Kolomyya(Kolomya in the project's index)2013-05-224 min · 2 stretchesYiddish 96%
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Summary
Short camera file (under four minutes) from the 2013 Kolomya expedition, with the interviewee not named in the index. An older speaker sings a song, apparently an emigrant or prison ballad mentioning Istanbul and a wife's property, and then a Kishinev (Kishinev) song. Kerler comments briefly in between, and the file ends with a short exchange between the voices.
Stretches
00:00–01:45
The informant sings a song in which a man goes to Istanbul and is met at the station by a friend who tells him about his wife, followed by a dialogue between husband and wife about three years spent in chains. The song continues to the point where Kerler comes in.
Kerler praises the song as a beautiful one and says it is a Bessarabian song. The informant says he did not want to sing it because someone is absent and he will pass it on to him. He then sings a song about Kishinev (Kishinev), entering the city with songs, with a short remark between verses. The recording ends with a brief remark from Kerler.