Name:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist

Tracks with this artist

S'vet Zikh Fun Tsvaygl Tsblien A Blum — ס'װעט זיך פֿון צװײַגל צבליען אַ בלום

Also known as:
Es Vet Zikh Fun Tsvaygl Tsblien A Blum
Author:
Broydo, Kasriel — ברױדאָ, כּתריאל
Composer:
Trupianski, Yankl — טרופּיאַנסקי, יאַנקל (
Genre:
Holocaust/Lament
Subject:
Spring/Hope
Origin:
ML WAH 40/Alb J-034(a)
Transliteration:
Alb G-005(b)/Alb K-059(c)/ML WAH 40/Alb J-034(a)
Translation:
ML WAH 40/Alb K-059(c)?Alb G-005(b)/Alb J-034(a)
Music:
ML WAH 40
Additional song notes:
From revue in Vilna Ghetto "Korn Yorn Un Vayte Teg".
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22923
Author:
Broydo, Kasriel — ברױדאָ, כּתריאל
Composer:
Trupianski, Yankl — טרופּיאַנסקי, יאַנקל (
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Artist:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
Vocal:
Osipov, Claire Klein
First line:
Vi shver s'iz tsu gloybn, farbay aza vinter,
First line:
װי שװער ס'איז צו גלױבן, פֿאַרבײַ אַזאַ װינטער,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Es Vet Zikh Fun Tsvaygl Tsblien A Boym"

Shtil Di Nakht Iz Oysgeshterent — שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט

Also known as:
The Night Is Still
Also known as:
Mizmor Shir Lepartizanit
Also known as:
The Jewish Partisan Girl
Author:
Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
Genre:
Holocaust/Resistance/Love/Historical
Subject:
Resistance/Partisan/Combat/Love/Night/Stars/Frost/Pistol
Origin:
Kaczer 348/Alb V-001(a)/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb V-001(b)/Vinkov 4 142/Ephemera 1203
Transliteration:
ML WAH 86/Alb A-036(a)/Alb B-007(o)/Alb W-001(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428
Translation:
Kalisch 70/Alb F-035(a)/Alb V-001(d)/B-007(o)/Vinkov 4 142/Schwatz 4/Ephemera
Music:
Rub Treas 181/Z-012(a)/Vinkov 4 142/Kaczer 428/Schwartz 5
Additional song notes:
Quiet, The Night Is Starry Hebrew Text in album notes for V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22925
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Piano:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
First line:
Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt. Un der frost - er hot...
First line (Yiddish):
שטיל, די נאַכט איז אױסגעשטערנט, און דער פֿראָסט- ער האָט געברענט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Zog Nit Keyn Mol — זאָג ניט קײן מאָל

Also known as:
Shir Hapartizanim
Also known as:
Partisaner Lid
Also known as:
Partisan Song
Also known as:
Al Na Tomar
Also known as:
Never Say
Author:
Glik, Hirsh — גליק, הירש (1922-1944)
Composer:
Pokras, Dan — פּאָקראַס, דאַן
Composer:
Pokras, Dimitri — פּאָקראַס, דימעטרי
Genre:
World War II/Holocaust/Resistance
Subject:
Survival/Resistance/Hope
Origin:
Ephemera 1203/ Kaczer 3/ML WAH 94/Alb M-029(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Vinkov 4 65
Transliteration:
ML WAH 94/Alb G-010(g)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb G-005(b)/Vinkov 4 65
Translation:
Ephemera 1204/Alb G-006(b)/ML WAH 94/Alb S-083(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Vonkov IV 65
Music:
ML WAH 94/Alb Z-012(a)/Rubin Voi 85/Vinkov 4 65/Kaczer 361
Additional song notes:
Never Say Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22926
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Pianist:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
Artist:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Zog nit keyn mol az du geyst dem letstn veg. Khotch himlen..
First line (Yiddish):
זאָג ניט קײן מאָל אַז דו גײסט דעם לעצטן װעג. כאָטש הימלען...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Es Brent — עס ברענט

Also known as:
Undzer Shtetl Brent
Also known as:
Haayara Boeret
Also known as:
Our Little Village Is Aflame
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Holocaust/
Subject:
Catastrophe/Destruction/Pogrom/Resistance/Alarm/Warning
Origin:
Ephemera 1203/Kaczer 330/ML WAH 12/Alb B-003(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-24(e)/
Transliteration:
CD L-054(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb Z-010(g)/Mlot-Gott 12/Alb M-029(a)/Vinkov 4 62
Translation:
Ephemera 1204/Alb M-029(a)/ML WAH 12/Alb R-033(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb D-004(g)
Music:
Kaczer 424/ML WAH 12/Vinkov 4 62
Additional song notes:
It's Burning Written in 1938 following progrom in Przytk. Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22898
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Artist:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
First line:
S'brent! Briderlekh, s'brent! Oy, undzer orem shtetl...
First line (Yiddish):
ס'ברענט! ברידערלכעך, ס'ברענט! אױ, אונדזער אָרעם שטעטל נעבעך...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Gehat Hob Ikh A Heym (Gorovets) — געהאַט האָב איך אַ הײם (גאָראָװעטס)

Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gorovets, Emil (Rakhmil) Iakovlevich — גאָראָװעץ, עמיל
Genre:
Holocaust/Lament
Subject:
Poverty/Peace/Destruction/Malice/Loss
Origin:
Vinkov 4 127/Gebir MLZ 127/Gebir ML 109/ Gebir Lemm 245
Transliteration:
Vinkov 4 127/Alb L-025(a)/CD K-059(b)/Gebir Lemm 245/Alb O-016(b)
Translation:
Vinkov 4 127/Gebir SIMC 139/CD K-059(b)/Alb O-016(b)
Music:
Vinkov 4 127/Gebir Lemm 244/ Alb L-025(a)
Additional song notes:
Once I Used To Have A Home
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22899
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Artist:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
First line:
Gehat hob Ikh a heym, a varem shtikl roym, a bisl virtshaft,
First line (Yiddish):
געהאַט האָב איך אַ הײם, אַ װאָרעם רױם, אַ ביסל װירטשאַפֿט, װי בײַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Unter Di Poylishe Grininke Beymelekh — אונטער די פּױלישע גרינינקע בײמעלעך

Author:
Papernikov, Yosef — פּאַפּערניקאָװ, יוסף
Composer:
Alter, Cantor Israel — אַלטער, חזן ישׂראל
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holocaust
Subject:
Poland/Chilren/Absence
Origin:
Vinkov 4 75/ML WAH 69/Alb B-003(a)/Alb D-004(g)
Transliteration:
Vinkov 4 75/ML WAH 68/Alb G-005(b)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb F-032(c)
Translation:
Vinkov 4 75/ML WAH 68/Alb T-015(a)/Alb B-003(a)/Alb Z 010(g)/Alb D-004(g)/
Music:
Vinkov 4 75/MG WAH 68
Additional song notes:
Under The Polish Green Trees
Related information in folder 800:
Comments:
1. Letter from reader Arye Leyb Firstenberg pubished in the Yiddish Forverts in Chana Mlotek's column titled "A Gilgul Fun a Lid" about a mellody to "Unter Di Poylisher Grininke Beymelekh" by Leopold Kozlovski and its emotional effect upon listeners.
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22905
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Piano:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
First line:
Unter di poylishe grininke beymelekh, shpiln zikh mer nit...
First line (Yiddish):
אונטער די פּױלישע גרינינקע בײמעלעך, שפּילן זיך מער ניט קײן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

A Yidish Kind — אַ ייִדיש קינד

Also known as:
Dos Farvoglte Kind
Also known as:
Yalda Yehudi
Also known as:
Yeled Yehudi
Also known as:
A Jewish Child
Composer:
Kheytin-Weinstein Khana — חײטין, חנה
Genre:
Holocaust
Subject:
Mother/Child/Strangers
Origin:
Ephemera 1203/Vinkov 4 103/ML WAH 72/Alb V-001(a)
Transliteration:
Vinkov 4 103/ML WAH 72/Ephemera 1458 2013
Translation:
Ephemera 1204Vinkov 4 103/ML WAH 73/Ephemera 1458 2013
Music:
Vinkov 4 103/ML WAH 73
Additional song notes:
A Jewish Child Hebrew Adaptation with Album Notes V-001(b) and Ephemera 1203/Ephemera 1458 See 2013 for translat and translit Album ID Vo290(20 What's Not To Like - 2013
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22906
Author:
Kheytin-Weinstein Khana — חײטין, חנה
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Artist:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
Vocal:
Osipov, Claire Klein
First line:
In a Litvish derfl vayt, In a shtibl in a zayt. Durkh a...
First line (Yiddish):
אין א ליטװיש דערפֿל װײַט, אין אַ שטיבל אין אַ זײַט. דורך אַ...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Ani Ma'amin — אני מאמין

Author:
Maimomides
Genre:
Religious
Subject:
Faith/Credo/Belief/Meshiakh
Origin:
Alb V-001(c)/ML WAH 76/Alb B-003(a)/Alb M-038(a)/Alb M-041(a)/Ephemera 1203
Transliteration:
ML WAH 76/Alb R-001(b)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb A-034(a)/Alb G-005(b)/Alb O-009(a)
Translation:
ML WAH 76/Alb L-021(b)/Alb R-001(b)/Alb B-003(a)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb M-041(a)/
Music:
MG WAH 76
Additional song notes:
12th Principle of faith formulated by Maimonides 12th Century/ See also for transliteration Albs S-092(a)/Alb S-002(e). For addl translations see Albs A34(a)/G-005(b)/ O-009(a)/T-015(a)/C-023(h)/A-018(a)/S-002(e) See also song titled "Yidn Zingn Ani Ma'amin" Hebrew text with Album Notes and Ephemera 1203 English Adaptation with Album Notes and Ephemera 1204
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22907
Artist:
Seattle Peace Theatre Singers
Artist:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
First line:
Ani ma'amin, ani ma'amin, be'emuno shleymo bevias hamoshiakh
First line (Hebrew):
אני מאמין, אני מאמין, בּאמונה שלמה בּביאת המשיח.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew

Yidn Zingen Ani Mamin (Weiner) — ייִדן זינגען אַני מאַמין (ווינער)

Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Holocaust
Subject:
Faith
Origin:
CD B-012(t)/Levin L 43/WLZ 14SGS 52/Levin L WM 75/A-054(a)
Transliteration:
CD B-012(t)/Levin L 43/WLZ SGS 2/Levin L WM 75/A-054(a)
Translation:
WLZ 14SGS 52/Levin L WM 75/A-054(a)
Music:
Levin L 43
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22908
Author:
Leivick, Halper — לײװיק, האַלפּער
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Pianist:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
Vocal:
Seattle Peace Theatre Singers
First line:
Yidn zingen in di bunkers: ani mamin bivias hamoshiakh...
First line:
ייִדן זינגען אין די בונקערס: אַני מאַמין בּביאַת המשיח, אַף על פּי,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Dremlen Feygl Oyf Di Tsvaygn (Yampolsky) — דרעמלען פֿױגל אױף די צװײַגן (יאַמפּאָלסקי)

Also known as:
S'dremlen Feygl Oyf Di Tsvaygn
Author:
Rudnitski, Leah — רודניצקי, לאה
Author:
Rudnitski, Leah — רודניצקי, לאה
Composer:
Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
Composer:
Yampolsky, Leyb — יאַמפּאָלסקי, לײב
Genre:
Viglid/Lullaby/Holcaust/Lament
Subject:
Birds/Tree/Branches/Sleep/Child/Parents
Origin:
Kaczer 87/Alb D-004(g)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb V-001(a)/Alb M-029(a)/
Transliteration:
Alb K-014(a)/Alb M-029(a)/Alb R-007(c)/Alb Z-010(g)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb J-034(a)
Translation:
Alb C-015(a)/Alb K-014(a)/Alb D-004(g)/Alb F-032(c)/Alb G-006(b)/Alb J-034(a)
Music:
ML WAH 57/Ephemera 632/Green
Additional song notes:
Same melody as "S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nishto." Birds Drowse On The Branches See pamphlet in Book Index (short title "Green") Franklin Call # 1621 G 733 F7 1994 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration. The pamphlet is boxed in a folio sized folder.
On album:
L-004(e) (Our Town is Burning Cries From The Holocaust Leon Lishner)
Track ID:
22918
Vocal:
Lishner, Leon
Artist:
Strauss, Melvin, Pianist
First line:
Dremlen feygl oyf di tsvaygn, shlof, mayn tayer kind,
First line:
דרעמלען פֿױגל אױף די צװײַגן, שלאָף מײַן טײַער קינד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Same melody as "S'iz Keyn Broyt In Shtub Nishto."