Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video)

Album ID:
V0258
Format:
DVD
Publisher:
Docurama Films/WNET
Date of issuance:
2012
Playing time:
95:00
Language:
English/Yiddish
Provenance:
Purchase WNET, April 2012
Genre:
Klezmer/Pop/Comedy/Biography/Documentary
Where produced:
USA
Number of tracks:
18
Penn library link:
Returned by Katyia
Related information in folder 1172:
Comments:
1. Article from the Thomashefskys offical website as of 2012 providing biographies of the artist performing on the DVD. 2. Higlhlights in the lives of Boris and Bessy Thomashefsky frpm the Thomasshefskys official website as of 2012 3. Article in the Yiddish Forverts of April20-26, 2012 by Itzik Gottesman titled "Di Tomashevskis"

Contents

Incidental Music.. Minke Di Dinstmoyd (Video)
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Additional song notes:
Minke The Maid
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36882
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Vi MenerLibn (Video) — ווי מענער ליבן (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Richter, Moyshe — ריכטער, משה
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Love/Theater/Operetta
Subject:
Love/Men/Separation/Feelings
Additional song notes:
The Way Men Love from the operetta of the same name
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36883
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Brancoveanu, Eugene
First line:
Words not audible
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Operetta/Concert
Fun Downtown Uptown (Video)
Author:
Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Kleamer/Vaudville
Subject:
Place/Change/Mobility/Immigration/Class/Address
Origin:
Alb G-13(a)
Transliteration:
Sheet Music 862/Ephemra 1635
Translation:
Ephemra 1635
Music:
SM 862
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36884
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Blazer, Judy
Vocal:
Hensley, Shuler
Vocal:
Widmann-Levy, Ronit
Vocal:
Brancoveanu, Eugene
First line:
Fun downtown, uptown, we're changing our addresses, fun downtown uptown,..
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theater/Klezmer/Concert
Vatch Your Step (Video) — װאַטש יאָר סטעפ (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Lowenworth, Sam
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theatre/Immigrant/Klezmer/Humorous
Subject:
America/Pressure/Stress/Haste/Subway/Park
Transliteration:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(f)
Translation:
Alb K-029(f)Alb M-068(a)55
Additional song notes:
From the musical - Berele Tremp/ See Heskes 1 entry 1216 respecting sheet music.
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36885
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Blazer, Judy
Vocal:
Hensley, Shuler
Vocal:
Widmann-Levy, Ronit
Vocal:
Brancoveanu, Eugene
First line:
Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes, running to your shop,
First line:
אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theater/Klezmer/Concert
Shtoyst Zikh On (Video) — שטויסט זיך אָן (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Thomashevsky, Bessie — טאָמאַשעװסקי, בעסי
Genre:
Theater/Humorous
Subject:
Guess/Mothers/Fathers/Fashion/Concern/Daughters/Pregnancy
Additional song notes:
Give A Guess Part of Dos Pintele Yid Medley with Dos Pintele Yid and Bar Mitzvah March
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36886
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conducter:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Blazer, Judy
First line:
The latest fashion now all days, so troubling to tates un mames,
Language:
English
Style:
Theater/Concert/Humorous/Novelty/Vaudeville
Bar Mitzvah March (Video) — בּר־מצוה מאַרש
Author:
Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theater/Klezmer
Subject:
Bar Mitzva/Manhood/Celebration/March/Sing/Joy
Origin:
SM Dropsie 30
Transliteration:
SM Dropsie 30
Music:
SM Dropsie 30
Additional song notes:
Part of Medley from Dos Pintele Yid with Dos Pintele Yid and Shtoyst Zikh On
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36887
First line:
Celebrate you yidelekh, sing little lidelekh, rejoyce and march your way to…
Language:
English
Style:
Theater/Concert/March
Act I Introduction The Tomashevskys (Video)
Author:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Genre:
Spoken Word/ Introduction
Subject:
Bessie Tomashevsky/Boris Tomashevsky/Yiddish Theater/Purpose
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36867
Vocal:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
First line:
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome, tonight we're going to tell you a story,...
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Hob Ikh Mir A Mantl — האָב איך מיר אַ מאַנטל
Also known as:
A Mantl (Hob Ikh Mir A Mantl)
Also known as:
I Had A Little Coat
Also known as:
The Coat
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Material/Coat/Recycle/Haaaacket/Vest/Tie/Button/Song
Origin:
Kinderbuch 168/Alb S-062(a)/Alb S-085(a)/Alb A-036(a)/Alb T-018(a)/
Transliteration:
Kinderbuch 168/Alb T-018(a)/Alb S-062(a)/Alb S-085(a)/Alb A-036(a)/Kinderland
Translation:
S-062(a)/S-085(a)/A-036(a)/T-018(a)/O-001(a)/Kinderbuch 168/Schwartz 15
Music:
Kinderbuch 168/Schwartz 15/Ephemera 1520 p 22
Additional song notes:
I Have An Overcoat Published under "Epes Fun Fornisht in Ephemera
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36869
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Blazer, Judy
First line:
Hob ikh mir a mantl fun fartsaytikn shtof (6) hot er mit zikh keyn eyntsikn..
First line (Yiddish):
האָב איך מיר אַ מאַנטל פֿון פֿארצײַטיקן שטאָף (6) האָט עס אין זיך קיין...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert/Theater
The Bowery (1892)(Video)
Author:
Hoyt, Charles H.
Composer:
Gaunt, Percy
Genre:
Commentary/Spoken Word
Subject:
Bowery/Broadway/Sights/Auction/Bouncer/Barber/Assault
Origin:
Ephemera 1166
Additional song notes:
The song "The Bowery" was not sung. The commentary was used only to introduce the next track.
Related information in folder 1166:
Comments:
1. Text and History of the song.
