Name:
Reisen, Avrom
Name (Yiddish):
רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Born:
April 10, 1876 (Koydenov, Minsker Gubarnia, White Russia)
Died:
March 31, 1953 (New York)
Note:
Emigrated to US 1908
Related information in folder 1463:
Comments:
4/14/2015 Biography from Wikidepedia as of April 14,, 2015
Comments:
1 4/14/2015 Biography of Avrom Reisen from Wikipedia as of April 14, 2015

2.4/16/2015 Yiddish text of poems by Reisen and a few translations sent by correspondent Shimon Szimonwitz by email on April 16, 2015.

Songs written or composed

A Kind A Goldene — אַ קינד אַ גאַלדענע

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Humorous
Subject:
Child/Language/Household/Family/Russian/Polish/Yiddish/Hebre
Origin:
ML PYS 206
Transliteration:
ML PYS 206
Music:
ML PYS 206
Additional song notes:
A Golden Child

Recordings

On album:
E-025(a) (Europaisches Jiddish-Festival Leverkusen 1993)
Track ID:
26904
Artist:
Skeading, Lucie & Spice Of Life
Artist:
Weinberg, Barry, director
Clarinet:
Shepherd, Merlin — שעפּהערד, מערלין
First line:
A kind iz dos a goldene, un shpilt zikh frank un fray.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ קינד איז דאָס אַ גאָלדענע, און שפּילט זיך פֿראַנק און פֿרײַ,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-025(a) (Pearls of Yiddish Song — פּערל פֿון ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
360
Vocal:
Ron, Shoshana
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
A kind iz dos a goldene, un shpilt zikh frank un fray.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ קינד איז דאָס אַ גאָלדענע, און שפּילט זיך פֿראַנק און פֿרײַ,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
See also Pozniak
Language:
Yiddish

A Sukeh A Kleyne — אַ סוכּה אַ קלײנע

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Engel, Yoel — ענגעל, יואל
Genre:
Folk/Literary Origin/Holiday
Subject:
Suke/Sukkos/Frailty
Origin:
Raisen 94/ML YT 17/Alb G-017(a)
Transliteration:
ML YT 17/Alb G-017(a)
Translation:
ML YT 17/Alb G-017(a)
Music:
ML YT 17
Additional song notes:
Published under title "In Suke"

Recordings

On album:
D-004(l) (Masters Of The Jewish Art Song/ Louis Danto)
Track ID:
627
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Tyomkina, Natasha
Oboe:
Trubashnik, Senia
First line:
A sukeh a kleyne, fun bretlakh gemayne, hob ikh koym mit…
First line:
אַ סוכּה אַ קלײנע פֿון ברײטער געמײַנע, האָב איך קױם מיט צורות..
On album:
S-089(a) (Yiddish Classics Vol 1 A Suki & Ding Production — הײמישע ייִדישע געזאַנגען)
Track ID:
20944
Vocal:
Beigel, Fishl
Arranger:
Berri, Suki, musical arrangements
Vocal:
Suki & Deng Chorus
First line:
A sukeh a kleyne, fun bretlakh gemayne, hob ikh mir a…
First line:
אַ סוכּה אַ קלײנע פֿון ברײטער געמײַנע, האָב איך מיר אַ סוכּהלע…
Track comment:
with "Habeyt" Published under "In Suke" - Raisen 94
On album:
S-089(d) (Suki & Ding Present Kinder Classics — קינדער געזאַנג)
Track ID:
25328
Vocal:
Weber, Shmuel Ber-Choir & Ensemble
Artist:
Berry, Suki
First line:
A sukeh a kleyne, mit breytlakh gemayne, hob ikh mir a…
First line:
אַ סוכּה אַ קלײנע מיט ברײטלאַך געמײַנע, האָב איך מיר אַ סוכּהלע…
Track comment:
Part of Yom Tov Medley

Aleyn In Veg — אַלײן אין װעג

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Shashina, Elizaveta Sergeyevna
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Wanderer/Nature/Melancholy/
Song comment:
Adapted from the Russian of M. Lermontov
Origin:
ML SOG 205/Alb L-038(d)
Transliteration:
CD L-051(a)/Alb K-042(c)/ML SOG 205/Alb L-038(d)
Translation:
CD L-051(a)/Alb K-042(c)/ML SOG 205/Alb L-038(d)
Music:
ML SOG 205
Additional song notes:
Adapted from the Russian "Vykhozhu Odin Ya Na Dorogu" Original Text - Michail Lermontov
Sheet music:
Folder:
98
Series:
4
Arranger:
Saslavsky, N. L.
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Translator:
Raisen, Avrom (Translated from Russian)
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/English
Publisher:
Jos. P. Katz
Publisher address:
181 E. Broadway, N.Y.
Date:
1915
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Kh'gey aroys aleyn in veg in breyten,
First line (Yiddish):
כ'גיי אַרויס אַליין אין וועג אין ברייטען,
Notes:
Cover: Heading in Russian followed by Yiddish title "Yidish ibergezetst fun A. Raisen" 5 cents. Cover frame is ornate vine. Lower right hand corner stamped "Goodman Music Store, Victrola Records & Piano Rolls, Classical….Music, All Kinds of Musical Instruments, N.E Cor. 6th & Morris Sts., Phila, PA. English Translation by Henry Greenfield

Recordings

On album:
K-042(c) (Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band Agada)
Track ID:
21823
Yiddish Adaptation:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Artist:
Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
Vocal:
Merovitz, Allan
First line:
Kh'gey aroys aleyn in veg in breyten, s'glantst der veg...
First line (Yiddish):
כ'גײ אַרױס אין װעג אין ברײטען, ס'גלאַנצט דער װעג דורך דינעם...
Track comment:
Original Russian text by Mikhial Lermontov
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-051(a) (Susan Leviton / Singing In Yiddish / Zingendik! — זינגענדיק)
Track ID:
28155
Yiddish Adaption:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Lead Vocal:
Leviton, Susan
Cellos:
Reese, Laurie
Guitar/Mandolin:
Warschauer, Jeff
Accordion:
Griener, Trixie
First line:
Kh'gey aroys aleyn in veg in breyten, s'glantst der veg in breytn.
First line (Yiddish):
כ'גײ אַרױס אין װעג אין ברײטען, ס'גלאַנצט דער װעג דורך דינעם...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk
On album:
D-004(j)2 (Jewish Melodies From Russia/ Louis Danto/)
Track ID:
42538
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
First line:
Kh'gey aroys aleyn in veg in breyten,
First line (Yiddish):
כ'גײ אַרױס אין װעג אין ברײטען,
Track comment:
Translated from the Russian
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Art Song/Concert
On album:
L-067(b) (A Libe/Aleyn In Veg/Betty Visser/Paul Custers/Mathijs van der Heide)
Track ID:
40170
accordion:
Visser, Betty
Vocals, sax:
Custers, Paul
Guitar, double-bass, mouth-organ, ukelele, accordion, vocals:
Van Der Heide, Mathijs
Length:
3:19
On album:
L-038(d) (Shura Lipovsky: Ensemble Novaya/ Vaytinke)
Track ID:
41612
Vocal:
Lipovsky, Shura
Artist:
Novaya Shira Ensemble
Pianist/Arranger:
Prenen, Paul
Cellist:
Roelofs, Maaike
Recorder:
van Roon, Marjolijn
Violin:
Vos, Bert
First line:
Kh'gey aroys aleyn in veg in breyten, s'glantst der veg durkh dinem nepl-shtoyb.
First line (Yiddish):
כ'גײ אַרױס אין װעג אין ברײטען, ס'גלאַנצט דער װעג דורך דינעם נעפל־שטויב,…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk
Length:
3:45
On album:
D-004(j) (Louis Danto Sings Favorite Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
1166
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Yiddish Adaption:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
First line:
Kh'gey aroys aleyn in veg in breyten,
First line (Yiddish):
כ'גײ אַרױס אין װעג אין ברײטען,
Track comment:
Translated from the Russian
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Art Song/Concert

Borukh Ato Zingt Der Tate (Golub) — בּרוך אַתּה זינגט דער טאַטע (גאָלוב)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Golub, Solomon — גאָלוב, סאָלאָמאָן
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holiday/Khanike
Subject:
Candles/Ritual/Memory/Father/Children
Origin:
ML YT 27/Gelb GB 45/Reisen Lieder 229/Alb J-034(a)
Transliteration:
ML YT 27/Alb J-034(a)Alb C-042(c)
Translation:
Alb w-022(a)/Alb J-034(a)/Ephemera 1047Alb C-042(c)
Music:
ML YT 27/Gelb GB 45
Additional song notes:
Published in Reisen Lider under the title "Khanike" Father Sings 'Borukh Ato'
Related information in folder 1047:
Comments:
1. English translation of the text.

Recordings

On album:
W-022(a) (The Chanukah Story sung by The Western Wind)
Track ID:
18299
Artist:
Western Wind Ensemble
Narrator:
Bikel, Theodore
Arranger:
Zukoff, William
First line:
Borukh ato, zingt der tate, un er tsint di likht,
First line (Yiddish):
בּרוך אַתּה, זינגט דער טאַטע, און ער צינדט די ליכט.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-034(a) (Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus/ Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor/Zingt — דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָניש פֿאָךקסכאָר\ בנימין שעכטער, דיריגענט\ זינגט)
Track ID:
33023
Director/Choral Arrangement:
Schaechter, (Ben) Binyumen — שעכטער, (בען) בנימין
Vocal:
Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus — דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער פֿאָלקסכאָר
First line:
Borukh ato, zingt der tate, un er tsint di likht,
First line (Yiddish):
בּרוך אַתּה, זינגט דער טאַטע, און ער צינדט די ליכט.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Choral
Length:
2:19
On album:
M-035(d) (Sima & Arnold Miller Heritage:The Art of the Yid. Song Vol 4)
Track ID:
2544
Piano:
Miller, Arnold
First line:
Borukh ato, zingt der tate, un er tsint di likht,
First line (Yiddish):
בּרוך אַתּה, זינגט דער טאַטע, און ער צינדט די ליכט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-003(k) (Sidor Belarsky Chanukah Festival of Song)
Track ID:
2545
Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Artist:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
Narrator:
Kramer, Mandel
First line:
Borukh ato, zingt der tate, un er tsint di likht,
First line (Yiddish):
בּרוך אַתּה, זינגט דער טאַטע, און ער צינדט די ליכט.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-015(a) (Music Treasures of the Jewish People Deutsch Sisters)
Track ID:
2546
Artist:
Deutsch Sisters & Family
Arranger:
Deutsch Sisters
First line:
Borukh ato, zingt der tate, un er tsint di likht,
First line (Yiddish):
בּרוך אַתּה, זינגט דער טאַטע, און ער צינדט די ליכט.
Track comment:
Haneyr, Likoved Khanuke, Borukh Ato, Al Hanisim
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-002(b) (Chanukah At Home)
Track ID:
2547
Artist:
Berman, Marcia
First line:
Borukh ato, zingt der tate, un er tsint di likht,
First line:
בּרוך אַתּה, זינגט דער טאַטע, און ער צינדט די ליכט.
Track comment:
Borukh ato, sings the papa, and he lights the light,
Language:
Yiddish/English

Der Gemore Nign — דער גמרה ניגון

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Additional song notes:
The Bemore Melody

Recordings

On album:
B-003(e) (Sidor Belarsky Favorite Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
3140
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Vos zhe klugstu bay der gemore, kloyznik blaser,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס זשה קלוגסטו בײַ דער גמרה, קלױזניק בלאַסער, קלױזניק ליבער,
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
B-003(x) (Sidor Belarsky 24 Favorite Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
21287
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer/Artist:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Vos zhe klugstu bay der gemore, kloyznik blaser,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס זשה קלוגסטו בײַ דער גמרה, קלױזניק בלאַסער, קלױזניק ליבער,
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Der Shmeterling Un Di Blum — דער שמעטערלינג און די בלום

