Songs written or composed
Shvartse Oygn — שװאַרצע אױגן
- Also known as:
- Ochi Chyornye
- Also known as:
- Dark Eyes
- Author:
- Grebenka, Evheniy
- Composer:
- Hermann, Florian
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 1235
- Series:
- 4
- Arranger:
- Richard Gendelman
- Arranged for:
- Bb Clarinet
- Texts:
- Music Only
- Provenance:
- Gendelman Gift
- Notes:
- Manuscript / With Elegie by J. Massenet
Recordings
- On album:
- F-023(a) (Irina Fogelson Sings: Yiddish Hebrew Russian English)
- Track ID:
- 11553
- Artist:
- Fogelson, Irena
- Arranger:
- Shalit, Vladimir
- Arranger:
- Batitsky, Pavel
- First line:
- I was...when you came my way, I still bless the day,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Russian/English
- On album:
- H-009(c) (Drora Havkin Israeli Songs and Ballads of Yesteryear — שירי רחוב דרורה חבקין)
- Track ID:
- 11547
- Vocal:
- Havkin, Drora — חבקין, דרורה
- First line:
- Hitahavti bakh, ki aynayim lakh, panasay khasmal veraglay...
- First line (Hebrew):
- התאהבתי בך,כי עינים לך, פנסי חשמל, ורגלי גמל, כי קולך הערב,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Hebrew version of "Ochi Chyornye"
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Folk
- On album:
- S-080(a) (Sweet Dreams (Sheyne Chalomes) For Guitars and Flutes — שײנע חלומות)
- Track ID:
- 11550
- Artist:
- Schonbrun, Bluma & Bill Bridges
- Artist:
- Schonbrun, B.& B. Bridges, arr
- Track comment:
- For Guitar & Flute
- Style:
- Instrumental
- On album:
- P-023(a) (Boris Pevsner)
- Track ID:
- 11551
- Artist:
- Pevsner, Boris
- Language:
- Russian
- On album:
- B-028(d) (The Barry Sisters Sing)
- Track ID:
- 11552
- Vocal:
- Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
- Artist:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- I once had a dream, of a love supreme, then you came my way,
- Language:
- Russian/English
- On album:
- G-006(k) (Russk'ie P'esn'i Romances Populaires Russes..par Sarah Gorby)
- Track ID:
- 18900
- Vocal:
- Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
- Director:
- Arlovsky, Nicholas.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Otchy Tchornyi"
- Language:
- Russian
- On album:
- R-016(f) (Seymour Rechtzeit Yiddish Favorites)
- Track ID:
- 19130
- Author:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- Artist:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- First line:
- Oygn, far dayne shvartse oygn, far zey shteyt eyngeboygn...
- First line:
- אױגן, פֿאַר דײַנע שװאַרצע אױגן, פֿאַר זײ שטײט אײַנגעבױגן...
- Track comment:
- With "Ortshi Chornia (Russian)
- On album:
- J-023(a) (Elmer Jaroka The World of Eastern Europe)
- Track ID:
- 19860
- Artist:
- Jaroka, Elmer Ensemble
- Track comment:
- Russian - Black Eyes
- Style:
- Instrumental
- On album:
- M-034(e) (The Mazeltones Latkes & Lattes)
- Track ID:
- 21366
- Vocal:
- Marcus, Wendy
- Artist:
- Mazeltones
- Vocal:
- Robbins, Carol
- First line:
- I once had a dream, of a love supreme, then you came my way,
- Language:
- Russian/English
- On album:
- O-007(d) (The Old World Folk Band Crossing New Borders)
- Track ID:
- 25735
- Artist:
- Krashunskaya, Dina
- Artist:
- Old World Folk Band
- First line:
- Otchi tchorni, otchi zhguchiye, otchi strasniye y prikrasnye
- Track comment:
- Dark eyes, so passionate and beautiful - how do I love you
- Language:
- Russian
- On album:
- B-088(b) (Bobby Block Sings Yiddish / The Songs From His Youth)
- Track ID:
- 33525
- Vocal/Saxophone/Clarinet:
- Block, Bobby
- Keyboards:
- Kravitz, Bernie
- Percussion:
- Sperell, Chic
- First line:
- I once had a dream, of a love supreme, then you came my way,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop/Waltz/Swing
- Length:
- 2:28
- On album:
- G-108(a) (Ed Goldberg and the Odessa Klezmer Band/ Who Stole the Kishka? — אָרקקעסטער קלעזמער)
- Track ID:
- 36246
- Artist:
- Odessa Klezmer Band
- Sax/Clarinet:
- Lesniak, John
- Clarinet:
- Mehlman, Bob
- Trumpet/Flugl Horn:
- Ionata, Dennis
- Darbuoa/Tamborine/Percussion:
- Goldberg, Barbara
- Drums/Percussion:
- Pecchioli, Joel
- Accordion/Piano/Bass/Electronic Bouzouki/Arranger:
- Goldberg, Ed
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:07
- On album:
- G-126(a) (Jim Guttumann / Bessarabian Breakdown)
- Track ID:
- 40667
- Piano:
- Bailey, Art
- Bass:
- Guttmann, Jim
- Drums:
- Smith, Grant
- On album:
- E-040(a) (Yoni Eilat / Tzigayner Neshume — יוני אילט \ ציגײַנער נשמה)
- Track ID:
- 42464
- Vocal:
- Eilat, Yoni — יוני אילת
- First line:
- Ochi chorne, ot di oygn tsvey, zi farfirn…sheyne zenen zey, nor tsu ir gevent,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אָשי טשאָרני, אָט די אויגן צוויי, זי פֿאַרפֿירן...שיינע זענען זיי, נאָר צו איר..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Cabaret/Gypsy/Tango
- Length:
- 2:44