Yiddish

Mohyliv-Podil's'kyi (Ukraine)

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Nursery rhymes

Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1987

The little squirrel (Dos vevrikl)

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker:

Elizaveta Shlikman

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Trader

Age of speaker at time of recording:

58

Speaker's country of origin:

Mohyliv-Podil's'kyi (Ukraine)

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Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1987

On a high mountain where the trees grow (Afn hoykhn barg, vu di beymer vaksn)

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker:

Perets Brenner

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Taylor

Age of speaker at time of recording:

71

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Speaker's community of origin:

Camenca (Moldova)

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Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1987

Oi, it is bleak when I start pondering (Akh biter iz mir, az ikh heyb mikh on tsu baklern)

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker:

Ḥaim Drinboim

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Carpenter

Age of speaker at time of recording:

76

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Rîbnița (Moldova)

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Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1985

Text:

Akh biter iz mir.pdf

תווי נגינה:

Akh biter iz mir.pdf

In the green forests and fields (Oyf di grine felder-velder)

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker:

Lubov German

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Seamstress

Age of speaker at time of recording:

61

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Bershad (Ukraine)

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Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1987

The synagogues were full once (Amol zaynen di shuln geven ibergefilt)

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker:

Lubov German

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Seamstress

Age of speaker at time of recording:

61

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Bershad (Ukraine)

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Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1987

Yosele

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker:

Yevgenya Etelzon

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Teacher

Age of speaker at time of recording:

67

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Speaker's community of origin:

Chernivtsi (Ukraine)

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Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1987

I fell in love (Ikh hob zikh ayngelibt)

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker:

Gedalya Yalontsky

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Paramedic

Age of speaker at time of recording:

50

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Yampil' (Ukraine)

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Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1987

When I was tiny (Az ikh bin geven a kleynitshker)

From the collection of composer and Jewish music curator, Zeʾev Bitkin Z”L (1947-2019)

Kindly delivered by Ḥava Shmulevich for his blessed memory

Name of speaker:

Gedalya Yalontsky

Gender of speaker:

Male

Occupation of speaker:

Paramedic

Age of speaker at time of recording:

50

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Yampil' (Ukraine)

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Documentation:

Composer and curator Ze'ev Bitkin Z”L

Year of recording:

1987

Roots trip to Romania

Name of speaker:

Tsila Meraru

Gender of speaker:

Female

Occupation of speaker:

Accountant and HMO salary unit coordinator

Age of speaker at time of recording:

85

Year of immigration:

1964

Speaker's country of origin:

Speaker's community of origin:

Iași (Romania)

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