Name:
Vaksman, Ephriam
Name (Yiddish):
װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים

Songs written or composed

Vos Iz Vikhtik — װאָס איז וויכטיק

Also known as:
Vikhtik
Author:
Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים
Composer:
Vaksman, Ephriam — װאקסמאַן, אפֿרים
Genre:
Khasidic (Neo)/Instructional
Subject:
Faith/Priorities/Values
Origin:
Alb S-089(b)/Alb N-026(a)/Alb 054(A)
Transliteration:
Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)
Translation:
Alb N-026(a)/CD L-054(a)
Additional song notes:
What Is Important

Recordings

On album:
S-089(b) (Yiddish Classics Vol Two A Suki & Ding Production — הײמישע ייִדישע געזאַנגען באָנד ב')
Track ID:
20963
Artist:
Suki & Deng Chorus
Arranger:
Berry, Suki, musical arrangements
First line:
Vikhtig iz a shabos koydesh, a gutn vokh un a guter khoydesh
First line:
װיכטיג איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטן חודש,
On album:
C-035(b) (Adrianne Cooper & Zalmen Mlotek/An Afternoon Of Jewish Music)
Track ID:
25678
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Vikhtig iz a shabos koydesh, a gutn vokh un a guter khoydesh
First line:
װיכטיג איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטן חודש,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded as "Vos Iz Vikhtik" An Afternoon of Yiddish Music
On album:
N-026(a) (An Afternoon Of Yiddish Art Song)
Track ID:
27754
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Vocal:
Novick, Cantor Martha
First line:
Vikhtig iz a shabos koydesh, a guter vokh un a gutin khoydesh,
First line (Yiddish):
װיכטיג איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטן חודש,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Art Song/Concert/Performance Recording/Duet/Paylish Dialect
On album:
L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
Track ID:
28422
Vocal:
Labovitz, Sherman
Violin:
Weinberger, Marvin
Piano/Arranger:
Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
First line:
Vikhtik iz a shabos koydesh, a guter vokh un a gutn khoydesh, vikhtig is a..
First line (Yiddish):
װיכטיק איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטן חודש,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
02:46
On album:
B-091(a) (Balagan/ Mir Zenen Do! — באַלאַגאַן \ מיר זענען דאָ)
Track ID:
32104
Vocal/Arrangement:
Wijk, Jacob v. d.
Artist:
Balagan
First line:
Vikhtik iz a toyve ton a yid,
First line (Yiddish):
וויכקטיק איז אַ טובֿה טאָן אַ ייִד,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Classical/ Fusion
Length:
2:38
On album:
A-054(a) (Robert Paul Abelson, Baritone / Joyce Rosenzweig, Piano / A Leyter Tus Himl/ A Ladder to Heaven/ The Art of Jewish Song — אַ לייטער צום הימל)
Track ID:
35858
First line:
Vikhtik iz a shabos koydesh, a guter vokh un a guter khoydesh, vikhtig is a..
First line (Yiddish):
װיכטיק איז אַ שבּת קודש, אַ גוטער װאָך און אַ גוטער חודש, װיכטיק איז אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:17