Mikhoels, Shloyme

Name:
Mikhoels, Shloyme
Name (Yiddish):
מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Born:
1890 (Dvinsk)
Died:
1948
Note:
Born Shloyme Vovsi
Related information in folder 12:
Comments:
1 Article in Yiddish Forverts of Oct 7, 1987 by Josef Kerler, titlled "Murdered Soviet Yiddish Poets" from Kerler's book "August 12, 1952," published in Jerusalem, 1978

2 Articles in Yiddish Forwarts titled "Shlomo Mikhoels un Zayn Hariga (slaughter): A New Yorker Shlisl Tsu A Moskver Stsenor (script)"
Jan 13, 20, 2006. Feb 3, 10, 17, 2006.

3 Article in New York Times of Jam 14, 1998 by Alessandra Stanley titled "Moscow Festival, mourning and celebrating Mikhoels."

4. Email of April, 19, 1999I from Alexander Levzerovich transmitting nformation as to Mikhoels partners and co-stars.

5 Article in Yiddish Forverts of Feb 11, 2005 by Lazar Burko titled "Kumendike Oyshtelung Vegn Dos Moskver Yidishn Teater"

6. Article in Yiddish Forverts of Dec 19-25, 2008 by Leonhd Zaslavski (New York) titled ""Der Zingendiker Mikhoels" oyf Brayton in New York"' in which Mikhoels and the Moscow Yiddish State Theater is prominently mentioned.

7. Article in Forward, Jan 16, 2009, by Matthew Oshinsky titled, "The Wisdom of Solomon",Yiddish Theater in Soviet film; reviewing a two film tribute to Mikhoels, in the form of 1925's "Jewish Luck" and 1932's "The Return of Nathan Becker".

9. Article in the Yiddish Forverts of Jan 7-13, 2011 by Genadi Estraykh (New York) titled "Shlomo Mikoels - Tsum 120stn Yubili" (Shlomo Mikhoels - On His 120th Jubilee)

10. Article in the April 6-12, 2012 in the Yiddish Forverts by Mokhoel KritKov (Ann Arbor Michigan) titled "Mikhoelses Fotelshtul" (Michoel's Armchair"). Review of play .

Songs written or composed

Shlof Nit — שלאָף ניט

Author:
Fefer, Itsik — פֿעפֿער, איציק
Composer:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Genre:
Literary Origin/Soviet Union/Lullaby
Subject:
War/Child/Father/Soldier/Fighter
Additional song notes:
Published as "Vig-Lid (Milkume Motiv)"
Sheet music:
Folder:
612
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/English/Hebrew/
Publisher:
Renanah Music
Publisher address:
131 West 86th St. New York, NY
Date:
1944
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
355
First line:
Shlof nit kind mayns, shlof nit tayers, itst iz nit di...
Notes:
Dark blue lettering, English/Yiddish. Yiddish, Hebrew and English words on back cover. Extensive detailed biographical information about Pinchos Jassinowsky, inside front cover. Titled "Vig-Lid" Subtitled "Milkume Motive" "Gevidment der yidisher delegatsia fun undzer brider in sovetn-land: profesor shlomo michoels un dikhter itsik fefer, zumerm new york, 1943

Other tracks with this artist

Nit Shimele — ניט שימעלע

Also known as:
Not Shimele
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
Theatre/USSR
Subject:
Name/Assimilation/Russification/wealth
Translation:
Alb S-105(a)
Additional song notes:
From the play 200,000 based on Sholem Alechem's "Dos Groyse Gevins"
Related information in folder 692:
Comments:
1. Summary of the play "Dos Groyse Gevins", also saved under title, "200,000" . With text of song "Nit Shimele". ( From Sternshis's book, "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
H-006(g) (USSR Recordings (78 rpm) Collected by Molly Freedman)
Track ID:
11185
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Conductor Orchestra:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Nit shimele, nit shimele, zi itst shoyn nit mayn nomen,
First line (Yiddish):
ניט שימעלע, ניט שימעלע, זי איז איצט שױן ניט מײַן נאָמען,,
Track comment:
Recorded in USSR - 78rpm
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatrical

Nit Bashert — ניט באַשערט

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
Theatre/USSR
Subject:
Fate/Money/Bankruptcy
Additional song notes:
From the play "Man of Air" (Luftmensh) by Sholem Aleichem
On album:
H-006(g) (USSR Recordings (78 rpm) Collected by Molly Freedman)
Track ID:
11166
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Conductor Orchestra:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Artist:
Unidentified Orchestra
First line:
Az nit bashert, s'iz nit bashert, di ... oykh gor nit vert,
First line (Yiddish):
ניט באַשערט, ס'איז ניט באַשערט, די ... אױך ניט װערט,
Track comment:
Recorded in USSR - 78rpm
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Dramatic/Theatrical/Orchestral Accompaniment

Hotsmakhs Song (Koldunya)

Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Children
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28209
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Artist:
Unidentified Orchestra
Arranger:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
First line:
(Inaudable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatrical/Orchestral Accompaniment/USSR
Length:
002:17

Nit Shimele — ניט שימעלע

Also known as:
Not Shimele
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
Theatre/USSR
Subject:
Name/Assimilation/Russification/wealth
Translation:
Alb S-105(a)
Additional song notes:
From the play 200,000 based on Sholem Alechem's "Dos Groyse Gevins"
Related information in folder 692:
Comments:
1. Summary of the play "Dos Groyse Gevins", also saved under title, "200,000" . With text of song "Nit Shimele". ( From Sternshis's book, "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28211
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Orchestra Conductor:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Nit shimele, nit shimele, iz shoyn itst mayn nomen, mikh ruft men shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
ניט שימעלע, ניט שימעלע, איז שױן איצט מײַן נאָמען, מיך רופֿט...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Not Shimele"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatrical/Orchestral/USSR
Length:
3:26

Nit Bashert — ניט באַשערט

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
Theatre/USSR
Subject:
Fate/Money/Bankruptcy
Additional song notes:
From the play "Man of Air" (Luftmensh) by Sholem Aleichem
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28212
Orchestra Conductor:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Artist:
Unidentified Orchestra
First line:
Az nit bashert, s'iz nit bashert, di ... oykh gor nit vert,
First line (Yiddish):
ניט באַשערט, ס'איז ניט באַשערט, די ... אױך ניט װערט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Fate"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatrical/Orchestral/USSR
Length:
002:17

Tevye - Khava Dialogue — טעװיאַ - חוה דיאָלאָג

On album:
H-006(h) (Shlomo Mikhoels USSR Tevye Recording)
Track ID:
27422
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Vocal:
Karchmar, Esther
First line:
Khavele, vos iz tate?..Zog mikh tokhter, vos ikh vil bay...
First line:
חוהלע, װאָס איז טאַטע? זאָג מיך טאָכטער, װאָס איך װיל בײַ דיר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Tevya Der Milkhiker - 2nd Act-from 78 recording Box 038
Style:
Spoken Word

Tevye - Hodl Gezengt Zikh — טבֿיה - האָדל געזעגענט זיך

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Genre:
Theater/USSR
Subject:
Tevye/Hodl/Parting
On album:
H-006(h) (Shlomo Mikhoels USSR Tevye Recording)
Track ID:
27423
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
First line:
Tate, tate, ikh vil dir epes zogn, tate, haynt gezegenen..
First line:
טאַטע, טאַטע, איך װיל דיר עפּעס זאָגן, טאַטע, הײַנט געזעגענען..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Tevya Der Milkhiker - 78 rpm recording Box 038

A Banquet Dream

Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
USSR/Theatre
Subject:
Food/Dream/
Additional song notes:
From 1927 GOSET (Moscow State Yiddish Theatre) production of - "Travels of Benjamin III".
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28214
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Vocal:
Zuskin, Benyamin — זוסקין, בעניאָמען
Artist:
Unidentified Orchestra
First line:
Ot iz di kretshme, senderl. Yo, lomir zikh tsileygn, oysruen.
First line (Yiddish):
אָט איז די קרעטשמע, סענדערל, יאָ, לאָמיר זיך צילעגן, אױסרוען.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
USSR/Orchestral/Dialogue
Length:
002:56

Luftmetsh Theme

Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
USSR/Theatre
Subject:
Dream/Travel
Additional song notes:
From 1928 GOSET (Moscow State Yiddish Theatre) production of "The - Luftmetsh", based upon Sholem Aleichem Menakhem Mendel - stories.
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28215
Vocal:
Zuskin, Benyamin — זוסקין, בעניאָמען
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Artist:
Unidentified Orchestra
First line:
Ot, zeyt benyumin, s'iz...dokh shtetl...
First line (Yiddish):
אָט זײט בעניאָמען, ס'איז דאָך שטעטל...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
USSR/Orchestral/Dialogue
Length:
003:02

Lear's Regret

Genre:
USSR/Theatre/Shakespeare
Subject:
King Lear
Song comment:
From the 1935 production of "King Lear" by GOSET (Moscow State Yiddish Theatre
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28219
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
First line:
(Inaudible)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
USSR/Orchestral/Dramatic/Monologue
Length:
001:17

Tevyes Kholom I (GOSET) — טובֿיהס חלום I (גאָסעט)

Genre:
USSR/Theatre
Subject:
Dream/Trickery/
Additional song notes:
From the 1938 GOSET (Moscow State Yiddish Theatre production of - "Tevye Der Milkhikdiker"
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28220
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Vocal:
Rotbaum, Sarah — ראָטבאַום, שׂרה
First line:
Zi shloft, golde, vi firt menzi arop az zol oykh vern rekhts?
First line (Yiddish):
זי שלאָפֿט, גאָלדע, װי פֿירט מען זי אַראָפּ אַז זאָל אױך װערן רעכטס?
Track comment:
Recorded under "Tevye's Dream I
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
USSR/Dialogue
Length:
003:45

