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Shmutsige Magnaten: Coleman Plays Gebirtig
Label: Tzadik
Released: 2006
Track listing: Mayn Yovl; Mamenyu An Eytse; Kartofl Zup Mit Shvamen; Avreml Der Marvikher; Oy Briderl, L'Chaim; S'Brent; Hulyet, Hulyet, Kinderlekh; S'Izs Gut; Minuten Fun Betochen/Minuten Fun Yiesh.
Anthony Coleman: Shmutsige Magnaten: Coleman Plays Gebirtig
by Kurt Gottschalk
Mordechai Gebirtig was, as Anthony Coleman explained at a performance of the composer's work at The Stone in February, a writer of Polish folk songs evoking the hardships of Jewish life in the '30s and '40s. More a poet than a musician, Gebirtig would often sing or hum melodies to others to score. Coleman has given ...