Name:
Tsarfat, Ruven
Name (Yiddish):
צרפת, ראובן

Songs written or composed

Yidish Tango — ייִדיש טאַנגאָ

Author:
Tsarfat, Ruven — צרפת, ראובן
Composer:
Kon, Henekh — קאָן, הענעך
Genre:
Holocaust
Subject:
Exiles/Dance/Tango/Peace/Revenge
Song comment:
Adapted from "A Lidele Oyf Yidish"
Origin:
Kaczer 206/Kon 30 29/Vinkov 4 119
Transliteration:
CD K-083(a)/CD K-059(c)/Vinkov 4 119/Kaczer 405
Translation:
CD K-083(a)/CD K-059(c)/Vinkov 4 119
Music:
Kon 30 29/Kaczer 405/Vinkov 4 119

Recordings

On album:
E-014(b) (ESPE Performance Tape No 2)
Track ID:
17490
Artist:
ESPE
First line:
Shpil-zhe mir a tango oys in Yidish, zol dos zayn...
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל־זשע מיר אַ טאַנגאָ אױס אין ייִדיש, זאָל דאָס זײַן מתנגדיש...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Melody to "A Lidele Oyf Yidish"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
E-014(c) (ESPE Jiddische Lieder 3 Maseltow — ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
17513
Artist:
ESPE
First line:
Shpil-zhe mir a tango oys in Yidish, Zol es zayn...
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל־זשע מיר אַ טאַנגאָ אױס אין ייִדיש, זאָל דאָס זײַן מתנגדיש...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Same melody as "A Lidele Oyf Yiddish"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
V-014(a) (Voix du Ghetto Warszawa, 1943 — געטאָ)
Track ID:
21504
Vocal:
Becker, Rosalie
First line:
Shpil zhe mir a tango oyf in Yidish, zol dos zayn...
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל־זשע מיר אַ טאַנגאָ אױס אין ייִדיש, זאָל דאָס זײַן מתנגדעש…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
K-083(a) (Hidden History Songs of the Kovno Ghetto)
Track ID:
26638
Artist:
Stepanovsky, David & Ensemble
First line:
Shpil-zhe mir a tango oys in Yidish, zol dos zayn...
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל־זשע מיר אַ טאַנגאָ אױס אין ייִדיש, זאָל דאָס זײַן מתנגדיש...
Track comment:
Melody to "A Lidele Oyf Yidish"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-035(d) (Aufwind Jiddische Lieder & Klesmerusik Awek Di Junge Jorn)
Track ID:
28630
Artist:
Aufwind
Mandolin:
Reich, Hardy
Bandoneon/Guitar/Percussion:
Rohde, Andreas
Clarinet/Arranger:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Bass:
Rotzscher, Heiko
Vocal/Violin/Arranger:
Koch, Claudia
First line:
Shpi -zhe mir a tango oys in yidish, zol dos zayn misnogdish oder khasidish,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל־זשע מיר אַ טאַנגאָ אױס אין ייִדיש, זאָל דאָס זײַן מתנגדעש אָדער חסידיש,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Concert
Length:
3' 11"
On album:
K-059(c) (Daniel Kempin/ Mir Lebn Eybik/ lider fun getos un lagern — מיר לעבן אײביק)
Track ID:
28631
Vocal/Guitar:
Kempin, Daniel
Violin:
Reznik, Dimitri (b.1969), violin
Violin:
Meier, Sigi
Contrabass:
Muller, Thomas O. H.
First line:
Shpi -zhe mir a tango oys in yidish, zol dos zayn misnogdish oder khasidish,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל־זשע מיר אַ טאַנגאָ אױס אין ייִדיש, זאָל דאָס זײַן מתנגדעש אָדער חסידיש,
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
3' 00'

Verastikh Li (Castelnuovo) — וארשׂתּיך לי (קאַסטעלנואָװאָ)

Also known as:
Hoshua 02:21-22
Also known as:
Hosea 02:21-22
Also known as:
My Betrothed
Composer:
Tsarfat, Ruven — צרפת, ראובן
Genre:
Biblical/Prophet
Subject:
Betrothal/Faithfulness/Hosea 02:21-22
Origin:
Hoshua (Hosea) 02:21-22)/Alb S-063(a)
Transliteration:
Alb F-015(b)/Alb S-063(a)
Translation:
Alb S-063(a)/Alb F-015(b)/Alb S-075(a)
Sheet music:
Folder:
837
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Translator:
Max Wohlberg
Texts:
Hebrew/Transliteration/English
Publisher:
Mills Music, Inc.
Publisher address:
1619 Broadway, New York, NY
Date:
1951
Provenance:
Gift of Gail Morrison Hall
First line:
Verastikh li l'olom, verastikh li b'tsedek…
Notes:
Blue lettering on light blue and white tablet shaped design. Back cover includes three titles of "Wedding Songs". English title is given as "Eternal Love"
Folder:
845
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
English
Publisher:
Mills Music Inc.
Publisher address:
1619 Broadway, New York 19, NY
Date:
1951
Provenance:
Gift of Gail Morrison Hall
First line:
And I will betroth thee unto me forever…
Notes:
From "Songs and Processionals for a Jewish Wedding". Blue lettering on backround of white tablets. English Text, Hosea, Chapter II, Verses 21-22.

Recording

On album:
S-063(a) (American Jewish Art Songs Paulina Stark)
Track ID:
16462
Vocal:
Stark, Paulina
Piano:
Shank, Nadine
First line:
Verastikh li leolam verastikh li, betsedek uvemishpat...
First line (Hebrew):
וארשׂתּיך לי לעוֹלם וארשׂתּיך לי, בּצדק ובמשפּט, וּבחסד וּברחמים:
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Text, Translation and Transliteration with Album
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Art Song/Classical/Concert