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Title: Hot A Yid A Vaybele -- האָט אַ ייִד אַ װײַבעלע
Author: Goldstein, Morris -- גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
Composer: Goldstein, Morris -- גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
Genre: Folk/Humorous
Subject: Marriage/Husband/Wife/Conflict/Incompetent/Food
Origin: Kammen JT 66/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
Transliteration: Rubin Voi 165/Kammen JT 32/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
Translation: Rubin Voi 165
Music: Kammen JT 32/Sheet Music Dopsie 29
Additional song notes: A Jew Has A Wife! See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, P 12 for transliteration and music
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Track ID: 6854
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Hot a Yid A vaybele, hot er fun ir tsores,
Track comment: From the play "Hot a Yid a Vaybele"
Style: Instrumental
Title: A Brivele Der Mamen -- אַ בריוועלע דער מאַמען
Also known as: Mikhtav Le'ima
Author: Smulewitz, Solomon -- שמוליװטש, שלמה
Composer: Smulewitz, Solomon -- שמוליװטש, שלמה
Composer: Smulewitz, Solomon -- שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre: Theater
Subject: Mother/Son/Parting/Letter/Emigration/Class/Neglect/
Origin: ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65
Transliteration: ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65/Alb G-013(c)/Alb L-009(a)/SM Moskow 54
Translation: Silverman YSB 145/Alb D-004(k)/Alb D-016(a)/Levin N 65/Alb M-068(a)55
Music: ML MTAG 144/GYF 28/Levin N 65/SM Moskow 54
Additional song notes: A letter To Mother See also for translit and translate What's Not To Like Ephemera 1458 ---2017
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 62
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Du forst mayn kind, mayn eyntsik kind, Ariber vayte yamen,
First line (Yiddish):דו פֿאָרסט מײַן קינד, מײַן אײנציק קימד, אַריבער װײַטע יםען,
Language: Yiddish
Style: Instrumental
Title: A Yidishe Mame -- אַ ייִדישע מאַמע
Also known as: Yiddishe Mame
Author: Yellen, Jack
Author: Pollack, Lou -- פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer: Pollack, Lou -- פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer: Yellen, Jack
Genre: Memory/Family
Subject: Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin: GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
Transliteration: Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
Translation: GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301
Music: GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301
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Track ID: 766
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Style: Instrumental
Title: Angel's Lullaby (Instr)
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 1314
Composer Lehmann, Henny & Gun Finlay
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Title: Der Rebe Hot Geheysn Freylekh Zayn -- דער רבּי האָט געהײסן פֿרײליך זײַן
Also known as: Yoshke Yoshke Shpan Dem Loshik
Author: Goldfaden, Avrom -- גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer: Goldfaden, Avrom -- גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Genre: Folk/Humorous
Subject: Rebe/Colt/Harness/Drinking/Whisky/Wine
Origin: ML PYS 136/Alb S-048(f)
Transliteration: ML PYS 136/Alb 009(a)/Alb J-030(a)/Alb Z-014
Translation: Alb K-020(a)/Alb S-048(f)/Alb 007(b)Alb J-030(a)Alb 122(a)/Alb Z-014
Music: ML PYS 136
Additional song notes: See Gottlieb, p. 44 for relationship of melody to Berlin's "Blue Skies" Same Melody as "Ma Yofus" Recorded on Alb Z-014(a) as "Lustig Zayn"
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Track ID: 3361
Artist: Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Yoshke, Yoshke, shpan dem loshik, Lomir gikher loyfn!
First line:יאָשקע, יאָשקע, שפּאַן דעם לאָשיק, לאָמיר גיכער לױפֿן. טאָמער װעט...
Track comment: Same melody as "Reb Dovidl"
Title: Dos Talesl -- דאָס טליתל
Author: Smulewitz, Solomon -- שמוליװטש, שלמה
Composer: Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
Composer: Wohl, Herman -- װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre: Religious
Subject: Faith/Constancy/Talis
Origin: Alb N-011(a)/
Transliteration: Alb N-011(a)/Peppler 2 74
Translation: Alb N-011(a)/Peppler 2 74
Music: Peppler 2 74
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- Document type: Article
Author: Chane Mlotek
Publisher: Yiddish Forward
Date: 5/31/2002
Comments: Response to request for information. Also, Yiddish text of Dos Talesl. Also, similar article, April 21, 2000. Also, English adaptation.
Track ID: 4147
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Dos talesl iz dokh eyn tayere zakh, oy, dos gehert dokh ...
