Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
| Songs of the Vilna Ghetto | |
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| Compilation album by Various artists | |
| Released | 1969[1] |
| Genre | Jewish music |
| Language | Yiddish |
| Label | CBS Records |
Songs of the Vilna Ghetto is a compilation
Lochamei Hagetaot
, Israel, in co-operation with the Vilna Organisation [sic] of Haifa."
Track listing
| # | Song | English translation | Length[2] | Performer | Lyrics by[2] | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Vilna" | Vilnius | 3:33 | Chava Alberstein | Efraim-Leyb Wolfson (1870–1946) |
From the early 1930s. Composer Alexander Olshanetsky.[3] |
| 2 | "Partizaner Lied" | Partisan Song | 3:30 | Shimon Israeli with CBS Israel Orchestra | Hirsh Glick | Set to Russian folk melody. About the first attack of the Fareynikte Partizaner Organizatsye |
| 3 | "Vig-Lied" | Lullaby | 3:34 | Helena (Nama) Hendel | Lea Rudnitski | |
| 4 | "Farvos iz Der Himmel" | Why Are The Heavens | 2:44 | Choir | L. Ofeski | |
| 5 | "Ich Beink Aheim" | I Long for Home | 3:53 | Helena Hendel | Leyb Rozental (1916–1945) |
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| 6 | "Yugent Hymn" | Youth Hymn | 2:35 | Choir | Shmerke Kaczerginski | Dedicated to the youth club of the ghetto. Features upbeat rhythm and encouraging lyrics.[4] |
| 7 | "Unter Deine Veisse Shtern" | Under Your White Stars | 3:00 | Helena Hendel and Choir | Abraham Sutzkever | |
| 8 | "Itzik Wittenberg" | 3:20 | Shimon Israeli | Shmerke Kaczerginski | Set to a Russian melody. About arrest and murder of Yitzhak Wittenberg in July 1943.[5] | |
| 9 | "Shtiller, Shtiller (Ponar - Lullaby)" | Quiet, Quiet | 3:16 | Chava Alberstein | Shmerke Kaczerginski | Composer Alexander Wolkovsky. A lullaby by a mother to her son about the Ponary massacre.[6] |
| 10 | "Tsu Eins, Zwei, Drei!" | One, Two, Three! | 3:02 | Choir | Leyb Rozental | |
| 11 | "Freeling" | Spring | 4:05 | Chava Alberstein with CBS Israel Orchestra | Shmerke Kaczerginski | Set to a tango melody. Written following the death of Kaczerginski's wife, Barbara Kaufman (Kaczerginski), in April 1943.[7] |
| 12 | " Zog Nit Kein Mol " |
Never Say | 2:55 | Shimon Israeli and Choir with CBS Israel Orchestra | Hirsh Glick | Composer Dmitry Pokrass |
References
- ^ "Songs of the Vilna Ghetto". Stereo and Mono. Archived from the original on 2016-08-07. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ a b "Songs Of The Vilna Ghetto". Dartmouth Jewish Sound Archive. Archived from the original on 2016-08-26. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ Peppler, Jane (January 21, 2014). "Vilne, Vilne - a song of old Vilna". Polish Jewish Cabaret. Archived from the original on 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "Yugnt himn". Music and the Holocaust. World ORT. Archived from the original on 2016-07-19. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "Itsik Vitnberg". Heartstrings. Music of the Holocaust. Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "Shtiler, Shtiler – Quiet, Quiet". Heartstrings. Music of the Holocaust. Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 2018-06-24. Retrieved 2016-07-09.
- ^ "Friling – Spring". Heartstrings. Music of the Holocaust. Yad Vashem. Archived from the original on 2016-09-18. Retrieved 2016-07-09.