn A Feygele (Trad) — װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע (טראַד)

Author:
Okun, Shneur
Genre:
Folk/Love
Subject:
Bird/Separation/Yearing
Origin:
Alb W-009(a) (See also Steinberg 213 for folk song)
Additional song notes:
Text credited to Zalmen Schneur on W-009(a) and to Okun on B-003®
Related information in folder 422:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
1/5/2001
Comments:
Article titled "Ven Ikh Zol Hobn Fligelekh" publishing text to "Volt Ikh Zayn a Feygele" and "Volt Ikh Hobn Gildene Fligelekh"
On album:
B-003(r) (Sidor Belarsky in songs by Soviet Yiddish Poets & Composers — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי לידער פֿון סאָװעטעשע-ייִדישע דיכטער און קאָמפּ...)
Track ID:
16655
Author:
Okun, Shneur
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Arranger:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Volt ikh zayn a feygele, zolt ikh hobn fliegelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָלט איך זײַן אַ פֿײגעלע, זאָלט איך האָבן פֿליִגעלעך,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Adapted from folksong: See Shteynberg
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song

Yismekhu Vemalekhutokha (Talmud) — ישׂמחוּ במלכוּתך (טאַלמוד)

Genre:
Religious/Shabos/Sabbath/Hymn/Liturgy
Subject:
Shabbos/Sabbath/Delight/Observance/Memory/Creation/Pleasure
Origin:
Pasternak CH 141/Alb B-033(f)/Alb B-017(w)/Alb K-047(d)/Alb Z-010(e)
Transliteration:
Pasternak CH 44/Alb B-017(w)/Alb K-047(d)/Alb K-029(i)
Translation:
Alb K-029(i)/Pasternak CH 141/Alb L-021(b)/Alb M-030(a)/Alb P-005(a)/B-033(f)
On album:
S-073(a) (Cantor Leibele Schwartz sings Cantorial & Chassidic Melodies)
Track ID:
17618
Vocal:
Schwartz, Khazn Leybele — שװאַרץ, חזן לײבעלע
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Narrator:
Kirshblum, Rabbi I. Usher, narrat
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Chassidic

A Din Toyre Mit Got — אַ דין-תּורה מיט גאָט

Also known as:
Berditshiver Kadish
Also known as:
Kaddish Of Levi Yitskhok
Also known as:
Levi Yitskhoks Kadish
Also known as:
Dem Berditshevers Rovs Kadish
Author:
Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok — באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק
Composer:
Barditshever, Reb Levi Yitskhok — באַרדיטשעװער, רעב לוי יצחק
Genre:
Khasidic/Faith/
Subject:
Disputation/God/Faith/Kaddish
Song comment:
Words and music traditionally credited to Rev Levi Yitskhok
Origin:
Kotlyan 29/Alb A-053(a)
Transliteration:
Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb A-053(a)
Translation:
Kotlyan 29/Alb L-004(a)/Alb Z-010(b)/Alb B-001(a)/Alb S-086(a)/Alb A-053(a)
Music:
Kotlyan 25
Additional song notes:
A Dispute With God
On album:
G-043(b) (Shirim L'Shlomo Cantor Solomon Gisser)
Track ID:
20337
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Arranger:
Low, Leo — ליאָװ (משה לײב), לעאָ
First line:
A gut morgn dir, Reboynu Shel Oylam, Ikh, Levi Yitskhok...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ גוט מאָרגן דיר, רבּונו של עולם, איך, לױ יצחק בּן שׂרה...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Varshe (Kaczer, Gelbart) — װאַרשע (קאַטשער, געלבאַרט)

Author:
Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
Composer:
Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holocaust/Place/Lament
Subject:
Warsaw/Holocaust/Memory/Destruction
Origin:
Gelb Naye 20
Transliteration:
Gel Naye 20/Alb G-005(b)
Translation:
Alb G-005(b)
Music:
Gelb Naye 20
Related information in folder 637:
Comments:
1. Yiddish text.
On album:
G-043(b) (Shirim L'Shlomo Cantor Solomon Gisser)
Track ID:
20338
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Ikh bin tsu dir varshe fun veytnn gekumen, un shtey a…
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין צו דיר װאַרשע פֿון װײַטן געקומען, און שטײ אַ פֿאָרטראַכטער,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under In Hartzn Mit Varshe"
Language:
Yiddish