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Zilberts, Cantor Zavel — זילבערטס, זאַװעל (1881-1934)
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Butterfly/Flower/Death/Love
Additional song notes:
The Butterfly and the Flower
Sheet music:
Folder:
208
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
53 Second Ave. New York, NY
Date:
1933
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
3
First line:
Di blum a khodesh alt, a tog der shmeterling
First line (Yiddish):
מייַן מאַמע און מייַן טאַטע זענען געוועזן בלאָטע
Notes:
Black & white cover with image of butterfly and rose. Price 35 cents

Recordings

On album:
G-031(a) (Sima Gorezkaya/ 14 Songs In Yiddish & Other Internat'l Songs)
Track ID:
20170
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Zilberts, Cantor Zavel — זילבערטס, זאַװעל (1881-1934)
Artist:
Gorezkaya, Sima — גאָרעזקײַע, סימאַ
First line:
Di blum a khoydesh alt, a tog der shmeterling,
First line (Yiddish):
די בלום אַ חודש אַלט, אַ טאָג דער שמעטערלינג,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-068(a)49 (Milken/The Art of the Jewish Song)
Track ID:
41301
First line:
Di blum a khoydesh alt, a tog der shmeterling,
First line:
די בלום אַ חודש אַלט, אַ טאָג דער שמעטערלינג,
On album:
S-006(a) (The Song of Ages Shifra and The Haifa Players)
Track ID:
3398
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Zilberts, Cantor Zavel — זילבערטס, זאַװעל (1881-1934)
Vocal:
Schultz, Sylvia (Shifra)
Artist:
Haifa Players
First line:
Di blum a khoydesh alt, a tog der shmeterling,
First line (Yiddish):
די בלום אַ חודש אַלט, אַ טאָג דער שמעטערלינג,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-002(a) (Jan Bart Sings Best Loved Jewish Songs by Request)
Track ID:
3399
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Conductor:
Gunther, William
Artist:
William Gunther Orchestra
Composer:
Zilberts, Cantor Zavel — זילבערטס, זאַװעל (1881-1934)
Vocal:
Bart, Jan
Conductor:
Gunther, William
First line:
Di blum a khoydesh alt, a tog der shmeterling,
First line (Yiddish):
די בלום אַ חודש אַלט, אַ טאָג דער שמעטערלינג,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-031(a) (Jewish Classic Songs by Henry Belasco)
Track ID:
3400
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Zilberts, Cantor Zavel — זילבערטס, זאַװעל (1881-1934)
Artist:
Belasco, Henry
First line:
Di blum a khoydesh alt, a tog der shmeterling,
First line (Yiddish):
די בלום אַ חודש אַלט, אַ טאָג דער שמעטערלינג,
Language:
Yiddish

Di Kirkhn Gloken — די קירכן גלאָקן

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Church Bells/Fear/Persecution/New Bells/Hope
Origin:
ML PYP 114/Reisen Zingen 34
Music:
Reisen Zingen 34
Related information in folder 651:
Comments:
1 Several email responses to a question in Mendele regarding the poem as well as English versions of the poem and a transliteration.
Sheet music:
Folder:
271
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1925
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
58
First line:
Akh vos klingt ir kirkhen gloken, hert shoyn af,
First line (Yiddish):
אַך וואָס קלינקט איר קירכען גלאָקען,הערט שוין אויף
Notes:
Small booklet, Price 30 cents. Note from publisher on back asking people not to copy the music illegally.

Recordings

On album:
F-069(a) (Sarah Fersht /Field Tape/From Reel To Reel)
Track ID:
36587
Vocal:
Fersht, Sarah — פֿערשט, שרה
First line:
Oy, vos klingt ir kirkhn glokn, ir hot shoyn genug geshrokn, mit eyerer vilde
First line (Yiddish):
אָוי, וואָס קלינגט איר קירכן גלאָקן, איר האָט שוין גענוג געשראָקן מיט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella/Field Recording
Length:
1:01
On album:
C-069(a) (Cheryl Cohen / Field Recording)
Track ID:
36373
Vocal:
Cohen, Cheryl, Mother
First line:
Oy, vos klingt ir kirkhn glokn, ir hot shoyn genug geshrokn, mit eyerer vilde
First line (Yiddish):
אָוי, וואָס קלינגט איר קירכן גלאָקן, איר האָט שוין גענוג געשראָקן מיט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella
Length:
1;14
On album:
L-026(a) (Dora Libson Field Recording)
Track ID:
3625
Vocal:
Libson, Dora
First line:
Varum klingt ir, kirkhnglokn! Hert shoyn oyf! Genug geshrokn
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Field recording, acapella
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella/Field Recording

Di Vant (Reisen) — די װאַנט (רײזער)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Revolutionary/Protest
Subject:
Wall/Resistance/Barrier/Destruction/
Origin:
Sh Sh 105
Translation:
Sh Sh 104
Additional song notes:
The Wall

Recordings

On album:
L-004(d) (Out Of The Ghetto Leon Lishner, bass Lazar Weiner, piano)
Track ID:
3793
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bitter, Albert — ביטער, אַלבערט
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Di oygn -- ful tsorn, fargosn mit blut, di hertser...
First line (Yiddish):
די אױגן -- פֿול צאָרן, פֿאַרגאָסן מיט בלוט, די הערצער...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-006(a) (Bialystok in America)
Track ID:
3794
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bitter, Albert — ביטער, אַלבערט
First line:
Di oygn -- ful tsorn, fargosn mit blut, di hertser...
First line (Yiddish):
די אױגן -- פֿול צאָרן, פֿאַרגאָסן מיט בלוט, די הערצער...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Mir Brekhn Di Vent"
Language:
Yiddish

Di Yunge Mame (Reisen) — די יונגע מאַמע (רײזען)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament
Subject:
Child/Mother/Cages/Variety/Free/Sold/Iron/Gold/Trap/Silence
Origin:
Alb L-066(b)
Transliteration:
Alb L-066(b)
Translation:
Alb L-066(b)
Additional song notes:
The Young Mother

Recordings

On album:
L-066(b) (Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish/ Vemen Vestu Zingen Vemen` — וועמען וועסטו זונגען טטעמען)
Track ID:
42349
Vocal:
Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
First line:
Sha, mayn kind, du lig un shvayg, oykh der odler zitst in shtayg, fun der…
First line (Yiddish):
שאַ, מײַן קינד, דו ליג און שווײַג, אויך דער אָדלער זיצט אין שטײַג-פֿון דער…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella/Comcert
Length:
2:05
On album:
F-012(b) (The Israeli Festival of Yiddish Songs 4 — דער ישׂראלי פֿעסטיװאַל פֿון ייִדישע לידער 4)
Track ID:
3819
Author:
Friedman, Kalman — פרידמן, קלמן
Composer:
Avni, Yitskhak — אבני, יצחק
Artist:
Aviv, Mutsi — אביב, מוצי
Musical Director:
Lev-Ran, Menashe — לב-רן, מנשה
Artist:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
First line:
Zogt mir nor, yidn, fun toyzenter vegn, hartsike fraynd…
First line (Yiddish):
זאָגט מיר נאָר, ייִדן, פֿון טױזענטער װעגן, האַרציקע פֿרײַנד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Dos Naye Lid (Goldman) — דאָס נײַע ליד (גאָלדמאַן)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldman, M.
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Peace/Love/Hope/Future/Faith
Origin:
Alb L-015(a)/Reisen Lider 37/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15/Reisen Zingen 40
Transliteration:
Alb L-015(a)/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Kinderbuch 132Vinkov 4 15/Ephemera 1391
Translation:
Kinderbuch 132/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15/ Ephemera 1391
Additional song notes:
Also recorded under the title "Sholem Gezang" on Album 15(a)

Recording

On album:
L-015(a) (Let's Sing Jewish Folk Choruses — לאָמיר אַלע זינגען)
Track ID:
4123
Vocal:
Paterson, et al Jewish Choruses
Conductor:
Goldman, Samuel, conductor
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom,
First line (Yiddish):
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Choral

Dos Naye Lid (Raskin) — דאָס נײַע ליד (ראַסקין)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Peace/Love/Hope/Future/Faith
Origin:
Alb L-015(a)/Reisen Lider 37/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15/Reisen Zingen 40
Transliteration:
Alb L-015(a)/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15
Translation:
Kinderbuch 132/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15
Music:
Kinderbuch 132

Recordings

On album:
G-046(a) (Isaiah Guttman)
Track ID:
20371
Vocal:
Guttman, Isaiah
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom,
First line (Yiddish):
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
D-004(j)2 (Jewish Melodies From Russia/ Louis Danto/)
Track ID:
42542
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom,
First line (Yiddish):
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
Z-003(a) (Uri Zifroni Interprets Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
4124
Vocal:
Zifroni, Uri
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom,
First line (Yiddish):
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
D-004(j) (Louis Danto Sings Favorite Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
4125
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom,
First line (Yiddish):
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Dos Naye Lid (Shneyer) — דאָס נײַע ליד (שנײער)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Shneyer, David
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Peace/Love/Hope/Future/Faith
Origin:
Alb L-015(a)/Reisen Lider 37/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15/Reisen Zingen 40
Transliteration:
Alb L-015(a)/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15
Translation:
Kinderbuch 132/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15

Recordings

On album:
L-093(a) (Lullabies and Childrens' Songs — וויג און קינדער לידער)
Track ID:
42210
Violin/Mandolin:
Oresky, Alan
English Adaptation:
Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ
Vocal/Guitar:
Shneyer, David
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom, dokh kumen vet di…
First line:
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום, דאַך קומען וועט צי.
Track comment:
The days of love, the days of peace, so very far now seen,
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Concert/Folk
On album:
F-015(b) (Smokey Mountain Shabbes David Shneyer with Alen Oresky)
Track ID:
4126
Vocal/Guitar:
Shneyer, David
Violin/Mandolin:
Oresky, Alan
English Adaption:
Rubin, Ruth — רובין, רותּ
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom,
First line:
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
The days of love, the days of peace, so very far now seen,
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Concert/Folk

Du Fregst Mikh (Belarsky) — דו פֿרעגסט מיך (בעלאַרסקי)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Aging
Origin:
Alb B-013(a)Belarsky Fav 31
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 03
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 03
Music:
Belarsky Fav 03

Recordings

On album:
B-003(x) (Sidor Belarsky 24 Favorite Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
21283
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
028f (Belarsky, Sidor/ A Zemer/ Du Fregst Mikh)
Track ID:
29552
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Erev Friling — ערבֿ פֿרילינג

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Nature
Subject:
Season/Spring/Children
Origin:
ALB J-020(b)/CD H-039(a)
Transliteration:
ALB J-020(b)/CD H-039(a)
Translation:
ALB J-020(b)/CD H-039(a)

Recordings

On album:
J-020(b) (Jacinta Autres Chansons Yiddish (Other Yiddish Songs))
Track ID:
19167
Artist:
Jacinta
Orchestrations:
Grynszpan, Laurent
First line:
Der friling iz nito nokh, er halt nokh ersht in gang,
First line:
דער פֿרילינג איז ניטאָ נאָך, ער האַלט נאָך ערשט אין גאַנג,
Track comment:
With "Arum Dem Fayer"
On album:
H-039(a) (Songs Are All I Have/ The Musical Heritage Of Vladimir Heifetz — לידער-אַלץ װאָס איך פֿאַרמאָג \ די מוזיקאַלישע ירושה פֿון װלאַדימיר חפֿץ)
Track ID:
28583
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Der friling iz nito, nito nokh, er halt nokh ersht in gang, in gang.
First line (Yiddish):
דער פֿרילינג איז ניטאָ, ניטאָ, נאָך, ער האַלט נאָך ערשט אין גאַנג,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song

Gebet (Reisen) — געבעט (רייזען)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Zuckerman, Mark — זוקערמאַן, מאַרק
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Prayer/Ethics/Moral
Origin:
Penguin YID 91
Translation:
Penguin YID 91