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36870
Vocal:
Hensley, Shuler
First line:
Wolf took me to a matinee performance on the bowery, a melodrama…
Language:
English
Style:
Spoken Word
Mirele's Romance (Video)
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Theater/Operetta
Additional song notes:
From Koldunye (The Corceress) (1879
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36871
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Widmann-Levy, Ronit
First line:
Vos ken ikh aykh dersteyln vayter…
First line (Yiddish):
וואָס קען איך אײַך דערציילן ווײַטער...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Theater/Operetta
Bobkelekh (Video) — באָבקעלעך (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Operetta/Concert/Theater
Subject:
Food/Hotcakes/Peddler/Poverty/
Additional song notes:
Hotcakes
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36873
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Brancoveanu, Eugene
First line:
Iz nor eyner oyf der velt, vos lebt oyf zayne yorn…fardinen a bisele gelt…
First line (Yiddish):
איז נאָר איינער אויף דער וועלטת וואָס לעבט אויף זײַנע יאָרן...פֿאַרדינען אַ..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Theater/Operetta
Vi Gefloygn Kum Ikh Vider (Video) — ווי געפֿלויגן קום איך ווידער (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Latiner, Joseph — לאַטינער, יוסף
Composer:
Minkowsky, Giacomo
Genre:
Theater/Operetta/Concert/Duet
Additional song notes:
As If On Wings I Come From Alexander, Crown Prince of Jerusalem (1892)
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36874
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Artist:
Widmann-Levy, Ronit
Vocal:
Brancoveanu, Eugene
First line:
Vi gefloygn kum ikh vider…her zikh tsu tsu mayne lider…
First line (Yiddish):
ווי געפֿלויגן קום איך ווידער...הער זיך צו צו מײַנע לידער...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Theater/Operetta/Duet
Kaddish (Video) — קגיש (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
Composer:
Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
Genre:
Theater/Drama
Additional song notes:
Listed on the Liner Notes as item 9, but not on the video disc.
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36875
Vocal:
Hensley, Shuler
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Artist:
New World Symphony
First line:
Mayn fater, mayn fater, oy, oy, oy, the audience ate it up, at the curtain…
Language:
English
Style:
Dramatic/Spoken Word
Medley From "Dos Pintele Yid" (Video) — מעדלי פֿון ,,דאָס פּינטעלע ייִד'' (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Author:
Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theater/Medley
Subject:
Spirit/Yiddishkeyt/Spark
Additional song notes:
A Little Spark of Jewishness - persecution/steadfast Shtoyst Zikh On (Give A Guess) - off color Bar Mitzvah March - Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36876
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Widmann-Levy, Ronit
Vocal:
Hensley, Shuler
Vocal:
Brancoveanu, Eugene
Vocal:
Widmann-Levy, Ronit
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Theater/Medley/Novelty/Humorous/Vaudeville
Reprise From "Dos Pintele Yid" (Video)
Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Author:
Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Theater
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36877
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Style:
Klezmer/Theater
Greenhorn Medley (Video)
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
Genre:
Theater/Song & Dance/Vaudeville/Comedy
Additional song notes:
There are additional composers not named in the liner notes. Ikh Blayb A Bokher - Marriage/Bachelor The Green Maid The Green Tailor The Green Shlimiel The Green Musician The Green Children
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36878
Vocal:
Blazer, Judy
First line:
Her, ikh shver, iz bay mir keyn bageyr, vos toyg mir a vayb, a tsure,..
First line (Yiddish):
הער, איך שווער,איז ניט מײַן באַגער, וואָס טויג מיר אַ ווײַב, אַ צורה, ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Theater/Vaudevill/Novelty
Who Do You Suppose Married My Sister? (Video)
Author:
Norworth, Jack
Composer:
Bayes, Nora
Genre:
Theater/Humorous/Vaudeville/Song & Dance
Subject:
Boris Thomashevsky/Sister/Marriage
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36879
Artist:
New World Symphony
Vocal/Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
First line:
When Caruso's on the stage, he think's he is mighty find, and if…he thinks he's
Language:
English
Style:
Pop/Swing/Humorous/Novelty
Khantshe (Video) — כאַנטשע (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Novelty/Vaudeville
Subject:
Chauffer/Disguise/Immigrant/Suffragette/Equality
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1485
Translation:
Ephemera 1485
Additional song notes:
From "Khantshe in America" 1912
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36880
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Blazer, Judy
First line:
When I have been needed, badly treated, cheated, since the world began,..
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Concert/Mlitant
Lebn Zol Columbus (Video) — לעבן זאָל קאָלומבוס (ווידיאָ)
Author:
Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theater/Patriotic
Subject:
Immigration/Government/Patriotism/Peace/Democracy
Origin:
ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/SM Dropsie 46
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/Alb G-013(a/SM Dropsie 46
Music:
ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/SM Dropsie 46
Additional song notes:
Long Live Columbus
On album:
V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
Track ID:
36881
Artist:
New World Symphony
Conductor:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Vocal:
Hensley, Shuler
Vocal:
Brancoveanu, Eugene
First line:
Amerike a medinele, a mekhaye kh'lebn, es rut oyf ir dos skhinele, ikh zol es
First line (Yiddish):
אַמעריקע אַ מעדינאַלע, אַ מחיה כ'לעבן, עס רוט אויף איר דאָס שכינהעלע, ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Duet/Theater/Spirited