In Hartsn Mit Varshe (Varshe) — אין האַרצן מיט װאַרשע (װאַרשע)

On album:
xG-043(b)
Track ID:
20339
Author:
Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע
Composer:
Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Ikh bin tsu di varshe fun veytnn gekumen, un shtey a...
First line:
איך בין צו דיר װאַרשע פֿון װײַטן געקומען, און שטײ אַ פֿאָרטראַכטער,
Track comment:
Recorded under In Hartzn Mit Varshe"

A Gebet (Weiner) — אַ געבעט (װײַנער)

Author:
Rolnik, Yosef — ראָלמיק, יוסף
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Peace/Heart/
Translation:
Alb C-044(a)
On album:
G-043(b) (Shirim L'Shlomo Cantor Solomon Gisser)
Track ID:
20340
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Vocal:
Gisser, Cantor Solomon
First line:
Reboynu shel olam, du got fun mayn foter,
First line (Yiddish):
רבּנוּ של עולם, דו גאָט פֿון מײַן פֿאָטער, מײַן האַרציקע תּפלה הער צו
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Yiddish (Segal) — ייִדיש (סיגאַל)

Author:
Segal, Yankev Yitskhak — סיגאַל, יעקבֿ יצחק (1896-1954)
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Yiddish/Language/Heritage
Origin:
Alb W-005(a)/Alb N-026(A)
Transliteration:
WLZ SGS 02/Alb N-026(a)/
Translation:
Alb W-005(a)/Alb N-026(a)
Music:
WLZ SGS 02/
On album:
G-043(b) (Shirim L'Shlomo Cantor Solomon Gisser)
Track ID:
20341
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Yidish, mayn goldener brunem, fun dir hot der bal shem...
First line:
ייִדיש, מײַן גאָלדענער ברונעם, פֿון דיר האָט דער בּעל שם טובֿ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Areshas S'fosenu (Alter)

Genre:
Religious/Prayer
Subject:
Entreaty/God/Listens/Shofar/Mercy
Origin:
A-024(a)
Transliteration:
Pasternak 114
Translation:
Pasternak 151/Alb M-047(c)
On album:
G-043(b) (Shirim L'Shlomo Cantor Solomon Gisser)
Track ID:
20345
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Areshes s'fosenu ye'erav lefonekho,
First line (Hebrew):
ארשת שׂפתינוּ יערב לפניך, א-ל רם ונשׂא מבין וּנאזין
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
May the entreaty of our lips find favor in Thy presence,
Language:
Hebrew

Ha'azino Elokim (Psalm 055:02) — האזינה אלהים (תהלים נה)

Composer:
Stradella, Allessandro (attribut)
On album:
G-043(b) (Shirim L'Shlomo Cantor Solomon Gisser)
Track ID:
20347
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Haazine elohim tflati; veal titalem mitkhintl, hakshiva li vaane…
First line (Hebrew):
האזינה אלוהם תּפֿלתי ואל-תּתעלם מתּחינתי הקשיבה לי וענני...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Give ear to my prayer, o God, And hide not Thyself from...
Language:
Hebrew

Hamaavir Bonov (Heb) — המעביר בּנוו

On album:
G-043(b) (Shirim L'Shlomo Cantor Solomon Gisser)
Track ID:
20348
Composer:
Steinberg, M. — סטײנבערג, מ.
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Hamaavir bonov beyn gizre yam suf es rodfehem v'es sonehem,
First line (Hebrew):
המעביר בּניו בּין גורי ים-סוּף את-רוֹדפיהם ואת-שׂונאיהם בּתהמות...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
He made his children pass between the divisions of the...
Language:
Hebrew

Babi Yar (Driz) — בּאַבּי יאַר (דריז)