Recording

On album:
G-066(a) (Di Goldene Keyt/The Yiddish Chorale/Mir Zaynen Do Tsu Zingen — די גאָלדענע קײט מיר זײַנען דאָ צו זינגען)
Track ID:
25824
Piano:
Kortis, Edward
Vocal:
Goldene Keyt Chorale — די גאָלדענע קײט כאָר
Director:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Baler mikh, got, baler, vi mentshn tsu bahandlen, tsu visn..
First line (Yiddish):
באַלער מיך, גאָט, באַלער, װי מענטשן צו באַהאַנדלען, צו װיסן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Chorale

Hulyet, Hulyet, Beyze Vintn (Gelbart) — הוליעט, הוליעט, בײזע װינטן (געלבאַרט)

Also known as:
A Vinter Lid
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
War/Violence/Hope/Winds
Origin:
Alb Y-007(a)/Vinkov 4 25/Ephemra 470/Sh Sh 107
Transliteration:
Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-001(a)/Vinkov 4 25/Ephemra 470/Alb 126(a)
Translation:
Rubin Voi 360/Alb R-001(a)/Vinkov 4 25/Ephemra 470/Alb 126(a)
Music:
Alb Y-007(a)/Vinkov 4 25/Sh Sh 106
Additional song notes:
Revel, Revel, Angry Winds
Related information in folder 470:
Comments:
1. Article by Chana Mlotek published in the Yiddish Forward on August 4, 2006 titled "'Hulyet Huylet.." gefint zikh in tsvey lider" Contributed by reader Ben Tshisin. 2. Yiddish text, transliteration and translation

Recordings

On album:
G-013(a) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Yosl Mlotek (Yiddish) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19320
Vocal:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
Narrator:
Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט,
On album:
G-013(b) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Himan Brown (English) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19358
Vocal:
Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
Narrator:
Brown, Himan
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט,
On album:
K-023(a) (Mieczyslaw Kolinski Folk Songs In Concert Form)
Track ID:
6906
Artist:
Pro Artes Trio
Vocal:
Kolinski, Mieczyslaw
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט,
On album:
M-035(e) (Sima & Arnold Miller Heritage:The Art of the Yid. Song Vol 5)
Track ID:
6907
Vocal:
Miller, Sima
Piano:
Miller, Arnold
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
R-001(a) (Raasche and Alan Mills sing Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
6908
Vocal:
Raasche
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט,
Track comment:
Tranliteration and translation with album notes.
On album:
Y-007(a) (Yiddish Songs of Work and Struggle — ייִדישע לידער פֿון אַרבעט און קאַמף)
Track ID:
6909
Vocal:
Yiddish Youth Ensemble — ייַדישער יונגט אַנסאַמבל
Piano/Conductor:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Vinterlid"
On album:
A-035(d) (Aufwind Jiddische Lieder & Klesmerusik Awek Di Junge Jorn)
Track ID:
25279
Artist:
Aufwind
Mandolin:
Reich, Hardy
Bandoneon/Guitar/Percussion/Arranger:
Rohde, Andreas
Clarinet:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Bass:
Rotzscher, Heiko
Vocal/Violin/Arranger:
Koch, Claudia
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line (Yiddish):
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט,
Track comment:
Either Reich or Rohde is the vocalist
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2' 30"
On album:
B-086(a) (In Love And In Struggle/Musical Legacy of..Jewish Labor Bund — אין ליבשאַפֿט און אין קאַמף\ די מוזיקאַלישע ירושה פֿונעם...בונד)
Track ID:
27547
Vocal:
Rous, Dan & New Yiddish Chorale
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
B-126(a) (A Besere Velt/ Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston Workmen's Circle)
Track ID:
37962
Vocal:
Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston, WC
Arranger:
Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet, beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt, brekht di tsvaygn,...
First line (Yiddish):
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט, ברעכט די צווײַגן,…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Chorale/Acapella
On album:
xR-001(a)
Track ID:
655
Artist:
Raasche
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהירשט די װעלט,
Track comment:
Tranliteration and translation with album notes.

Ikh Un Di Velt (Belarsky) — איך און די װעלט (בעלאַרסקי)

Also known as:
Ven Di Gantse Velt Zol Leydn
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Suffering/Comfort/Compassion
Origin:
Belarsky 225/Alb B-012(t)/Bogdanski 1 74/Rauch 27/Levin L 41/Sh
Transliteration:
ALB L-051(a)/Belarsky 225/Alb B-012(t)/Bogdanski 1 4/Rauch 25/Levin L 41
Translation:
Alb L-051(a)/Rauch 25/Sh Sh 110
Music:
Belarsky 068
Additional song notes:
I and the World

Recordings

On album:
B-003(d) (Sidor Belarsky in a Yiddish Song Recital)
Track ID:
7198
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz,
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, מיר אַלײן זאָל גוט זײַן בלױז,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
On album:
B-003(o) (Sidor Belarsky Sings...the Hopes and Dreams of the East Side — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי - לידער לכּבֿוד 70 יאָר פֿאָרטעטס)
Track ID:
7199
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz,
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, מיר אַלײן זאָל גוט זײַן בלױז,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
On album:
J-018(a) (Leibele Jinich Canciones De Ayer, Hoy, Y Siempre)
Track ID:
7200
Vocal:
Jinich, Leybele
Piano:
Castillo, Isauro
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz,
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, מיר אַלײן זאָל גוט זײַן בלױז,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
G-043(a) (Solomon Gisser sings Cantorial & Yiddish Selections)
Track ID:
20334
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz,
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, מיר אַלײן זאָל גוט זײַן בלױז,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Ikh Veys Nit — איך װײס ניט

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Held, Paul
Genre:
Folk/Literary Origin
Subject:
Doubt/Uncertainty
Transliteration:
Alb A-035(a)
Additional song notes:
Text credited to Reisen in Alb -035(a)
Sheet music:
Folder:
520
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Mixed Chorus
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave., New York, NY
Date:
1938
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
264
First line:
Ikh veys nit vos hob ikh, ikh veys nit vos feylt mir…
First line (Yiddish):
איך ווייס ניט, וואַס האַב איך, איך ווייס ניט, וואַס פֿעלט מיר,
Notes:
Black lettering, small folder, Yiddish/English. Folk song. Price 20 cents. Two verses of Yiddish words on back cover.

Recording

On album:
A-035(a) (Lomp Nokh Nit Farloshn Jiddische Lieder Gruppe Aufwind — לאָמפּ נאָך נישט פֿאַרלאָשן)
Track ID:
21659
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Artist:
Aufwind
First line:
Ikh veys nit vos hob ikh, ikh veys nit vos felt mir,
First line:
איך װייס ניט װאָס האָב איך, איך װײס ניט װאָס פֿעלט מיר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
German transliteration with album notes

Meshiekh (Reisen) — משיח (רייזען)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Kornblit
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Yearning/Redemption/Meshiekh/Messiah

Recording

On album:
B-004(a) (Jewish Song Treasury Vol I Mascha Benya, soprano — מאַשאַ בעניע פֿאָלקס לידער)
Track ID:
10318
Vocalist:
Benya, Masha — בעניע, מאַשאַ
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Kum gikher meshiekh, o gikher shoyn kum,
First line (Yiddish):
קום גיכער משיח, אָ גיכער שױן קום,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Milkhome (Gelbert) — מלחמה (געלבאַרט)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
Genre:
Literary Origin
Song comment:
Milk/Bread/Blood/Fighting/Father
Origin:
Gelb GB 13
Transliteration:
Alb C-042(b)/Gelb GB 13
Translation:
Alb C-042(b)
Music:
Gelb GB 13

Recordings

On album:
C-042(b) (Vessel of Song, The Music Of Mikhl Gelbart, The Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble)
Track ID:
30963
Vocal/Arrangement:
Cahan-Simon, Lori
Flutes/Arrangement:
Greenbaum, Adrienne
Cimbalom/Percussion/Vocal:
Fedoriouk, Alexander
Accordion/Vocal/Arrangement:
Mahovlich, Walt
Violin/Vocal/Arrangement:
Greenman, Steven
Bass/Vocal:
Shapiro, Henry
First line:
O, mame, kh'vil a bisl milkh, es truknt mir mayn gumen.
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, מאַמע, כ'װיל אַ ביסל מילך, עס טרוקנט מיר מײַן גומען.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Cabaret
Length:
3:42
On album:
L-004(d) (Out Of The Ghetto Leon Lishner, bass Lazar Weiner, piano)
Track ID:
10454
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
O mame, kh'vil abisl milkh, s'iz truken mir mayn gumen,
First line:
אָ מאַמע כ'װיל אַביסל מילך, ס'איז טראָקן מיר מײַן גומען,
On album:
B-003(o) (Sidor Belarsky Sings...the Hopes and Dreams of the East Side — סידאָר בעלאַרסקי - לידער לכּבֿוד 70 יאָר פֿאָרטעטס)
Track ID:
10455
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
O mame, kh'vil abisl milkh, s'iz truken mir mayn gumen,
First line (Yiddish):
אָ מאַמע כ'װיל אַביסל מילך, ס'איז טראָקן מיר מײַן גומען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Printed under title "In Milkhome" "מלחמה "אין
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
A-035(a) (Lomp Nokh Nit Farloshn Jiddische Lieder Gruppe Aufwind — לאָמפּ נאָך נישט פֿאַרלאָשן)
Track ID:
21658
Artist:
Aufwind
Vocal:
Koch, Claudia
First line:
O mame, kh'vil abisl milkh, s'iz truken mir mayn gumen,
First line (Yiddish):
אָ מאַמע כ'װיל אַביסל מילך, ס'איז טראָקן מיר מײַן גומען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-042(d) (Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band with Adrienne Cooper FIRE)
Track ID:
26996
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Artist:
Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
Arranger:
Barnes, Milton & Buchbinder, arr
First line:
O mame, kh'vil abisl milkh, s'iz truken mir mayn gumen,
First line:
אָ מאַמע כ'װיל אַביסל מילך, ס'איז טראָקן מיר מײַן גומען,
Track comment:
Milton Barnes also credited with music along with Gelbart

Shvimt Dos Kestl Oyfn Taykh — שװימט דאָס קעסטל אױפֿן נײַל

Also known as:
Oyfn Nil
Also known as:
Afn Nil
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
Composer:
Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
Genre:
Passover/Literary Origin
Subject:
Nile/Moses/Waves/Basket
Origin:
Reisen Lider 213/ML YT 59 /Alb G-017(a)/Reisen Zingen 8/Kinderbuch 77
Transliteration:
Alb L-038(a)/Alb G-017(a)/ML YT 59/CD C-042(a)/Kinderbuch 77
Translation:
Kinderbuch 77/Alb L-038(a)
Music:
Raisen Zingen/Kinderbuch 77
Additional song notes:
The Basket Floats On The River

Recordings

On album:
B-003(s) (Seder Nights with Sidor Belarsky — לכּבֿד יום טובֿ פּסח)
Track ID:
11853
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Artist:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
First line:
Shvimt dos kestl oyfn taykh, oyfn groysn nil.
First line (Yiddish):
שװימט דאָס קעסטל אױפֿן טײַך, אױפֿן גרױסן ניל. שװימט דאָס קעסטל...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-017(a) (Gut Yom-Tov Kinder! A Treasury of Children's Songs... — גוט יום-טוב קינדער)
Track ID:
19436
Artist:
Workmen's Circle Children's Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג קינדער כאָר
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Shvimt dos kestl oyfn taykh, oyfn groysn nil.
First line:
שװימט דאָס קעסטל אױפֿן טײַך, אױפֿן גרױסן ציל. שװימט דאָס קעסטל...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Oyfn Nil"
On album:
L-038(a) (Shura Lipovsky Moments of Jewish Life)
Track ID:
21844
Artist:
Lipovsky, Shura
Artist:
Warschauer, Jeff Klezmer Ensemble
Artist:
Warschauer & Lipovsky, arr
First line:
Shvimt dos kestl oyfn taykh, oyfn groysn nil.
First line:
שװימט דאָס קעסטל אױפֿן טײַך, אױפֿן גרױסן ציל. שװימט דאָס קעסטל...
On album:
C-042(a) (Songs My Bubbe Should Have Taught Me Vol 1/Passover/Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble)
Track ID:
28386
Vocal:
Cahan-Simon, Lori
Bass:
Shapiro, Henry
Accordion/Flute:
Mahovlich, Walt
Cimbalom:
Fedoriouk, Alexander
Arranger:
Greenman, Steven
First line:
Shvimt dos kestl afn taykh, afn groysn nil. Shvimt dos kestl ruik glaykh,
First line (Yiddish):
שװימט דאָס קעסטל אױפֿן טײַך, אױפֿן גרױסן ניל. שװימט דאָס קעסטל...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert/Oriental
Length:
03:07
On album:
T-003(i) (Tova Ben Tsvi/ Sabbath and Holiday Songs/ Shabos un Yomtov Lider — טובה בן־צבי\ שבת און יום טוב לידער)
Track ID:
36541
Vocal:
Ben-Tsvi, Tova
First line:
Shvimt dos kestl oyfn taykh, oyfn groysn nil.
First line (Yiddish):
שװימט דאָס קעסטל אױפֿן טײַך, אױפֿן גרױסן ניל. שװימט דאָס קעסטל...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk
Length:
1:43
On album:
B-003(s) (Seder Nights with Sidor Belarsky — לכּבֿד יום טובֿ פּסח)
Track ID:
14368
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Choral Arrangements/Musical Director:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
First line:
Shvimt dos kestl oyfn taykh, oyfn groysn nil.
First line:
שװימט דאָס קעסטל אױפֿן טײַך, אױפֿן גרױסן ציל. שװימט דאָס קעסטל...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Oyfn Nil"
On album:
S-076(c) (The Festive Table Passover Cantor Arnold Saltzman)
Track ID:
14369
Artist:
Saltzman, Cantor Arnold
Artist:
Nissenson, Carol
Arranger/Synthesizers:
Steeg, Bruce
First line:
Shvimt dos kestl oyfn taykh, oyfn groysn nil.
First line:
שװימט דאָס קעסטל אױפֿן טײַך, אױפֿן גרױסן ציל. שװימט דאָס קעסטל...

Tsum Hemerl — צום העמערל

Also known as:
O Hemerl Klap
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bernstein, Abraham M. — בערנשטײן, אַבֿרהם משה )
Genre:
Folk/Literary Origin
Subject:
Occupation/Shoemaker/Poverty/Class/Hammer/Nails
Origin:
ML MTAG 78/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 107
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 78/Alb G-017(a)/Alb L-049(a)
Translation:
Alb G-017(a)/Alb L-049(a)/Sh Sh 106
Music:
ML MTAG 79
Additional song notes:
To The Little Hammer

Recordings

On album:
W-018(a) (WDAS Tape (Recorded From Radio, 1969) Irving Leon)
Track ID:
15673
Vocal:
Bar, Shimon — בּר, שמעון
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
First line:
אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
On album:
C-032(a) (Chutzpah Frank Krasnowsky Sings Songs of the Jewish Workers)
Track ID:
15674
Vocal:
Krasnowsky, Frank
Piano:
Steuer, Sydney Anschell
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Klap shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
First line:
אָ בעמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! קלאַפּ שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
Track comment:
O hammer, o hammer, strike hard, strike quickly a blow...
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
G-013(b) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Himan Brown (English) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19386
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Narrator:
Brown, Himan
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
First line (Yiddish):
אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-013(a) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Yosl Mlotek (Yiddish) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19352
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Narrator:
Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
First line (Yiddish):
אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-059(a) (Gesang Un Tants Das 2. Festival des Jiddischen Liedes... — געזאַנג און טאַנץ)
Track ID:
20644
Vocal:
Meltz, Pierre with Harts Un Gefil
Accordion:
Didon, Jean, accordion
Guitar:
Brinkman, Walter, guitar
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
First line (Yiddish):
אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
Track comment:
Recording made in Zurich Recorded under "Hemerl"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-093(a)1 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 1 of 2)
Track ID:
23173
Vocal:
Summergrad, Leo
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
First line (Yiddish):
אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-044(a) (Ruth Levin Yiddish Songs on Israeli Radio)
Track ID:
25229
Vocal:
Levin, Ruth — לוין, רותּ
First line:
Hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a…
First line (Yiddish):
העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Israeli Radio - Courtesy of Abe Chasid
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
O-012(a) (Orient Express, Moving Shnorers)
Track ID:
27220
Artist:
Orient Express Moving Schnorers
Track comment:
Melokhe, Melukhe
Style:
Instrumental/Medley
On album:
L-049(a) (Bin Ikh Mir A Shnayderl/Yiddish Work Songs Sung By Mark Levy)
Track ID:
27624
Vocal:
Levy, Mark
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
First line (Yiddish):
אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-017(a) (Gut Yom-Tov Kinder! A Treasury of Children's Songs... — גוט יום-טוב קינדער)
Track ID:
19454
Vocal:
Workmen's Circle Children's Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג קינדער כאָר
Conductor:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a...
First line (Yiddish):
אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "O Hemerl Klap)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-067(a) (Fradle Pomerantz Friedenreich/ Passionate Pioneers: The Story of Yiddish Secular Education in North America, 1910-19\\\\\\\\\\\)
Track ID:
35987
Vocal:
Matman, Hadar — מאַטמאַן, האַדאַר
Vocal:
Freidenreich, Fradle Pomerantz — פֿרידענרײַך, פֿריידל פּאָמעראַנץ
Vocal:
Broder, Chana — בראָדער, חנה
Vocal:
Blitt, Lazer — בליט, לאַזער
Vocal:
Alpert, Shmulik — אַלפּערט, שמוליק
First line:
O hemerl, hemerl, klap! Shlog shtarker a tshvok nokh a tshvok, keyn broyt iz....
First line (Yiddish):
אָ העמערל, העמערל, קלאַפּ! שלאָג שטאַרקער אַ טשוואָק נאָך אַ טשוואָק, קיין...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Sadly
Length:
1:59

Vek Nisht Di Libe — װעק נישט די ליבע

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Love/Sorrow/Power/Rekindle/Invitation
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1458 (Booklet Oct 6, 2013)
Translation:
Ephemera 1458 (Booklet Oct 6, 2013)
Additional song notes:
Don't Rekindle The Love

Recording

On album:
A-001(l) (Chava Alberstein/ The Klezmatics / The Well / Di Krenitse — די קרעניצע)
Track ID:
26732
Vocal:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
Artist:
Klezmatics
Arranger:
London, Frank & Klezmatics, arr
Vocal:
Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:
Vek nisht, di libe, nisht vek! Shtil trog in hartsn dayn...
First line (Yiddish):
װעק נישט די ליבע, נישט װעק! שטיל טראָג אין האָרצן דײַן צער:
Language:
Yiddish

Zog Maran — זאָג מאַראַן

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bugatch, (Shmuel) Samuel — בוגאַטש, שמואל
Genre:
Literary Origin/Persecution/
Subject:
Spanish Inquisition/Peysekh/Passover/Marranos
Origin:
ML YT 69/Alb C-015(a)/Alb R-007(a)/Kinderbuch 80/Alb L-038(a)
Transliteration:
Kinderbuch 80/Alb R-007(a)/Alb F-005(a)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb L-004(d)/CD L-054(a)
Translation:
Kinderbuch 80/Alb L-004(d)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb F-005(a)/Alb R-007(a)/CD L-054(a)
Music:
Bugatch 213/Kinderbuch 80/SM Moscow 44
Additional song notes:
Translit & Translat published in Alb L-038(a) Tell Me, Maran
Sheet music:
Folder:
44
Series:
1
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
Mills Music, Inc
Publisher address:
1619 Broadway, New York 19, N.Y.
Date:
1963
Provenance:
Gift of Barbara Moskow, March 2014
First line:
Zog maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt dayn seder dayner,
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, וווּ איז גרייט, דער סדק דײַנער,...
Notes:
Printed Cover: Zog Maran Song Featured by Norman Atkins. Photo of Norman Atkins, Price 75 cents

Recordings

On album:
B-003(s) (Seder Nights with Sidor Belarsky — לכּבֿד יום טובֿ פּסח)
Track ID:
18116
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
Choral Arrangements/Musical Director:
Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
C-015(a) (Frumi Cohen & Susan Cohen Undzer Yiddish — אונדזער ייִדיש)
Track ID:
18117
Vocal:
Cohen, Frumi
Vocal:
Cohen, Susan
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
E-015(b) (Helene Engel Errances de Tolede a Brooklyn)
Track ID:
18118
Vocal:
Engel, Helene
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in group "a Brooklyn"
On album:
F-005(a) (Reuven Frankel, Baritone Out Of The Silence)
Track ID:
18119
Vocal:
Frankel, Cantor Reuven — פֿראַנקל, חזן רעובן
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
L-001(b) (Bina Landau presents Poetry In Song — בינה לאַנדאו זינגט דיכטער לידער געװידמעט מיכל געלבאַרט)
Track ID:
18111
Vocal:
Landau, Bina — לאַנדאַו, בינה
Piano:
Pressler, Hilda
Piano:
Mourrah, Ruth, piano
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
On album:
L-004(d) (Out Of The Ghetto Leon Lishner, bass Lazar Weiner, piano)
Track ID:
18112
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
On album:
S-002(e) (Raisins And Almonds Martha Schlamme — f)
Track ID:
18113
Vocal:
Schlamme, Martha
Conductor Orchestra:
DeCormier, Robert
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
On album:
W-014(a) (Yiddish Program For Soviet Jewry Workman's Circle Chorus)
Track ID:
18114
Vocal:
Workmen's Circle Chorus, Phila — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר, פֿילאַ.
Conductor:
Helzner, Morrie — העלזנער, מאָרי
Piano:
Seidman, Claire, piano
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
On album:
Y-004(a) (The Yiddish Dream A Heritage of Jewish Song)
Track ID:
18115
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Same as on Album L-04(d)
On album:
C-032(e) (Chutzpah Lebn zol Kolombus)
Track ID:
21466
Vocal:
Krasnowsky, Frank
Piano:
Steuer, Sydney Anschell
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Track comment:
English commentary by Krasnowsky
On album:
F-040(a) (Hai & Topsy Frankl Wi ahin sol ikh gejn? — װוּ אַהין זאָל איך גײן?)
Track ID:
25629
Vocal\Guitar:
Frankl, Hai
Vocal:
Frankl, Topsy
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
On album:
S-002(h) (Martha Schlamme sings Jewish & Israeli Folk Songs)
Track ID:
26375
Vocal:
Schlamme, Martha
Conductor Orchestra:
DeCormier, Robert
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner?
First line:
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
On album:
L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
Track ID:
28424
Vocal:
Labovitz, Sherman
Piano/Arranger:
Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
Violin:
Weinberger, Marvin
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner? -- In tifer heyl,
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
02:29
On album:
C-042(a) (Songs My Bubbe Should Have Taught Me Vol 1/Passover/Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble)
Track ID:
28394
Vocal:
Cahan-Simon, Lori
Piano:
Arnoff, Dr Melvin
Violin:
Greenman, Steven
Vocal:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Arranger:
Greenman, Steven
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner? In tifn heyl,...
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Duet
Length:
03:38
On album:
L-038(c) (Shura Lipovsky/ Tenderness in word and sound/ Tsart/ Tendre/ C'est le ton qui fait la musique — צאַרט)
Track ID:
41673
Vocal/Arranger:
Lipovsky, Shura
Cimbalom/Arranger:
Rokyta, Jan
Violin:
Lansdorp Monique
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner? -- In tifer heyl,
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?- אין טיפֿער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:19
On album:
L-038(c) (Shura Lipovsky/ Tenderness in word and sound/ Tsart/ Tendre/ C'est le ton qui fait la musique — צאַרט)
Track ID:
41674
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner? -- In tifer heyl,
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?- אין טיפֿער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:19
On album:
L-038(c) (Shura Lipovsky/ Tenderness in word and sound/ Tsart/ Tendre/ C'est le ton qui fait la musique — צאַרט)
Track ID:
41675
Vocal/Arranger:
Lipovsky, Shura
Cimbalom/Arrangerl:
Rokyta, Jan
Violin:
Lansdorp Monique
First line:
Zog maran, du bruder mayne, vu iz greyt der seyder dayner?-In tifer heyl,…
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנע, װוּ איז גרייט דער סדר דײַנער?-אין טיפֿער הייל
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:19
On album:
C-069(a) (Cheryl Cohen / Field Recording)
Track ID:
36376
Vocal:
Cohen, Cheryl, Grandfather
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner? In tifn heyl,...
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Field Recording/Acapella
Length:
01;45
On album:
L-038(c) (Shura Lipovsky/ Tenderness in word and sound/ Tsart/ Tendre/ C'est le ton qui fait la musique — צאַרט)
Track ID:
41652
Vocal Arranger:
Lipovsky, Shura
Violin:
Lansdorp Monique
Cimbalom/Arranger:
Rokyta, Jan
First line:
Zog, maran, du bruder mayner, vu iz greyt der seder dayner? -- In tifer heyl,
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג, מאַראַן, דו ברודער מײַנער, װוּ איז גרײט דער סדר דײַנער?- אין טיפֿער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:19

