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Title: Those Were The Days Overture
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23117
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: From "Those Were The Days"
Style: Instrumental
Title: 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: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23118
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: With "Turk"
Style: Klezmer/Instrumental
Title: Turk (Instr)
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23119
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: with "Firn Di Mekhutonim Ahyem"
Style: Instrumental
Title: Second Ave Medley
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23120
Vocal Borts, Joanne
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Artist: Golden Land Orchestra
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: Di Grine Kuzine/ Der Shtiler Bulgar/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
Title: Der Shtiler Bulgar (Medley) -- דער שטילער בולגאַר (מעדלי)
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23122
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: Di Grine Kuzine/ Der Shtiler Bulgar/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
Style: Instrumental
Title: Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn (Medley) -- בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן (מעדלי)
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23123
Vocal Borts, Joanne
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
First line: Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (Yiddish):װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ…
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: Di Grine Kuzine/ Der Shtiler Bulgar/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
Language: Yiddish
Title: Shloymele Malkele -- שלמהלע מלכּהלע
Also known as: Oy Malkele Oy Shloymele
Author: Lillian, Isadore -- ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer: Rumshinsky, Yosef -- רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre: Theater
Subject: Brother/Sister/Love/
Origin: Metro Scher 30
Transliteration: Alb K-007(a)/SM Scher 9
Translation: Alb M-068(a)55
Music: SM Scher 9
Additional song notes: From the musical "Dos Galitsiyaner Rebele". Shloymele" is an imposter and not biologically related to (Malkele)
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23124
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
First line: A shvester bin ikh dir a trayer, Oy, bruderl, her zikh nor..
First line:אַ שװעסטער בין איך אַ טײַערע, אױ ברודער, הער זיך נאָר אײַן,
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style: Instrumental
Title: Glik -- גליק
Author: Meisell, Bella -- מײַזעל, בעלאַ
Composer: Olshanetsky, Alexander -- אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre: Theatre/Lament
Subject: Fate/Happiness/Love
Song Comment: From the musical "Der Letster Tants"
Origin: Alb T-028(f)
Transliteration: Warem 76/Alb W-031(a)Alb D-004(k)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-028(f)
Translation: Alb W-031(a)/Alb D-004(k)/Ephemera 1520 p 26
Music: Warem 76/Ephemera 1520 p
Additional song notes: Luck
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23125
Vocal Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
First line: Ikh shtey atsind un trakht. Vos far a shtarke makht,
First line (Yiddish):איך שטײ אַצינד און טראַכט, װאָס פֿאַר אַ שטאַרקער מאַכט,
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: From the musical "Der Letster Tants"
Language: Yiddish
Title: Bolero Medley
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23126
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib/ Mayn Yidishe Meydele/ Belz
Title: Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib -- איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב
Also known as: I Love You Much Too Much
Author: Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer: Olshanetsky, Alexander -- אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre: Theater/Lament
Subject: Anger/Love/Rejection/Fool/Revenge
Origin: Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration: Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
Translation: Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
Music: SM Scher 2
Additional song notes: I Love You Much To Much Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533 Translate - Alb P-038(a)
Related information in folder 122:On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
- Document type: Email
Author: Olshanetsky, Alexander
Publisher: Friedman, RA
Comments: Transliterated songtext from original sheet music. Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
Track ID: 23127
Artist: Golden Land Orchestra
Arranger/Clarinet Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
First line: Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, Ikh trog oyf dir keyn has,
First line:איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, איך טראַג אױף דיר קײן האַס,
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib/ Mayn Yidishe Meydele/ Belz
Style: Instrumental
Title: Mayn Yidishe Meydele -- מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע
Author: Schorr, Anshel -- שאָר, אַנשעל
Composer: Secunda, Sholom -- סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre: Theater
Subject: Charm/Beauty/Love
Origin: Kammen 25F 61
Transliteration: Warem 132/Alb K-029(h)/Kammen 25F 12/Ephemera 399
Translation: Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemeral 399
Music: Kammen 25F 61/ Warem 132
Additional song notes: See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, Page 5 From Yiddish Musical Titled "Mayn Yidishe Meydele," 1926
Related information in folder 370:
- Document type: Article
Author: Chana Mlotek
Publisher: Yiddish Forward
Date: 8/13/1999
Comments: Backround and Yiddish text of Mayn Yidishe Meydele. Also, transliteration and English adaptation by Judy Bressler.
Related information in folder 1502:On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
- Comments: 1. Transliterated and translated text from the internet.
Track ID: 23128
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Arranger/Clarinet Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style: Instrumental
Title: 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: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23130
Vocal Wilner, Lori
Artist Golden Land Orchestra
Arranger/Clarinet Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
First line: A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a…
First line (Yiddish):אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language: Yiddish
Title: Those Were The Days Entr'acte
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23131
Artist Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Title: Turk (Reprise, Instr)
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23132
Artist Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Title: Di Grine Kuzine (Medley) -- די גרינע קוזינע (פּאָפּורי)
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 31591
First line: Tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine
First line:צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען, די גרינע
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style: Instrumental
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