Re: partisan tangos, again

[Jenny Levison <jenny...>]

thanks Heiko -- the text to this song is by Tsorfat.

Jenny

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>From: "Heiko Lehmann" <hklehmann (at) gmx(dot)de>
>To: World music from a Jewish slant <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>Subject: Re: partisan tangos, again
>Date: Mon, Oct 30, 2000, 4:29 AM
>

> 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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