Name:
Mendele Mokher Sforim
Name (Yiddish):
מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים
Also known as:
Abromowitch, Solomon (Shalom) Jacob
Born:
1836 (Kopyl, Lithuania)
Died:
1917 (Odessa)
Note:
Pseudonym for Solomon (Shalom) Jacob Abromowitch
Related information in folder 865:
Comments:
1. Biographical details by Shimon Dubnov extracted from the 1906 Jewish Encylopedia by Wikipedia as of Oct 31, 2008.

2. Article from Spring 2012 Issue of Jewish Currents by Hershel Hartman titled "Mendele's Portrait of 'Eating Days' in the Sluutsk Yeshiva"

Songs written or composed

Di Rayze Fun Benyumin Der Driter (Video) — די רײַזע פֿון בעניאָמאַן דער דריטער (ווידיאָ)

Also known as:
The Travels of Benjamin the III (Video)
Author:
Mendele Mokher Sforim — מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים
Genre:
Film/Literary Origin/Video
Subject:
Travels/Satire/Maskilic/Humor
Translation:
Mendele

Recording

On album:
V0101
Track ID:
34268
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Film

Dos Kelbl (Mendele) — דאָס קעלבל (מענדעלע)

Author:
Mendele Mokher Sforim — מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word
Subject:
Calf/Children
Additional song notes:
The Calf

Recordings

On album:
P-038(a) (Pressburger Klezmer Band [LAJV])
Track ID:
32542
Artist:
Pressburger Klezmer Band — פּ ק בּ
Violin/Arranger:
Werner, Andrej
Clarinet:
Lago, Miro
Viola:
Alexander, Daniel
Piano/Sampler:
Suska, Pavol
Zbor/Double Bass:
Alexander, Samo
Drums:
Oros, Martin
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:29
On album:
H-032(a) (Jiddische Und Deutsche Lieder/ Anna Hurkmans Gesang/ Ermanno Testi Klavier)
Track ID:
39131
First line:
Oyfn furl ligt a kelbl, ligt gebunden mit a shtrik,
First line (Yiddish):
אױפֿן פֿורל ליגט דאָס קעלבל, ליגט געבונדן מיט אַ שטריק,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:36
On album:
S-041(a) (Oksana Sowiak Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
3957
Vocal:
Sowiak, Oksana
Guitar:
Stingl, Anton
First line:
Oyfn furl ligt dos kelbl, ligt gebunden mit a shtrik,
First line (Yiddish):
אױפֿן פֿורל ליגט דאָס קעלבל, ליגט געבונדן מיט אַ שטריק,
Track comment:
Song introduced in 1940 revival of Yiddish musical "Esterl".
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
R-017(a) (Readings of Yiddish Literature Itzhak Rothblum — יצחק ראָטבלום פֿאָרלעזונגען און רעציטאַציעס פֿון דער ייִדישער...)
Track ID:
4059
Author:
Mendele Mokher Sforim — מענדעלע מוכר ספֿרים
Artist:
Rothblum, Itskhak — ראָטבלום, יצחק
First line:
Vinter, a mol, gants fri, az ikh bin gelign...
First line (Yiddish):
װינטער, אַ מאָל, גאַנץ פֿרי, אַז איך בין געליגן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word