Weiner, Lazar
Title |
Time |
Play |
| Yosl klezmer | 02:13 | ▼ |
| Yosl klezmer | 02:13 | |
| Yidish | 01:25 | ▼ |
| Yidish | 01:25 | |
| Ergets vayt | 02:10 | ▼ |
| Ergets vayt | 02:10 | |
| Ikh hob far dir a sod | 01:46 | ▼ |
| Ikh hob far dir a sod | 01:46 | |
| A nign | 02:53 | ▼ |
| A nign | 02:53 | |
| Shtile likht | 02:02 | ▼ |
| Shtile likht | 02:02 | |
| Three Poems by Abraham Joshua Heschel | 02:22 | ▼ |
| Got geyt mir nok umetum | 02:22 | |
| Khoyves | 01:57 | |
| Got un mentsh | 01:34 | |
| Tsela tseldi | 02:21 | ▼ |
| Tsela tseldi | 02:21 | |
| Der sholem zokher | 04:28 | ▼ |
| Der sholem zokher | 04:28 | |
| Toybnshtile | 02:30 | ▼ |
| Toybnshtile | 02:30 | |
| Viglid | 02:50 | ▼ |
| Viglid | 02:50 | |
| Fun vayte teg | 01:46 | ▼ |
| Fun vayte teg | 01:46 | |
| Two Humoresques | 01:50 | ▼ |
| Bald vet zayn a regn | 00:45 | |
| A papir vil bageyn zelbstmord | 01:05 | |
| Der yid mitn fidl | 03:13 | ▼ |
| Der yid mitn fidl | 03:13 | |
| Baym bentshn likht | 01:56 | ▼ |
| Baym bentshn likht | 01:56 | |
| A gebet | 01:32 | ▼ |
| A gebet | 01:32 | |
| Shtile tener | 02:09 | ▼ |
| Shtile tener | 02:09 | |
| A foter tzu zayn zun | 02:26 | ▼ |
| A foter tzu zayn zun | 02:26 | |
| Volt mayn tate raykh geven | 01:44 | ▼ |
| Volt mayn tate raykh geven | 01:44 | |
| Dos reyd funem novi | 04:38 | ▼ |
| Dos reyd funem novi | 04:38 | |
| Ovnt-lid | 02:25 | ▼ |
| Ovnt-lid | 02:25 | |
| Gramen geshribn in zamd | 01:28 | ▼ |
| Gramen geshribn in zamd | 01:28 | |
| Ikh hob dikh shoyn lang | 01:28 | ▼ |
| Ikh hob dikh shoyn lang | 01:28 | |
| Viglid | 02:46 | ▼ |
| Viglid | 02:46 | |
| Dos gold fun dayne oygn | 01:56 | ▼ |
| Dos gold fun dayne oygn | 01:56 | |
| Di mayse mit der velt | 03:25 | ▼ |
| Di mayse mit der velt | 03:25 | |
| Ikh bin der vaynrib | 01:28 | ▼ |
| Ikh bin der vaynrib | 01:28 | |
| Unter dayne vayse shtern | 02:13 | ▼ |
| Unter dayne vayse shtern | 02:13 | |
| Yidn zingen ani mamin | 03:14 | ▼ |
| Yidn zingen ani mamin | 03:14 |
The Art of Yiddish Song
Lazar Weiner is most widely remembered today as the supreme exemplar and advocate of the Yiddish art song genre. Through his oeuvre of more than two hundred songs composed over a span of more than fifty years, he elevated that medium to unprecedented artistic sophistication. The Jewish art song was born only in the first decade of the 20th century, and though originally it was fashioned out of authentic folk material, the composers increasingly turned to modern Yiddish and Hebrew poetry as sources for inspiration. Ultimately, it was Lazar Weiner under whose pen the American Yiddish art song attained its most profound expression and reached its fullest and richest bloom.
These recordings feature leading song recitalists in collaboration with Lazar Weiner's son, Yehudi Wyner, the eminent American composer and pianist.
Review and Recognition:
"Another knockout from the Milken Archive of American Jewish Music....even the most charmingly folksy of the songs...are full of unexpected details.... The songs span a remarkable variety of styles." —Ian Quinn, American Record Guide