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Beatles - A Hard Day's Night - in Yiddish

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02:25,

2008-04-03 03:11:09

Description: Beatles - A Hard Day's Night. in Yiddish. very funny. Credits to the Singer : Gerry Tenney http://www.californiaklezmer.com/

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Yiddish Bottle Dance

05:45,

2008-04-03 04:49:22

Description: Steve Weintraub demonstrates Yiddish Bottle dancing in Baltimore 3/4/06

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Margaritkelech - Rakefet Yiddish Hebrew song

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10:35,

2008-04-03 11:07:19

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Tags: Margaritkelech Margaritkelach Rakefet Chagall yiddish hebrew theodore bikel esther ofarim chava albertstein abi idish

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Yiddish With George And Laura Movie

03:28,

2008-04-17 12:08:52

Description: Yiddish Lessons for George & Laura Bush and Family

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Tags: Yiddish Lesson George W Family Bush President

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Yiddish With Dick And Jane

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03:21,

2008-04-17 12:49:32

Description: An Educational recitation from the best selling parody YIDDISH WITH DICK AND JANE by Ellis Weiner and Barbara Davilman. You'll Plotz A VidLit Production.

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Tags: Vidlit Ellis Funny Humor Yiddish Davilman

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BLIND WILLIES Sinners Medley 6/22/07 Yiddish

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06:59,

2008-04-17 13:16:59

Description: Blind Willies live at Hotel Utah, San Francisco. Sha Shtil, a Yiddish traditional about a Rabbi dancing the Devil into the floor, followed by Shadows Everywhere, an original by Alexei Wajchman. (More)

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Tags: Blind Willies Annie Staninec Alexei Wajchman Sinners Yiddish Politics Jazz Rock Corruption Blues

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Yiddish Song "Geven Amol Iz A Shtetl"

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06:04,

2008-05-12 10:20:18

Description: Yiddish Song "Geven Amol is a Stetl" by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman She was born in Vienna into an Eastern-European, Yiddish-speaking family; her family left for Czernowitz, Ukraine (then (More) Yiddish Song "Geven Amol is a Stetl" by Beyle Schaechter-Gottesman She was born in Vienna into an Eastern-European, Yiddish-speaking family; her family left for Czernowitz, Ukraine (then Romania) and settled there when Schaechter-Gottesman was a young child. She was brought up in a multi-lingual environment that included Yiddish, German, Romanian, and Ukrainian; she also studied French and Latin at school. They were a singing family and her mother, Lifshe Schaechter, was known for her wide folk repertoire. Schaechter-Gottesman was sent to Vienna for art lessons, but was forced to return to Czernowitz when the Germans invaded Austria in 1938. In 1941 she married a medical doctor, Jonas (Yoyne) Gottesman, and together they lived out the war in the Czernowitz ghetto, along with her mother and several other family members. After the war, Schaechter-Gottesman lived several years in Vienna, where her husband had a chief position ("Chefarzt") in the DP camps in the area. Their daughter Taube was born there in 1950; the family moved to New York in 1951, where the Gottesmans had two other children, Hyam and Itzik. In New York the Gottesmans took part in an experimental Yiddish community in the Bronx, centered around Bainbridge Avenue. There a half-dozen Yiddish-speaking families bought adjacent houses and reinvigorated the existing Sholem Aleichem Yiddish School. Schaechter-Gottesman became an important member of this community, writing classroom materials, plays and songs for the school as well as editing a magazine for children ("Kinderzhurnal") and a magazine of children's writings ("Enge-benge"). Schaechter-Gottesman's first book of poetry, "Mir Forn" (We're Travelling) appeared in 1963. Her books, eight in total, have appeared regularly since then. They include poetry for adults, children's books and song books. She has recorded three CDs of her songs and one recording of folk songs. Her work does not revolve around a single theme but ranges widely from Eastern European subjects to contemporary New York, and from lighthearted children's fare to such sombre reflections as "Di Balade Funem Elftn September" (The Ballad of September 11th). Her best-known single work is "Harbstlid" (Autumn Song). Schaechter-Gottesman's songs have been performed by Theodore Bikel, Adrienne Cooper, Theresa Tova, Lucette van den Berg, Michael Alpert, Lorin Sklamberg, Sharon Jan Bernstein, Fabian Schnedler, Massel-Tov and others. A song written for her nephew, "Binyumele's Bar Mitsve", was adapted by Adrienne Cooper for her daughter as "Sorele's Bas Mitsve" and was recorded on the CD Mikveh. Schaechter-Gottesman continues to serve as a resource for researchers of both Yiddish folk and art music. She has been recorded and interviewed numerous times and participated in such cultural events as KlezKamp, KlezKanada, Buffalo on the Roof, Ashkenaz, and Weimar KlezmerWochen. " In 1998 Schaechter-Gottesman was inducted into the People's Hall of Fame at City Lore in New York; and in 2005 she received a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage Fellowship, one of the highest cultural honors given by a United States government agency. She was the first Yiddish poet or musical figure to receive this honor. A shtetl (Yiddish: שטעטל, diminutive form of Yiddish shtot שטאָט, "town", pronounced very similarly to the South German diminutive "Städtle", "little town") was typically a small town with a large Jewish population in pre-Holocaust Central and Eastern Europe. Shtetls (Yiddish plural: שטעטלעך, shtetlekh) were mainly found in the areas which constituted the 19th century Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire, the Congress Kingdom of Poland, Galicia, and Romania. A larger city, like Lemberg or Czernowitz, was called a shtot (Yiddish: שטאָט); a smaller village was called a dorf (Yiddish: דאָרף). The concept of shtetl culture is used as a metaphor for the traditional way of life of 19th-century Eastern European Jews. Shtetls are portrayed as pious communities following Orthodox Judaism, socially stable and unchanging despite outside influence or attacks. The Holocaust resulted in the disappearance of the vast majority of shtetls, through both extermination and mass exodus... (Less)

