Songs for high or medium voice with various instrumental acc.
Compact disc.
Total durations: 77:23 (CD 1); 77:40 (CD 2).
Program notes in English by Philip V. Bohlman, and German, German dialect, Hebrew, and Yiddish texts with English translations (78 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
Includes bibliographical references.
Part I. From the periphery to the Habsburg Metropole. Wiener Fiakerleid ; --Nach Grosswardein ; Der jüdische Landsturm ; Der Leb, der Hersch und der Kohn ; Die koschere Mischpoche! ; Jüdisches Fiaker Lied ; Cohen owes me ninety-seven dollars -- Part II. The crisis of tradition and modernity. Liebeslied an ein Proletarier Mädchen ; Couplet des Schmafu ; Eine kleine Sehnsucht ; Ich bin von Kopf bis Fuss auf Liebe eingestellt ; Gigerlette ; Mahnung. -- Part III. Response and resistance : political songs. Haman-Arie ; Ballade von der "Judenhure" Marie Sanders ; Der Graben ; Solidaritätslied ; An den kleinen Radioapparat ; Und es sind die finstren Zeiten -- Part IV. Zionist and pioneer songs. Havu l'venim ; Hine achal'la bachalili ; Gam hayom ; Holem tza'adi ; Ra'inu amalenu ; Ba'a m'nucha ; Banu.
New Budapest Orpheum Society: Stewart Figa, baritone ; Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano ; Deborah Bard, soprano ; Ilya Levinson, piano ; Peter Blagoev, violin ; Stewart Miller, string bass ; Hank Tausend, percussion ; Elizabeth Ko, flute ; Jon Steinhagen, American lyrics ; Philip V. Bohlman, artistic director ; Ilya Levinson, music director and arranger.
Recorded Mar. 13-16, 2002 at WFMT (Radio Station), Chicago.
CD 1: all songs sung in original languages (German, German dialet, Yiddish, Hebrew); CD 2: Hebrew and English songs sung in original languages; songs in German, German dialect, and Yiddish sung in English.
