Songs

Shotns (Durmashkin) — שאָטנס (דורמאַשקין)

Genre:
Holocaust
Subject:
Fate//Illusion/Shadows/Loss/Miracle

Recording

On album:
D-007(a) (Songs To Remember Henny Durmashkin — לידער צו געדענקען! זענגערין העני דורמאַשקין)
Track ID:
14170
Vocal:
Durmashkin, Henny — דורמאַשקין, הכני
Piano:
Durmashkin, Fanny — דורמאַשקין, פֿאַני
First line:
Kler, mentshn...hin un her, yeder mentsh hot zayn bager,
First line (Yiddish):
קלער, מענטשן...הין און הער, יעדער מענטש באָט זײַן באַגער,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Tango

Malokhim Lid — מלאָכים־ליד

Author:
Felsenbaum, Michael
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Angels/Earth/Humanity/Song/Circle/Illusion/
Origin:
Alb L-062(a)
Transliteration:
Alb L-062(a)

Recording

On album:
L-062(a) (Vira Lozinsky/ Vayte Shtern — ווײַטע שטערן)
Track ID:
33600
Piano/Arranger:
Dricker, Regina
Vocal:
Lozhinsky, Vera
Clarinet:
Yachnin, Jacob
First line:
Oyfn himl a yarid, oyf der erd a blote, lomir onton oyfn lid a tsistene kopote.
First line (Yiddish):
אויפֿן הימל אַ יריד, אויף דער ערד ־ אַ בלאָטע, לאָמיר אָנטאָן אויפֿן ליד,...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:27

Tsvey Briv..Zbarzsher..Malkele (Levin) — צוויי בריוו פֿון וועלוול זבארזשער צו מלכּהלע

Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Poem/Song/Melody/Love/Letter/Separation/Bird/Dream/Illusion
Origin:
Manger 285/Levin L WM 43
Transliteration:
Levin L WM 44
Translation:
Leftwich GP 563/Levin L WM 44
Music:
Levin L WM 45
Additional song notes:
Two songs under same title: 1 Kh'hob Malkele, A Lid Farfast/Published in the books cited 2. A Foygl Hot.Haynt Malkele..Original published in Manger 287/ Melody in Manger Roz 327

Recordings

On album:
L-066(a) (Leibu Levin/ The Yiddish Narrator, Singer, Composer — לייבו לעווין)
Track ID:
34428
Vocal:
Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
Piano:
Ainbinder, Svetlana
First line:
Kh'hob Malkele, a lid farfast, un dertsu gemakht a nign, der kholem vayzt...
First line (Yiddish):
כ'האָב, מלכּהלה, אַ ליד פֿאַרפֿאַסט און דערצו געמאַכט אָ ניגון, דער חלום...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Literary Origin/Folk
On album:
L-066(b) (Leibu Levin Performs in Yiddish/ Vemen Vestu Zingen Vemen` — וועמען וועסטו זונגען טטעמען)
Track ID:
42347
Vocal:
Levin, Leibu — לעװין, לײבו
First line:
A foygl hot haynt, Malkele, gezungen oyf mayn dakh, dort, vu s'endikt zik di
First line (Yiddish):
אַ פֿויגל האָט הײַנט, מלכּהלע, געזונגען אויף מײַן דאָך: דאָרט וווּ ס'עהדיקט זיך
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

It's My Day

Author:
Hedaya, Gladys
Author:
Gewirtz, Shimon
Composer:
Hedaya, Gladys
Genre:
Pop Musical/Biblical
Subject:
Book of Ruth/Illusion/Optimism/Future/Joyful/Self/Sign
Additional song notes:
Based on the Book of Ruth

Recording

On album:
E-002(b) (Your People Are Mine / A Pop Musical Based on the Book of Ruth)
Track ID:
41852
Vocal:
Noy, Michal
First line:
It's my day, on my way, and I'm feeling like a child at play, gazing into the…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Concert
Length:
2:45

Dos Lebn Iz A Kholem — דאָס לעבן איז אַ חלום

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Life/Illusion/Passage/Disappearance/Speed/
Additional song notes:
Melody adapted from Sibelius
Sheet music:
Folder:
722
Series:
4
Arranger:
Adapted from Sibelius
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Chaim Towber
Publisher address:
New York, NY
Date:
1949
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
564
First line:
Dos lebn iz a kholem, a shtrebn tsu dem glik….
First line (Yiddish):
דאָס לעבן איז אַ חלום, אַ שטרעבן צו דעם גליק,
Notes:
Black lettering, Yiddish/English. Large photo of Chaim Towber. "Life Is A Dream is broadcast over Radio Station WEVD Kc, Monday through Friday at 8:45AM." Four verses in Yiddish on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
029d (Toyber, Khayim/ Dos Lebn Iz A Kholem/ Khaye Sho)
Track ID:
29573
Vocal:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-005(a) (Chaim Towber Golden Jubilee Record 1917-1967)
Track ID:
4074
Artist:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
First line:
Dos lebn iz a kholem, a shtrebn tsu dem glik.
First line (Yiddish):
דאָס לעבן איז אַ חלום, אַ שטרעבן צו דעם גליק.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Fata Morgana — פֿאַטאַ מאָגאַנע

Also known as:
In Sahara
Also known as:
S'iz A Lign
Author:
Rosenfeld, Morris — ראָזענפֿעלד, מאָריס
Composer:
Shapirovitz, Eddy — שפּירוביץ, אדי
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Illusion/Desert/Place/Sahara
Origin:
ML MTAG 182
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 182
Music:
ML MTAG 182
Additional song notes:
Published under "S'iz A Lign" - Song is folkforized version of Rosenfeld's poem.

Recordings

On album:
P-025(b) (On Wings Of Song A New..Collection "Mir Trogn A Gezang" — מיר טראָגן אַ געזאַנג)
Track ID:
18670
Vocal:
Becker, Rosalie
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
In sahara vu men vandert in dem dem heysn midber zamd,
First line (Yiddish):
אין סאַהאַראַ װוּ מען װאַנגערט, אין דעם הײסן מידבּר זאַמד,
Track comment:
Recorded under "S'iz A Lign"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
B-085(a) (Jiddish Jiddish and 21 other Jewish Songs/ Estera Renata)
Track ID:
27473
Vocal:
Biterman, Renata
Vocal:
Katz, Estara
First line:
In sahara, vu men vandert, oyf dem midbar heysn zamd,
First line (Yiddish):
אין סאַהאַראַ, װוּ מען װאַנדערט, אױף דעם מדבּר הײסן זאַמד,
Track comment:
Recorded under "In Sahara"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
S-031(a) (Mary Soreanu Sings Favorites from "The Roumanian Wedding")
Track ID:
5151
Vocal:
Soreanu, Miri — סוריאנו, מירי
Arranger:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
First line:
In sahara, vu men vandert, in dem heysn midbar zamd,
First line (Yiddish):
אין סאַהאַראַ, װוּ מען װאַנדערט, אין דעם הײסן מדבּר זאַמד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Published under "S'iz A Lign"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
F-012(d) (Festival of Yiddish Songs 1972 — פֿעסטיװאַל פֿון ייִדישע לידער 1972)
Track ID:
5152
Vocal:
Soriano, Miri — סוריאנו, מירי
Arranger/Conductor:
Cohen, Shimon — כּהן, שמעון
First line:
In sahara vu men vandert, in dem heysn midber zamd,
First line (Yiddish):
אין סאַהאַראַ װוּ מען װאַנגערט, אין דעם הײסן מידבּר זאַמד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert