[78-L] Le Petit Mirsha

[Kristjan Saag]

Le Petit Mirsha was a boy (born Mirsha Orenstein in Bucharest 1923). He was about twelve years old when this song was recorded (February 1935).  Being  a jew he was deported duringWW II  and disappeared.
Here's more - in French:
http://mediatheque.cite-musique.fr/masc/?INSTANCE=CITEMUSIQUE&URL=/MediaComposite/CMDE/-CMDE000002800/03_Django_01_Petit_Mirsha.htm
Kristjan

On 2013-08-21 23:15, Harold Aherne wrote:
> I just listened to "Petit homme, c'est l'heure de faire dodo" (Little Man, You've Had a Busy Day) by a vocalist known as Le Petit Mirsha. There isn't much written about this performer other than a few entries in Django Reinhardt discographies, as Django accompanied Mirsha on a few dates.
>
> The $64 question: Is Le Petit Mirsha a boy (as "le petit" suggests) or an adult woman singing like a child?
>
> -HA
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