Name:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Born:
Philadelphia, PA
Related information in folder 1611:
Comments:
1. 9/28/2017 Obituary in The Philadelphia Inquirer of Sept 28,2017 by Bonnie L. Cook titled "Elaine Hoffman Watts, percussionist who loved klezmer folk music"

2 11/2017 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of November 2017 by Itzik Gottesman titled "In Ondenk: Beloved Piklerin, Itele Hofman-Vats, Iz Nifter Gevorn" (In Memory, Beloved Drummer, Elaine Hoffman Watts, Died"

Tracks with this artist

Kale Kale (Mazl Tov) — כּלה כּלה )מזל טובֿ(

Genre:
Wedding
Subject:
Bride/Family/Wedding/Joy/Celebration
Origin:
Alb F-024(e)
Additional song notes:
Congratulations to the Brides
On album:
S-022(a) (Yaacov Shapiro Shalom Do Ruft Aich Israel — יעקב שפּירו שלום דאָ רופֿט אײַך ישׂראל)
Track ID:
39470
Melody Fiddle:
Svigals, Alicia
Melody Fiddle:
Greenman, Steven
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Bass:
Asian, Pablo
Tsimbl:
Horowitz, Joshua
Drums/Commentary:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Ovinu Malkeynu (Unknown) — אבינו מלכּנו

Author:
Akiba, Rabbi
Author:
Amram Goan, Rabbi
Genre:
Religious/High Holy Days/Liturgical/Prayer
Subject:
Sin/Repentance/Confession/Forgivness
Origin:
Alb C-005(b)/Alb B-033(b)/Seder Avo 466
Transliteration:
Alb C-005(b)/Alb S-092(s)/alb M-129(a)
Translation:
Alb B-026(b)/Alb B-033(b)/Alb C-005(c)/Seder Avo 466
Additional song notes:
See Vorbei 293 for history of the text See Alb S-202(b) for synopsis of text
On album:
W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:
31349
Drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Vocal/Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Drums:
Brown, Gerry
Drums:
Licht, David
Drums:
Alexander, Aaron
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Nigun/Jazz
Length:
2:32

Freylekh 21

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:
31338
Drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Length:
2:10

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:
W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:
31339
Drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet/Vocal:
Watts, Susan
Drums:
Brown, Gerry
Drums:
Licht, David
Drums:
Alexander, Aaron
Trumpet:
London, Frank
Style:
Klezmer/Instgrumental/Nigun
Length:
5:46

Etele/ A Life In Klezmer (Video)

Genre:
Klezmer/Documentary
Subject:
Elaine Hoffman Watts/Susan Lankin Watts/Hoffman Family
On album:
V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:
36343
Performer:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Performer:
Watts, Susan
Performer:
Dolgin, Josh
Performer:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Performer:
Netsky, Hankus
Performer:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Performer:
Staaf, Carmen
Director:
Dornfield, Barry
Director:
Kodish, Debora
Language:
English
Style:
Documentary

Bagopole (Video)

Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Subject:
Place/Shtetl
Additional song notes:
Bagopoli is a destroyed shtetl in Eastern Europe
On album:
V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:
36754
Xylophone:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Piano:
Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:
Krush, Jay
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:
Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:
Staaf, Carmen
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

A Gute Nakht Mishigas (Video) — אַ גוטע נאַכט משוגעת (ווידיאָ)

Genre:
Klezmer/Waltz
Subject:
Cares/Concerns/World/Craziness/Relief/
Additional song notes:
Good Night Craziness
On album:
V0231 (Etele/A Life In Klezmer/Elaine Hoffman Watts and the Hoffman Family Tradition (Video))
Track ID:
36758
Drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Vocal/Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Piano:
Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:
Krush, Jay
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Saxophone/Clarinet:
Netsky, Hankus
Banjo:
Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
Accordion:
Staaf, Carmen
First line:
A gute nakht (3), mayn mishigas, shlof mayn tsuris, shlof mayn troyerik harts
First line:
אַ גוטע נאַכט מײַן משוגעת, שלאָף מײַן צרהות, שלאָף מײַן טרויער,...
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Lullaby/

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:
Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
Also known as:
Living With the H Tune
Author:
Nathanson, Moshe
Genre:
Folk/Hora
Subject:
Dance/Celebration/Joy
Song comment:
See Page 130 for extended info on the song
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
Transliteration:
Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
Additional song notes:
Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.
Related information in folder 832:
Comments:
1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
On album:
W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:
43041
Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Drums/Xylophone:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trombone:
Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Piano:
Dolgin, Josh
Tuba:
Watsky, Allen
Style:
Instrumental/Syncopated/Klezmer
Length:
2:48

Rumanian Bulgar

Genre:
Instrumental/Bulgar/Freyllekhs/Dance
On album:
W-034(b) (Susan Watts / Hartsklap)
Track ID:
43050
drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet:
Watts, Susan
Style:
Concert/Klezmer/Bulgar/Freylekhs/Dance
Length:
3:24