by Various Artists · Wergo Germany · CD · EAN 4010228162523
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«Di Eybike Mame: The Eternal Mother» is a compilation by various performers of Yiddish theatre and popular song, released in 2003 by Wergo on CD.
It brings together original 78 rpm recordings of female performers of Yiddish theatre and popular song from 1905 to 1929, with a repertoire ranging from folklore and liturgical song to operetta and musical comedy. It includes «Lekht bentshn» (Helene Gespass), «Tsipke» (Molly Picon) and «Shabes, yontef un roshkhoydesh» (Bertha Kalish).
First CD anthology in Wergo's Jewish Music series devoted to women of Yiddish theatre, edited by Joel Rubin and Rita Ottens, and includes a booklet with an essay on Yiddish theatre music.
Will appeal to fans of Yiddish theatre and early 20th-century Jewish music.
