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Yiddish for Travelers

by Metropolitan Klezmer

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Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern Fun himl a matone bistu mir tsugeshikt Mayn glik hob ikh gevinen Ven ikh hob dikh gefinen Shaynst vi toyznt zinen Host mayn harts baglikt... [Complete lyrics in Yiddish with transliteration and English translation in the liner notes]
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Yosl, Yosl 00:56
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Fort in vald a yidish meydl, un es grint in gantsn land. Zitst in alker'l a meydl mitn ponim tsu der vant. Vos iz, meydl, dayn farlangen? S'iz a shod far yeder trer. Di vos iz avekgagangen Vet tsurik nit kumen mer. [Complete lyrics in Yiddish with transliteration and English translation in liner notes.]
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In dem beys hamikdash in a vinkl kheyder Zitst di almone bas-tsion aleyn. Ir ben-yokhidl yidele vigt zi kseyder, Un zingt im tsum shlofn a lidele sheyn... [In the sacred Temple, in a corner of the room Sits the widow, a Daughter of Zion herself. She rocks her only son who lies in the cradle And sings him to sleep with this sweet little song... Complete lyrics, in Yiddish, with transliteration and English translation, in liner notes]
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Volokh 01:58
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Yiddish has a long history of traveling: about a thousand years, in fact. Much of this music has been shaped at crossroads of those journeys, in Eastern & Central Europe, Asia Minor, America, and the Middle East. In the crossing over between cultures, the origin of a shared folk melody has become unclear (did it begin as Greek or Yiddish song?), while a New World Yiddish show tune has become deeply traditional in Transylvania...
[from the liner notes]

credits

released January 15, 1998

Ismail Butera, accordion, bendir
Steve Elson: clarinets, saxophones, flute
Michael Hess: violin, viola, kanun, ney flutes
Dave Hofstra: upright bass, tuba
Deborah Karpel: vocals
Eve Sicular: drums

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Metropolitan Klezmer New York, New York

METROPOLITAN KLEZMER, established in 1994, brings eclectic exuberance to Yiddish musical genres from all over the map. Performing vibrant versions of lesser-known gems from wedding dance, trance, folk, swing and tango styles, as well as soundtrack material from vintage Yiddish films, they re-invent tradition with both irreverence and respect… an exhilarating journey! ... more

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