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Tags: Amol Beyle Geven iz Jewish Schaechter Shtetel Shtetl Yid Yiddish אידיש יידיש שטעטל

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Vladimir Vysotskiy In Yiddish

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05:46,

2008-02-27 19:35:21

Description: Vladimir Vysotskiy Song "друг" in Yiddish by Bystritskiy Yiddish translation of the Russian song. Dedicated to the Israeli Alpinist Misha Yaniv Micha was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. (More)

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Tags: alpinist Bystritskiy Israel Misha Russian translation Vladimir Vysotskiy Yaniv Yiddish Владимир Высоцкий друг אידיש

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Papirosen "КУПИТЕ ПАПИРОСЫ" Yiddish -...

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05:02,

2008-03-26 06:26:07

Description: Written by Herman Yablokoff . Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. Current version is in Yiddish and Russian and incorporates (More) Written by Herman Yablokoff . Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. Current version is in Yiddish and Russian and incorporates new lyrics that have been added during WWII. It describes the daily life of a blind jewish orphan boy, who has to sell cigarettes and matches for a living and stay alive... A cold night, foggy, and darkness everywhere A boy stands sadly and looks around. Only a wall protects him from the rain He holds a basket in his hand and his eyes beg everyone silently: Refrain Buy my cigarettes! Dry ones, not wet from the rain Buy real cheap, Buy and have pity on me. Save me from hunger now Buy my matches, wonderful ones, the best, and with that you will uplift an orphan. My screaming and my running will be for naught. Nobody wants to buy from me- I will have to perish like a dog.,,, My Farther lost his life fighting during the war German killed my Mother in the Ghetto with a rifle my Sister was enslaved, I have been hurt myself And lost my sights... ..... КУПИТЕ ПАПИРОСЫ! Ночь туманна и дождлива, за окном темно, Мальчик маленький рыдает только об одном. Он стоит, к стене прижатый И на вид чуть-чуть горбатый, И поет на языке родном: Друзья, купите папиросы! Подходи, пехота и матросы! Подходите, пожалейте, Сироту меня согрейте! Посмотрите, ноги мои босы. Мой отец в бою кровавов жизнь свою отдал, Немец Маму из винтовки в гетто расстрелял, А сестра моя в неволе Сам я ранен в чистом поле -- Там своё я зрение потерял. Друзья, купите папиросы! Подходи, пехота и матросы! Подходите, пожалейте, Сироту меня согрейте! Посмотрите, ноги мои босы. (Less)

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Tags: Holocaust Idish papirosen Papirosn Papirosy Russian Sigarety Yiddicsh Yiddish Yiddishkyte Yidish КУПИТЕ ПАПИРОСЫ

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TV News from Israel - in Yiddish! Great

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06:25,

2007-05-01 04:17:33

Description: this is a weekly news summary from Israel by channel 2 news , in Yiddish. www.jerusalemonline.com

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Margaritkelech - Rakefet Yiddish Hebrew song

