Sidor Belarsky, born Isidor Livshitz (December 27, 1898 – June 7, 1975), was a

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singer born to a

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family in

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, Ukraine. He came to the United States in 1930 or 1931. He died at

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in 1975. His recording of "Dem Milners Trern" ("The Miller's Tears"), a

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folk song composed by M. M. Warshavsky, was featured in the

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's film, ''

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''. The song's subject is the expulsion of Jews from hundreds of villages in

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.''Anthology of Yiddish Songs'', ed. Vinkovetszky, et al, Mount Scopus Publications, Magnes Press, vol two, 1984, p. 123

Discography

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70th Anniversary: Sidor Belarsky Sings of the Hopes and Dreams of the East Side'',

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, piano. Artistic Enterprises, Inc. (c. 1967) (presented by the Forward Association and

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* * 1898 births 1975 deaths Jews from the Russian Empire Ukrainian Jews Jewish singers 20th-century Ukrainian male singers Yiddish-language singers Soviet emigrants to the United States {{Ukraine-singer-stub