Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish

Album ID:
A-056(a)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Playasound PS 65241
Date of issuance:
2000
Language:
Yiddish
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman/ Purchase Sal Kluger, KlezKamp 2000
Genre:
Pop/Klezmer
Where produced:
France
Number of tracks:
13

Contents

A Heymisher Bulgar — אַ הײמישער בולגאַר
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer/Pop/
Subject:
Dance/Joy/Celebration
Origin:
Alb R-022(a)/
Transliteration:
Warem 85/Alb P-019(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb R-022(a)/
Translation:
Alb R-022(a)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb P-019(c)/
Music:
Warem 85
Additional song notes:
A Homey Bulgar
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
25354
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
Yidn, tantst dem heymishn bulgar, fargest in ayere tsores un ayer tsar!
First line (Yiddish):
ייִדן, טאַנצט דעם הײמישן בולגאַר, פֿאַרגעסט אין אײַערע צרהות און אײַער צער!
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop
Length:
4:51
Chava Un Der Henker — חוה און דער הענקער
Author:
Weyh, Yves
Author:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Genre:
Ballad/Literary Origin
Subject:
Hangman/Victim/Fear/Lonliness/Suicide/Memory/Village/Love
Additional song notes:
Chava and the Hangman
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35880
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
Di Nakht, di shtern, der friling bliet, ikh hob im gern, ver iz er, der fremder
First line:
די נאַכט, די שטערן, דער פֿרילינג בליִט, איך האָב אים גערן ווער איז דער פֿרעמדער
Style:
Klezmer/Somber/Forboding
Length:
5:13
Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito — װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ
Also known as:
Vos Geven Iz Nishtu
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudeville/Lament
Subject:
Aging/Memory
Origin:
ML PYS 274
Transliteration:
Warem 224/ML PYS 274/Alb J-024(a)1/Estella 8
Translation:
Alb T-015(a)/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 224/ML PYS 275/Estella 8
Additional song notes:
What Was Once Is No More
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35882
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, red ikh fun zinen, red ikh fun..
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון זינען, צו רעד ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Lament/Pop
Length:
3:44
Yidl Mitn Fidl — ייִדל מיטן פֿידל
Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Folk
Subject:
Klezmer/Musicians/Life/Nature/Joy
Origin:
ML PYS 258/Alb L-044(c)/
Transliteration:
Alb A-044(a)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Alb I-013(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb L-044(c)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Qalb L-044(c)/Alb B-122(a)
Music:
Warem 240/ML PYS 258
Additional song notes:
Little Jew With His Fiddle (?) From the film of the same name.
Related information in folder 1002:
Comments:
1. Internet article by Rhoda (Rokhl) Bernard, with original Yiddish text, transliteration and translation of the song.
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35883
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
Iber felder, vegn, ofy a vogn hey, mit zun un vint un regn forn klezmer tsvey
First line (Yiddish):
איבער פֿעלדער װעגן, אױף אַ בינטל הײ, מיט זון און װינט און רעגן פֿאָרן קלעזמער
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop
Length:
1:51
Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם
Also known as:
Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd
Also known as:
Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym
Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Genre:
Literary Origin/Folk
Subject:
Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love
Song comment:
P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"
Origin:
ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/
Transliteration:
GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)
Translation:
Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414
Music:
ML MTAG 164/
Additional song notes:
By The Wayside Stands A Tree See also illustration in Manger Illust See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania
Related information in folder 111:
Comments:
1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym." See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik) 2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell. 3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe". 4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.
Related information in folder 996:
Comments:
1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35885
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
First line:
Oyfn veg shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn, ale feygl funem boym zaynen…
First line (Yiddish):
אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם בוים זענען זיך...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert/Pop
Length:
4:38
Schmatology — שמאַטאָלאָגיע
Author:
Weyh, Yves
Author:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Genre:
Literary Origin/Blues/Klezmer
Subject:
Place/Paris/Clothes/Used/Expert/Vender/Pletzl
Additional song notes:
Science of Shmates (Rags/Used Clothes)
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35886
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
Shtil iz di gas, kum tsu pletsl, yidele mayn, trink oys dayn gloz, skhoyre...
First line (Yiddish):
שטיל איז די גאַס, קום צו פּלעצל, ייִדעלע מײַן, טרינק אויס דײַן גלוז, סחורה שטייט
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
Length:
5:47
Jens Liebn
Author:
Weyh, Yves
Author:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Genre:
Pop/Klezmer
Subject:
Peddler/Merchant/Student/Torah/Dissolute/Double Life/Parents
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35888
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
Ikh bin der yid fun shtetl, ikh bin der yid fun hier, ikh trog nor arum mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין דער ייִד פֿון שטעטל, איך בין דער ייִד פֿון היִר, איך טראָג נאָר אַרום..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
Length:
3:31
Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע
Also known as:
Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
Author:
Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Immigration/Lament
Subject:
Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
Origin:
Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Transliteration:
Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
Translation:
Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Additional song notes:
See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version. Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit. See Gottlieb p. 147. See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate What's Not To Like 2017
Related information in folder 408:
Comments:
1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine". 2. 2. Original text with 8 verses 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35889
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
Tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine, bekelekh vi royte
First line (Yiddish):
צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען, די גרינע, בעקעלעך ווי....
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Kleamer/Pop
Length:
2:26
Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן
Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht
Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
Also known as:
El Chiclerito
Also known as:
Freylekhe Yidelekh
Also known as:
Sigaryot
Also known as:
Kupite Papirosy
Author:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Composer:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
Origin:
Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
Music:
Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
Additional song notes:
Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35890
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a yingele fartroyert un…
First line (Yiddish):
אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע פֿאַרטרויערט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Pop
Length:
5:03
Der Zeyde In New York — דער זיידע אין ניו יאָרק
Author:
Weyh, Yves
Author:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Genre:
Pop/Klezmer/Fusion
Subject:
Place/New York/Fear/Violence/Memory/Coca Cola/Shtetl/Traffic
Additional song notes:
Grandfather in New York
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35891
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
First line:
Manhattan, downtown dortn lebn mir, dem altn nigun zingen mir fun tir tsu tir,
First line (Yiddish):
מאַנהאַטאַן דאָנטאָן, דאָרטן לעבן מיר, דעם אַלטן ניגון זינגען מיר פֿון טיר צו טיר,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Klezmer/Fusion
Length:
2:34