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10:35,

2007-11-10 19:01:24

Description: Margaritkelech: Theodore Bikel, Esther Ofarim and Chava Albertstein. Paintings: Marc Chagall ( LYRICS YIDDISH) In veldl baym taykhl, dort zaynen gevaksn Margaritkelech elent un kleyn- Vi (More) Margaritkelech: Theodore Bikel, Esther Ofarim and Chava Albertstein. Paintings: Marc Chagall ( LYRICS YIDDISH) In veldl baym taykhl, dort zaynen gevaksn Margaritkelech elent un kleyn- Vi kleyninke zunen mit vaysinke shtraln Mit vaysinke, tra-la-la-la. Gegangen iz Chavele shtil un farkholemt, Tselozn di gold-blonde tsep- Dos heldzl antbloyzt un gemurmlt, gezungen A lidele: tra-la-la-la. Do kumt ir antkegn a bokher a shvartser, Mit lokn mit shvartse, vi pekh. Er flamt mit di oygn un entfert ir lustik, Un entfert ir: tra-la-la-la. Vos zukhtstu do, meydl? Vos hostu farlorn? Vos vilstu gefinen in groz? Ich zukh margaritkes, farroytlt zikh Chave Farroytlt zikh: tra-la-la-la. .. Du zukhst nokh? Un ikh hob shoin take gefunen Di shenste margaritke in vald. A margaritke mit tsep un mit oygn safirn, Mit eygelech - tra-la-la-la. Oy, loz mich, men tor nisht; di mame zogt men tor nisht. Mayn mame iz alt un iz beyz. -Vu mame? Vos mame? Do zaynen nor beymer, Nor beymelekh- tra-la-la-la. -Du libst mikh? - Ikh lib dikh! -Du shemst zikh? - Ikh shem zikh! Oy lib mikh un shem dikh un shvayg. Un ze vi es mishn zikh pekh-shvartse kroyzn Mit goldene. . .Tra-la-la-la. Di zun iz fargangen, der bokher - farshvundn, Un Chavele zitst nokh in vald. Zi kukt in der vaytns un murmult farkholemt Dos lidele: Tra-la-la-la. MARGARITKELECH ( English translation) In the little woods by the river grew Daisies, orphaned and small- Like little suns with white rays With white, tra-la-la-la Chavele walks dreamily silent With her blond hair loose about her. Her shirt is unbuttoned and she hums A little tune: tra-la-la-la. A dark young man appears With hair as black as pitch. He flirts with his eyes and he answers her slowly He answers her: tra-la-la-la. What are you looking for, young lady- what have you lost? What do you want to find there in the grass? I'm looking for daisies, Chava answered blushing Blushing....Tra-la-la-la.. You're still looking? And I have already surely found The prettiest daisy in the woods. A daisy with braids and with saphire-blue eyes What lovely eyes...Tra-la-la-la. Leave me alone- it's not allowed; my mother says it's not My mother is old and mean -Where's your mother? What mother? There are only trees around Only trees. Tra-la-la-la. -Do you love me? - I love you! -Are you ashamed? -Yes, I'm ashamed. Oh love me, and be ashamed, but keep quiet. And look how the pitch black blends with the golden With the golden. . . Tra-la-la-la. The sun is set, the young man has disappeared And Chava still sits in the woods. She gazes into the distance and murmurs dreamily The little song: Tra-la-la-la. Title: Margaritkelekh -- מאַרגאַריטקעלעך Also known as: A Moment Also known as: Marganiot Also known as: Rakefet Author: Shneur, Zalman -- שנאור, זלמן Genre: Literary Origin/Love Subject: Seduction/Abandonment/Love/Forest/River/Dasies/Courting On album: B-007(b) (Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Folk Songs) Vocal Bikel, Theodore First line: Dort unten in veldl, dort zenen gevaksn margaritkelekh... First line (Yiddish):דאָרט אונטן אין װעלדל, דאָרט זײַנען געװאַקסן מאַרגאַריטלעך עלנט... Track comment: Text variation Language: Yiddish Source: Freedman caralogue Margaritkelekh was written in 1909 by Zalman Shneour (1887-1959) and was originally titled "Tra-la-lo-lo". (Less)

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Tags: abi albertstein bikel Chagall chava esther hebrew idish Margaritkelach Margaritkelech ofarim Rakefet theodore yiddish

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"Funny Girl" Images of Barbra- Yiddish song-Sholom S...