Tsu A Sotsyalistin — צו אַ סאָציאַליסאן

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Wall, David
Composer:
Wall, David
Composer:
Lerner, Marilyn
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Socialism/Women/Justice
Origin:
Alb K-042(e)/Raisen Lider 98
Transliteration:
Alb K-042(e)
Translation:
Alb K-042(e)

Recordings

On album:
K-042(e) (Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band / Tsirkus — צירקוס)
Track ID:
27808
Drum/Percussion:
Barnes, Daniel
Double Bass/Electric Guitar:
Downing, Andrew
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:
Freedman, Lori
Alto Saxaphone:
Wall, David
Piano/Hammond B3:
Lerner, Marilyn
Artist:
Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
Trumpet/Fluglehorn/Chorus:
Buchbinder, David
First line:
Dayne oygn laykhtn, finkln, ven du redst fun naye tsaytn: ale mentshn glaykh..
First line (Yiddish):
דײַנע אױגן לײַכטן, פֿינקלן, װען דו רעדס פֿון נײַע צײַטן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Earnestly
On album:
L-056(a) (Lerner & Wall: Still Soft Voiced Heart)
Track ID:
30858
Vocal:
Wall, David
Piano:
Lerner, Marilyn
First line:
Dayne oygn laykhtn, finklen ven du redst fun naye tsaytn
First line (Yiddish):
דײַנ אויגן לײַכטן, פֿינקלען ווען דו רעדסט פֿון נײַע צײַטן
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:04

Ikh Un Di Velt (Levin) — איך און די װעלט (ליװין)

Also known as:
Ven Di Gantse Velt Vet Layden
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Suffering/Comfort/Compassion
Song comment:
Published under "Ven Di Gantse Velt Zol Laydn"
Origin:
Belarsky 225/Alb B-012(t)/Rauch 27/Levin L 41/Bogdanski 1 74
Transliteration:
ALB B-012(t)/CD L-051(a)/Belarsky 225/Rauch 25/Levin L 41/Bogdanski 1 4
Translation:
ALB L-051(a)/Rauch 25
Music:
Levin L 41

Recording

On album:
B-012(t) (Ruth Levin/ Mike Burstyn Songs of Leibu Levin — לידער פֿון לײבו לעװין נאָך שענער װי געװען...)
Track ID:
26954
Vocal:
Levin, Ruth — לוין, רותּ
Piano:
Dricker, Regina
Violin:
Furman, Jacob
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, gut zol mir aleyn zayn bloyz,
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, גוט זאָל מיר אַלײן זײַן בלױז,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Ven Di Gantse Velt Zol Laydn"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2' 08

Ikh Un Di Velt (Rauch) — איך און די װעלט (ראַוש)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Suffering/Comfort/Compassion
Origin:
Belarsky 225/Alb B-012(t)/Rauch 27/Levin L 41/Bogdanski 1 74
Transliteration:
Alb B-012(t)/CD L-051(a)/Belarsky 225/Rauch 25/Levin L 41/ Bogdanski 14/
Translation:
ALB L-051(a)/Rauch 25/Alb L-038(d)
Music:
Rauch 25
Additional song notes:
The World and I

Recordings

On album:
L-051(a) (Susan Leviton / Singing In Yiddish / Zingendik! — זינגענדיק)
Track ID:
28158
Lead Vocal:
Leviton, Susan
Cello:
Reese, Laurie
Guitar:
Warschauer, Jeff
Violin:
Strauss, Deborah
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz, volt ikh dan...
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, מיר אַלײן זאָל גוט זײַן בלױז,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk
On album:
L-051(a) (Susan Leviton / Singing In Yiddish / Zingendik! — זינגענדיק)
Track ID:
31593
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz, volt ikh dan...
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, מיר אַלײן זאָל גוט זײַן בלױז,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk
On album:
V-021(a) (Lucette van den berg/Zing Shtil/Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
35799
Vocal/Arranger:
Van Den Berg, Lucette
Accordion:
Lettink, Coos
Violin:
den Hertog, Carel
Clarinet:
Terra, Caspar
Bass ?:
Kuijpers, Leon
Guitar/String Guitar/Mandolin:
Vrijhoef, Reinout
Artist:
Trio C tot de deride
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz, volt ikh dan...
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, מיר אַלײן זאָל גוט זײַן בלױז, וואָלט איך דאַן..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2.08
On album:
L-038(d) (Shura Lipovsky: Ensemble Novaya/ Vaytinke)
Track ID:
41614
Vocal:
Lipovsky, Shura
Artist:
Novaya Shira Ensemble
Pianist/Arranger:
Prenen, Paul
Cellist:
Roelofs, Maaike
Recorder:
van Roon, Marjolijn
Violin:
Vos, Bert
First line:
Ven di gantse velt volt laydn, mir aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz, volt ikh dan...
First line (Yiddish):
װען די גאַנצע װעלט װאָלט לײַדן, מיר אַלײן זאָל גוט זײַן בלױז, וואָלט איך...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Folk
Length:
4:13

Dos Naye Lid (Zilbert) — דאָס נײַע ליד (זילבערט)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Peace/Love/Hope/Future/Faith
Origin:
Alb L-015(a)/Kinderbuch 132/Mir Zingen 12/Reisen 37/Vinkov 4 15
Transliteration:
Alb F-015(b)/Kinderbuch 132/Alb L-015(a)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15
Translation:
Kinderbuch 132/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15
Music:
Mir Zingen 12/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15

Recording

On album:
L-054(a) (My Treasure/ Mayn Oytser/ Sherm Labovitz Sings Gems Of Yiddish Art &Folk Songs — מײַן אוצר)
Track ID:
28431
Vocal:
Labovitz, Sherman
Piano/Arranger:
Botwinik, Sender (Alexander) באָטװיניק, סענדער, (אַלעקסאַנדער)
Violin:
Weinberger, Marvin
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tseyt fun libe un fun sholom, dokh kumen vet...
First line (Yiddish):
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/With Conviction
Length:
01:27

Du Fregst Mikh (Shrogin) — דו פֿרעגסט מיך (שראָגין)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Schrogin, Joseph — שראָגין, יוסך
Genre:
Literary Origin/Classical
Subject:
Aging
Song comment:
Part of "A Tsikl Lider"
Origin:
Belarsky 31/Alb B-013(a)
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 03
Translation:
Belarsky 1 03
Music:
Schrogin 319

Recording

On album:
B-013(a) (Babi Yar/ Yevgeni Yevtushenko A Tsikl Lider/ Yosef Shrogin — באַבי יאָר יעװדעני יעװטושענקאָ אַ ציקל לידער יוסף שראָגין)
Track ID:
4352
Vocal:
Marlon, Estel — מאַרלאָן, עסטעל
Piano:
Gish, Esther, piano — גיש, אסתר, פּיאַנאָ
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Track comment:
Part of "A Tsikl Lider" by Shrogin שראָגין פֿון "לידער ציקל "אַ
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Mai Ko Mash Me Lon — מאַי־קאָ משמע־לן?

Also known as:
Di Gemure
Also known as:
Mika's Song
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament/Maskilic
Subject:
Yeshiva/Student/Life/Meaning/Despair/Futility/Waste
Origin:
YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 116
Transliteration:
YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 116/Alb L-004(a)
Translation:
Alb L-004(a)
Music:
YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 117/SM Moskow SM 23
Additional song notes:
What Does It Mean To Me? What Do We Learn From This?

Recordings

On album:
H-004(b) (Mordecai Hershman Sings Yiddish Folk Songs Volume 6)
Track ID:
9582
Aaranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Hershman, Cantor Mordecai — הערשמאַן, חזן מרדכי
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
L-001(c) (Bina Landau sings of The Golden Peacock and others. — בינה לאַמדאו זינגט דאָס ליד פֿון דער גאָלדענער פּאַװע און אַנדערע.)
Track ID:
9583
Aaranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Landau, Bina — לאַנדאַו, בינה
Arranger Orchestral:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
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:
9584
Aaranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-002(b) (Jan Peerce sings Yiddish Folk Songs Abraham Ellstein Orch)
Track ID:
9585
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Artist:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-032(a) (Peter Rohland Un as der rebbe singt Jiddishe Lieder)
Track ID:
9586
Aaranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Rohland, Peter
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-002(c) (Martha Schlamme sings Jewish Folk Songs with Orchestra)
Track ID:
9587
Aaranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
vocal:
Schlamme, Martha
Conductor Orchestra:
DeCormier, Robert
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-007(b) (Folk Songs and Songs Folks Sing Cantor Benjamin Siegal)
Track ID:
9588
Aaranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Siegel, Cantor Benjamin
Arranger:
Alyn, Barry
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-007(e) (Encore by Cantor Benjamin Siegel)
Track ID:
9589
Aaranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Siegel, Cantor Benjamin
Arranger:
Alyn, Barry
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(d) (Seymour Rexite sings Folk Songs)
Track ID:
9590
Arranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-020(a) (Popular Jewish Melodies Featuring Elie Taube)
Track ID:
9591
Arranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Taube, Cantor Elie — לעבעדעף, אַהרן (1873-1960)
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-008(a) (Victor Chenkin At The Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
9592
Arranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Chenkin, Victor
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
D-004(j) (Louis Danto Sings Favorite Jewish Songs)
Track ID:
9593
Arranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-021(a) (Today & Tommorrow - Cantor M. Spektor - Miriam Sandler)
Track ID:
9594
Artist:
Spektor, Mordkhe
First line:
Bay nakht es falt a regn, in gas iz tunkl, zits ikh mir in..
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ נאַכט עס פֿאָלט אַ רעגן, אין גאַס איז טונקל, זיץ איך מיר אין..
Track comment:
Seems to be a combo of two songs ??
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-002(a) (Beloved Jewish Melodies / Orchestra and Chorus Conducted by Hershey Kay)
Track ID:
9595
Aaranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Conductor:
Kay, Hershy
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
Z-016(c) (Shteitle of Gold Israel Zohar with Zurich Symphony Orch — עיירה של זהב ישׂראל זוהר \ נועם שריף \ התזמורת הסיפונית ציריך)
Track ID:
9596
Arranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Clarinet:
Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל
Artist:
Zurich Symphony Orchestra
Arranger:
Sheriff, Noam — שריף, נעום,
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
D-003(a) (Jewish Melodies..Old Country Emil Decameron & His Orchestra)
Track ID:
9597
Artist:
Decameron, Emil & Orch
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
V-015(b) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 2/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31325
Vocal:
Berkowitz, Simon
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Harp and Piano Accompaniment
Length:
3:44
On album:
S-002(h) (Martha Schlamme sings Jewish & Israeli Folk Songs)
Track ID:
26352
Arranger:
Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.
Vocal:
Schlamme, Martha
Conductor Orchestra:
DeCormier, Robert
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
010d (Khagy, Khazn Berele/ Mai Ko Mash Me Lon/ Kum Tsu Mir In Khederl)
Track ID:
29065
Vocal:
Chagy, Khazn Berele
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
031j (Hershman, Khazn Mordkhe/ Zamd Un Shtern/ Mai Ko Mash Melon)
Track ID:
29672
Vocal:
Hershman, Cantor Mordkhe
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
V0310 (Eli Wiesel In Concert (Video))
Track ID:
39912
Choral Conductor:
Lazar, Matthew
Vocal:
Matthew Lazar Singers
Vocal:
Weisel, Elie
First line:
Mai ko mash me lon, vos zhe lost es mir tsu hern? Zayne tropns oyf di shoybn…
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן? זײַנע טראָפּס אויף די
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert
On album:
M-133(a) (Barbara Moskow / Disc 1)
Track ID:
40116
Vocal:
Moskow, Barbara — מאָסקאָ, באַרבאַראַ
Piano:
Cohen, Rose Jarvis
First line:
Mai ko mash me lon, vos zhe lost es mir tsu hern? Zayne tropns oyf di shoybn…
First line:
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן? זײַנע טראָפּס אויף די
Length:
3:03
On album:
D-004(j)2 (Jewish Melodies From Russia/ Louis Danto/)
Track ID:
42545
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
First line:
Mai ko masma-lon der regn? Vos'zhe lost er mir tsu hern?
First line (Yiddish):
מאַי קאָ משמע־לן דער רעגן? װאָס־זשה לאָזט ער מיר צו הערן?
Language:
Yiddish

