Name:
Szmajer, Violette

Tracks with this artist

Es Dremlt In Shtetl — עס דרעמלט אין שטעטל

Also known as:
Ven Es Dremlt Dos Shtetl
Author:
Heftman, (Chaim) Yosef — העפֿטמאַן, (חיים) יוסף
Composer:
Eksman, Gershon — עקסמאַן, גרשון
Genre:
Folk/Literary Origin
Subject:
Love/Lonliness/Poverty/Need
Origin:
ML PYP 531/Alb L-022(a)/Alb R-049(a)/S-062(a)
Transliteration:
S-062(a)/Alb L-022(a)/Alb R-049(a)/Alb T-031(b)
Translation:
Alb S-062(a)Alb B-046(a)/Alb R-049(a)/Alb T-031(b)
Related information in folder 119:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Mlotek, Chana
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
3/18/2005
Comments:
Letter from reader recalling song titled "es dremlt in lager" Holocaust adaptation of "es dremlt in shtetl."
On album:
L-022(a) (Le Paon Dore Chansons Et Textes Yiddish — די גאָלדענע פּאַװע ייִדיש װאָרט און געזאַנג)
Track ID:
4798
Artist:
Szmajer, Violette
First line:
Es dremlt in shtetl, di lodns farmakht, kum tsu mir...
First line (Yiddish):
עס דרעמלט אין שטעטל, די לאָדנס פֿאַרמאַכט, קום צו מיר מײַן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "S'dremlt In Shtetl"
Language:
Yiddish

Yidl Mitn Fidl — ייִדל מיטן פֿידל

Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Folk
Subject:
Klezmer/Musicians/Life/Nature/Joy
Origin:
ML PYS 258/Alb L-044(c)/
Transliteration:
Alb A-044(a)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Alb I-013(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb L-044(c)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Qalb L-044(c)/Alb B-122(a)
Music:
Warem 240/ML PYS 258
Additional song notes:
Little Jew With His Fiddle (?) From the film of the same name.
Related information in folder 1002:
Comments:
1. Internet article by Rhoda (Rokhl) Bernard, with original Yiddish text, transliteration and translation of the song.
On album:
L-022(a) (Le Paon Dore Chansons Et Textes Yiddish — די גאָלדענע פּאַװע ייִדיש װאָרט און געזאַנג)
Track ID:
37003
Vocal:
Szmajer, Violette
Piano:
Grynszpan, Laurent
First line:
Iber felder, vegn, oyf a vogn hey, mit zun un vint un regn…
First line (Yiddish):
איבער פֿעלדער װעגן, אױף אַ בינטל הײ, מיט זון און װינט און רעגן…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Sur La Route (French)

On album:
L-022(a) (Le Paon Dore Chansons Et Textes Yiddish — די גאָלדענע פּאַװע ייִדיש װאָרט און געזאַנג)
Track ID:
37004
Vocal:
Szmajer, Violette
Piano:
Grynszpan, Laurent
Translator:
Baum, B.
First line:
Sur la route, il y un arbre….
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
French translation of Afn Veg Shteyt a Boym (Manger)
Language:
French
Style:
Concert

Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם

Also known as:
Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd
Also known as:
Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym
Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Genre:
Literary Origin/Folk
Subject:
Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love
Song comment:
P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"
Origin:
ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/
Transliteration:
GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)
Translation:
Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414
Music:
ML MTAG 164/
Additional song notes:
By The Wayside Stands A Tree See also illustration in Manger Illust See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania
Related information in folder 111:
Comments:
1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym." See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik) 2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell. 3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe". 4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.
Related information in folder 996:
Comments:
1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song
On album:
L-022(a) (Le Paon Dore Chansons Et Textes Yiddish — די גאָלדענע פּאַװע ייִדיש װאָרט און געזאַנג)
Track ID:
11963
Artist:
Szmajer, Violette
First line:
Oyfn vegt shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn,
First line (Yiddish):
אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגעלעך פֿונעם...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Shtil Di Nakht Iz Oysgeshterent — שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט

Also known as:
The Night Is Still
Also known as:
Mizmor Shir Lepartizanit
Also known as:
The Jewish Partisan Girl
Author:
Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
Genre:
Holocaust/Resistance/Love/Historical
Subject:
Resistance/Partisan/Combat/Love/Night/Stars/Frost/Pistol
Origin:
Kaczer 348/Alb V-001(a)/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb V-001(b)/Vinkov 4 142/Ephemera 1203
Transliteration:
ML WAH 86/Alb A-036(a)/Alb B-007(o)/Alb W-001(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428
Translation:
Kalisch 70/Alb F-035(a)/Alb V-001(d)/B-007(o)/Vinkov 4 142/Schwatz 4/Ephemera
Music:
Rub Treas 181/Z-012(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428/Schwartz 5
Additional song notes:
Quiet, The Night Is Starry Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
On album:
L-022(a) (Le Paon Dore Chansons Et Textes Yiddish — די גאָלדענע פּאַװע ייִדיש װאָרט און געזאַנג)
Track ID:
14271
Vocal:
Szmajer, Violette
First line:
Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt. Un der frost hot shtark...
First line (Yiddish):
שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט, און דער פֿראָסט האָט געברענט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Yankele — יאַנקעלע

Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Yankele
Also known as:
Shlof Shoyn Mayn Yankele
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Folk/Lullabye
Subject:
Child/Sleep/Teeth/Crying/Student/Wet/Khosn
Origin:
ML MTAG 08/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 60/Alb L-022(a)/Alb F-024(e)/
Transliteration:
GYF 63/ML MTAG 08/Alb R-007(f)1/Alb R-001(a)/Alb P-001(a)/Alb L-022(a)
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb G-022(a)/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 63/Alb O-001(c)/Alb P-001(a
Music:
ML MTAG 09/GYF 61/
Additional song notes:
See also Ephemera 918 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration
Related information in folder 745:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
L-022(a) (Le Paon Dore Chansons Et Textes Yiddish — די גאָלדענע פּאַװע ייִדיש װאָרט און געזאַנג)
Track ID:
17128
Vocal:
Szmajer, Violette
First line:
Shlof zhe mir mayn, Yankele, mayn sheyner, Di eygelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
שלאָף זשע מיר מײַן, יאַנקעלע, מײַן שײנער, די אײגעלעך, די...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Zol Zayn (Papernikov) — זאָל זײַן (פּאַפּערניקאָוו)

Author:
Papernikov, Yosef — פּאַפּערניקאָװ, יוסף
Composer:
Papernikov, Yosef — פּאַפּערניקאָװ, יוסף
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Goals/Attempt/Optomisn/Persistence
Origin:
ML MTAG 186/Alb L-002(a)
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 186/Alb L-002(a)/Alb M-049(a)
Translation:
Alb T-015(e)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb 129(a)&(b)/Alb P-038€
Music:
ML MTAG 186
Additional song notes:
Let It Be So
Related information in folder 749:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
L-022(a) (Le Paon Dore Chansons Et Textes Yiddish — די גאָלדענע פּאַװע ייִדיש װאָרט און געזאַנג)
Track ID:
18224
Artist:
Szmajer, Violette
First line:
Zol zayn az ikh boy in der luft mayne shleser,
First line (Yiddish):
זאָל זײַן אַז איך בױ אין דער לופֿט מײַנע שלעסער,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish