Re: partisan tangos, again

[Heiko Lehmann <hklehmann...>]

There is a tango called "Yidish Tango" on Aufwind´s 1996 CD "Avek di yunge
yorn" ("Awek di junge jorn"); they listed the composition as "trad.", the
lyricist as "anonymous". It´s probably not a "real" partisan tango, but it
gets near:

...
Shpil zhe mir a tango, nor nit arish,
zol dos zayn nit arish, nit barbarish,
az di sonim zoln zen, az ikh nokh tantsn ken
un take a tentsele mit bren!

Shpil zhe mir a tango oys fun sholem,
zol dos zayn a sholem nit kayn kholem,
az Hitler mit zayn raykh oy di kapore glaykh...
Oy vet dos zayn a tentsele far aykh!
...

Heiko.

www.sukke.de
www.sukke.de/Golus

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: Jenny Levison <jenny (at) tangomeydl(dot)com>
An: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Gesendet: Freitag, 27. Oktober 2000 15:10
Betreff: partisan tangos, again


> Hi everyone -- just after I posted my request for partisan tangos, I got
> mysteriously bumped off the list, so.... if anyone wrote anything back to
> me, I have not been able to see it.  I am back on now, and will reprint my
> request, and ask that anyone who responded do so again to me, off list.
> Thank you very much.
>
>
> First a little history, and then a question.
>
> Many  of you know that I have been working for years on a project of
> collecting tangos with Yiddish lyrics.  To date I have collected over 150
> such tangos, as well as dozens of Polish and Argentine instrumental tangos
> written by Jewish composers.  I am writing (and soon performing) a
musical,
> dance and theatrical performance called Shtil, Mayn Corazon -- A Yiddish
> Tango Cabaret, which will debut in Portland, Oregon on December 13th.  (My
> website will be ready within the next couple of days, and I will post a
> message when it is up and running.)
>
> Here's my question -- of all these songs I have found, including dozens of
> ghetto tangos, I have not found any partisan tangos, and there is a part
of
> my plot that is just calling out for one.   Does anyone know of any?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Jenny
>
> --
> Jenny Levison
> Producer and Artistic Director
> Tango Meydl Productions
> PO Box 12309
> Portland, OR 97212
> (503) 936-8264
> www.tangomeydl.com
>
>

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