First line (Yiddish):דאָס טליתל איז דאָך אײַן טײַערע זאַך, אױ, דאָס געהערט דאָך צום ייִדן,
Language: Yiddish
Style: Acapella/ Folk/ Field
Title: Enjoy The Sabbath (Instr)
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 4656
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Title: Eli Eli (Sandler) -- אלי אלי (סאַנדלער)
Author: Sandler, Jacob Koppel -- סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
Composer: Sandler, Jacob Koppel -- סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
Genre: Theatre/Lament/Religious
Subject: Plea/Persecution/Faith/Torture/Abandonment/Question
Origin: ML PYS 220/Ephemera 598/Metro Scher 31
Transliteration: Ausabel 676/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 220/Alb K-047(a)/Alb P-028(a)/L-048(a)/
Translation: Alb L-048(a)/Ausubel Folk 676/Alb K-047(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Vorbei 233
Music: Ausubel Folk 676/ML PYS 221/Metro Scher 31
Additional song notes: Cited in Nulman 74 Written For the play "Brokhe, Oder - DerYidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896. In Sheetmusic # 58 there are indications that the song was heard in various parts of Europe as a folk song, but then claimed by Sandler and Tomoshevsky because it was sung in their operetta "Brokha or The Jewish King of Poland for a Night". See Heskes entry 1194. Also transliteration and translation Published in Gottlieb 290 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012
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- Comments: 1. Article from Internet, by Clay Willis, titled "Why did Jesus on the cross say "Eli Eli Lama sabachtani?)
Track ID: 4583
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Eli, Eli lomo azavtoni? In fayer un flam hot men undz...
First line:אלי, אלי, למה עזבֿתּני? (2) אין פֿײַער און פֿלאַם האָט מען אונדז..
Track comment: Yidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896
Style: Instrumental
Title: Fraytik Oyf Der Nakht (Wolfshtal) -- פֿרײַטיק אױף דער נאַכט (װאָלפֿשטהאַל)
Author: Wolfsthal, Khone -- װאָלפֿסטאַל, חנה
Composer: Wolfsthal, Khone -- װאָלפֿסטאַל, חנה
Genre: Reminisence/Memory
Subject: Sabbath/Family/Food/Joy/Celebration
Origin: ML SOG 170
Transliteration: Alb R-001(b)/ML SOG 170/Ephemera 1520 p24
Translation: Alb R-001(b)/Alb G-013(c)/ML SOG 170ײַ/Ephemera 1520 p24
Music: ML SOG 171//Ephemera 1520 p
Additional song notes: Friday Night
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 5353
Author/Composer Wolfsthal, Khone -- װאָלפֿסטאַל, חנה
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Fraytik oyf der nakht, ven ikh kum fun shul aheym tsugeyn,
First line (Yiddish):פֿרײַטיק אױף דער נאַכט, װען איך קום פֿון שול אַהײם צו גײן,
Language: Yiddish
Title: Inconsolable (Instr)
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 7452
Author Lehmann, Henny and Gun Finlay
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Title: Hatikva -- התקוה
Author: Imber, Naftali Herz -- אימבּר, נפתלי ה.
Genre: Anthem/Zionist
Subject: Hope
Song Comment: Yiddish Translation Ephemera 455
Origin: Netzer 5/Alb G-056(b)/Coopersmith SOZ 229/Metro Scher 31/Metro Album 36
Transliteration: Netzer 5/Alb G-056(b)/Alb S-092(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Vorbei 426/Metro Scher 28/
Translation: Alb B-067(a)/Alb J-007(a)/Alb S-092(a)/Vorbei 426/Binder 40
Music: Netzer 5/Coopersmith SOZ 229/Metro Scher 28/Binder 40/
Additional song notes: Remember that text changed after establishment of the State of - Israel. See Heskes 1, index for various entries respecting sheet - musi/ See also Vorbei 211 and 426 for history of the song. One Samuel Cohen set the text to a Moldavian Melody, "Carul ca Boi" (The Wagon and the Ox).
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- Document type: Article
Author: Isacaar Fater
Publisher: Yiddish Forward
Date: 1/5/2001
Comments: Article titled, "Vi Azoy Hatikva Iz Gevorn Der Himen Fun Folk Un Medina".- Document type: Text
Author: Berele Chagy
Comments: 2. Yiddish adaptation by Berele Chagy published in Yiddishe Folks Lieder, Berlin, 1918.
Track ID: 6199
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Kol od balevav penima, Nefesh yehudi homiya, Ulfa'atey...
