Zelig Bardichever

Zelig Leib Bardichever (; 1903–1937) was a Yiddish poet and composer from Bessarabia. His simple yet elegant poems and songs were written in a folkloric style and described the lives and poverty of artisans and common Jews, and of details of life in Romanian towns in years gone by. Although he died young and many of his songs were not properly documented, some of them were published and performed by Leibu Levin and others who had heard and learned them during Bardichever's lifetime.

Biography Early life Bardichever was born into a poor family in Bălți, Bessarabia, Russian Empire on June 6, 1903; there are conflicting sources. His father, Ayzik-Duvid Haskelevich Bardichever, was an oil merchant who was born in Mohyliv-Podilskyi, Podolian Governorate. In 2009, a DVD was released in Russia with a concert of Arkady Gendler performing Bardichever's songs.

Literature לידער מיט ניגונים (Лидер мит нигуним — Стихи и мелодии). Черновицы, 1939 (Монтевидео: Фарлаг "Зрие", 1948). Летящие тени: Стихи еврейских поэтов Бессарабии в переводе с идиша Рудольфа Ольшевского. Кишинёв, 2000. Сара Шпитальник. Бессарабский стиль. Кишинёв: Ruxandra, 2005.