Mi Ko Mash Me Lon — מאַי־קאָ מאַשמע לון

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament/Maskilic
Subject:
Yeshiva/Student/Life/Meaning/Waste/Futility/Despair
Origin:
YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 116
Transliteration:
YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 116/Alb L-004(a)
Translation:
ML PYS 116/Alb L-004(a)
Music:
YRD YPS 143/ML PYS 117
Additional song notes:
What is the Meaning? What Do We Learn From This

Recordings

On album:
K-157(a) (Mayer Kanewsky Compilation)
Track ID:
37802
Vocal:
Kanewsky, Cantor Meyer
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
040c (Kanewsky, M./ Afn Pripetshik/ Mi Ko Mashmelon)
Track ID:
29941
Vocal:
Kanewsky, Cantor Meyer

Fargesn — פֿאַרגעסן

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Opelia, A.
Genre:
Literary Origin/Translation/Romance
Subject:
Death/Promise/Love/Forgotten/Betrayl
Additional song notes:
Translated from Russian by Reisen
Sheet music:
Folder:
212
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Brody, Alter (English)/ Reisen. Avrom (Yiddish)
Texts:
Yiddish/English/Russian
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1927
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
8
First line:
Ven s'iz di zun in purpur royt fergangen...
First line (Yiddish):
ווען ס'איז די זון אין פּורפּור רויט פֿאַרגאַנגען, געשטאָנען זייַנען מיר...
Notes:
Black & White lettering in Yiddish and Russian in Baroque border. Price 35 cents. Song translated from Russian.

A Tfile (Reisen) — אַ תּפֿילה (רייזען)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Binder, Abraham Wolf
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Prayer/Healing/Melancholy/Mercy/Soul
Origin:
Reisen Lider 79
Additional song notes:
A Prayer
Sheet music:
Folder:
247
Series:
4
Texts:
Yiddish/English/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1921
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
42
First line:
Shteyner lign mir in hartzen, khmares geyen mir in kop…
First line (Yiddish):
שטיינער ליגען מיר אין האַרצן, כמאַאעס גייען מיר אין קאָפּ,
Notes:
Dark brown lettering, Yiddish/Hebrew/English. "As sung by Sophia Braslau of the Meropolitan Opera House". Price 25 cents. Yiddish words on back cover,

Recording

On album:
M-068(a)49 (Milken/The Art of the Jewish Song)
Track ID:
41054
Vocal:
Ben Ze'ev, Re'ut
Piano:
Musto, John
First line:
Shteyner lign mir in hartsn, khmares geyen mir in kop - got du guter,…
First line (Yiddish):
שטיינער ליגן מיר אין האַרצן, כמאַרעס גייען מיר אין קאָפּ-גאָט דו גוטער,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
2:04

Mikh Tsit Ahin — מיך ציט אַהין

Author:
Posner, Meyer — פּאָסנער, מאיר
Composer:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament
Subject:
Desire/Better Life
Sheet music:
Folder:
366
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1947
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
142
First line:
Mikh tsit ahin, mikh tsit ahin, ahin vu di erd iz grin…
First line (Yiddish):
מיך ציט אַהין, מיך ציט אַהין, אַהין וווּ די ערד איז גרין,
Notes:
Brown lettering, Yiddish & English. Price 40 cents. Yiddish words on back cover.

Di Epl Farkoyferin — די עפּל פֿאַרקויפֿערין

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Occupation/Apple Vendor/Poverty/Misery
Origin:
Reisen Lider 48
Sheet music:
Folder:
425
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Mixed Chorus
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1937
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
200
First line:
Drobne tropn gist der regn, lange shtundn nokh….
First line (Yiddish):
דראָבנע טראָפּן גיסט דער רעגן, לאַנגע שטונדן נאָכאַנאַנד,
Notes:
Black lettering, small folder, Yiddish/English. Price 20 cents. Four verses in Yiddish on back cover.

In Eretz Yisroel — אין ארץ ישראל

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Binder, Abraham Wolf
Genre:
Literary Origin/Humorous/Zionjist
Subject:
Israel/Beauty/Wisdom
Sheet music:
Folder:
510
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Shulman, Jennie (English)
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1924
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
254
First line:
In erets yisroel iz likhtig, in erets yisroel iz rayn,
First line (Yiddish):
אין ארץ ישראל איז ליכטיג, אין ארץ ישראל איז רײַן,
Notes:
Black lettering, English/Hebrew/Yiddish. Price 35 cents. Four verses in Yiddish, inside front cover.

Ikh Kush Dikh Mit Oygen Farmakhte — איך קוש דיך מיט אויגן פֿאַרמאַכטע

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Silver, Mark
Genre:
Literary Origin/Love
Subject:
Memory/First Love/Kisses
Additional song notes:
English title given as "Kisses and Memories"
Sheet music:
Folder:
513
Series:
4
Arranger:
Silver, Mark
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave. New York, NY
Date:
1931
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
257
First line:
Ikh kush dikh mit oygen farmakhte, un fil vi a doblten glik,
First line (Yiddish):
איך קוש דיך מיט אויגן פֿאַמאַכטע, און פֿיל ווי אַ דאָפּעלטן גליק,
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English. Also known as "Kisses and Memories". Price 35 cents. Yiddish words inside front cover. List of other poems by A. Raisen on back cover in Yiddish.

Recordings

On album:
M-133(a) (Barbara Moskow / Disc 1)
Track ID:
40074
Vocal:
Moskow, Barbara — מאָסקאָ, באַרבאַראַ
Piano:
Cohen, Rose Jarvis
First line:
Ikh kush dir mit oygn farmakhte un fil vi a dopelten glik, mit oygn farmakhte…
First line (Yiddish):
איך קוש דיך מיט אויגן פֿאַרמאַכטע און פֿיל ווי אַ דאָפּעלטען גליק,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:56
On album:
M-133(b) (Barbara Moskow / Disc 2)
Track ID:
40227
Vocal:
Moskow, Barbara — מאָסקאָ, באַרבאַראַ
Piano:
Cohen, Rose Jarvis
First line:
Ikh kush dir mit oygn farmakhte un fil vi a dopelten glik, mit oygn farmakhte…
First line (Yiddish):
איך קוש דיך מיט אויגן פֿאַרמאַכטע און פֿיל ווי אַ דאָפּעלטען גליק,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:58
On album:
M-133(b) (Barbara Moskow / Disc 2)
Track ID:
40218
Vocal:
Moskow, Barbara — מאָסקאָ, באַרבאַראַ
Piano:
Cohen, Rose Jarvis
First line:
Ikh kush dir mit oygn farmakhte un fil vi a dopelten glik, mit oygn farmakhte…
First line (Yiddish):
איך קוש דיך מיט אויגן פֿאַרמאַכטע און פֿיל ווי אַ דאָפּעלטען גליק,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:56

Der Zing Foygel — דער זינג פֿויגל

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Glinka, Mikhail
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Lark/Bird/
Song comment:
Song/Love/Memory
Sheet music:
Folder:
577
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Brody, Alter/ English Translator
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/English
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1928
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
317
First line:
Tzvishen himel un der erd, hert a lid zikh trogn….
First line (Yiddish):
צווישן הימל און דער ערד, הערט אַ ליד זיך טראָגן,
Notes:
Dark blue lettering, Ornate frame with floral decorations and drawing of small bird. English title given as "The Lark" Yiddish by A. Reisen. Price 30 cents. Four verses in Yiddish and English on back cover.

Zing Neshome Zing — זינג נשמה זינג

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Binder, Abraham Wolf
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Soul/Sing/Life/Song/Flowers/Dust/Death/Echo
Sheet music:
Folder:
578
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Sprung, D. L. (English)
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/English
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1928
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
318
First line:
Zing neshuma zing, freylekh oder bang, lebn thz a lid,
First line (Yiddish):
זינג נשמה, זינג, פֿריילעך אָדער באַנג, לעבן איז אַ ליד,
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English. Photos of A. W. Binder and Sophia Braslau (of the Metropolitan Opera House). Price 25 cents. Four verses in Yiddish on back cover.

Bay Di Boymer — בײַ די בוימער

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bugatch, (Shmuel) Samuel — בוגאַטש, שמואל
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Trees/Strength/Aging/Weakness/Memory/Reinvigorate
Sheet music:
Folder:
626
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Bugatch, Samuel, English
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/English
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1944
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
375
First line:
Hintern shtetl vu di boymer shteyen shtoltz un frey un…
First line (Yiddish):
הימטערן שטעטל וואו די בוימער שטייען שטאָלץ און פֿרײַ און שלאַנק,
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English. Price 40 cents. Five verses in Yiddish on back cover. Listing of nine compositions by Samuel Bugatch on back cover, in English and Yiddish.

Zi Un Der Troym — זי און דער טרוים

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Zilberts, Cantor Zavel — זילבערטס, זאַװעל (1881-1934)
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Child/Loss/Memory/Longing
Sheet music:
Folder:
631
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Margolis, Dr. Harry, English
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/English
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1931
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
379
First line:
Akh vu iz zi henie, atzind? Dos libe dos goldene kind….
First line (Yiddish):
...אַך, וווּ איז זי העניע, אַצינד? דאָס ליבע, דאָס גאָלדענע קינד
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English. Price 35 cents. Yiddish and English words on back cover.

