Mordechai Gebirtig was one of the most influential and popular
writers of Yiddish songs and poems. Born in 1877, he became a
prolific poet and song writer, using everything he saw, heard and
knew about people. His legacy, therefore, is not only one of
melodies and lyrics, but also a treatise on Jewish life in Poland
under the benign neglect of the Austrians, the ever growing
hostility of the Poles, and finally, the terror of the Germans, who
destroyed the people, their culture, and, to a great measure, their
memory. Schneider's book for the first time brings his work to an
English-speaking audience, offering a collection of all of his
major works, complete with the scores, transliterated Yiddish text,
and English translation. Her book offers a rare insight into the
world of Eastern European Jews, their culture, and their music.
Gebirtig's most famous song Es Brent--It's Burning--was written
in response to a 1936 pogrom. It became a stirring hymn for the
survivors of the Holocaust, who felt that the words suited their
own situation very well. Gebirtig himself was shot in the Cracow
Ghetto in June 1942. Neither he nor any of his close family
survived the war. However, as this volume shows, his songs and
poems remain an enduring voice for a Jewish community nearly lost
to the Nazis. They constitute a precious legacy for anyone
interested in the world of Eastern Europe Jews, their culture, and
their music.
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