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10:06,

2007-10-21 04:59:31

Description: Barbra Streisand images and variations on a yiddish song: Yiddish Meidl. A famous yiddish song, A yiddishe Meidele, serves as background music for images of Barbra Streisand. The song is presented (More) Barbra Streisand images and variations on a yiddish song: Yiddish Meidl. A famous yiddish song, A yiddishe Meidele, serves as background music for images of Barbra Streisand. The song is presented as a tango, honky tonk, klezmer and yiddish swing. This well known yiddish song is played at weddings and jewish festivities. Barbra has sung yiddish-like songs, like "second hand rose" or "sam, you made the pants too long", but for some unknown reason she has never sung in yiddish, a language she knows well. Yiddishe Meidele- it means yiddish girl or jewish girl. Funny Girl (film) 1968.- Directed by William Wyler, stars Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif. Mein yiddishe meidele: Yiddish-Theatre,Yiddish Alternative Titles: Mein yiddishe meidele, yiddish Meydaleh, A Jidise Meidele, Yiddish Meidl, A Jidise Mejdele, Mayn Yiddishe Meydele. Lyricist: Schorr, Anshel Composer: Secunda, Sholom (Sholem,Shlomo) This song can be found on: Romantic music of the Yiddish theatre - William Royal Selections: 1) Yiddish Meydaleh......Chana Grinboym (AKA Channa Grinboim) 2) Mein Yiddishe Meidele...The Hester Street Troupe 3) Jidise Mejdele.....Jacov Magid (AKA Yokov Magid 4) Mayn Yiddishe Meydele....Klezmer Conser- vatory Band SHOLOM SECUNDA Sholom Secunda (1894 - 1974) was a Jewish composer, born in Ukraine and educated in the United States. He wrote the melody for the popular song "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen" in 1932. Along with Abraham Ellstein, Joseph Rumshinsky, and Alexander Olshanetsky, he was one of the "big four" composers of his era in New York City's Second Avenue Yiddish theatre scene. Date of Birth 14 August 1893, Russia Date of Death 13 January 1974, New York, New York, USA Shalom Secunda Shalom Secunda (auch Sholom; * 14. August 1894 andere Quellen 1893 in Alexandira Neurussland (heute Olexandrija Ukraine); † 13. Januar 1974 in New York City) war ein US-amerikanischer Komponist. Secunda entstammt einem Deutsch-Jüdischem Elternhaus, in dem Deutsch und jiddisch gesprochen wurde. In Alexandria war der Junge als "Kleiner Kantor" bekannt. 1907 kam er mit seiner Familie nach New York und sang auf der Straße. Im Jahre 1914 trat er ins Institute of Musical Art (später in Juilliard School umbenannt) ein. Hier erhielt er eine klassische Musikausbildung und erhielt durch den schweizerischen Komponisten [[Ernest Bloch Privatstunden. Nebenbei arbeitete er am Jiddischen Theater. Bekannt ist er für den Titel Bei mir bist du schön (1932). While Secunda's first love was classical music, his livelihood came from his Yiddish theatre compositions. For the 1916-17 season, he was engaged as resident composer and conductor for Brooklyn's Lyric Theater. In 1932, Secunda wrote the music for M'ken Lebn nor m'lazt nit (I would if I could) starring Aaron Lebedev and Lucy Levine. Included in the score was the song "Bei Mir Bist Du Sheyn" which when sung by the Andrew Sisters a few years later became the most popular worldwide hit of 1939. From 1937 into the early 40's, Secunda was the composer for Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theatre writing music for The Brother's Ashkenazi which toured North America and Europe. In 1940, Secunda composed the score for the popular musical Esterke which included "Dona, Dona, Dona" a song that was to resurface 25 years later as an international hit recorded by Joan Baez and others. (Less)

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Tags: Barbra Brice Brolin Diana Emanuel Fanny Gould idish idishe James Jason Kind Klezmer Roslyn Streisand Yiddish yiddishkeit

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"and the angels sing" yiddish song in english EYDI...

