Re: Weirdest Yiddish Recordings

[Allen Davis <adavis...>]

Paul Robeson recorded this, I think in the Carnegie Hall concert.

Allen

At 10:37 AM 7/13/02 +0000, you wrote:

>Jan Peerce recorded a very good version of A din-toyre mit Got. He talks 
>about the piece and what it meant to him, in his Autobiography, THE 
>BLUEBIRD OF HAPPINESS.
>
>   Trudi the G
>
> >From: "Michel Borzykowski"
> >Reply-To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> >To: World music from a Jewish slant
> >Subject: Re: Weirdest Yiddish Recordings
> >Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 11:03:26 +0200
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- the article won't be about weird
> > Jewish songs in general, but about strange Yiddish songs.
> >
> >Shalom Ethan !
> >
> >I would suggest to consider the strange "Kaddish" or "A din-toyre mit 
> Got", words by Rabbi Levi Yitzkhok von Berditshev (1740 -1809).
> >Afaik, it was not a song but a peculiar speech that the Rebbe delivered 
> to his court instead of a regular kaddish...
> >I don't know who put it into music
> >-----------------------------------------------------------
> >Git morgn, Riboynoy shel Oylem !
> >Ikh, Levi Yitzkhok ben Sore mi Berditshev
> >Bin tsu dir gekum'n mit a din toyre far dayn folk Isroel.
> >Un voss hostu tsu dayn folk Isroel?
> >Un voss hostu zikh ongezetst oyf dayn folk Isroel?
> >Un voss nokh a zakh, iz "zav ess bney Isroel"?
> >Un voss nokh a zakh, iz "emoyr livney Isroel"?
> >Un vi nokh a zakh, iz "daber livney Isroel" ?
> >Tatenyu ! Kamo umoyss b'oylem ?
> >Bawlayim, Parsayim, Edoymayim.
> >Di daytshlender, wuss zogn zey? "Inzer kenig iz a kenig".
> >Di englender, wuss zogn zey? "Inzer malkuss iz a malkhuss".
> >Un ikh, Levi Yitzkhok ben Sore mi Berditshev, zog:
> >"Yisgadal veyiskadash shemey rabo !"
> >Un ikh, Levi Yitzkhok ben Sore mi Berditshev, zog:
> >"Loy ozuss mim'keymi !
> >Kh'vel zikh fun ort nit rir'n !
> >Un a sof zol doss zayn, un an ek zol doss nem'n !
> >Yisgadal veyiskadash shemey rabo !"
> >----------------------------------------------------
> >Good morning to You, Lord of the Universe.
> >I, Levi-Yitzchok, son of sarah, of Berditchev,
> >have come to You in a lawsuit
> >On behalf of Your people Israel.
> >What have You against your people Israel?
> >And why do you oppress Your people Israel?
> >No matter what happens, it is:
> >"Command the Children of Israel!"
> >No matter what happens, it is:
> >"Say to the Children of Israel!"
> >No matter what happens, it is:
> >"Speak to the Children of Israel!"
> >Father dear! how many other peoples are there in the world?--
> >Babylonians, Persians, and Edomites!..
> >The Germans, what do they say?
> >"Our Kind is a King!"
> >The English -- what do they say?
> >"Our Sovereign is a Sovereign!"
> >And I, Levi-Yitzchok, son of Sarah, of Berditchev, say:
> >"Hallowed and magnified by the name of God!"
> >And I, Levi-Yitzchok, son of Sarah, of Berditchev, say:
> >"I will not stir from here!
> >An end there must be to this -- it must all stop!
> >Hallowed and magnified be the name of God!"
> >------------------------------------------------
> >
> >You can hear it by:
> >- Emile KACMANN on "Voices of the Ghetto" WMD 242066
> >- Nizza THOBI on "Gobojrn in a sajdn hemdl" David Records LC 2584
> >- Helmut EISEL's Asoj on "Spirit of Klezmer" Koch CD 34105-2 H1
> >- Marcel LORAND Trio on "Jiddishe Stikele: Jewish Songs from the Prague 
> Ghetto" Supraphon LC 0358 SU 3343-2211
> >
> >
>
>
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