Songs written or composed
Shnel Loyfn Di Reder (Schaefer) — שנעל לױפֿן די רעדער (שײפֿער)
- Author:
- Edelshtat, Dovid — עדעלשטאַט, דוד
- Composer:
- Schaefer, Jacob — שײפֿער, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Labor/Sweatshop/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Factory/Wheels/Sweatshop
- Origin:
- Alb B-086(a)/Schaefer IH 107/ML SOG 80/Levin N 79
- Transliteration:
- ML SOG 80/Alb L-004(d)/Alb B-086(a)/Levin N 79/Schaef IH 107
- Translation:
- Alb B-086(a)/Alb L-004(d)/Levin N 79
- Music:
- Schaef IH 107
- Related information in folder 767:
- Comments:
- 1. Translation by Helena Frank & Rose Pastor Stokes.
Recordings
- On album:
- L-004(d) (Out Of The Ghetto Leon Lishner, bass Lazar Weiner, piano)
- Track ID:
- 14072
- Vocal:
- Lishner, Leon
- Piano:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- First line:
- Shnel loyfn di reder, vild klapn mashinen, in shop iz...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שנעל לױפֿן די רעדער, װילד קלאַפּן מאַשינען, אין שאָפּ איז שמוציק..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Art Song
- On album:
- G-013(d)3 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 05 and 06)
- Track ID:
- 14073
- Vocal:
- Lishner, Leon
- Piano:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- Narration:
- Katzman, Dr. Jacob
- First line:
- Shnel loyfn di reder, vild klapn mashinen, in shop iz...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שנעל לױפֿן די רעדער, װילד קלאַפּן מאַשינען, אין שאָפּ איז שמוציק..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Lecture 6. Song of the Golden Land, Songs of Toil & Struggle
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Art Song
- On album:
- B-010(e) (Let's Sing Yiddish Original Cast Album Ben Bonus — לאָמיר זינגען ייִדיש)
- Track ID:
- 14075
- Vocalist:
- Bonus, Ben — באָנוס, בען
- Arranger:
- Rumshinsky, Murray
- First line:
- Shnel loyfn di reder, es klapn mashinen, kh'arbet un arbet..
- First line (Yiddish):
- שנעל לױפֿן די רעדער, עס קלאַפּן מאַשינען, כ'אַרבעט און אַרבעט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theatre
- On album:
- S-093(a)1 (Leo Summergrad Yiddish Folksongs 1959 Vol 1 of 2)
- Track ID:
- 23176
- Vocalist:
- Summergrad, Leo
- First line:
- Shnel loyfn di reder, vild klapn mashinen, in shop iz...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שנעל לױפֿן די רעדער, װילד קלאַפּן מאַשינען, אין שאָפּ איז שמוציק..
- Track comment:
- Non Professional
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Acapella
Tsvey Brider — צװײ ברידער
- Author:
- Peretz, Yitskhok Leybush — פּרץ, יצחק לײבוש
- Composer:
- Schaefer, Jacob — שײפֿער, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Oratorio
- Subject:
- Brothers/Peace/Snake/Gems/Blood/Sweat/Money/Strife
- Origin:
- Alb S-010(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb S-010(a)
- Translation:
- Alb S-010(a)
Recording
- On album:
- S-010(a) (Tsvei Brider Oratorio Jacob Schaeffer / I. L. Perets — צװײ ברידער אָראַטאָריע / יעקבֿ שײפֿער - י. ל. פּרץ)
- Track ID:
- 15709
- Vocal:
- Jewish People's Philharmonic Chorus — דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער פֿאָלקסכאָר
- Conductor:
- Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה
- Vocal:
- Wolff, Cantor William
- Vocal:
- Rypinski, Ingrid
- First line:
- Af yener zeyt yam iz geshtanen a mol, af hinershe fislekh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַף יענער זײט ים טיז געשטאַנען אַ מאָל, אַף הינערשע פֿיסלעך,
- Track comment:
- Text, Translit, Translation with album
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Classical
Vakht Oyf — װאַכט אױף
- Also known as:
- Vi Lang O Vi Lang
- Author:
- Edelshtat, Dovid — עדעלשטאַט, דוד
- Composer:
- Schaefer, Jacob — שײפֿער, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Protest/Revolutionary/Labor
- Subject:
- Resistance/Aux Armes/Freedom/Slavery
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 88/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb B-086(a)/Schaef IH 26/Sh Sh 133
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 88/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb B-086(a)/Schaef IH 26//Alb 126(a)
- Translation:
- Alb Y-007(a)/Alb B-086(a)/Sh Sh 132/Alb 126(a)
- Music:
- ML MTAG 88/Schaef IH 26/Ephemera 635
- Additional song notes:
- See "Vakht Oyf
Awake!"
