Songs

Di Kirkhn Gloken — די קירכן גלאָקן

Author:
Reisen, Avrom — רײזען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Literary Origin
Subject:
Church Bells/Fear/Persecution/New Bells/Hope
Origin:
ML PYP 114/Reisen Zingen 34
Music:
Reisen Zingen 34
Related information in folder 651:
Comments:
1 Several email responses to a question in Mendele regarding the poem as well as English versions of the poem and a transliteration.
Sheet music:
Folder:
271
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Metro Music Co.
Publisher address:
64 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date:
1925
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
58
First line:
Akh vos klingt ir kirkhen gloken, hert shoyn af,
First line (Yiddish):
אַך וואָס קלינקט איר קירכען גלאָקען,הערט שוין אויף
Notes:
Small booklet, Price 30 cents. Note from publisher on back asking people not to copy the music illegally.

Recordings

On album:
F-069(a) (Sarah Fersht /Field Tape/From Reel To Reel)
Track ID:
36587
Vocal:
Fersht, Sarah — פֿערשט, שרה
First line:
Oy, vos klingt ir kirkhn glokn, ir hot shoyn genug geshrokn, mit eyerer vilde
First line (Yiddish):
אָוי, וואָס קלינגט איר קירכן גלאָקן, איר האָט שוין גענוג געשראָקן מיט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella/Field Recording
Length:
1:01
On album:
C-069(a) (Cheryl Cohen / Field Recording)
Track ID:
36373
Vocal:
Cohen, Cheryl, Mother
First line:
Oy, vos klingt ir kirkhn glokn, ir hot shoyn genug geshrokn, mit eyerer vilde
First line (Yiddish):
אָוי, וואָס קלינגט איר קירכן גלאָקן, איר האָט שוין גענוג געשראָקן מיט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella
Length:
1;14
On album:
L-026(a) (Dora Libson Field Recording)
Track ID:
3625
Vocal:
Libson, Dora
First line:
Varum klingt ir, kirkhnglokn! Hert shoyn oyf! Genug geshrokn
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Field recording, acapella
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella/Field Recording