Name:
Postolski, Sholom
Name (Yiddish):
פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Born:
1893 (Siedlce, east of Warsaw)
Died:
1949 (Israel)
Note:
Emigrated to Palestine 1920/ See Vorbei 323

Songs written or composed

Kumah Echa — קוּמה אחא

Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Genre:
Jewish Agency/Israeli/Zionist/
Subject:
Pioneer/Labor/Work/Return
Origin:
Bugatch 50/Alb O-001(d)/Alb N-014(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Metro Album 48
Transliteration:
Alb L-009(a)/Vorbei 432/Alb O-001(d)/Alb N-014(a)/Alb N-01 4(b)/Alb C-016(a)/
Translation:
DeRoy13/Vorbei 432/Alb S-006(a)/Alb C-016(a)
Music:
Bugatch 50/Nath 33/Metro Album 21
Sheet music:
Folder:
1011
Series:
4
Arranger:
Scher, William
Arranged for:
Bb Clarinet/ Bb Tenor Sax
Texts:
Hebrew/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, NY
Date:
1951
Provenance:
Gift of Carol Weinbaum
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Yiddish):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Notes:
Horah
Folder:
924
Series:
4
Arranger:
Scher, William
Arranged for:
Piano
Texts:
Hebrew/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, NY
Date:
1951
Provenance:
Gift of Carol Weinbaum
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Yiddish):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Notes:
Horah

Recordings

On album:
L-009(a) (Yiddish Sing Along with Cy Levitan- His Orchestra and Chorus — ייִדיש זינג מיט)
Track ID:
8719
Artist:
Cy Levitan Orchestra and Chorus
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Come o brothers, round and round. Rest- tomorrow in song...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
O-001(d) (Hebrew Folk Songs sung by Mark Olf with guitar)
Track ID:
8720
Vocal:
Olf, Mark — אָלף, מאַרק
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Rise and dance, oh. brethern! Dance round and round.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
S-006(a) (The Song of Ages Shifra and The Haifa Players)
Track ID:
8721
Vocal:
Schultz, Sylvia (Shifra)
Artist:
Haifa Players
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Rise and dance, oh. brethern! Dance round and round.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
N-014(a) (Sing Palestine Songs of Palestine sung by Moshe Nathanson — ארץ ישׂראל בּשיר)
Track ID:
8722
Arranger:
Nathanson, Moshe
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Medley in 78rpm album "Sing Palestine" Metro Music P-2001
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
C-016(a) (The Country Klezmers Traditional Jewish Folk Music)
Track ID:
8723
Artist:
Country Klezmers
Guitar/Harmonical/Tambourine/Recorder/Lead Vocal:
Shneyer, David
Banjo/Violin/Vocal:
Brill, Bruce
Bass:
Stone, Theodore
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Come o brothers, round and round. Rest- tomorrow in song...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
D-017(c) (Dany Delman Chatan Kala Mazl Tovu)
Track ID:
8724
Artist:
Delmin, Dany & Orchestra
Arranger:
Delmin, Dany, arr
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Rise and dance, oh. brethern! Dance round and round.
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
N-014(b) (Moshe Nathanson Songfest/ Favorite Songs of the Feinberg Duo)
Track ID:
8725
Arranger:
Nathanson, Moshe
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Duplicate of N-14(b)
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
M-004(a) (40 Favorite Jewish Melodies — 40 באַליבטע ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
8726
Artist:
Jewish Music League of Tel Aviv
Director:
Herzl, David
First line:
Kuma echa sova sov, al tanchu, shova shov, ayn kan rosh…
First line (Hebrew):
קוּמה אחא, סב וסב, אל תּנוּחה, שוֹבה שוֹב. אין כּאן ראש ואיו כּאן..
Track comment:
Come o brothers, round and round. Rest- tomorrow in song...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
On album:
B-057(a) (The Jewish Mood Maxim Broydn)
Track ID:
8727
Vocal:
Brodyn, Maxim — בראָדין, מאַקסים
First line:
Es brent di h..., es brent, s'iz heys, nishto keyn tseyt...
First line (Yiddish):
עס ברענט די ה..., עס ברענט, ס'איז הײס, נישטאָ קײן צײַט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of three record 78 album Stinson 602-1
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
I-017(a) (Israel Dances - The Folk Dances of Israel — ישראל רוקדת)
Track ID:
34248
Composer:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Composer:
Ravina, Menashe — ראַווינאַ, מענאַשע
Style:
Folk/Dance/Instrumental
Length:
2:20
On album:
V-015(k) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 11/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31623
Vocal:
Goland, Yosef — גאָלאַנד, יוסף
First line (Hebrew):
קומה אחא, סובה סוב,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Hora/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
2:47
On album:
I-026(a) (Authentic Israeli Folk Songs and Dance)
Track ID:
39818
Length:
1:46
On album:
V-015(h) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 8/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31545
Vocal:
Kipnis, Chana
Orchestra Leader:
Petruschka, Sigmund
Artist:
Petruschka Orchestra — אָרקעסטער פּעטרושקאַ
First line:
Kuma acha sov vasov, al tanucha, shuva sov! Eyn kan rosh, v'eyn kan sof,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Horah
Length:
2:47

Olim — עולים

Author:
Shenhar, Yitskhak — שנהר, יצחק
Composer:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Genre:
Zionist/Pioneer
Subject:
Ship/Immigration/Return/
Origin:
Belarsky Fav 31
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 28
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 26
Music:
Belarsky Fav 26

Recordings

On album:
B-003(f) (Sidor Belarsky Songs of Israel)
Track ID:
11436
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Bakhasha sfina gosheshet leyl shakhor khiam zo'ef,
First line (Hebrew):
בּחשאי ספינה גוששת ליל שחור הים זעף, הוי, שמעי אדמת מורשת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Through the night the ship is plowing, silently to reach...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Art Song
On album:
V0031
Track ID:
33766
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Organ:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
First line:
Bakhasha sfina gosheshet leyl shakhor khiam zo'ef,
First line (Hebrew):
בּחשאי ספינה גוששת ליל שחור הים זעף, הוי, שמעי אדמת מורשת,
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Art Song
On album:
B-003(p) (Sidor Belarsky Sings A Salute To Israel's 20 Anniversary — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי 20 ישׂראל)
Track ID:
32969
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Musical Director:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
Violin:
Ravina, Oscar
Cello:
Altmann, Bernardo
First line:
Bakhasha sfina gosheshet leyl shakhor khiam zo'ef,
First line (Hebrew):
בּחשאי ספינה גוששת ליל שחור הים זעף, הוי, שמעי אדמת מורשת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Through the night the ship is plowing, silently to reach...
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Concert/Art Song

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

Other tracks with this artist

Avodim Hayinu — עבדים היינו

Genre:
Holiday/Peysekh/Passover
Subject:
Slaves/Egypt/Memory
Origin:
Alb M-029(a)/
Transliteration:
Alb M-029(a)/
Translation:
Alb M-029(a)/
Additional song notes:
Once we were slaves in Egypt
On album:
L-024(a) (Jewish Holiday Songs Sung by Esther Lawrence)
Track ID:
1652
Composer:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Vocal:
Lawrence, Esther
First line:
Avdim hayinu, hayinu. Ata bney khorin, bney khorin,
Language:
Hebrew/English

Layle Pele (Heb) — לילה פּלא (עבֿרית)

On album:
G-042(d) (Moshe Ganchoff Concert Favorites with Intrumental Ensemble)
Track ID:
20797
Author:
Shonberg, D. — שאָנבערג, ד.
Composer:
Postolski, Sholom — פּוסטולסקי, שלום
Vocal:
Ganchoff, Cantor Moyshe — גאַנשאַף, חזן משה
Conductor:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
First line:
Elef layla veod layle, tati shay la, leartsi tsu...
First line (Hebrew):
אלף לילה ועוֹד לילה, תּתּי שׁי לה, לארצי זוֹ הקטנטנת--אך לא די ל
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
To my land a thousand nights I've gladly given...
Language:
Hebrew