Yankele is a folksong-like Yiddish song by the Polish-Jewish songwriter Mordechai Gebirtig, who was killed in the Kraków ghetto during the Second World War in 1942. Written for the University of Birmingham’s CrossCurrents Festival as part of CrossCurrents, a new set of eleven specially commissioned folk-inspired songs. First performance: Lucy Schaufer, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conducted by Richard Baker Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham, 20th February 2016Yankele is a folksong-like Yiddish song by the Polish-Jewish songwriter Mordechai Gebirtig, who was killed in the Kraków ghetto during the Second World War in 1942. Written for the University of Birmingham’s CrossCurrents Festival as part of CrossCurrents, a new set of eleven specially commissioned folk-inspired songs. First performance: Lucy Schaufer, Birmingham Contemporary Music Group, conducted by Richard Baker Elgar Concert Hall, University of Birmingham, 20th February 2016.
| Genrer (Fx Pop, Rock, Børn m.m.) | Post-1900 |
| Type (fx Instrumentskole o.lign.) | Studie Partitur |
| Sideantal | 16 |
| Media (fx Bog, CD, DVD m.m.) | Noder |
| Publisher/Producent | Cadenza Music |
| Bidragydere | Zev Gordon, Michael(Composer) |