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Songs from The Wall sound recording : ghetto, partisan, folk and love songs / sung by Norbert Horowitz, Rita Karin, Rochelle Horowitz

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performer: Horowitz, Norbert; Karin, Rita; Horowitz, Rochelle
playwright: Lampell, Millard 1919-1997
album cover design: Clyne, Ronald 1925-2006

Date: 1961; 20th century

Type: Phonograph records

Physical Description: 1 phonograph record : analog, 33 1/3 rpm ; 12 in

Restrictions & Rights: Restrictions on access

Local number: FW03558; Folkways 3558

Culture: Jews; Russians; Americans

Notes: Program notes, including lyrics in English and Yiddish, (12 p. : ill.) inserted in container.; This recording features performers from the Broadway play The Wall by Millard Lampell about the Warsaw Ghetto uprising against the Nazis.; This recording has also been known as "Songs of the Holocaust" and as "Concentration Camp Songs."; Norbert Horowitz, Rita Karin and Rochelle Horowitz: vocals.; Allan Atlas, accordion and concertina.
Track information: 101. Oy, a Nacht a sheyne (Oh, What a Lovely Night); 102. Sheyn bin ich, sheyn (Pretty Am I, So Pretty); 103. Tsipele (Little Tsipele); 104. Ver der ershter vet lachn (Who Will Be the First to Laugh); 105. Shtil, di Nacht iz oysgeshternt (Silent, Starry Night); 106. Yisrolik / Norbert Horowitz, Rita Karin, Rochelle Horowitz; 107. Farvos iz der Himl Geven nechtn loyter? (Why Was the Sky So Bright Yesterday?); 108. Oyf dem Zamd fun Negev (On the Sands of the Negev); 201. A Mame's Nign (A Mother's Melody); 202. The Findjan (Steaming Kettle); 203. Oy, dortn, dortn ibern Vaserl (Oh, There across the Water); 204. Frunze verde (Green Leaves); 205. Noch a Glezele Tey (Another Little Cup of Tea); 206. Idish (Yiddish); 207. Motele
Publisher number: FG 3558 Folkways Records
Repository Loc.: Smithsonian Institution, Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage, Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections, 600 Maryland Ave., S.W., Suite 2001, Washington, D.C. 20024. Call 202-633-7322 for appointment. Fax: 202-633-7019. Email: rinzlerarchives@si.edu

Data Source: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections

Place: Poland; Germany; Warsaw (Poland)