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06:32,

2008-02-04 06:20:06

Description: And the Angels Sing/Der Shtiller Bulgar 1) Intro- Ziggy Elman and his orchestra 2) Eydie Gorme- vocal 3) Benny Goodman and his Orchestra w/ Ziggy Elman ( Trumpet)-Freilach klezmer 4) Eydie (More) And the Angels Sing/Der Shtiller Bulgar 1) Intro- Ziggy Elman and his orchestra 2) Eydie Gorme- vocal 3) Benny Goodman and his Orchestra w/ Ziggy Elman ( Trumpet)-Freilach klezmer 4) Eydie Gorme- vocal ( reprise) 5) Ziggy Elman and his orchestra w/ Gene Krupa (drums) and Ziggy Elman (trumpet)- Freilach klezmer YIDDISH SONGS REACHED THE #1 SPOT ON THE HIT PARADE IN THE YEARS 1938-1939. 1938- BEI MIR BISTU SCHOEN- with The Andrews Sisters. 1939-AND THE ANGELS SING- with Benny Goodman and his Orchestra. ( english version of "Der Shtiller Bulgar") terrible times for european jews, but in America yiddish music was heard everywhere. EYDIE GORME.- "Suddenly the setting is strange.....Suddenly I see it all changed" sings Eydie in the 1950s version of the song, arranged by the great Don Costa. But for some unknown reason the Klezmer/ Freylach part at the end was left out. I always felt Eydie should have contacted Ziggy Elman to add that fabulous yiddish music. Now we find Eydie Gorme in a virtual setting, as the female vocalist in the company of two great big bands, Benny Goodman and his Orchestra, and Ziggy Elman and his orchestra. We are back in 1939, with the great Gene Krupa at the drums, the fabulous clarinet playing of Benny Goodman, and the great trumpet of Ziggy Elman. And Eydie singing to a wonderful yiddish melody. FREEDMAN CATALOGUE OF JEWISH SONGS: Name: Mercer, Johnny Born: Nov 18, 1909 (Savannah, Georgia) Died: June 25, 1975 (Los Angeles, CA) Note: Born John Herndon Mercer Title: And The Angels Sing Also known as: Freylekh In Swing Author: Mercer, Johnny Composer: Ellman, Ziggy Genre: Swing/Pop Subject: Love Song Comment: Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar" OTHER RECORDINGS: opinion "... CD I've been listening to is From Avenue A To The Great White Way: Yiddish and American Popular Songs From 1914-1950, a compilation that traces the remarkable influence of Yiddish theatre and vaudeville on the development of the mid-20th century popular music culture. It's fascinating stuff. One example. Many of my (ahem) older readers will be familiar with "And The Angels Sing," a tune that was a huge hit for Benny Goodman, with Martha Tilton singing Mercer's lyrics. Mercer so loved the song that it is his epitaph: his gravestone in Savannah reads simply, "And The Angels Sing." We meet, and the angels sing, The angels sing the sweetest song I ever heard. You speak, and the angels sing - Or am I breathing music into ev'ry word? But the tune that was the basis for "And The Angels Sing" was Ziggy Elman's "Frailach in Swing," recorded in 1938 and in turn based on "Der Shtiller Bulgar" ("The Quiet Bulgar"), an old klezmer dance. The Avenue A CD juxtaposes a 1918 recording of "Der Shtiller Bulgar" with Mildred Bailey's version of "Angels," and it's a revelation. ". Ziggy Elman From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Harry Aaron Finkelman (May 26, 1914 - June 26, 1968), better known by the stage name Ziggy Elman, was an American jazz trumpeter most associated with Benny Goodman, though he also led his own Ziggy Elman and His Orchestra. He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, but his family settled in Atlantic City when he was four. His father was a violinist who had hoped he would play violin as well. Although, he learned to play the violin, Harry preferred the brass intruments. He began playing for Jewish weddings and nightclubs at age 15 and in 1932 had his first recording where he played trombone. At some point in the decade he adopted the name Ziggy Elman. Elman is a shortening of Finkelman while "Ziggy" is believed to be a reference to Florenz Ziegfeld. He joined the Benny Goodman orchestra as a trumpet player in 1936. His 1939 composition "And the Angels Sing" with lyrics by Johnny Mercer became the number one song in the nation. In 1956, he recreated his famous frailach solo along with the original vocalist Martha Tilton for the movie, "The Benny Goodman Story". This song is, arguably, his longest lasting musical legacy since it has appeared in films up to 1997 and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1987. After his work with Goodman he joined Tommy Dorsey's band and also played as a member of the United States Air Force during the war. He loved frailach music, later known as klezmer, and made a few recordings of such with Mickey Katz. In the period from 1940 to 1947 he was honored in Down Beat magazine readers poll six times.[1] He led his own bands starting in 1947. "and Jewish jazz musicians were deftly incorporating Yiddish melodies into swing-band tunes by the 1930s, as Ziggy Elman did when he helped Benny Goodman transform Abe Schwartz's "Der Shtiller Bulgar" into "And the Angels Sing," featuring vocals by Martha Tilton and English lyrics by Johnny Mercer." (Less)

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Tags: Benny Elman Eydie Freilach Goodman Gorme jazz jewish Johnny Klezmer lawrence Mercer New steve yiddish York Ziggy

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Berceuses Yiddish - Talila

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10:34,

2007-11-25 17:37:09

Description: . 猶太民族童謠 Yiddish Lullaby 1 - A mol iz geven a mayse (Il était une fois une histoire) 3'13 2 - Vig Lid (Berceuse) 3'37 3 - Shlof mayn Kind (Dors mon enfant) Guitare (More)

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Ich bin a meydl in di yorn yiddish song Theodore...

