Re: Weirdest Yiddish Recordings

[Allen Davis <adavis...>]

I checked -- it was the "Ballad for Americans", Carnegie Hall  Concert 
Volume 2. On this record he also does Go Down Moses, a Mexican Lullaby, and 
All Men Are Brothers form the 9th.With his huge talent, knowledge of many 
languges, and universalist  passion, Robeson was able to pull off 
performances of "folkloric" expression of many cultures. Robeson's 
recording of  Zog Nit Keynmol makes its way to our Seder every year.

Allen



Allen

At 08:16 AM 7/15/02 +0000, you wrote:

>  You betcha.
>
>Trudi the G
>
> >From: Allen Davis
> >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 12:27:10 -0700
> >
> >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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