[HANASHIR:5726] Re: Eili Eili and Dona Dona

[Andy Curry <acurry...>]

Sholom Secunda was also the composer/arranger for some of Richard Tucker's
Jewish recordings, most notably the thrilling "Kol Nidre".

Good shabbos!
Andy

At 05:16 PM 4/7/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Just to add to Noah's note:  from what I recall, Dona Dona was written in 
>1941 (by Sholem Secunda, the same guy who write Bei Mir Bis Du Schoen) for
>the Yiddish film "Estherke."  Later, two guys named Arthur Schwartz and
>Teddy Kevess adapted the lyrics into English.  Two places to check:
>Secunda's biography "Bei Mir Bist Du Schoen," and Zalman Mlotek's "Pearls of
>Yiddish Song" (where, I think, it's actually listed under "Songs of
>Happiness and Celebration" or some such category).   Notably, an Israeli
>version was also released (by Naomi Shemer, I believe)--causing some to
>think it was originally a Hebrew song.
>
>Shabat Shalom.
>Judah.
>
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>>From: NBudin (at) aol(dot)com
>>To: hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org
>>Subject: [HANASHIR:5724] Re: Eili Eili and Dona Dona
>>Date: Fri, Apr 7, 2000, 4:57 PM
>>
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>> I think Dona Dona was written for the Yiddish Theater around the turn of
the
>> century, but by the 1970s had acquired a sort of "urban legend" about it --
>> when I was a camper we were told that it had been discovered written in
blood
>> on the inside of a box car during the Holocaust. Most people I knew back
then
>> believed it was a Holocaust song of some kind, but I think I remember
reading
>> somewhere that it was composed before the war around the 1920s. Don't
rely on
>> my memory, however. I'm sure someone on the list will come up with accurate
>> info.
>>
>> Noah Budin
>> Singer/songwriter
>> Cleveland, OH
>> NBudin (at) aol(dot)com
>>
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