Sheet Music
Oyfn Boydem Shloft Der Dakh — אױפֿן בױדעם שלאָפֿט דער דאַך
- Also known as:
- Afn Boydem Shloft Der Dakh
- Author:
- Hirshbeyn, Peretz — הירשבײן, פּרץ
- Composer:
- Shafir, Berl — שאַפֿער, בערל
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Lament
- Subject:
- Poverty/Child/Hunger/Clothing/Attic/Roof/Goat/Straw
- Origin:
- Vinkov 3 159/Seculetz 40/Alb B-090(x)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 3 159/Alb B-090(x)
- Translation:
- Vinkov 3 159/Alb J-004(a)
- Music:
- Vinkov 3 159/Seculetz 39
- Additional song notes:
- The Attic Sleeps on the Roof
See "The Great Need" for Shostakovitch adapation
- Folder:
- 600
- Series:
- 4
- Arranger:
- Weiner, Lazar S.
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano/Mixed Voices
- Texts:
- Yiddish Transliteration
- Publisher:
- Metro Music Co.
- Publisher address:
- 64 Second Ave, New York, NY
- Date:
- 1928
- Provenance:
- Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
- Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
- 341
- First line:
- Oyf'n boydem shloft der dakh, tsugedekt mit shindelakh…
- First line (Yiddish):
- אויפֿן בוידעם שלאָפֿט דער דאַך, צוגעדעקט מיט שינדעלאַכט,
- Notes:
- Small folder, black lettering. Arranged for mixed voices by Lazar Weiner. Price 25 cents. Message on back cover to Jewish Choral Societies urging them to cooperate by obeying the copyright law forbidding copying and mimeographing.