Isrolik | Veit Nit Narele
Creator(s)
- Chayele Rosenthal (Performer)
Biographical History
Chayela Rosenthal (Khayele Rozental) (b. Vilna, 1924-d. Cape Town, 1979). A professional singer and actress before the war, Rosenthal was an early and active participant in the Vilna ghetto theater. Surviving the ghetto and several camps, she resumed her career in postwar Paris, and continued to entertain internationally (in Yiddish, Hebrew, and English) after settling in South Africa in 1951. For further information on Rosenthal, see https://chayela.wordpress.com; www.museumoffamilyhistory.com/yt/lex/R/rosenthal-chayela.htm.
Scope and Content
Side A: Isrolik. Music: Misha Veksler; text: Leyb Rosenthal. Chayela Rosenthal (singer), with the Ben Horris Orchestra. Ms. Rosenthal first performed "Yisrolik" on the ghetto stage on January 25 1942. With lyrics by her brother, the poet Leyb Rozental, the song was an immediate favorite with the ghetto's inhabitants. "Yisrolik" was one of a series of songs Rosenthal chose to record during her first recording session, in Paris, in 1948. Side B: Veit Nit Narele (Veyn nit narele) [Don't cry, silly] Music: Unknown; text: Leyb Rosenthal. Chayela Rosenthal (singer), with the Ben Horris Orchestra.
Note(s)
Also see https://www.ushmm.org/exhibition/music/detail.php?content=yisrolik. For more information, refer to: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn500589 and USHMM collection material from the son of the orchestra leader, Ben Horris. For more information about Vilna ghetto singer/actress Chayele Rosenthal, visit www.chayela.wordpress.com.
Genre
- Music.
- Recorded Sound