Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People
- Album ID:
- S-047(b)
- Format:
- Audio CD/Cassette
- Publisher:
- Fanfare CDD 3534 (CD)
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Provenance:
- Cassette Gift of Bart Banks, July 2010
- Genre:
- Compilation
- Where produced:
- Rosewell, Georgia
- Number of tracks:
- 22
- Additional notes:
- Cassette issued by Intersound Entertainment PCD 3454 1993
Contents
Beserabian Bulgarish — בעסעראַביאַן בולגאַריש
- Also known as:
- Yeveresky Tants
- Also known as:
- Yiddisher Tants
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21413
- Artist:
- State Ensemble For Jewish Folk Music
- Track comment:
- Probably "Freylekh Dance" by Folk Orch of Kishenev
- Style:
- Orchestral
Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז
- Also known as:
- Belz
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Place/Belz/Childhood
- Origin:
- GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
- Translation:
- Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
- Music:
- GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
- Additional song notes:
- From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto
Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b)
Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21415
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- First line:
- Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne...
- First line:
- בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן היימעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַנע קינדערשע
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
Khasidic In America — חסידיש אין אַמעריקע
- Genre:
- Nigun
- Additional song notes:
- Moyshe Oysher credited as composer on Alb W-024(a)
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21416
- Author:
- Khasidic In America
- Vocal:
- Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
- Vocal:
- Weiss, Florence — װײס, פֿלאָרענס
- Track comment:
- Sang in film "The Cantor's Son" and "Singing Blacksmith"
Dinah
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21417
- Author:
- Lewis/ Young/ Angst
- Composer:
- Lesis/ Young/ Angst
- Artist:
- Kaye, Danny
- First line:
- Very pretty, I should like to delve into the Slavic mood,
- Language:
- English
Sher (From 200,000)
- Composer:
- Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
- Genre:
- Theatre/Instrumental
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21418
- Artist:
- Moscow State YiddishTheatre Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Pulver, Lev M. — פּולװער, לעװ מ.
- Track comment:
- From Sholem Aleichem Play "200.000"
- Style:
- Instrumental
Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך
- Also known as:
- Rabbi Eli, The King
- Also known as:
- The Merry Rebe Elie
- Author:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Composer:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360
- Music:
- ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44
- Additional song notes:
- See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
- Related information in folder 733:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21419
- Vocal:
- Schwarzmer-Lengyel, Josef — שוואַרצמער-לענגיעל, יוסף
- First line:
- Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn lustik freylekh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן לוסטיק פֿרײלעך, אױ, פֿרײלעך איז..
- Track comment:
- Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".
- Language:
- Yiddish
Nign (Bal Shem, Instr)
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21420
- Composer:
- Bloch, Ernest
- Artist:
- Szigeti, Joseph, violin
- Artist:
- Magaloff, Nikita, piano
Beygelekh — בײגעלעך
- Also known as:
- Bublitshki
- Also known as:
- Question
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
- Origin:
- Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(c)/
- Music:
- Moskow SM 61
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21421
- Artist:
- Sanger Joey & Sammy Wardell Orch
- First line:
- Koyft zhe beygelekh, heysinke beygelekh, mayne oyglekh..
- First line (Yiddish):
- קױפֿט זשה בײגעלעך, הײסינקע בײגעלעך, מײַנע אױגעלעך זענען...
- Language:
- Yiddish
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"
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21422
- Artist:
- Schwartz, Abe & Yidisher Orchestra — שװאַרץ, אײב, דיריגענט, ייַדישער אַרק
- First line:
- Yoshke, Yoshke, shpan dem loshik, Lomir gikher loyfn!
- First line:
- יאָשקע, יאָשקע, שפּאַן דעם לאָשיק, לאָמיר גיכער לױפֿן. טאָמער װעט...
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Dance Dance Jewish People"
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:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21423
- Artist:
- Feldman, Joseph
- First line:
- S'iz tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ס'איז צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען...
- Language:
- Yiddish
My Little Cousin
- Author:
- Cohen, Cy
- Author:
- Braverman, Sam
- Author:
- Lewis, Herbert (Happy)
- Composer:
- Lewis, Herbert (Happy)
- Composer:
- Braverman, Sam
- Composer:
- Cohen, Cy
- Genre:
- Novelty/Pop
- Subject:
- Cousin/Love/Marriage/Proposal
- Additional song notes:
- Takeoff of "Di Grine Kuzine" See comment in Gottlieb 147
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21424
- Artist:
- Peggy Lee & Benny Goodman & Orch
- First line:
- Have you heard about my little cousin, she has boys...
- Language:
- English
Lovely Face (Eng, Libes Ponem) — ליבעס פּנים (ענג)
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21425
- Author/Composer:
- Hersher/ Lewin/ H. Jolson
- Artist:
- Jolson, Al
- First line:
- We met one night beneath the stars, we danced to music of...
