Look up artist Borts, Joanne

Name: Borts, Joanne

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Title: Lebn Zol Kolumbus -- לעבן זאָל קאָלומבוס
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
Transliteration: ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/Alb G-013(a)
Music: ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66
Additional song notes: Long Live Columbus

Related information in folder 484:On album: G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID: 8944
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Artist: Sokolow, Pete -- סוקולוב, פּסח
Artist: Berk, Phyllis
First line: A shtetl iz Amerika, Except a little bigger, To leave a...
First line:אַ שטעטל איז אַמעריקע, אַ מחיה, כ'לעבן עס רוט אױך איר די...
Language: English/Yiddish
Title: A Kholem -- אַ חלום
Genre: Love
Subject: Dream/Eyes/Longing
Origin: Alb O-001(b)/ML MTAG 24
Transliteration: K-094(a)/Alb O-001(b)/ML MTAG 24/Alb C-035(e)
Translation: Alb O-001(b)/Alb G-013(c)
Music: ML MTAG 24
Additional song notes: summary translation K-094(a)
On album: G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID: 352
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Artist: Sokolow, Pete -- סוקולוב, פּסח
Artist: Adler, Bruce
Artist: Levy, Jacques
Artist: Rosenfeld, Moyshe
Artist: Mlotek, Zalmen -- מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line: A kholem, a kholem, I had a wonderous kholem, I dreamt...
Track comment: Based on Yiddish folksong.
Language: English
Style: Theater
Title: I Like She -- אײַ לײַק שי
Also known as: Oy I Like She
Author: Jacobs, Jacob -- זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer: Olshanetsky, Alexander -- אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre: Theater
Subject: Love
Song Comment: From the play "A Night In California"
Transliteration: Alb J-024(a)1/CD K-059(e)/Alb G-013(c)
Translation: Alb J-024(a)1/CD K-059(e)/A-035(f)
On album: G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID: 11726
Artist: Levy, Jacques
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Artist: Sokolow, Pete -- סוקולוב, פּסח
First line: Oy, I like him! Oy, oy, oy, I like him! He's so sincere,
Track comment: Recorded under title "Oy, I Like Him"
Language: English
Title: Kum Leybke Tantsn -- קום לײבקע טאַנצן
Also known as: Leybke
Author: Gebirtig, Mordkhe -- געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer: Gebirtig, Mordkhe -- געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre: Humorous
Subject: Love/Dancing/Politics
Origin: Gebir ML 43/ML MTAG 229/Alb G-022(a)/Gebir Lemm 104
Transliteration: ML MTAG 229/Alb G-022(a)/CD O-016(a)/Alb G-022(b)/Alb B-095(a)
Translation: Alb G-022(a)/Alb K-081(a)/CD O-016(a)/Gebir SIMC 42/Alb G-022(b)/Alb B-095(b)
Music: ML MTAG 229/Gebir ML 42/Gebir Lemm 103
Additional song notes: Come Leybke - Dance!
On album: P-025(b) (On Wings Of Song A New..Collection "Mir Trogn A Gezang" -- מיר טראָגן אַ געזאַנג )
Track ID: 18663
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Mlotek, Zalmen -- מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line: Leybke, mayn liber, dos vet keyn guts nit gebn, Du brengst..
First line (Yiddish):לײבקע מײַן ליבער, דאָס װעט קײַן גוטס נישט געבן, דו ברענגסט...
Language: Yiddish
Title: Am Yisroel Chai (Efnt Tir Un...) -- עם ישׂראל חי (עפֿנט טיר און עפֿנט..)
On album: P-025(b) (On Wings Of Song A New..Collection "Mir Trogn A Gezang" -- מיר טראָגן אַ געזאַנג )
Track ID: 18676
Artist: Knapheise, M.
Artist: Berezovsky, Shaul -- בערעזאָװסקי, שאול
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Mlotek, Zalmen -- מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line: Efnt tir un efnt toyer, shoyn genug, genug der troyer,
First line (Yiddish):עפֿנט טיר און עפֿנט טױער, שױן גענוג, גענוג דער טרױער,
Language: Yiddish
Title: Second Ave Medley
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23120
Artist: 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: 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
Artist: 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: Mayn Shtetele Belz (Medley) -- מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז (פּאָפּורי)
On album: L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID: 23129
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
First line: Belz, mayn shtetele Belz, Mayn heymele vu ikh hob mayne…
First line (Yiddish):בעלז, מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז, מײַן הײמעלע װוּ איך האָב מײַן קינדערשע..
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib/ Mayn Yidishe Meydele/ Belz
Language: Yiddish
Title: Fifti Fifti -- פֿיפֿטי פֿיפֿטי
Also known as: Fifty Fifty
Author: Thomashevsky, Boris -- טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer: Rumshinsky, Yosef -- רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre: Theater/Humorous/Vaudeville
Subject: Equality/Socialism/Vanderbilt/Labor/Sweatshop/Sharing
Song Comment: From the operetta "Uptown Downtown"/See Heshkes 720
Origin: Werb 168
Transliteration: Slobin 168/Alb G-013(a)
Translation: Slobin 168/Alb G-013(a)/Alb M-068(a)55
Additional song notes: "Mir A Nikl Dir A Nikl" based on this song - See Heshkes 3408. From the operetta "Uptown-Downtown"
On album: M-068(a)48 (Milken/Joseph Rumshinsky: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol 3)
Track ID: 33370
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Artist: Jaffe, Elli
Artist: Mlotek, Zalmen -- מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Artist: Cohen, Harvey
First line: Ikh hof, mir veln nokh derlebn, kumen zol di tseyt,
First line (Yiddish):איך האָף, מיר װעלן נאָך דערלעבן, קומען זאָל די צײַט
Language: Yiddish
Style: Vaudeville
Length: 2:37
Title: All Is Vanity
Author: Berger, Glen
Genre: Literary Origin/Theater
Subject: Everyman/Fate/Life/Struggle/Unknown
Origin: Alb L-052(b)
Additional song notes: Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". Ah well. Better luck next time…
On album: L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
Track ID: 33514
Artist: Bailey, Art
Artist: Caswell, Ron
Artist: Hrycelak, Steve
Artist: Hensrud, Matt
Artist: Jensen, Silvie
Artist: Goldfeder, Karen
Artist: Cluver, Martha
Artist: Wedren, Craig
Artist: Narayan, Mann
Artist: Hrycelak, Steve
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Sklamberg, Lorin
Artist: Williams, Jane Kelly
Artist: They Might Be Giants
Artist: Seabrook, Brandon
Artist: Alexander, Aaron
Language: English
Length: 1:05
Title: The Tale of The Drowned Klezmorim
Author: Berger, Glen
Genre: Literary Origin/Theater
Subject: Death/Drink/Klezmorim/Musicians/Sin/Punishment/Drowning
Origin: Alb L-052(b)
Additional song notes: Adapted from Peretz's story "A Night At The Old Marketplace". According to legend,the Gargoyle guarding the well in the middle of the marketplace once lured a band of musicians to theirdeaths.
On album: L-052(b) (Frank London's A Night In The Old Market Place)
Track ID: 33499
Artist: Seabrook, Brandon
Artist: Alexander, Aaron
Artist: Bailey, Art
Artist: Caswell, Ron
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Language: English
Style: Klezmer/Fusion/Jazz
Length: 2:32
Title: Vatch Your Step -- װאַטש יאָר סטעפ
Also known as: Watch Your Step (Loenworth)
Author: Lowenworth, Sam
Composer: Rumshinsky, Yosef -- רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre: Theatre/Immigrant/Klezmer/Humorous
Subject: America/Pressure/Stress/Haste
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.

Related information in folder 176:On album: M-068(a)48 (Milken/Joseph Rumshinsky: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol 3)
Track ID: 33377
Artist: Borts, Joanne
Artist: Russ, Patrick
Artist: Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Artist: Jaffe, Elli
First line: Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes,
First line (Yiddish):אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
Language: Yiddish
Style: Theater/Vaudeville
Length: 2:20

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