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.
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