Name:
Kaminska, Ida
Name (Yiddish):
קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Born:
1899
Died:
1980
Related information in folder 116:
Document type:
Obituary
Author:
Richard F. Shepard
Publisher:
New York Times
Date:
5/22/1980
Comments:
Article titled, "Ida Kaminska, Yiddish Actress, Director and Producer, Dies at 80".
Document type:
General
Comments:
Announcement by friends of Ida Kaminska Theater Foundation, Inc. of establishment of a new Yiddish Art Theater, with request for contributions.

Also, announcement of YIVO exhibition, titled, "Ida Kaminska (1899-1980: Grande Dame of the Yiddish Theater"., 5/31/2001.
Document type:
Article
Author:
Mikhl Ben-Avrahm (Vaynapel)
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
3/11/2005
Comments:
"Ida Kaminska (25 Yor Nokh Ptire)"
Related information in folder 248:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Mikhl Ben Avram (Vaynapel)
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
5/13/2005
Comments:
Article titled "Yidisher Melukhe-Teater in Poyln"

Tracks with this artist

Der Dibuk (Excerpt) — דער דיבּוק (אױסצוג)

Related information in folder 881:
Comments:
1. Article in Forward of December 19, 2008 by Leonard Fein titled "Yesterday We Dreamt of a Better Tomorrow quoting a translated quatrain from Dos Naye Lid and
On album:
K-008(a) (Ida Kaminska and her Yiddish State Theatre of Poland)
Track ID:
3095
Author:
S. Ansky — ש. אַנסקי
Artist:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Artist:
Kaminska, Ruth — קאַמינסקאַ, רחל
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Fragment from second act.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word

Di Shnayt (Excerpt) — די שנײט

On album:
K-008(a) (Ida Kaminska and her Yiddish State Theatre of Poland)
Track ID:
3767
Author:
Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Artist:
Grudberg, Itsik / Marian Melman — קאַמינסקע, רחל \ מעריאַן מעלמען
Artist:
Kaminska, Rakhl / Calel Rapaport — גרודבערג, איציק \ קאַלעל ראַפּאַפּאַרט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Fragment from fourth act.
Language:
Yiddish

Glikl Hamlin Fodert Gerekhtikeyt — גליקל האַמלין פֿאָדערט גערעכטיקײט

On album:
K-008(a) (Ida Kaminska and her Yiddish State Theatre of Poland)
Track ID:
5708
Author:
Kaminska, Ida and M. Bauman — קאַמינסקאַ, אידאַ און מץ באַומאַן
Artist:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Artist:
Grudberg, Itsik / Marian Melman — קאַמינסקע, רחל \ מעריאַן מעלמען
Artist:
Kaminska, Rakhl — גרודבערג, איציק
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Fragment from second act.

Mirele Efros (Excerpt) — מירעלע עפֿראָס (אױסצוג)

Author:
Gordin, Yakov — גאָרדין, יעקבֿ
Genre:
Literary Origin/Spoken Word
Subject:
Mother/Children/Conflict/Family/Inlaws/Business/Bar Mitzva/
On album:
K-008(a) (Ida Kaminska and her Yiddish State Theatre of Poland)
Track ID:
10533
Vocal:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Vocal:
Grudberg, Itsik — קאַמינסקע, רחל
Vocal:
Kaminska, Rakhl — גרודבערג, איציק
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Ven Ikh Bin Rotshild (Aleichem) — װען איך בין ראָטשילד (עליכם)

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Humorous/Lament
Subject:
Poverty/Rich/Poor/Wishes/War/Peace
Translation:
Graf 153/Alb A-003(c)
On album:
K-008(a) (Ida Kaminska and her Yiddish State Theatre of Poland)
Track ID:
16391
Vocal:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word/Dramatic

Ven Ikh Bin Rotshild (Aleichem) — װען איך בין ראָטשילד (עליכם)

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Humorous/Lament
Subject:
Poverty/Rich/Poor/Wishes/War/Peace
Translation:
Graf 153/Alb A-003(c)
On album:
A-003(c) (Sholom Aleichem If I Were Rothschild Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
16393
Vocal:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word/Dramatic

Ven Ikh Bin Rotshild (Aleichem) — װען איך בין ראָטשילד (עליכם)

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Humorous/Lament
Subject:
Poverty/Rich/Poor/Wishes/War/Peace
Translation:
Graf 153/Alb A-003(c)
On album:
C-006(a) (Chanson Yiddish Si J'Etais Rothschild de Sholem Aleichem — ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
16394
Vocal:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Track comment:
Same recording as on A-03(c)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word/Dramatic

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:
Rabbi Eli, The King
Also known as:
The Merry Rebe Elie
Author:
Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
Composer:
Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking
Origin:
ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44
Translation:
Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360
Music:
ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44
Additional song notes:
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 733:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
K-010(g) (32 World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
21174
Vocal:
Kaminska, Ida — קאַמינסקע, אידאַ
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Narration:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Ven der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh,
First line (Yiddish):
װען דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער..
Track comment:
Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".
Language:
Yiddish