Mordechai Gebirtig: His Poetic and Musical Legacy
Mordechai Gebirtig was one of the most influential and popular writers of Yiddish songs and poems. Born in 1877, he became a prolific poet and song writer, using everything he saw, heard and knew about people. His legacy, therefore, is not only one of melodies and lyrics, but also a treatise on Jewish life in Poland under the benign neglect of the Austrians, the ever growing hostility of the Poles, and finally, the terror of the Germans, who destroyed the people, their culture, and, to a...
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Introduces an English-speaking audience to the the most important songs of Mordechai Gebirtig, a major Yiddish poet and composer who was killed during the Holocaust.
Prologue1Hannah8The Wounded Soldier10The Crow12Four Soldiers14The Life of Mordechai Gebirtig17A Song, Precious as Gold40An Angel Is Born42Avremel, the Opportunist44Abraham and Joseph46To Be a Maid for the Wealthy48Hannah and Nachum50I Don't Want Such a Bridegroom52The Singer of Woe54The Fallen Woman56The Doll58The Mama60The Night Floats Down64The Sun Went Down66The Old Couple68The Song of the Golden Land70Three Daughters72Endekowna74It Burns76The Outery78Hershale82Hey, Musicians86Hey, Little Gypsy88Hey, Little Goats92Have Pity94Rejoice, Rejoice, Children96Your Kitten Is Hungry98Potato Soup with Mushrooms100Sweep, Little Broom, Sweep102Childhood Years104Kivele106Little Orphan108Come, Leybke, Dance110My Home112My Father, a Cohen114My Jubilee116Moments of Confidence118Motele120Moyshele122Moses, My Friend124Another Glass of Tea126Oh, Brother, To Life128Oh, Mother of Mine130Oh, My Friend132Reisele134It's Good136Tick Tack138Our Daughter Chaya140Who Will Be the First to Laugh142Little Jack144A Hot Tear148Send a Flood149A Ray of Sunshine150A ToA Day of Revenge151Baylke152Farewell, My Cracow153The General Strike154The Firt Leaves157The First Seder Night158The Seduced One160The Fortune Teller162The Soul164The Last Word165Eve of Yom Kippur166The Night Will Soon Be Here168I Had a Home169Enough of Crying171Tolling Bells172Make Merry, Black Marketeers173It's Been So Long174In the Ghetto176My Dream178My Little Flute180My Heart Is a Prophet182My Heart Is Full of Fear183Making Her Acquaintance184Shifrele's Portrait185It Hurts186On Your Birthday189To My Beloved190To Sliches192Two Worlds193Our Spring194Vacation195Lullaby196Transliteration Guide199Epilogue201List of Contributors to the Publication of the Gebirtig Project203Bibliography205Index207About Those Who Worked on the Book209