Yakovs Kholem — יעקובֿס חלום

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Zilberts, Cantor Zavel — זילבערטס, זאַװעל (1881-1934)
Genre:
Literary Origin/Cantata/Biblical
Subject:
Jacob/Dream/Ladder/Angels/God/Place/Haran
Sheet music:
Folder:
747
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano/Mixed Chorus/Organ
Translator:
Hausdorff, David M., English
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/English
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1934
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
642
First line:
Gegangen is yakov kayn kharan tsu makhn zikh dort a getselt
First line (Yiddish):
געגאַנגען איז יעקבֿ קײַן חרן צו מאַכן זיך דאָרט אַ געצעלט,
Notes:
Black lettering, small booklet. Biblical Cantata for Solo, Mixed Chorus with Piano (or organ) accompaniment. Poem by Avraham Reisen. Price 60 cents

Ikh Un Di Velt (Bogdanski) — איך און די װעלט (באָגדאַנסקי)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Suffering/Comfort/Compassion
Origin:
Belarsky 225/Alb B-012(t)/Bogdanski 174/Rauch 27/Levin L 41/Levin L WM 145
Transliteration:
ALB L-051(a)/Belarsky 225/Alb B-012(t)/Bogdanski 1 4/Rauch 25/Levin L 41/
Translation:
Alb L-051(a)/Rauch 25/Levin L WM 145
Music:
Bogdanski 14/Sh Sh 110

Recording

On album:
B-090(e) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 3 of 11 (A))
Track ID:
32028
Vocal:
Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
First line:
Ven di gantse velt vet laydn, ikh aleyn zol gut zayn bloyz,
First line (Yiddish):
ווען די גאַנצע וועלט וועט לײַדן, איך אַליין זאָל גוט זײַן בלויז,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella/Folk
Length:
1:47

Di Ershte — די ערשטע

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Poverty/Hope

Recording

On album:
B-090(g) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 4 of 11 (A))
Track ID:
32121
Vocal:
Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
First line:
Dos iz geven der onheyb, togn in undzer umitiker gas,
First line (Yiddish):
דאָס איז געווען דער אָנהייב, טאָגן אין אונדזער אָמיטיקער גאַס,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella/Folk
Length:
1:46

A Gezind Zalbe Akht (Bogdanski) — אַ געזינד זאַלבק אַכט

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Irony
Subject:
Family/Children/Tenement/Beds/Sleeping Quarters/Poverty
Origin:
Raisen 36/Alb A-001(n)/Sh Sh 109
Translation:
HG TYP 70/Alb A-001(n)/Sh Sh 108
Additional song notes:
A Family of Eight

Recording

On album:
B-090(i) (Majer Bogdanski / Songs From Cassette 5 of 11 (A))
Track ID:
32189
Vocal:
Bogdanski, Majer — באָגדאַנסקי, מאיר
First line:
A gezind zalbe akht, un betn nor tsvey, un falt tsu di nakht, vu shlofn dan zey?
First line (Yiddish):
אַ געזינד זאַלבע אַכט, און בעטן נאָר צוויי, און פֿאַלט צו די נאַכט, וווּ שלאָפֿן דאַן זיי
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Acapella/Folk
Length:
1:20

A Gezind Zalbe Akht (Alberstein) — אַ געזינד זאַלבק אַכט

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
Genre:
Literary Origin/Irony
Subject:
Family/Children/Tenement/Beds/Sleeping Quarters/Poverty
Origin:
Raisen 36/Alb A-001(n)/Sh Sh 109
Translation:
HG TYP 70/Alb A-001(n)/Sh Sh 108
Additional song notes:
A Family of Eight

Recording

On album:
A-001(n) (Chava Alberstein / Lemele — חוה אַלבערשטיין \ לעמעלע)
Track ID:
32916
Artist:
Sony Records Studio Orchestra
Conductor/Flute:
Vavrinek, Stanislav
Oboe/English Horn:
Mesany, Mario
Clarinet 1:
Rys, Zdenek
Clarinet 2/Bass Clarinet:
Dolezal, Kamil
Trombone:
Kostiuk, Michal
Harp:
Kohout, Karel
French Horns:
Navratilova, Lucie
Concert Master:
Pok, Frantisek
Concert Master:
Langweil, Frantisek
Leader 2 Violins:
Dvorska, Marie
Leader Viola:
Hanus, Jir
Leader Violoncello:
Zindel, Zdenek
First line:
A gezind zalbe akht, un betn nor tsvey-un kumt on di nakht, vu shlofn dan zey?
First line (Yiddish):
אַ געזינד זאַלבע אַכט, און בעטן נאָר צוויי־און קומט אָן די נאַכט, וווּ שלאָפֿן דאַן זיי
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
Length:
2:42

Oy Meydl Meydl — אוי מיידל מיידל

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Author:
Leyb, Mani — לײב, מאַני
Composer:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Rejection/Anger/Sorrow
Origin:
Alb A-001(n)
Translation:
Alb A-001(n)

Recording

On album:
A-001(n) (Chava Alberstein / Lemele — חוה אַלבערשטיין \ לעמעלע)
Track ID:
32917
Oboe/English Horn:
Mesany, Mario
Clarinet 1:
Rys, Zdenek
Clarinet 2/Bass Clarinet:
Dolezal, Kamil
Trombone:
Kostiuk, Michal
Harp:
Kohout, Karel
French Horns:
Navratilova, Lucie
Concert Master:
Pok, Frantisek
Concert Master:
Langweil, Frantisek
Leader 2 Violins:
Dvorska, Marie
Leader Viola:
Hanus, Jir
Artist:
Sony Records Studio Orchestra
Conductor/Flute:
Vavrinek, Stanislav
Leader Violoncello:
Zindel, Zdenek
First line:
Nit grist mir fun im, ikh vays vos er makht, ikh ze im er zitst mit yener un…
First line (Yiddish):
ניט גריסט מיר פֿון אים, איך ווייס וואָס ער מאַכט, איך זע אים ער זיצט מיט יענער…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
Length:
4:13
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Di Muter Tsum Kind — די מוטער צום קינד

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Lullaby/Viglid/Literary Origin
Subject:
Mother/Child/Winter/Cold/Fear/Poverty
Origin:
Reisen Zingen 44/Reisen Lider 65
Sheet music:
Folder:
883
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Soprano/Alto/Tenor/Bass
Texts:
Transliteration
First line:
Shlof nokh, shlof nokh mayn lib kind, droysn iz a frost,
Notes:
At bottom of page is the notation "Photocopyied with permission of the publisher for 1997 CHORAL FESTIVAL only. This selection is currently out of print.

Du Fregst Mikh — דו פֿרעגסט מיך

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Folk Melody
Subject:
Aging/Memory
Origin:
Alb B-013(a)Belarsky Fav 31
Transliteration:
Belarsky Fav 03
Translation:
Belarsky Fav 03

Recordings

On album:
G-043(c) (A Recital of Jewish Music Solomon Gisser, baritone)
Track ID:
21318
Vocal:
Gisser, Cantor Solomon
Piano:
Levitan, Samuel, piano
Arranger:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
L-044(a) (Ruth Levin Yiddish Songs on Israeli Radio)
Track ID:
25216
Vocal:
Levin, Ruth — לוין, רותּ
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Israeli Radio - Courtesy of Abe Chasid
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
S-111(a) (Cantor Moshe Schwimmer / Assorted Yiddish Folk Songs/ Gheto E Folclore)
Track ID:
33785
Vocal:
Schwimmer, Cantor Moshe — שווימער, חזן משה
Vocal:
Jacobs, Celia
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:10
On album:
B-096(a) (Songs of the Heart / Yekhiel Burgin/ Lider fun Hartsn — לידער פֿון האַרצן אין ייִדיש\ יחיאל בורגין. שירים מהלב)
Track ID:
33464
Vocal:
Burgin, Yekhiel — בורגין, יחיאל
Arranger/Conductor:
Tarski, Alexander — טאַרסקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin haynt,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין הײַנט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:12
On album:
A-007(b) (Yiddish Classics Brought To Life Chayele Ash — חיהלע אַש \ ארי און אַבֿרהם פֿורמאַן)
Track ID:
4350
Vocal:
Fuhrman, Avrom — פֿורמאַן, אַבֿרהם
Piano:
Kesilman, Edythe
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
B-003(e) (Sidor Belarsky Favorite Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
4351
Vocal:
Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
First line:
Du fregst mikh, mayn fraynd, vi alt ikh bin shoyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דו פֿרעגסט מיך מײַן פֿרײַנט, װי אַלט איך בין שױן,
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Azoy (Goodman) — (אַזוי (גאָדמאַן

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Song/Memory/Loss/Hushed/Dress
Origin:
Penguin YID 97
Translation:
Penguin YID 96
Additional song notes:
Part of song cycle titled "Three Yiddish Poems"
Sheet music:
Folder:
888
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Mezzo Soprano/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Provenance:
Gift of Jacob E.Goodman (via internet)
First line:
Azoy geyen zey op, azoy shvimen zey op, di amolike lider,
First line (Yiddish):
אַזןי גייען זיי אָפּ, אַזוי שווימען זיי אָפּ, די אַמאָליקע לידער

S'iz Umetik Meydl... — ס'איז אומעטיק מיידל...

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Lonesome/Solitary/Maiden/Invitation/Home/Night/Wind/Hope/
Origin:
Levin L WM 136/Alb L-044(c)
Transliteration:
Levin L WM 136/Alb L-044(c)
Translation:
Levin L WM 136/Alb L-044(c)
Music:
Levin L WM 136/Alb L-044(c)
Additional song notes:
It's Lonesome Girl

Recordings

On album:
L-066(a) (Leibu Levin/ The Yiddish Narrator, Singer, Composer — לייבו לעווין)
Track ID:
34431
Vocal:
Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
First line:
S'iz umetik, meydl, tsu lebn aleyn, vest efsher kumen tsu mir? Mayn shtibl iz...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז אומעטיק מיידל, צו לעבן אַליין, וועסט אפֿשט קומען צו מיר? מײַן שטיבל...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Literary Origin/Folk/Acapella
On album:
L-044(c) (Ruth Levin/Geheyme Gest/Secret Guests — געהיימע געסט \ אורחי סתרים)
Track ID:
36227
Vocal:
Levin, Ruth — לוין, רותּ
Guitar/Arranger:
Belousov, Alexi
First line:
S'iz umetik, meydl, tsu lebn aleyn. Vest efsher kumen tsu mir? Mayn shtibl iz...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז אומעטיק מיידל, צו לעבן אַליין, וועסט אפֿשט קומען צו מיר? מײַן שטיבל...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:51

Naye Lider — נײַע לידער

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Classical
Origin:
Ephemera 110
Transliteration:
Ephemera 110
Translation:
Ephemera 110
Music:
Ephemera 110
Additional song notes:
14. Sheet Music. Dos Goldene Fayfl (The Gold Flute) Four Yiddish Songs composed by Helen Medwedeff Greenberg based on poems by Canadian Women. A. Ai Liu Liu by Ida Maza. B. Mayn Gold'n Fayfl by Ida Maza C. Shikh by Udica D. Der Vint by Ida Maza In memory of Naomi M Greenberg For high voice and piano. Mezzo voice version 1 whole tone lower
Sheet music:
Folder:
15
Series:
5
Arranged for:
High & Medium Voice/Piano
Translator:
Various
Texts:
Yiddish/Translation/Transliteration
Publisher:
Helen Medwedeff Greenberg
Date:
Toronto, 2000
Provenance:
Gift of Helen Medwedeff Greenberg, 2009
Notes:
Naye Lider (New Songs). Based on a Yiddish Poem by Avrom Reisen composed by Helen Medwedeff Greenberg. A. Chanukah. (Borukh Ata, Zingt Der Tate) B. A Vinterlid (Hulyet Hulyet Beyze Vintn) C. Der Frilungzun D. Milchome E. Dos Naye Lid For Sylvia Listgarter, with appreciation for her tremendous contribution to Yiddish culture For high voice and piano. Medium voice version 1 whole tone lower. Sheet Music physically in Ephemera 910

Zi (Reisen) — זי (רייזען)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament/Love
Subject:
Loss/Separation/Love/Betrayal/Lonliness/Pain
Origin:
Alb A-054(a)
Transliteration:
Alb A-054(a)
Translation:
Alb A-054(a)
Additional song notes:
She

Recording

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:
35855
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Piano:
Rosenzweig, Joyce
First line:
Nito keyn halt, s'iz ler, s'iz kalt, un vintn veyen, veyen, blozn, un zi,...
First line (Yiddish):
ניט קײַן האָלט, ס'איז לער, ס'איז קאַלט, און ווינטן ווייען, ווייען, בלאָזן,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song
Length:
1:57

Borukh Ato Zingt Der Tate (Engel) — בּרוך אַתּה זינגט דער טאַטע (ענגעל)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Engel, Yoel — ענגעל, יואל
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holiday/Khanike
Subject:
Candles/Ritual/Memory/Father/Children
Origin:
ML YT 27/Gelb GB 45/Reisen Lieder 229/Alb J-034(a)
Transliteration:
ML YT 27/Alb J-034(a)Alb C-Alb C-042(c)
Translation:
Alb w-022(a)/Alb J-034(a)/Ephemera 1047Alb C-042(c)
Music:
ML YT 27/Gelb GB 45
Additional song notes:
Published in Reisen Lider under the title "Khanike" Father Sings 'Borukh Ato'

