Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings

Album ID:
K-092(a)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Yale University
Date of issuance:
2003
Language:
Yiddish
Provenance:
Gift of Yale University Library
Genre:
Klezmer/Theater
Where produced:
New Haven, CO
Comment:
From 78 rpm recordings
Number of tracks:
21
Additional notes:
Limited edition CD was produced as a keepsake for the conference "Celebrating Jewish Music at Yale", April 12-13, 2003

Contents

Doyne (Kishenev Folk Orch) — דױנע (קישענעװ פֿאָלק אָרקעסטער)
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30735
Artist:
Kishenev Folk Orchestra
Orchestra Director:
Aranov, Sh
Track comment:
Originally recorded Colliseum CRLP 192 on Folk Songs and Dances from the Lands
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Orchestral
Length:
5:17
Beserabian Sirba — בעסעראַביאַן סירבאַ
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Dance
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30736
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Tarras Instrumental Trio
Track comment:
Originally recorded NY, ca. 1941, Colonial COL LP 218, Jewish Wedding Dances
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
1:54
Keshenever Bulgar — קעשענעװער בולגאַר
Also known as:
Bulgar from Kishinev
Composer:
Katzman, Abe
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Bulgar/Freylekhs
Music:
Comp Klez 37
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30727
Artist:
Abe Katzman's Bessarabian Orchestra
Track comment:
Originally recorded Brunswick 67048, New York, December 1927
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:55
A Yidish Khupe — אַ ייִדיש חופּה
Author:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre:
Badkhunes/Ritual/Wedding
Subject:
Marriage/Duties/Advice/Ceremony
Song comment:
Badkhen and Wedding Ceremony
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30729
Vocal:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
First line:
A yidisher khupe! Kumt aher…firt dem khusn
First line:
אַ ייִדישער חופּה! קומט אַהער,... פֿירט דעם חתן
Track comment:
Originally recorded Zonophone 3000, New York 1904
Language:
Hebrew/Yiddish
Style:
Wedding Ceremony/Klezmer
Length:
3:05
Far Der Khupe — פֿאַר דער חופּה
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30730
Artist:
The Jewish Comedians
Orchestra Director:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Track comment:
Originally recorded Columbia E7051, New York, Oct 1920
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:54
Ale In Eynem — אַלע אין אײנעם
Genre:
Klezmer
Subject:
Unity
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30731
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ale in eynem!
First line (Yiddish):
אַלע אין איינעם
Track comment:
Originally recorded Columbia E7725, New York, April, 1920
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Primarily Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:21
Voliner Bulgar — װאָלינער בולגאַר
Genre:
Klezmer/Bulgar/Instrumental
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30732
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Track comment:
Originally recorded Columbia E7725, New York, May 1920
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Bulgar
Length:
3:16
Bay Dem Shtetl — בײַ דעם שטעטל
Also known as:
Shtetl M.O.
Also known as:
In The Valley
Also known as:
In Mayn Shtetl Shteyt A Shtibl
Genre:
Folk/Children
Subject:
Shtetl/Home/Parents/Family/Animals/Barnyard Sounds/Joy
Origin:
Rub Oak 95/R-007(b)/Kinderbuch 164/Alb L-062(a)
Transliteration:
Rub Oak 16/Alb O-001(c)/Kinderbuch 164/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Alb R-007(f)1
Translation:
Rub Oak 16/Alb R-007(b)/Kinderbuch 165/Alb R-007(f)1
Music:
Kinderbuch 164/Rub Oak 16
Additional song notes:
See" Bay Dem Shtetl" Liner notes on Alb P-038(b) and L-061(a) credit Moyshe Oysher as composer and Zalmen Rozental with the text. Translation and Translitliteration also on Alb K-051(l) - Recorded under title as Shtetl M.O.
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30733
Vocal:
Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
Artist:
Sam Medoff Orchestra
First line:
In mayn shtetl shteyt a shtibl mit a grinem dakh, mit a grinem dakh,
First line (Yiddish):
אין מײַן שטעטל שטײט אַ שטיבל, מיט אַ גרינעם דאַך, מיט אַ גרינעם..
Track comment:
Originally recorded Banner B-576, published ca. 1948-49
Language:
Yiddish
Length:
2:34
A Vayb — אַ װייִב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wife
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30737