Recordings
- On album:
- G-013(d)3 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 05 and 06)
- Track ID:
- 16206
- Vocal:
- Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
- Narration:
- Katzman, Dr. Jacob
- First line:
- Vi lang, oy vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Lecture 6, Song of the Golden Land, Songs of Toil & Struggle
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Chorus/March/Militant
- On album:
- Y-007(a) (Yiddish Songs of Work and Struggle — ייִדישע לידער פֿון אַרבעט און קאַמף)
- Track ID:
- 16207
- Vocal:
- Yiddish Youth Ensemble — ייַדישער יונגט אַנסאַמבל
- Piano/Conductor:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Vi lang, o, vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn,
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אַ, װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן, און טראָגן...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Chorus/March/Militant
- On album:
- B-003(h) (Sidor Belarsky & Masha Benya Once Upon A Time — אַמאָל איז געװען אַ מעשׂה, ייִדיש לעבן אין מזרח-אײראָפּע)
- Track ID:
- 16208
- Vocal:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- Piano:
- Heifetz, Vladimir — חפֿץ, װלאַדימיר
- Narrator:
- Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
- Vocal:
- Benya, Masha — בעניע, מאַשאַ
- First line:
- Vi lang, oy vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- T-011(a) (A Tree Beside The Pathway Translated Yiddish Songs — על הדרך עץ עומד... מבחר שירי יידיש מתורגמים)
- Track ID:
- 16209
- Vocal:
- Roth, Chana — רוט, חנה
- Conductor/Orchestra:
- Gershovsky, Yaron — גרשובסקי, יורן
- Hebrew Adaption:
- Shabtai, Yaakov — שבּתאי, יעקב
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Uru Akhim"
- Language:
- Hebrew
- Style:
- Folk/March
- 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:
- 16210
- Vocal:
- Belarsky, Sidor — בעלאַרסקי, סידאָר
- Piano:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- First line:
- Vi lang, oy vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Vi Lang O Vi Lang"
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- 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:
- 19365
- Vocal:
- Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
- Narrator:
- Brown, Himan
- Piano:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- First line:
- Vi lang, oy vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Chorus
- 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:
- 19327
- Vocal:
- Ensemble — אַנסאַמבל
- Narrator:
- Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
- Piano:
- Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
- First line:
- Vi lang, oy vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert
- On album:
- C-032(c) (Chutzpah Labor & Holocaust Songs of Hope Courage & Defiance — חי)
- Track ID:
- 21295
- Vocal/English Adaptation:
- Krasnowsky, Frank
- Arranger/Piano:
- Anschell-Steuer, Sydney
- First line:
- How long, o how long will you live just like slaves,
- First line:
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די...
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk
- 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:
- 27543
- Vocal:
- Goldberg, Miriam & Adrienne Cooper
- Vocal:
- New Yiddish Chorale
- Vocal:
- Workmen's Circle Chorus — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר
- First line:
- Vi lang, oy vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- with In Kamf, Vakht Oyf, Eyder Ikh Leyg Zikh Shlofn
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Medley
- On album:
- B-126(a) (A Besere Velt/ Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston Workmen's Circle)
- Track ID:
- 37960
- Vocal:
- Yiddish Community Chorus of Boston, WC
- Arranger:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Vi lang, o, vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di shendleke keyt?...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די שענדלעכע קייט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Chorale/Acapella
- On album:
- V0440 (Selected Video & DVD Clips of Klezmer, Folk and Theater Songs (Video))
- Track ID:
- 41819
- Vocal:
- Berk, Adam
- Vocal:
- Berk, Phyllis
- Vocal:
- Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
- Vocal:
- Fox, Cantor Herschel
- Vocal:
- Gill, Maria
- Piano/Vocal:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- Vocal:
- Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
- First line:
- Vi lang, o, vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di shendleke keyt?...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די שענדלעכע קייט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Chorus/Miltant/March/Protest
- Length:
- 2:17
- On album:
- K-051(l) (The Klezmatics: Apikorsim/ Heretics — אַפיקורסים)
- Track ID:
- 42797
- Background Vocals:
- Klezmatics
- Trumpet/Organ/Alto Horn/Fluglhorn, Harmonium:
- London, Frank
- Basses/Tsimbl/Bariton Horn/Guitar:
- Morrissett, Paul
- VacalAccordion/Guitar/Piano:
- Sklamberg, Lorin
- Violin/Viola/octav Violin:
- Gutkin, Lisa
- Percussion:
- Barshay, Richie
- Alto Sax/Bass Clarinet/Kaval:
- Darriau, Matt
- First line:
- Vi lang, oy vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di shendlekhe keyt,…
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די שענדלעכע קייט
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Tango
- Length:
- 5:19
Zingt A Yunge Mame — זינגט אַ יונגע מאַמע
- Author:
- Gorelik, L. — גאָרעליק, ל.
- Composer:
- Schaefer, Jacob — שײפֿער, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Vig Lid/Lullaby
- Subject:
- Mother/Child/Love
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 636
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Translator:
- Kramer, A., Translation English
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration/English
- Publisher:
- Jewish Music Alliance
- Publisher address:
- One Union Square West, New York, NY
- Date:
- 1948
- Provenance:
- Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
- Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
- 1948
- First line:
- Libnker, kleyninker malakhl mayns,vi tif iz mayn glik…
- First line (Yiddish):
- ליבינקער, קליינינקער מאַלעכל מײַנס, ווי טיף איז מײַן גליק און ווי גרויס,
- Notes:
- Brown lettering, English/Yiddish. Large photo of Jacob Schaefer. Price 50 cents. Dedicated to Leah Schaefer, 1923. Yiddish and English words on back cover. "The publishing of this lullaby was made possible thru the generosity of Morris Citrin in memory of his late beloved wife, Mollie Citrin (of Detroit, Michigan) a builder of Jewish Progressive Culture.". Photo of Mollie Citrin (1896-1945).
Yiddish text in USSR orthography.
Vakht Oyf (Video) — וואַכט אויף (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Edelshtat, Dovid — עדעלשטאַט, דוד
- Composer:
- Schaefer, Jacob — שײפֿער, יעקבֿ
- Genre:
- Video/Revolutionary/Protest/Militant/Labor
- Subject:
- Resistance/Aux Armes/Freedom/Slavery/Exploitation/
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 88/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb B-086(a)/Schaef IH 26/Sh Sh 133
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 88/Alb Y-007(a)/Alb B-086(a)/Schaef IH 26/
- Translation:
- Alb Y-007(a)/Alb B-086(a)/Sh Sh 132
- Music:
- ML MTAG 88/Schaef IH 26/Ephemera 635
- Additional song notes:
- Awake
Recording
- On album:
- V0094 (Free Voice of Labor: The Jewish Anarchists (Video))
- Track ID:
- 33955
- Vocal:
- Berk, Adam
- Vocal:
- Berk, Phyllis
- Vocal:
- Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
- Vocal:
- Fox, Cantor Herschel
- Vocal:
- Gill, Maria
- Piano/Vocal:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- Vocal:
- Waletzky, Josh — װאָלעטסקי, יהודה
- First line:
- Vi lang, oy vi lang vet ir blaybn nokh shklafn un trogn di..
- First line (Yiddish):
- װי לאַנג, אָ װי לאַנג װעט איר בלײַבן נאָך שקלאַפֿן און טראָגן די...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Militant/March/Militant