First line:כּל עוֹד בּלבב פּנימה, נפש יהוּדי הוֹמיה. וּלפאתי מזרח קדימה עין...
Track comment: "So long as still within our breasts, The Jewish heart..."
Style: Instrumental/Orchestral
Title: Khava Oy Oy Oy -- חוה אױ אױ אױ
Author: Smulewitz, Solomon -- שמוליװטש, שלמה
Composer: Friedsel, Louis -- פֿרידזעל, לואיס
Genre: Theater
Additional song notes: See Heskes 142/ From the 1905 play "Der Antloyfener Soldat oder Der Griner Zinger"
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 8209
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Style: Instrumental
Title: Khosn Kale Mazl Tov -- חתן כּלה מזל טובֿ
Also known as: Good Luck (Khosn Kale Mazl Tov)
Also known as: Mazldiker Sho (Khusn Kale Mazl..)
Genre: Folk/Wedding/Rite
Subject: Bride/Groom/Congratulations/Wedding/Celebration
Transliteration: Alb L-009(a)
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 8299
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Title: Kol Nidre -- כּל נדרי
Genre: Religious/Liturgical/Yom Kipur
Subject: Vows
Origin: Alb B-033(i)
Translation: Alb R-009(b)/Alb B-026(b)/Alb B-033(b)/V0121
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- Comments: 1. English Translation
Track ID: 8599
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Style: Instrumental
Title: Oyfn Pripetshik (Warshavsky) -- אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק (וואַרשאַווסקי)
Also known as: Der Alef Beys
Also known as: In The Fireplace
Also known as: Afn Pripetshik
Also known as: Oifm Pripezik
Author: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer: Warshavsky, Mark M. -- װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre: Folk
Subject: Children/Alphabet/Education/Learning/Rebbe/Kheyder/School
Origin: ML MTAG 2/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 24/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)
Transliteration: Alb R-022(a)/ML MTAG 2/Alb B-004(c)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)
Translation: Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-024(b)/GYF 27/Kinderbuch 167/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 196/
Music: ML MTAG 2/GYF 25/SM Scher 13/Lefko Folk 72
Additional song notes: At The Fireplace See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Translation and Transliteration at Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012/ Eng Translit - Alb P-038€
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- Document type: Translation
Author: Max Rosenfeld
Comments: Singable English adaptation by Max Rosenfeld. 2. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher." 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
Track ID: 11938
Artist: Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Oyfn pripetshik brent a fayerl, un in shtub iz heys.
First line:אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק ברענט אַ פֿײַערל, און אין שטוב איז הײס.
Style: Instrumental
Title: Sha Sha Es Zol Zayn Shtil -- שאַ שאַ עס זאָל זייִן שטיל
Also known as: Oy Iz Dos A Rebetsn
Author: King, Adolf -- קינג, אַדאָלף
Author: King, Adolf -- קינג, אַדאָלף
Author: Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer: Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer: Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer: King, Adolf -- קינג, אַדאָלף
Genre: Theatre/Vaudville/Humorous
Subject: Rebe/Rebetsn/Khasidim/Food
Origin: ML PYS 148
Transliteration: Alb K-007(b)/ML PYS 148
Translation: Alb K-030(b)/ML PYS 150
Music: Kammen Jaf 06/ML PYS 148
Additional song notes: Gottlieb credits Moskowitz as composer. Others credit King as composer,
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- Document type: Text
Comments: Additional verse. (May be vulgar?)
Track ID: 11737
Artist: Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: Sha sha, es iz shoyn shpet, Oy, oy, der rebe geyt,
First line (Yiddish):שאַ שאַ, עס איז שױן שפּעט, אױ, אױ. דער רבּי גײט,
Track comment: Recorded under title "The Rabbi and The Rabbi's Wife"
Language: Yiddish
Title: Raisins and Almonds
Also known as: Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
Also known as: Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
Author: Goldfaden, Avrom -- גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer: Goldfaden, Avrom -- גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 12976
Artist Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
First line: In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone..
First line:אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…
Track comment: From the operetta "Shulamis"
Style: Instrumental
Title: The Jew And His Fiddle (Instr)
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 15094
Artist: Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Track comment: Definitely not "Yidl Mitn Fidl"
Title: The Rabbi (Instr)
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 15184
Artist: Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Title: The Tel Aviv Polka (Instr)
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 15229
Author Silberman, Benedict
Artist: Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Title: Yom Kipur Theme (Instr)
On album: S-011(a) (Jewish Music By the Orchestra & Chorus of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID: 17725
Artist: Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor Silberman, Benedict
Contact: yidsong@pobox.upenn.edu