Recording

On album:
C-042(c) (Chanukha is Freylekh! / A Yiddish Chanukah Celebration/ Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble — חנוכה איז פֿריילעך)
Track ID:
39797
Vocal/Handclaps:
Cahan-Simon, Lori
Accordion:
Mahovlich, Walt
Violin:
Chernyavsky, David
Bass:
Shapiro, Henry
First line:
"Borukh ato" zingt der tate un er tsind di likht, un di shtraln, milde faln af..
First line (Yiddish):
"ברוך אתּה" זינגט דער טאַטע, און ער טסינדט די ליכט, און די שטראַלן מילדע….
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:24

Ven Kh'tsind Di Likhtlekh On, Di Akht — ווען כ'צינד די ליכטלעך אָן, די אַכט

Author:
Lifshits, Moyshe
Composer:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Holiday/Chanukah
Subject:
Darkness/Illumination/Candles/Enemies/Heroism/Tears/
Origin:
Reisen Zingen 12
Transliteration:
Alb C-042(c)
Translation:
Alb C-042(c)
Music:
Reisen Zingen 13
Additional song notes:
When I light the Eight Candles

Recording

On album:
C-042(c) (Chanukha is Freylekh! / A Yiddish Chanukah Celebration/ Lori Cahan-Simon Ensemble — חנוכה איז פֿריילעך)
Track ID:
39803
Vocal/Handclaps:
Cahan-Simon, Lori
Accordion:
Mahovlich, Walt
Violin:
Chernyavsky, David
Guitar:
Shapiro, Henry
First line:
Farloshn zenen mayne shtern un finster di lange nakht, dokh heybt mir likhtik on
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאַרלאָשן זײַנען מײַנע שטערן און פֿינסטער איז די לאַנגע נאַכט דאָך הייבט…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:05

Borukh Ato Zingt Der Tate (Greenberg) — בּרוך אַתּה זינגט דער טאַטע (גרינבערג)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Greenberg, Helen Medwedeff — גרינבערג, העלען מעדוועדעף
Genre:
Literary Orgin
Origin:
SM Greenberg 15/ML YT 27/Gelb GB 45/Reisen Lieder 229/Alb J-034(a)
Transliteration:
SM Greenberg 15/ML YT 27/Alb J-034(a)Alb C-Alb C-042(c)
Translation:
SM Greenberg 15/Alb w-022(a)/Alb J-034(a)/Ephemera 1047Alb C-042(c)
Music:
SM Greenberg 15/ML YT 27/Gelb GB 45
Additional song notes:
Father Sings the Chanukah Blessing. Part of "Naye Lider" based on Poems by Avrom Raisen set to music by Helen Greenberg. This song was published by Greenberg under the title "Chanukah"
Sheet music:
Folder:
15
Series:
5
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Klein, Pauline
Texts:
Yiddish,English, Transliteration
Publisher:
Helen Medeweff Greenberg
Provenance:
Gift of Helen Medeweff Greenberg, 2009
First line:
Borukh ato zingt der tate,un er tsint di likht,…
First line (Yiddish):
בָּרוך אַתּה, זינגט דער טאַטע, און ער צינדט די ליכט.

Hulyet, Hulyet, Beyze Vintn (Greenberg) — הוליעט, הוליט, בּייזע ווינטן (גרינבערג)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Greenberg, Helen Medwedeff — גרינבערג, העלען מעדוועדעף
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
War/Violence/Hope/Winds
Origin:
Alb Y-007(a)/Vinkov 4 25/Ephemra 470/Sh Sh 107/SM Greenberg 15
Transliteration:
Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-001(a)/Vinkov 4 25/Ephemra 470/Alb 126(a)/SM Greenberg 15
Translation:
Rubin Voi 360/Alb R-001(a)/Vinkov 4 25/Ephemra 470/Alb 126(a)/SM Greenberg 15
Music:
Alb Y-007(a)/Vinkov 4 25/Sh Sh 106/SM Greenberg 15
Additional song notes:
Part of "Naye Lider" based on Poems by Avrom Raisen set to music by Helen Greenberg. This song was published by Greenberg under the title "A Vinterlid"
Sheet music:
Folder:
15
Series:
5
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Pauline Cline
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation
Publisher:
Helen Medeweff Greenberg
Provenance:
Gift of Helen Medeweff Greenberg, 2009
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet, beyze vintn,fray bahersht di velt!.. I
First line (Yiddish):
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהערשט די װעלט, ברעכט די צווײַגן,…

Milkhome (Greenberg) — מלחמה (גרינבערג)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Greenberg, Helen Medwedeff — גרינבערג, העלען מעדוועדעף
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Milk/Bread/Blood/Fighting/Father/Thrist/Hunger/
Origin:
Gelb GB 13/Greenberg 15
Transliteration:
Alb C-042(b)/Gelb GB 13/Greenberg 15
Translation:
Alb C-042(b)/Greenberg 15
Music:
Gelb GB 13/SM Greenberg 15
Additional song notes:
Part of "Naye Lider Based on Yiddish Poems by Avrom Reisen"
Sheet music:
Folder:
15
Series:
5
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Pauline Cline
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation
Publisher:
Helen Medeweff Greenberg
Provenance:
Gift of Helen Medeweff Greenberg, 2009
First line:
O mame, kh'vil a bisl milkh, s'thz trukin mir mayn gumen…
First line (Yiddish):
אָ מאַמע כ'װיל אַביסל מילך, ס'איז טראַקן מיר מײַן גומען,…

Dos Naye Lid (Greenberg) — דאָס נײַע ליד (גרינבערג)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Greenberg, Helen Medwedeff — גרינבערג, העלען מעדוועדעף
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Peace/Love/Hope/Future/Faith
Origin:
Alb L-015(a)/Reisen Lider 37/Kinderbuch 132/Vinkov 4 15/Reisen Zingen 40
Transliteration:
Alb L-015(a)/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Kinderbuch 132Vinkov 4 15/Ephemera 1391
Translation:
Kinderbuch 132/Alb F-015(b)/CD L-054(a)/Vinkov 4 15/ Ephemera 1391
Music:
SM Greenberg 15
Additional song notes:
Also recorded under the title "Sholem Gezang" on Album 15(a) Part of "Naye Lider Based on a Yiddish Poem by Avrom Reisen:
Sheet music:
Folder:
15
Series:
5
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Helen Medweff Greenberg
Texts:
Yiddish/Translation/Transliteration
Publisher:
Helen Medeweff Greenberg
Provenance:
Gift of Helen Medeweff Greenberg, 2009
First line:
Un zol vi vayt nokh zayn di tsayt fun libe un fun sholem,
First line (Yiddish):
און זאָל װי װײַט נאָך זײַן די צײַט פֿון ליבע און פֿון שלום,

Der Frilungzun — דער פֿרילונגזון

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Greenberg, Helen Medwedeff — גרינבערג, העלען מעדוועדעף
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Sun/Sadness/Suffering/Winter/Clouds/Light/Spring
Origin:
SH Greenberg 15
Transliteration:
SH Greenberg 15
Translation:
SH Greenberg 15
Music:
SH Greenberg 15
Additional song notes:
The Spring Sun
Sheet music:
Folder:
15
Series:
5
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Pauline Clein
Texts:
Yiddish, Translation/Transliteration
Publisher:
Helen Medeweff Greenberg
Date:
2000
Provenance:
Gift of Helen Medeweff Greenberg, 2009
First line:
Di frilungzun kukt in mayn fenster arayn un zi lakht:…
First line (Yiddish):
די פֿרילינגזון קוקט אין מײַן פֿענסטער אַרײַן און זי לאַכט: וואָס ביסטו..

Der Nakht Vekhter (Reisen) — דער נאַכט וועכטער (רייזער)

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Lamkoff, Paul — לאַמקאָף, פּאָול
Genre:
Literary Origin/Lament
Subject:
Night Watchman/Darkness/Silence/Streets/Guard/Sadness/Loss
Origin:
Reisen 50 LIDER PJ5129.R37 L2 1926/Ephemera 1478
Translation:
Ephemera 1478
Additional song notes:
The Night Watchman
Related information in folder 1478:
Comments:
1. 8/6/2015 Yiddish test and tranlation of the poem entered in ephemera on August 6, 2015

Recording

On album:
M-068(a)49 (Milken/The Art of the Jewish Song)
Track ID:
41306
Artist:
Frieder, Raphiel
Artist:
Musto, John
First line:
Shpet, di nakht iz kalt un finster, troyerik un nas; in di hayzer ruen ale,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּעט, די נאַכט איז קאַלט און פֿינסטער, טרויעריק און נאַס: אין די הייזער רוען אַלע:
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:57

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On album:
G-019(a) (I Love Yiddish Emmanuel S. Goldsmith — איך האָב ליב ייִדיש)
Track ID:
20005
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Vocal:
Goldsmith, Emmanuel S.
First line:
In di vaytste lender zenen mir tsushpreyt, yeder teyl a...
First line:
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On album:
N-001(a) (Noah Nachbush Gems of Yiddish — נח נאַכבוש)
Track ID:
276
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Artist:
Nachbush, Noah — נאַכבוש, נח
First line:
Bay frume yidn...iz a mineg ven es falt aryos a hor fun...
First line:
בײַ פֿרומע ייִדן...איז אַ מינהג װען עס פֿאָלט אַרױס אַ האָר פֿון אַ באָרד
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Vinter Lid (Hulyet, Hulyet Beyze..) — הוליעט, הוליעט, בײזע װינטן

On album:
xY-007(a)
Track ID:
16618
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Artist:
Yiddish Youth Ensemble — ייַדישער יונגט אַנסאַמבל
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Hulyet, hulyet beyze vintn, fray bahersht di velt,
First line:
הוליעט, הוליעט בײזע װינטן, פֿרײַ באַהירשט די װעלט,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Vinterlid"

Yiddish (Raisen) — ייִדיש (רײזען)

On album:
F-007(a) (Genia Feyerman Zingt Mit Mir — געניע פֿײַערמאַן זינגט מיט מיר)
Track ID:
17452
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Peled, David — פּעלעד, דוד
Vocal:
Fayerman, Genia — פײַערמאַן, געניאַ
Arranger:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
First line:
Yidish, shprakh un loshn mayn, vunder fun blaynbn zayn;
First line:
ייִדיש, שפּראַך און לשון מײַן, װױנדער פֿון מײַן בלײַבן זײַן:
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Troyerike Builder Shotns Un A Shir — טרױערע בילדער שאָטנס און אַ שיר

On album:
L-045(a) (Shmaria Lin Yiddish Songs on Israeli Radio)
Track ID:
25233
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Sauber, Blume — סאובער, בלומה
Artist:
Lin, Shmaryia — לין, שמריהו
First line:
Troyerike builder, shotns un a shir,
First line:
טרױעריקע בילדער, שאָטנס און אַ שיר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Israeli Radio - Courtesy of Abe Chasid

Unter Dem Shtetl Vu Di Beymer... — אונטער דעם שטעטל װאוּ די בײמער...

On album:
L-045(a) (Shmaria Lin Yiddish Songs on Israeli Radio)
Track ID:
25234
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Bugatch, (Shmuel) Samuel — בוגאַטש, שמואל
Artist:
Lin, Shmaryia — לין, שמריהו
First line:
Unter dem shtetl vu di beymer shteyn shtolts, un straln...
First line:
אונטער דעם שטעטל װאוּ די בײמער שטײען שטאָלץ, און שטראַלן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Israeli Radio - Courtesy of Abe Chasid

Ver Es Hot — װער עס האָט

On album:
A-001(l) (Chava Alberstein/ The Klezmatics / The Well / Di Krenitse — די קרעניצע)
Track ID:
26728
Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Alberstein, Chava — אַלבערשטײַן, חוה
Artist:
Klezmatics
Artist:
Darrieu, Matt & Frank London, arr
First line:
Ver es hot a templ, ver es hot a klayzl, ver s'bazukht a…
First line (Yiddish):
װער עס האָט אַ טעמפּל, װער עס האָט אַ קלײַזל, װער ס'באַזוכט אַ שענקל,
Language:
Yiddish