Name:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Related information in folder 1173:
Comments:
1. Biography - see folder 1172

2. Article in Yiddish Forverts of March 2-8, 2012 titled "Dirigent Mikl Tilson-Tomas - A Gast In Yisroel" (Conductor Michael Tilson-Thomas - A Guest in Israel)

Songs written or composed

Act I Introduction The Tomashevskys (Video)

Author:
Tilson Thomas, Michael
Genre:
Spoken Word/ Introduction
Subject:
Bessie Tomashevsky/Boris Tomashevsky/Yiddish Theater/Purpose

Recording

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

Other tracks with this artist

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

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

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

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