Vocal:
Seiden, Frank
First line:
Audio not audible
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop
Length:
2:34
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-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30738
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Organ:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Hey, du klezmer, nem dem fidl, shpil dos naye lidl, tantsn vet men dem nayem..
First line:
הײ דו קלעזמער, נעם דעם פֿידל, שפּיל דאָס נײַע לידל, טאַנצן װעט מען דעם …
Track comment:
Way down in the land of the Rio Grande, when people are married, they play…
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Samba/Klezmer
Length:
3:13
Loz Zikh — לאָז זיך
Genre:
Theater/Cabaret/Double Entendre
Subject:
Sucumb/Temptation/Shvitz/Cow
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30739
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
Loz zikh Tillie, loz zikh. Tillie, don't be silly, loz zikh. Loz zikh gletn.
First line (Yinglish):
לאָז זיך טילי, לאָז זיך. טילי, דאָנט בי סילי, לאָז זיך. לאָז זיך גלעטן פֿון די יאָטן
Language:
Yinglish
Style:
Jazz/Klezmer
Length:
3:05
Beserabian Bulgarish — בעסעראַביאַן בולגאַריש
Also known as:
Yeveresky Tants
Also known as:
Yiddisher Tants
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30740
Artist:
State Ensemble For Jewish Folk Music
Violin/Orchestra Director:
Rabinovitsh, M. I. — ראַבינאָװיטש, מ. י.
Track comment:
Probably "Freylekh Dance" by Jewish Folk Orchestra of Kiev
Style:
Instrumental/Orchestral/Klezmer
Length:
2:37
My Yiddishe Momma — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע
Additional song notes:
See "A Yidishe Mame"
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30741
Vocal:
Linden, Estelle
Artist:
Jewish Swing Ensemble
First line:
A yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser af der velt, a yidishe mame, oy vey vi...
First line:
אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט. אַייִדישע מאַמע, אוי ווייִ ...
Track comment:
Originally recorded ca. 1948, Victor 25-1086
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Swing/Pop
Length:
3:35
A Volekh and Freylekhs — אַ וואָלעך און פֿריילעכס
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30742
Artist:
Hymie Jacobson Orchestra
Clarinet:
Epstein, Max — עפּשטײן, מאַקס
Tenor Saxaphone:
Pincus, Paul
Trumpet:
Epstein, Willie
Drums:
Weissman, Lou
Bass:
Galazan, Charlie
Piano:
Hausman, Al
Track comment:
Possibly recorded New Jersey, December 1947, Deluxe 1134
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:03
A Yidish Lid — אַ ייִדיש ליד
Author:
Medoff, Sam
Composer:
Medoff, Sam
Genre:
Lament/Theater
Subject:
Hope/Memory
Song comment:
Includes "traveling melody motiv" from "Habibi"
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30743
Artist:
Begelman Sisters
First line:
Tir un toyer, iberal farmakht, dos lebn shlept zikh vi aneybike nakht
First line (Yiddish):
טיר און טױער, איבעראַל פֿאַרמאַכט, דאָס לעבן שלעפּט זיך װי אַן..
Track comment:
Originally recorded New York, August 1939, Victor 25-5020
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
With choral group
Length:
3:21
Hora Batuta
Composer:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Genre:
Klezmer/Romanian/Dance/Instrumental
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30744
Cymbalom:
Moscovitz, Joseph
Piano:
Hargy, Bela
Track comment:
Originally recorded Washington, D.C., 1953, Romany RR-LP 2
Style:
Instrumental
Length:
2:14
Rumenye, Rumenye — רומעניע, רומעניע
Author:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Composer:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Double Entendre/Skat/Humorous/Nostal
Subject:
Rumania/Place/Food/Women
Origin:
GYF 12
Transliteration:
Alb G-013(c)/CD K-068(e)/AAlb L-002(a)Alb L-023(a)/Alb J-24(a)1
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/GYF 12/Alb K-029(g)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb W-031(a)
Music:
Warem 175/GYF 12
Related information in folder 397:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Yiddish text with transliteration and English adaptation. Also, various versions.
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30746
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ekh! Rumenye (7x), di amulike rumenye, nit di yetstike rumenye, di gute rumanye
First line (Yiddish):
עך, רומעניע (7), די אַמוליקע רומעניע, ניט די יעצטיקע רומעניע, די גוטע רומעניע,
Track comment:
Parts 1 and 2 originally recorded ca. 1947 Banner B-514
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Vaudville/Novelty
Length:
6:19