Tantz mit mir a lidl bizn sof – Dance to the End
By Leonard Cohen
Voc, guit: Karsten Troyke
Violin: Daniel Weltlinger
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Yiddish songs in 4-part harmony IHO International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Yiddish Philharmonic Chorus
דער ייִדישער פֿילהאַרמאָנישער כאָר
Binyumen Schaechter, Conductor
Seth Weinstein, Pianist
IN HONOR OF
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Three songs in Yiddish
performed in four-part harmony
with English subtitles
Partizaner-himen
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBdTnthBw2o
פּאַרטיזאַנער־הימען
(Partisans' Hymn)
also known as
Zog nit keyn mol
זאָג ניט קיין מאָל
(Never Say)
Unter di...
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