Author:
Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ
Composer:
Boyarska, Rive — בּאָיאַרסקאַ, ריװע
Genre:
Holocaust/Literary Origin/Lament/
Subject:
Children/Cradle/Death/Mourning/
Origin:
Lifshutz 68/Belarsky 233/ML WAH 60
Transliteration:
Lifshutz 68/Belarsky 233/ML WAH 60/Alb O-016(b)
Translation:
ML WAH 60/Alb O-016(b)
Music:
Lifshutz 63/Belarsky 105/ML WAH 61
Related information in folder 271:
Document type:
Translation
Author:
Aaron Kramer
Publisher:
Midstream
Date:
2/1/1981
Comments:
English translation from the Yiddish.
On album:
B-003(y) (Sidor Belarsky Sings "Songs Of The Holocaust")
Track ID:
23375
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Volt ikh oyfgehangen dos vigl oyf a balkn, Un gehoydet,...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָלט איך אױפֿגעהאַנגען דאָס װיגל אױף אַ באַלקן, און געהױדעט,...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Duplicate B-03(r)
Language:
Yiddish

Undzer Shuster — אונדזער שוסטער

Author:
Teyf, Moyshe — טײף, משה
Composer:
Shaynski — שײַנסקי
Genre:
Literary Origin/USSR
Subject:
War/Shoemaker/Occupation/Family/Death/Children/Memorial/
Transliteration:
Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Alb B-095(b)
On album:
B-003(y) (Sidor Belarsky Sings "Songs Of The Holocaust")
Track ID:
23376
Composer:
Shaynski — שײַנסקי
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Bay undz in dem gesl, nit vayt fun der taykh,
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ אונדז אין דעם געסל, ניט װײַט פֿון דער טײַך,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Duplicate B-03(r)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Dos Vigele — דאָס װיגעלע

Author:
Driz, (Shika) Ovsey — דריז, (שיקאַ) אָװסײ
Composer:
Poliansky, Motl — פּאָליאַנסקי, מאָטל
Genre:
Holocaust/Lullaby/Lament
Subject:
Cradle/Rocking/Empty/Mother/Kid (Goat)/Bloody Straw
Additional song notes:
The Cradle
On album:
B-003(y) (Sidor Belarsky Sings "Songs Of The Holocaust")
Track ID:
23377
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Vigt zikh dos vigele, hin un tsurik,
First line (Yiddish):
װיגט זיך דאָס װיגעלע, הין און צוריק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Duplicate B-03(r)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Sorroful

Ha'azino Elokim (Psalm 055:02) — האזינה אלהים (תהלים נה)

Composer:
Stradella, Allessandro (attribut)
On album:
K-004(e) (Moshe Koussevitzky On Tour Jack Baras at the Piano)
Track ID:
24499
Vocal:
Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Haazine elohim tflati; veal titalem mitkhintl, hakshiva li vaane…
First line (Hebrew):
האזינה אלוהם תּפֿלתי ואל-תּתעלם מתּחינתי הקשיבה לי וענני...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Give ear to my prayer, o God, And hide not Thyself from...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Cantorial

Shir Hapalmakh — שיר הפּלמ"ח

Author:
Zerubavel — זרובּבל
Composer:
Zahavi, Dovid — זהבי, דוד
Genre:
Israeli/
Subject:
Palmakh
Origin:
Alb O-001(d)
Transliteration:
Alb O-001(d)
Translation:
Alb O-001(d)
On album:
K-004(e) (Moshe Koussevitzky On Tour Jack Baras at the Piano)
Track ID:
24501
Vocal:
Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Misaviv yehom hasaar, akh roshenu lo yishakh,
First line (Hebrew):
מסביב יהום הסער, אך ראשנוּ לא ישח, לפקודה תמיד אנחנו,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Though the storm ranges around us, our heads are unbent,
Language:
Hebrew

Neyle — נעילה

Author:
Lerner, I.
Genre:
Religious
Subject:
Yom Kipur/Repentance
On album:
K-004(e) (Moshe Koussevitzky On Tour Jack Baras at the Piano)
Track ID:
24502
Vocal:
Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Es shmeltsen zikh... oyf in eygshaft in shul, fun hartsn...
First line (Yiddish):
עס שמעלצן זיך...אױף אין אײנגשאַשט אין שול, פֿון האַרצן מיר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Der Alter Khazn — דער אַלטער חזן