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2008-02-24 02:59:34

Description: Ich bin mir a meydl in di yorn, Vos hostu mir dem kop fardreyt, Vos hostu mir dem kop fardreyt, Ich volt shoyn lang a kale gevorn, Un efsher take chaseneh gehat, Ich volt shoyn lang a kale (More) Ich bin mir a meydl in di yorn, Vos hostu mir dem kop fardreyt, Vos hostu mir dem kop fardreyt, Ich volt shoyn lang a kale gevorn, Un efsher take chaseneh gehat, Ich volt shoyn lang a kale gevorn, Un efsher take chaseneh gehat. Un tomer geyt iz dir in nadn?, Di mame vet farkoyfn di shtib, Di mame vet farkoyfn di shtib, Nu lomir beyde chaseneh hobn, Vayl ich hob dich azoy lib, Nu lomir beyde chaseneh hobn, Vayl ich hob dich azoy lib. Un efsher geyt dir ketsele in yikhes? Mayn zeyde iz gevezn a rov, Mayn zeyde iz gevezn a rov, Mayn tate iz geven der scheinster yid in shtetl Un zol shoyn nemen a sof. Mayn tate iz geven der scheinster yid in shtetl Un zol shoyn nemen a sof. TRANSLATION: I'm a girl "in the years" I'm a girl of a certain age, why have you gotten my head all mixed-up, I would have wanted to be a bride long ago, and perhaps gotten married. and if it concerns to you my dowry, my mother will sell the house, so let's get married because I love you so much. and if the "cat" wants to know about my family background, my grandpa was a rabbi, my father was the handsomest jew in the village, so let this come to a closure...(to an end). Title: A Meydl In Di Yorn -- אַ מײדל אין די יאַרן Genre: Lament/Love Subject: Aging/Dowry/Pedigree/Yikhes/Nadn/ On album: B-007(p) (Theodore Bikel and Cynthia Gooding: A Young Man and a Maid ) Vocal Bikel, Theodore First line: Ikh bin mir a meydl in di yorn, vos hostu mir mayn kop.. First line (Yiddish):איך בין מיר אַ מײדל אין די יאַרן, װאָס האַדטו מיר מײַן קאָפּ... Language: Yiddish "Eli Katz writes: 6. "zayn in di yorn" is to be of advanced age, but this is relative. "A yid in di yorn" is an elderly man; "a meydl in di yorn" may a young woman who has been of marriageable age for some time. My grand- mother at age 18 was already "a meydl in di yorn", when she was married to my grandfather, a promising youth of 16. This was around 1883." ""Songs of Generations: New Pearls of Yiddish Songs" is one of several compendia of Yiddish songs edited by Eleanor and Joseph Mlotek. What follows is a folk song titled "Ikh Bin Shoyn a Meydl in Di Yorn." Among the obstacles to getting married are two roadblocks — a dowry and yikhes." (yikhes is translated as lineage or family background). Images from the film THE MIRROR HAS TWO FACES (1996) starring Barbra Streisand, Jeff Bridges, Lauren Bacall, Mimi Rogers, Pierce Brosnan, George Segal, Brenda Vaccaro. Directed by Barbra Streisand. Quote: "Rose Morgan: Let's face it. They're not standing in line for me." "There's this one long - but wonderfully scripted - scene in which Rose, a professor of English Literature holds forth on why people fall in love. And Gregory, a maths prof. at the same university (Columbia) sneaks in to get a look at her because he's looking for a relationship that goes beyond sex (which is all he's had with some of his students). Here's what she says to her class: This is the scene at my sister's wedding. She's getting drunk, regretting that she got married for the third time. My mom's sprouting snakes from her hair in jealousy. It was perfect ...We've got three feminine archetypes: The divine whore, Medusa -- and me. What archetype am I?- The Virgin Mary? - Thanks a lot, Trevor. No, the faithful handmaiden. Always the bridesmaid, never the bride. It proves what Jung said all along. Myths and archetypes are alive and well and living in my apartment." (Less)

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