Wajner, Leon

A Polit — אַ פּאָליט

Author:

Molodovsky, Kadya — מאָלאָדאָװסקי, קאַדיע

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Refugee/Wanderer/Faith

Origin:

Weiner Ln 37

Transliteration:

Weiner Ln 37

Music:

Weiner Ln 128

Dos Pastekhl (Weiner, Ln) — דאָס פּאַסטעכל

Author:

Indelman, Elkhonen — אינדעלמאַן, אלחנן

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Shepherd/Nature/Children/Wolf

Origin:

Alb T-027(b)/Weiner Ln 52

Transliteration:

Alb T-027(b)/Weiner Ln 52

Translation:

Alb T-027(b)

Music:

Weiner Ln 62

Levoydes Haboyre — לעבֿודות הבּורא

Also known as:

Shteyt Oyf Yidelekh

Author:

Yanasovitsh, Yitskhak — יאַנאַסאָװיטש, יצחק

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Holocaust/Memory/Khasidim

Origin:

Weiner Ln 44

Transliteration:

Weiner Ln 44

Music:

Weiner Ln 44

Shikhelekh (Molodovsky) — שיכעלעך (מאָלאָדאָווסקי)

Author:

Molodovsky, Kadya — מאָלאָדאָװסקי, קאַדיע

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Literary Origin/Children

Subject:

Little Shoes/Desire/Nails/Shoemaker/Display/Poverty

Additional song notes:

Little Shoes

Tsvey Meshene Laykhters — צװײ מעשענע לײַכטערס

Author:

Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Memory/Candlesticks/Shabos/Sabbath

Sheet music:

Folder:

826

Series:

4

Texts:

Yiddish

Publisher:

Instituti Cientifico Judio - IWO

Publisher address:

Pasteur 633, Buenos Aires

Date:

1983

Provenance:

Gift of Bob & Molly Freedman

First line:

Tsvey meshene laykhters oyf beyde zayt shank,

First line (Yiddish):

צויי מעשענע לײַכטערס אויף ביידע זײַט שאַנק,

Notes:

Melody line by Leon Wajner from book titled "Melodias Postumas"

Varshe (Kaczer, Weiner) — װאַרשע (קאַטשער, װײַנער)

Author:

Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Literary Origin/Holocaust/Place

Subject:

Warsaw/Destruction/Revenge/Memory

Origin:

Vinkov 4 94

Transliteration:

Vinkov 4 94/B-007(o)

Translation:

Vinkov 4 94B-007(o)

Music:

Vinkov 4 94

Additional song notes:

Warsaw

Yadi Bidi Bam — יאַדי בידי באַם

Also known as:

Khevre Freylekh

Author:

Tsesler, Shmuel — צעסלער, שמואל

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Khasidic/Literary Origin/Folk

Subject:

Peace/Joy

Song comment:

See also variant in Gel Yoval, No 25

Origin:

Weiner Ln 48

Transliteration:

Alb B-003(b)/CD L-054(a)/Weiner Ln 48

Translation:

Alb B-003(b)/CD L-054(a)

Music:

Weiner Ln 91

Der Seyder — דער סדר

Author:

Kalushiner, Y. L. — קאַלושינער. י. ל.

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Genre:

Children/Folk/Literary Origin

Subject:

Passover/Father/Child/Seder

Transliteration:

CD 042(a)

Translation:

CD 042(a)

A Zun Mit A Regn — אַ זון מיט אַ רעגן

Author:

Naydus, Leyb — נײַדוס, לײב

Composer:

Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין

Related information in folder 15:

Document type:

Review

Publisher:

Jewish Exponent

Comments:

Leo Wiener, "History of Yiddish Literature," Dan Miron: "A Traveler Disguised."

Related information in folder 26:

Comments:

Article in Yiddish Forverts by Chana Mlotek about backround or the song and original text.

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

806

Artist:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

A zun mit a regn, a zun mit a regn, es lakhn mir goldene...

First line:

אַ זון מיט אַ רעגן, אַ זון מיט אַ רעגן, עס לאַכן מיר גאָלדענע...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

See article in Forward with Album F-12

A Yingele Fun Teymen — אַ ייִנגעלע פֿון תימן

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

786

Author:

Kliger, Kehos — קליגער, (קעהאָס) קהת

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Artist:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

A yingele fun teymener, mit eygelekh tseglit,

First line:

אַ ייִנגעלע פֿון תמין, מיט אײגעלעך צוגליט, זאָגט מיר: אתה לא…

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

A Ketsele — אַ קעצעלע

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

291

Author:

Galin, Rivke — גאַלין, רבֿקה

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Artist:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

Ikh hob a libe ketsele, vays iz zi vi shney,

First line:

איך האָב אַ ליבע קעצעלע, װײַס איז זי װי שנײ, מיט שײנע גרינע...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

A Volekhl — אַ װאָלעכל

Composer:

Wolowitz, Hersh — װאָלאָװיטש, הערש

Genre:

Folk/Khasidic

Subject:

Melody/Song/Poverty

Origin:

Ber Fef 27/Alb C-001(b)

Transliteration:

Alb L-004(d)

Translation:

Alb L-004(d)

Music:

Ber Fef 27

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

661

Author:

Wolowitz, Hersh — װאָלאָװיטש, הערש

Artist:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

Oy, a volekh lomir zingen, a volekhl lomir zingen, oy,...