Author:
Weisser, Joshua S. — ווייסער, יהושע ס.
Composer:
Weisser, Joshua S. — ווייסער, יהושע ס.
Genre:
Concert
Subject:
Yom Kippur/Cantor/Aging/Faith/Prayer
On album:
K-004(e) (Moshe Koussevitzky On Tour Jack Baras at the Piano)
Track ID:
24503
Vocal:
Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Iz erev Yom Kipur in shtetl, der khazn far troyer geboygn,
First line (Yiddish):
איז ערבֿ יום-כּיפּור אין שטעטל, דער חזן פֿאַר טרױער געבױגען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

A Pastekhl (Folk) — אַ פּאַסטעכל

Genre:
Folk/Allegory/Mixed Language
Subject:
Shepherd/Lost Sheep
Origin:
Alb R-007(g)
Transliteration:
Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)4/Alb F-018(b)
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb R-007(f)4
Additional song notes:
Ukranian/Yiddish
On album:
K-004(e) (Moshe Koussevitzky On Tour Jack Baras at the Piano)
Track ID:
24504
Vocal:
Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Iz geven a mol a pastekhl, a pastekhl, iz im farlorn...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געװען אַ מאָל פּאַסטעכל, אַ פּאַסטעכל, איז אים פאַרלאָרן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Akavyo Ben Mahalalel (Alter) — עקביא בּן מהללאל (אַלטער)

Genre:
Religious/Commentary/Pirke/Mishna/Ethics/Pirke Aboth
Subject:
Judgement/Death/Origins/AccountingPirkeOves/Pirke Aboth 3:01
Origin:
Pirke 40
Translation:
Pirke Aboth 40/Alb B-033(a)
Additional song notes:
Knowest from whence thou comest, wither thou goest and before whom you are about to give a final reckoning
On album:
K-004(e) (Moshe Koussevitzky On Tour Jack Baras at the Piano)
Track ID:
24508
Vocal:
Koussevitzky, Cantor Moyshe — קאָוסעװיצקי, חזן משה
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line (Hebrew):
עקביא בּן-מהללאל אוֹמר. הסתּכּל בּשׁלשׁה דברים ואין אתּה בא לידי...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Pirke Oves -- See "Akiva Said"
Language:
Hebrew

Odchha Ki Anitani (Alter) — אוֹדך כּי עניתני (אַלטער)

Genre:
Psalm/Biblical
Subject:
Psalm 118:21-24/Thanks/Praise/Answer/Rejection/Cornerstone
Origin:
Alb Z-013(a)/Alb B-033(g)/Pasternak CH 149
Transliteration:
Pasternak CH 93
Translation:
Alb Z-013(a)/Alb B-033(g)/Pasternak CH 149
On album:
B-003(u) (Sidor Belarsky Festival of Music for Sukkos & Simchas Torah — יום טובֿ תפילות לכּבֿוד סוכּות ושמחת תורה)
Track ID:
33001
Vocal:
Shenker, Ben Tsion — שענקער, בּן־ציון
Organ:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
Odkho ki anisoni vat'hi li lishoe. Even moasu habonim…
First line (Hebrew):
אוֹדך כּי עניתני ותּהי-לי לישוּעה, אבן מאסוּ הבּוֹנים...
Track comment:
I will give thanks unto Thee, for thou has answered me,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Chassidic

A Rabbi's Daughter

Author:
Harris, Charles K.
Composer:
Harris, Charles K.
Genre:
Novelty/Tin Pan Alley/
Subject:
Rabbi/Daughter/Intermarriage/Obedience/Heartbreak/Death
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 29
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31655
Vocal:
Sager, Sarah
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
First line:
A rabbi sat one evening, with bible on his knee,
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Theater/
Length:
5:08

My Little Yiddishe Queen

Author:
Selden, Edgar
Composer:
Gideon, Melville
Genre:
Love
Subject:
Place/East Side/Hester Street
Origin:
Gottlieb 111
Additional song notes:
Incorporates melody from "Hatikva" and "Der Rebe Hot Geheysn Freylikh Zayn"
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31678
Vocal:
Benson, Bruce
Piano:
Baras, Jack — באַראַס, דזאַק
Director:
Gottlieb, Jack
First line:
Esther from Hester Street, she is a girl so sweet, and I love her so,
Language:
English
Style:
Ragtime
Length:
3:18

Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archive.
Contact: yidsong@pobox.upenn.edu