Shalom comrade! : Yiddish music in the Soviet Union, 1928-1961.

"The anthology 'Shalom comrade!' tells the forgotten story of Yiddish music in the Soviet Union and contains rare recordings from the archive of the ethnomusicologists Rita Ottens and Joel Rubin"--Container.

Previously released material.

Compact disc.

Program notes in English and German and texts in English translation (36 p. : ill.) inserted in container.

Freylekhs (2:25) -- Pastekh shpil a volekh = Shepherd, play a pastoral tune (2:59) -- Freylekhs (2:46) -- Teshchenka = Mekhuteneste = Mother-in-law (2:42) -- Di bobe hot zikh dermont = Grandmother recalled (3:12) -- Dem fartekh farlorn = Lost apron (2:50) -- Freylekhs (3:16) -- Kolybelnaia = Lullaby (2:28) -- Dobranotsh & freylekhs (2:42) -- Az du bist do, iz friling do = When you are here, spring is here (3:34) -- A nign on verter (2:21) -- Nokhemke (2:21) -- A gas nign (2:39) -- Svadebnaia = Wedding song (1:58) -- Dray tekhter = Three daughters (3:33) -- Gitara = Guitar (2:59) -- Varnitshkes (2:56) -- Evr. kolybelnaia : Jewish lullaby : Shlof mayn kind, shlof keseyder (2:57) -- Proletarka, sestra moia = Proletarka, shvester mayne = Proletarian woman, my sister (2:50) -- Pesnia Nastupleniia = Song of the offensive ; Krasnoarmeiskaia = Red Army song (2:21) -- Viglid = Lullaby (2:44) -- Itsikl hot khasene gehat = Itsik's gotten married (2:23) -- Afn hoykhn barg = On the high mountain (2:22) -- Nit Shimele/Nign on verter = Not Shimele : Hasidic textless melody (3:03) -- Reyzele (2:06).

Various performers.

Recorded 1928-1961.