K-037(a)

Shirat Haruakh (Song Of The Wind)

On album:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

13941

Composer:

Brandt, Ted

Artist:

Klez V'od

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Instr

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:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

272

Artist:

Klexmer V'od

First line:

Yidn tanst dem heymisher bulgar, fargest in ayere tsores...

First line:

ייִדן טאַנצט דעם הײמישען בולגאַר, פֿאַרגעסט אין אײַערע צרהות...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Style:

Instrumental

A Yor Nokh Mayn Khasene — אַ יאָר נאָך מײַן חתונה

Also known as:

Beser Tsu Blayben A Moyd

Author:

Reingold, Isaac — רײַנגאָלד, יצחק

Composer:

Reingold, Isaac — רײַנגאָלד, יצחק

Genre:

Theater/Lament/Humorous

Subject:

Wife/Abuse/Misery/Marriage

Origin:

ML PYS 253/FRCS2/K-026(k)2

Transliteration:

ML PYS 253/Alb K-030(a)/K-026(k)2

Translation:

ML PYS 254/Alb K-030(a)/K-026(k)2

Music:

ML PYS 255/FRCS2

Additional song notes:

A Year Since My Wedding

On album:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

793

Artist:

Klexmer V'od

Vocal:

Alexander, Sharon

First line:

My wedding was a year ago, and what have I to show?

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

English

Der Nayer Sher — דער נײַער שער

Also known as:

Dem Nayem Sher

Author:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Klezmer

Subject:

Sher/Klezmer/Dance/Wedding

Transliteration:

Warem 40/Alb K-030(d)

Translation:

Alb K-030(d)/Alb M-068(a)04

Music:

Warem 40

On album:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

3250

Artist:

Klezmer V'od

Vocal:

Alexander, Sharon

First line:

Hey, du klezmer, nem dem fidl, shpil dos naye lidl, tantsn..

First line:

הײ דו קלעזמער, נעם דעם פֿידל, שפּיל דאָס נײַע לידל, טאַנצן װעט...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Hey, du klezmer, play that fiddle, shake it up a little,

Language:

Yiddish/English

Style:

Klezmer

Dodi Li (Chen) — דוֹדי לי (כן)

Genre:

Biblical/Song of Songs/

Subject:

Love/Shepherd

Origin:

Alb S-033(a)

Transliteration:

Alb S-002(e)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb S-075(a)

Translation:

Alb S-033(a)/Alb H-026(a)/Alb A-031(a)/Alb S-075(a)/Alb H-026(c)/Alb A-031(a)

On album:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

3915

Artist:

Klezmer V'od

Vocal):

Cohen, Robert and Sharon Alexander

First line:

Dodi li v'ani lo, haroe bashoshanim.

First line (Hebrew):

דודי לי ואני לו, הרועה בּששנים.

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

"My beloved is mine and I am his." From Song of Songs

Language:

Hebrew

Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym — פֿירן די מחותּנים אַהײם

Also known as:

Oriental Melody (Instr)

Also known as:

Street Song

Composer:

Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב

Genre:

Klezmer/Wedding/Instrumental/Hora/Doyna

Subject:

In Laws

Music:

Comp Klez 44

Additional song notes:

Accompaning the In-Laws Home Naftule Brandwein sometimes credited as Composer. Melody played in Shargorad (also elsewhere)/aka DerGasn Nigun- Oriental Melody

On album:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

5248

Artist:

Klezmer V'od

Artist:

Brandt, Ted, clarinet

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Sirba rhythm, Rumania

Style:

Klezmer/Instrumental

Klez Capades (Instr)

On album:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

8515

Composer:

Cohen, Robert

Artist:

Klezmer V'od

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Includes melody from "Looney Toones" cartoon theme.

Mit Dir Iz Mir Gut (Eng, Yid) — מיט דיר איז מיר גוט

On album:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

10573

Author:

Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי

Composer:

Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף

Artist:

Klezmer V'od

Vocal:

Alexander, Sharon

First line:

Mit dir iz mir gut, s'felt mir keyn zakh nit,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

When you're here with me, what else could I need?

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:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

11996

Artist:

Klezmer V'od

Vocal:

Alexander, Sharon

First line:

Oyfn vegt shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn,

First line:

אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

At the window stands a tree, bent against the bitter storm,

Language:

English/Yiddish

Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt — אױ מאַמע, בין איך פֿאַרליבט

Author:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Genre:

Theatre/Love

Subject:

Love/Mother/Daughter/Klezmer Youth/Violin

Transliteration:

Warem 159/Alb I-013(a)

Translation:

Alb T-015(c)/Alb S-068(a)/Alb I-013(a)/Alb M-068(a)04

On album:

K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)

Track ID:

11767

Author/Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Artist:

Klez V'od

First line:

Ven s'shpilt zikh oyf zayn fidl, a sheyn hartsik yidish lidl

First line:

װען ס'שפּילט זיך אױף זײַן פֿידל, אַ שײן האַרציק ייִדיש לידל,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Track comment:

Oy mame, am I in love, this klezmer fiddler drives me crazy,

Language:

English/Yiddish