D Harmonic Minor

from Space Klezmer by YID!

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In 1941, in New York, hert a khidesh,
Dos Kelbl, a lid geshribn oyf yidish,

In mitn der tsveyter velt-milkhome,
Dos meynt in mitn khurbn,
A halber velt avek fun der laydndiker Eyrope,
Hot undzer po’et un dramaturg,
Kabole-forsher, parapsikholog,
Ahren Tseytlin
Geshribn a lid vegn a kelbl, oyf a vogn,
Oyfn veg tsu der shkhite…

Di muzik hot ongeshribn der barimter Sholom Secunda.

Der yid, dos kelbl, oyf a vogn,
Oyfn veg tsum mark, on farshteyn farvos.

Zikh lernen fliyen?
Oder a muzikalishe mehume tsu der frayheyt!

Afile ven men hot undz mamesh gefirt tsu der shkhite
Hot der sheferisher impuls zikh nisht gevaklt.

An Andaluzisher opruf:
DONA DONA,
Azoy vi gezungen in Magreb.

In 1941, in New York, listen to this remarkable thing:
“The Calf”, a poem written in Yiddish.

In the middle of the Second World War,
That is, in the middle of the Holocaust,
Half a world away from suffering Europe,
Our poet and playwright,
Kabbalah-researcher, parapsychologist,
Aaron Zeitlin,
Wrote a song about a calf, on a wagon,
On its way to the slaughter…

The music was written by the great Sholom Secunda,

The Jew, the calf, on a wagon,
Bound for market, not understanding why.

Learn to fly?
Or a musical stampede to freedom!

Even as we were led to the slaughter,
The creative impulse never wavered.

An Andalusian response:
“Donna, Donna”
as sung in the Magreb.

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from Space Klezmer, released April 5, 2018

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YID! Melbourne, Australia

This wild ensemble infuses traditional Yiddish tunes with new takes from across genres, including elements of EDM, Weimar Republic Cabaret, Free Jazz, Indie-pop and Big Band influences.Add late ‘70s funk to drive the bus well over the edge.
Daring Unique Hipsters, grandparents, children, everyone in between; all people find something to dance, cry and laugh to during a YID! performance. ... more

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