First line:

אױ, אַ װאָלעכל לאָמיר זינגען, אַ װאָלעכל לאָמיר זינגען, אױ,...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Beriozkele — בעריאָזקעלע

Also known as:

Beriozka Belaya (White Birch)

Also known as:

The Birch Tree (Russian, Berieza)

Author:

Einhorn, David — אײנהאָרן, דוד

Author:

Einhorn, Dovid — אײנהאָרן, דוד

Composer:

Shepherd, Merlin — שעפּהערד, מערלין

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Birch Tree/Lonliness/Stranger/Prayer/Nightengale

Origin:

Alb J-020(b)/Kipnis 100 97/Sh Sh 253/Alb B-207(a)

Transliteration:

Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-207(a)

Translation:

Alb J-020(b)/Sh Sh 252/Alb B-207(a)/Alb 129(a)&(b)

Music:

Kipnis 100 97

Additional song notes:

The Birch Tree Melody from the Kipnis collection

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

2260

Author/Composer:

Einhorn, Dovid — אײנהאָרן, דוד

Artist:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

Ruik, ruik, shoklt ir geloktes grinem kepl mayn vaysinke...

First line:

רויִק, רויִק, שאָקלט איר געלאָקטעס גרינים קעפּל מײַן װײַסינקע...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

See Also Forward Article 10-29-93 with album

Der Polit (A Polit) — דער פּאָליט (אַ פּאָליט)

On album:

xR-005(a)

Track ID:

3284

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Artist:

Ronni, Tova — רוני, טובֿה

Director/Arranger:

Fershko, Shmuel — פֿערשקאָ, שמואל

First line:

Akhat shtayim, akhat shtayim, vayt der veg biz Yerusholaim,

First line (Yiddish):

אחת שתים, אחת שתים, װײַט דער װעג ביז ירושלים,

Language:

Yiddish

Dos Elnte Kind — דאָס עלנטע קינד

Author:

Kaczerginski, Shmerke — קאַטשערגינסקי, שמערקע

Composer:

Grimski, Yankl — גימסקי, יאַנקל

Genre:

Holocaust/Literary Origin/Lament

Subject:

Mother/Daughter/Separation

Origin:

Vinkov 4 100

Transliteration:

Vinkov 4 100

Translation:

Vinkov 4 100

Music:

Vinkov 4 100

Additional song notes:

The Lonely Child

Related information in folder 955:

Comments:

1. Article in Yiddish Forverts of November 27- December 3, 2009 by Chana Mlotek responding to a letter from correspondent Alexander Shpiglblatt published a variant of the song "Dos Elente Kind" (The lonely child). The article was published under the title "In a Litvitsh Derfl Vayt" (In a Distant Lithuainian Village.)

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

4019

Vocal:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

S'yogt mikh ver, s'yogt, un lozt nit tsu ru.

First line (Yiddish):

ס'יאָגט מיך װער, ס'יאָגט, און לאָזט ניט צו רו.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

See also Kaczer 90 and 386

Language:

Yiddish

Geyn Darf Men, Geyn — גײן דאַרף מען, גײן

On album:

L-004(a) (THE YIDDISH ART SONG Leon Lishner, basso;Lazar Weiner, piano — דאָס לעבן איז ביטער און זיס איז דאָס לידל)

Track ID:

5643

Author:

Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער

Vocal:

Lishner, Leon

Composer:

Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

Geyt men zikh lang, bindt men di lendn arum mit a strik,

First line:

גײט מען זיך לאַנג, בינדט מען די לענדן אַרום מיט אַ שטריק;

Gut Yom Tov Yidn — גוט יום טוב ייִדן

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

5824

Artist:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Author:

Yasanovitsh, Yitskhak — יאַסאַנאָװיטש, יצחק

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

A gut yom tov, yidn, brider, tsu dem yom tov fun der frey,

First line:

אַ גוט יום טוב ייִדן, ברידער, צו דעם יום טוב פֿון דער פֿרײ,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

In Vinter Farnakhtn — אַין װינטער פֿאַרנאַכטן

Also known as:

Oyf Rusishe Felder

Author:

Hofshteyn, Dovid — האָפֿשטײַן, דוד

Composer:

Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Russian/Winter/Evenings/Alone/Snow/Fields/Depression

Origin:

Penguin YID 261/Alb G-018(c)/Alb W-035(a)

Transliteration:

Alb W-035(a)/Ephemera 1290/Ephemera 1458 2012

Translation:

Penguin YID 261/Alb G-018(c)/Alb W-035(a)/Ephemera 1290/Ephemer 1458 2012

Additional song notes:

In Winter Evenings 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

Related information in folder 400:

Date:

8/6/1999

Comments:

1 Transliteration and English adaptation of the poem by Hershel Hartman. Published in the Yiddish Forward of August 6, 1999 2. Yiddish Text, Shpigl 225 3. English Adaptation by Allen Mandelbaumm HG TYP 17l

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

7445

Vocal:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Arranger:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

In vinter farnakhtn, oyf rusisher felder, vu ken men zayn elenter…

First line (Yiddish):

אין װינטער פֿאַרנאַכטן, איף רוסישער פֿעלדער, װוּ קען מען זײַן עלעטער...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert

Menashe — מנשה

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Study/Faith/Family/Poverty/Wife

Origin:

Vinkov 3 139/Alb A-003©

Transliteration:

Vinkov 3 139/Alb A-003©

Translation:

Vinkov 3 140/Alb A-003©

Music:

Vinkov 3 138

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

10294

Author:

Rund, Morris (?)

