Mendele: Yiddish literature and language ______________________________________________________ Contents of Vol. 5.024 July 15, 1995 1) Yidish mit kompyuter af dem Tsvishn-Nets (Refoyl Finkel) 2) The name Tevye (Rick Turkel) 3) The name Tevye (Bob Werman) 4) Yiddish Gilbert and Sullivan (Yisroel Feldman) 1)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 11:32:19 -0400 From: raphael@cs.engr.uky.edu Subject: yidish mit kompyuter af dem Tsvishn-Nets keyedue, hob ikh gemakht mit kompyuter etlekhe programen un shriftn vos helfn mir drukn yidish. haynt iz aroys epes a bisl nay: ikh hob gepoyelt makhn fun yivo-transcriptsie a "gif-file", vos ikh hob geshtelt af dem "www" (gants-veltlekh vebs). git nor a kuk af http://www.cs.engr.uky.edu/~raphael/yiddish.html zen di ershte pruvn. di mayse aleyn iz a bisl vi men makht fun an altn mantl a lidl: fun mantl a rekl, fun rekl a vestl, fun vestl a hitl, fun hitl a keshene, fun keshene a knepl, fun knepl a gornisht, un fun gornisht dos lidl. ikh heyb on mit yivo-transcriptsye, tsu-rekht makh di oysleyg fun hebreyeshe verter, leyg arayn in a mitl-forem vu, lemoshl, 'sh' vert prost a shin, fun dem in "TeX" forem, fun dem in "dvi" forem, fun dem af mayn ze-fenster in "X11" forem, fun dem in "gif" forem, fun dem in gants-veltlekh vebs forem. A gantser khad-gadyo, ober dos rov iz oytomatish, b"h! di programen zaynen khinom in ftp://www.cs.engr.uky.edu/cs/software/yiddish.tar.gz far di vos farmogn "Unix". Refoyl Finkel [A simen az undzer khoshever Refoyl derlozt nisht az groz zol im vaksn unter di fis. Bloyz mit a por teg tsurik hobn mir zikh dervust az eyner fun Mendele's naye abonantn (Harald Helgott) hot ayngeshtelt a "home page" vos gebt aroys yidishe poezie in transkriptsie: http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~hhelf/yiddish.html Yetzt kenen mir leyenen di zelbe poezie in ebreishe oysies. Ven der shames volt geveyn a shadkhan volt er forgeshlogt khotch a hypertextishe bindung tsvishn di tsvey "home pages". A hartsikn yasher-koyekh beyde.] 2)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 95 13:49:29 EDT From: rturkel@cas.org Subject: The name Tevye Harvey Spiro replied (Vol. 5.023) to an earlier request for information on the name Tevye. His answer is basically correct, although the proper Hebrew vocalization is Tuvia, not Tovya, so his postulated intermediate *Toyvya doesn't exist. Incidentally, the name Tuvia still in current use. zayt gezunt un shtark. Rick Turkel 3)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 95 0:01 +0200 From:rwerman@vms.huji.ac.il Subject: The name Tevye The name Tov'ya appears about a dozen times in the tanach, usually associated with the Exilic period. The name Tuv'ya is also common in modern Hebrew. I imagine the Yiddish speaking reader of Hebrew might pronounce the name Tuveya, or Toveya or Teeveya, depending on where he came from. These are likely only a hop, step and a jump from Tevye. Bob Werman Jerusalem 4)---------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 14 Jun 1995 23:02:48 -0400 (EDT) From: wexfeld@delphi.com Subject: More on Yiddish Gilbert and Sullivan In response to Varda Novick's recent post about Yiddish Gilbert and Sullivan, readers might want to know that cassette tapes of Der Yiddisher Mikado and Der Yiddisher Pinafore are available via mail order from the Gilbert and Sullivan Yiddish Light Opera Co., c/o Bob Tartell, 690 Hawthorne St., W. Hempstead, NY 11552, for $15. I first found out about them through an ad in the English-language Forward. The recordings are accompanied by a (very accomplished) pianist. The singing is excellent, and the words are generally easy to understand. I hesitate to commend any particular performers, since most are terrific, but the tenor in the Mikado (Yanki-Pu) has a meltingly beautiful voice. I also particularly enjoy the moving rendition of "Oy Vey'z Mir, Oy Vey'z Mir, Oy Vey's Mir"/"Tit Willow" ("Oyf a boym bay a vaser a faygele kleyn zingt vey'z mir, oy vey'z mir, oy vey'z mir") in the Mikado, and "Ikh Bin Der Keynig Fun Dem Yam/"I Am The Monarch Of The Sea" ("Un vo ikh gey zingt men a b'racha/un mir zaynen di shvester un di gantse mishpokhe") in Pinafore. The chorus is also excellent and fully in the spirit of the proceedings. The tapes include only the songs, not the spoken dialogue. The whole production is very professional, very lively, and very funny, and somehow retains the spirit of Gilbert and Sullivan transposed to a rather different setting. Yisroel Feldman ______________________________________________________ End of Mendele Vol. 5.024 Mendele has 2 rules: 1. Provide a meaningful Subject: line 2. Sign your article (full name please) Send articles to: mendele@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu Send change-of-status messages to: listserv@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu a. 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