All the pieces entering this collection are composed on the base of the Jewish folk songs, taken from the ''Anthology of the Jewish Folk Songs'' published by the ''Compozitor - Saint-Petersburg Publishing House'' in 1994. These songs were written down on the vast territory of the Western Europe. Of course, they were fed by the neighbouring cultures (the Ukrainian, Moldavian, Romanian etc.). Generally most of them are represented unchanged. Zolotnitsky resorts to variation and variant principles of the material evolution, peculiar for folklore. Polyphonic methods are also the significant stimuli for such a facture. Original modal turns, strokes and ornamentation reveal the national nature in the melodies supposedly belonging to the bordering peoples.
The songs arc partially given translations from the Yiddish, close to the underline ones (realized mainly by A. L. Kaplan), the majority are accounted in poetical form, adjusted for to be sung simultaneously with the melody (created by Ye. Ya. Hazdan on the base of A. L. Kaplan's word for word translations).
The author's zealous inquisitive passion for the Jewish music shall undoubtedly penetrate under the skin of both performers and listeners, filling their hearts with supreme luck.

Contents:

A lidele in idis (Song About Peace). Little Song in the Jewish Spirit. Verses by I. Kotlyar
Lomir ale inejnem (Let Us Altogether). Festive
Du mejdele, du fajns (Pretty Little Maiden). Love riddle
Varnickes (Dumplings). Love song
Di verbe (Willow). Love song. Verses by H. N. Byalik
Lomir zix iberbetn (Let Us Make It Up). Love song
Di mame hot mix gesikt (Mother Sent Me). Love song
Mazl-tov! Wedding song
Mexutonim gej'n (In-laws Are Coming). Wedding song
Di mexutonim gejen sojn (Family Is Coming). Wedding song
In rod arajn (Join the Circle). Wedding song
Der rebe hot gehejsn frejlex zajn (Rebe Told Us to Be Merry). Festive song
Stejt in feld a bejme