Sheyn Vi Di Levone — שײן װי די לבֿנה
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Love/Pop
- Subject:
- Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered
- Origin:
- GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)
- Translation:
- GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)
- Music:
- Warem 182/GYF 37/SM Scher 1
- Additional song notes:
- Also translated on CD B-076(a)
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21426
- Vocal:
- Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
- Artist:
- Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
- First line:
- Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern, fun himel a matone
- First line:
- שײן װי די לבֿנה, ליכטיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתּנה,
Miserlou — מיסערלאָו
- Composer:
- Roubanis, Nick — רובּינס, ניק
- Genre:
- Love
- Subject:
- Desert
- Origin:
- Alb T-005(c)/CD S-001(d)
- Transliteration:
- CD S-001(d)/Alb K-029(h)/Alb P-038(b)
- Translation:
- CD S-001(d)/Alb K-029(h)
- Additional song notes:
- Music adapted from Greek folk dance melody
- Related information in folder 268:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 6/10/2005
- Comments:
- Response to letter titled "Fun Vanen Shtamt dos 'Miserlou"- lid?''" Song text published.
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21427
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- Artist:
- Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
- First line:
- Vayt in dem midbar, in heyse zun farbrent, hob ikh a mol...
- First line (Yiddish):
- װײַט אין דעם מידבּר, און הײסע זון פֿאַרברענט, האָב איך אַ מאָל...
- Language:
- Yiddish
Her Nor Du Sheyn Meydele — הער נאָר דו שײן מײדעלע
- Also known as:
- Zog Mir Du Sheyn Meydele
- Also known as:
- Her nor, du schejn Mejdele
- Also known as:
- Zog Mir Sheyn Meydele
- Genre:
- Love/Privation/Emigration
- Subject:
- Journey/Depravation/Emigration
- Origin:
- Alb K-023(a)/ML MTAG 32/Alb K-075(a)/
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 32/Alb R-001(a)/Alb K-075(a)/Alb N-020(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb R-001(a)/Alb N-020(a)/Alb K-075(a)/G-069(a)
- Music:
- ML MTAG 32
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21428
- Artist:
- Hebrew Folklore Sinfonetta
- Artist:
- Schlein, Irving, Conductor
- Track comment:
- With "Zolst Nit Geyn Mit Andere Meydel.."
- Style:
- Instrumental
Du Zolst Nisht Geyn Mit Kayn Andere Meydelekh — דו זאָלסט נישט גײן מיט קיין אַנדערע מײדעלעך
- Genre:
- Folk/Love
- Subject:
- Jealousy/Warning
- Origin:
- Ber Fef 160/Alb A-044(a)/Vinkov 1 51
- Transliteration:
- Alb A-044(a)/Gold Zem 187/Vinkov 1 51/Alb T-031(b)/Alb W-021(d)
- Translation:
- Vinkov 1 52/Alb A-044(a)/Alb T-031(b)/Alb W-021(d)
- Additional song notes:
- Alb T-031(b) is a variant
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21429
- Artist:
- Hebrew Folklore Sinfonetta
- Artist:
- Schlein, Irving, Conductor
- First line:
- Du zolst nisht geyn mit keyn andere meydelekh, du zolst nor…
- First line:
- דו זאָלסט נישט גײן מיט קײן אַנדערע מײדעלעך, דו זאָלסט נאָר גײן...
- Track comment:
- With "Her Nor Du Sheyn Meydele"
The Argentines, The Portuguese...
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21430
- Author/Composer:
- Swanstrom/ Morgan
- Artist:
- Cantor, Eddie
- First line:
- Columbus discovered America in 1492, then came the English..
- Track comment:
- "The Argentines, The Portuguese, And The Greeks"
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:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21431
- Author/Composer/Vocal:
- Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
- First line:
- A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a...
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפּלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
- Language:
- Yiddish
The Sheik Of Avenue B (Eng)
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21432
- Vocal:
- Brice, Fanny
Khasene Nigunim (Instr) — חתונה ניגונים (אינסטר)
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21433
- Composer:
- Cherniavsky, Joseph — טשערניאָװסקי, יאָסף
- Artist:
- Cherniavsky, Joseph — טשערניאָװסקי, יאָסף
- Artist:
- Cherniavsky's Yiddishe Jazz Band — טשערניאָװסקי, ייַדישע דזאַז באַנד
- Track comment:
- *Joseph Cherniavsky And His Yiddish American Jazz Band
- Style:
- Instrumental
When Nathan Was Married To Rose...
- Author:
- Kendis, James
- Author:
- Rice, Gitz
- Composer:
- Kendis, James
- Composer:
- Rice, Gitz
- Genre:
- Humor/Dialect/Vaudeville/Novelty
- Subject:
- Wedding/Gala/Style
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21434
- Artist:
- Howard, Willie
- First line:
- I nearly dead, oy vat a head, how I wish I vas home in my...
- Track comment:
- When Nathan was mmarried to Rose of Washington Square,
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
- Related information in folder 991:
- Comments:
- 1. Article from Internet, by Clay Willis, titled "Why did Jesus on the cross say "Eli Eli Lama sabachtani?)
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21435
- Vocal:
- Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע
- Conductor, Orchestra:
- Shilkret, Nathaniel
- 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
- Language:
- Yiddish/Hebrew
Simkhas Torah In Kishenev — שׂימחת תּורה אין קישענעװ
- Composer:
- Katzman, Abe
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
- On album:
- S-047(b) (Mazel Tov! More Music Of The Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 21436
- Artist:
- Abe Katzman's Bessarabian Orchestra
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer