Name:
Schaefer, Jacob
Name (Yiddish):
שײפֿער, יעקבֿ
Born:
1888 (Kremenetz, Vohlynia Gubarnia, Ukraine)
Died:
1936 (New York, USA)
Related information in folder 1154:
Comments:
1. Article in the Yiddish Foverts of November 4-10, 2011 by Chana Mlotek titled "Yankev Schaefer - Der Compositor Un Khor-Dirigent Tus Zayn 75stn Yortsayt" (Yankey Schaefer-The Composer and Director on the Occasion of the 75th Anniversary of His Death) .

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