Tevyes Kholom II (GOSET) — טובֿיהס חלום II (גאָסעט)

Genre:
USSR/Theatre
Subject:
Dream/Trickery/Butcher/Tailor/Frume Sore/Nightmare
Additional song notes:
From the 1938 GOSET (Moscow State Yiddish Theatre production of - "Tevye Der Milkhikdiker"
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28221
Vocal:
Rotbaum, Sarah — ראָטבאַום, שׂרה
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
First line:
Heyst er gor leyzer volf, nu iz a katsev?
First line (Yiddish):
הײסט ער גאָר לײזער װאָלף, נו אַ קצבֿ?
Track comment:
Recorded under "Tevye's Dream II
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
USSR/Dialogue
Length:
001:42

Nit Shimele — ניט שימעלע

Also known as:
Not Shimele
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
Theatre/USSR
Subject:
Name/Assimilation/Russification/wealth
Translation:
Alb S-105(a)
Additional song notes:
From the play 200,000 based on Sholem Alechem's "Dos Groyse Gevins"
Related information in folder 692:
Comments:
1. Summary of the play "Dos Groyse Gevins", also saved under title, "200,000" . With text of song "Nit Shimele". ( From Sternshis's book, "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
053r (Mikhoels, S. M./ Nit Shimele/Pesnya Dez Slov/ Nit Bashert)
Track ID:
30331
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Orchestra Direction:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Nit shimele, nit shimele, zi itst shoyn nit mayn nomen,
First line (Yiddish):
ניט שימעלע, ניט שימעלע, זי איז איצט שױן ניט מײַן נאָמען,,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatrical

Nit Bashert — ניט באַשערט

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
Theatre/USSR
Subject:
Fate/Money/Bankruptcy
Additional song notes:
From the play "Man of Air" (Luftmensh) by Sholem Aleichem
On album:
053r (Mikhoels, S. M./ Nit Shimele/Pesnya Dez Slov/ Nit Bashert)
Track ID:
30332
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Orchestra Conductor:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Az nit bashert, s'iz nit bashert, di ... oykh gor nit vert,
First line (Yiddish):
ניט באַשערט, ס'איז ניט באַשערט, די ... אױך ניט װערט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater

Nit Shimele — ניט שימעלע

Also known as:
Not Shimele
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
Theatre/USSR
Subject:
Name/Assimilation/Russification/wealth
Translation:
Alb S-105(a)
Additional song notes:
From the play 200,000 based on Sholem Alechem's "Dos Groyse Gevins"
Related information in folder 692:
Comments:
1. Summary of the play "Dos Groyse Gevins", also saved under title, "200,000" . With text of song "Nit Shimele". ( From Sternshis's book, "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
S-105(a) (Shalom Comrade! / Yiddish Music in the Soviet Union 1928-1961)
Track ID:
32823
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Director Orchestra:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
First line:
Nit shimele, nit shimele, iz shoyn itst mayn nomen, mikh ruft men shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
ניט שימעלע, ניט שימעלע, איז שױן איצט מײַן נאָמען, מיך רופֿט…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatrical/Orchestral/USSR
Length:
3:07

Nit Bashert — ניט באַשערט

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Composer:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Genre:
Theatre/USSR
Subject:
Fate/Money/Bankruptcy
Additional song notes:
From the play "Man of Air" (Luftmensh) by Sholem Aleichem
On album:
030i (Oscar Julius Quartet/USSR Recordings Jewish Traditional Songs and Dances/ Alb 403)
Track ID:
32440
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Orchestra Conductor:
Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
Artist:
Unidentified Orchestra
First line:
Az nit bashert, s'iz nit bashert, nisht darfn zorgn oyf gornisht mer,
First line (Yiddish):
אַז ניט באַשערט, ס'איז ניט באַשערט, דאַרף מיט זאָרגן אויף גאָרנישט מער
Track comment:
Recorded under "Bashert- Fate"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater
Length:
1:31

The Return of Nathan Becker (Video) — נאָסן בעקער פֿאָרט אַהיים

Author:
Markish, Peretz — מאַרקיש, פּרץ
Genre:
Agitprop/Propaganda/USSR/Drama
Subject:
Labor/Efficiencey/Bricks/Homecoming/Production/
On album:
V0184 (The Return of Nathan Becker/ with Shlomo Mikhoels (Video))
Track ID:
35732
Director:
Shpis, Boris
Director:
Milman, Mark
Performer:
Babochkin, Boris
Performer:
Gutman, David
Performer:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Performer:
Kashitzkaya, Elena
Performer:
Yablonski, V.
Language:
Yiddish/Russian
Style:
Drama
Length:
85:00

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