A Halutziche | Sorinke

Identifier
irn700305
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • RG-91.0130
Level of Description
Item
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

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

Chayela Rosenthal (singer) with the Ben Horris Orchestra. Side A: "A Halutziche" (Ikh bin a khalutsishe). Music: Chayela Rosenthal. Text: Itzhak Yanasowicz. Side B: "Sorinke" "Sorinke" Music and text: Chayele Rosenthal.

Note(s)

Genre

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