Composer:

Iofe, L. (?)

Artist:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

Iz gezesn bay der gemore der alter Menashe un gelernent...

First line (Yiddish):

איז געזעסן בײַ דער גמרה דער אַלטער מנשה און געלערנט מיט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Words and lyrics as credited on the cassette notes.

Language:

Yiddish

Oyfn Fidele — אַױפֿן פֿידעלע

On album:

A-001(a) (Yiddish Folk Songs sung by Chava Alberstein — חוה אַלבערשטײן האָבן מיר אַ ניגונדל)

Track ID:

11842

Author:

Halter, F. — האַלטער, פֿ.

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Vocal:

Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה

First line:

Kh'hob bakumen a geshank, a fidele, in di strunes iz...

First line (Yiddish):

כ'האָב באַקומען אַ געשאַנק אַ פֿידעלע, אין די סטרונעס איז...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Tsvey Khaverim — צװײ חבֿרים

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

15728

Author:

Zak, Avrom — זאַק, אבֿרהם

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Artist:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Artist:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

Khavarim tsvey geven in der medina, avek in sinai kemfn...

First line:

חבֿרים צװײ געװען אין דער מדינה, אַװעק אין סינאי קעמפֿן זײ,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Unter Dayne Vayse Shtern (Brodno) — תחת זעו כוכבי שמים / אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן

Also known as:

Takhat zi kukhvi shomayim

Also known as:

Shema Koleynu

Author:

Sutzkever, Avrom — סוצקעװער, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Brudno, Avrom — ברודנאָ, אַבֿרהם

Genre:

Literary Origin/Holocaust

Subject:

Faith/Prayer

Song comment:

Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"

Origin:

Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 74/Alb V-001(a)/Alb D-004(g)/ML WAH 48/Alb N-026(a

Transliteration:

Ephemera 1204/ML WAH 48/Alb M-049(a)/Alb M-049(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/D-004(n)

Translation:

Alb Z-010(g)/Alb V-001(d) ML WAH 48/Alb G-040(a)/Alb M-049(a)/D-004(n)

Additional song notes:

First sung by Zlote Kaczerginski at Litter Art Theatre of Vilna Ghetto Under Your White Stars./ Takhat Ziv Kokhvey Shamayim (Hebrew Adaptation) Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203 English Adaptation with Album Notes and Ephemera 1204

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

16011

Vocal:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Piano:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

Unter dayne vayse shtern, shtrek tsu mir dayn veyse hant,

First line (Yiddish):

אונטער דײַנע װײַסע שטערן, שטרעק צו מיר דײַן װײַסע האַנט,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"Introduced in Vilna ghetto theatre-"Di Yogenish in Fas"

Language:

Yiddish

Zing Shtil — זינג שטיל

Also known as:

Es Hot Mir Mayn Tate

Author:

Younin, Wolf — יונין, װאָלף

Author:

Younin, Wolf — יונין, װאָלף

Composer:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Composer:

Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Melody/Song/Quiet/Discovery/Advice/Father

Origin:

Boiberik Comp/ML PYS 182

Transliteration:

Boiberik Comp/ML PYS 182

Translation:

ML PYS 182

Music:

ML PYS 182

Additional song notes:

Boiberik Comp, Page 5 Song 10 of song pamphlet, no date given

On album:

W-020(a) (Lomir Zinguen Rivka Klenetski Weiner — לאָמיר זינגען חברשאַפֿט)

Track ID:

18062

Vocal:

Klenetski-Weiner, Rivka — קלענעצקי-װײַנער, רבֿקה

Piano:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

First line:

S'hot mir mayn tate fun kindvayz gezogt, gut iz tsu...

First line (Yiddish):

ס'האָט מיר מײַן טאַטע פֿון קינדװײַז געזאָגט, גוט איז צו אױפֿשטײן...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Ayzik Mayzik — אײַזיק מײַזיק

On album:

G-055(a) (Radio Compilation by David Goldenberg 1930-1960)

Track ID:

20566

Composer:

Wajner, Leon — װײַנער, לעאָן

Artist:

Schooler, Tsvi — סקולער, צבֿי

Author/Artist:

Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי

First line:

A yingele iz geven a mol, geheysn hot er ayzik,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ ייִנגעלע איז געװען אַ מאָל, געהײסען האָט ער אַײַזיק,

Track comment:

Recorded Dec 10, 1947 as part of March of Dimes Broadcast

Language:

Yiddish