Name:
Posmontier, Dave

Tracks with this artist

Adio Querida

Also known as:
Adio Kerida
Genre:
Sephardic/Love/Lament/Folk
Subject:
Love/Rejection/Bitterness
Song comment:
Goodbye My Love
Origin:
Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb T-025(a)/Alb B-067(a)
Transliteration:
Alb T-025(a)/Alb S-083(a)/
Translation:
Alb A-020(a)/Alb V-009(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-034(a)/Alb B-067(a)
Related information in folder 807:
Comments:
1. Email from Anna Hurkmans of Rome, Italy, teacher and performer reports tjhat Adio Querida has the same melody as Verdis' "Addio al passato" (from Traviata)
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42299
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Vocal:
Nahmais, Iiker
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
First line:
Tu madre cuando te pario Y te quito al mundo Corason ella no te dido Para amar
Language:
Ladino
Style:
Operatic/Concert/Duet
Length:
4:16

Meyerke Mayn Zun — מאירקע, מײַן זון

Genre:
Folk/Instructional
Subject:
Faith/Religion/Father/Son
Origin:
Vinkov 2 73/Alb B-090(x)
Transliteration:
Vinkov 2 73/Alb K-005(a)/Alb B-090(x)
Translation:
Vinkov 2 73/Alb K-005(a)/J-030(a)
Music:
Vinkov 2 73
Related information in folder 693:
Comments:
1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42302
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
First line:
Meyerke, mayn zun, Tsu vestu far vemen du shteyst -Lifney Melekh
First line (Yiddish):
מאירקע, מײַן זון, צו װײסטו פֿאַר װעמען דו שטײסט? -- לפֿני מלף...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Khasidic/Operatic
Length:
4:22

Mediterranean Ensemble (Medley)

Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Ladino
Additional song notes:
Keshinenver Bulgar/Avram Avino- Cuando El Ray Nimrod /Oy Mame Bin Ikh Farlibt
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42303
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Vocal:
Nahmais, Iiker
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
Language:
Yiddish/Ladino
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Pop/Concert
Length:
13:14

And The Angels Sing

Also known as:
Freylekh In Swing
Author:
Mercer, Johnny
Composer:
Ellman, Ziggy
Genre:
Swing/Pop
Subject:
Love/Angels/Song/Music/Water/Moonlight
Song comment:
Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar"
Origin:
Sheetmusic 1210
Music:
Sheetmusic 1210
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42304
Vocal:
DeLuca, Rosina
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
First line:
You smile, and the angels sing, the angeles sing the sweetest song I ever heard
Language:
English
Style:
Swing/Klezmer/Pop
Length:
4:42

Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה

Also known as:
Tum Balalayke
Also known as:
Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
Also known as:
Play Balalaike
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42307
Vocal:
Morein, Donna
Vocal:
Unknown Artist
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Vocal:
DeLuca, Rosina
Vocal:
Wright, Janet
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
First line:
Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse nakht, vemen tsu nemen..
First line (Yiddish):
שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט, וועמען צו
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert/Audience Participation
Length:
8:07

Los Bilbilicos

Also known as:
The Night Birds
Also known as:
Amorosa (Cardoso)
Also known as:
Los Bilbilicos
Composer:
Cardoso, Jorge
Genre:
Sephardic/Love/Lament/Folk
Subject:
Birdsong/Nightingales/Blessing
Origin:
Alb L-024(b)/Alb K-023(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Alb R-001(b)
Translation:
Alb R-033(a)/Alb B-067(a)/Alb L-024(b)/Alb R-001(b)
Music:
Alb R-001(b)
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42308
Vocal:
Nahmais, Iiker
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Clarinet:
Ulansey, Ken
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
First line:
Los bilbilico cantar Con sospiros de amor; Mi neshama y mi ventura Estan en tu
First line (Ladino):
the nightengales sing with sighs of love; My soul and my fate Are in your powe
Language:
Ladino
Style:
Sephardic/Concert
Length:
3:42

Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
On album:
V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
Track ID:
42309
Keyboard:
Posmontier, Dave
Clarinet:
Ulancy, Ken
Vocal:
DeLuca, Rosina
Vocal:
Wright, Janet
Artist:
Mediterranean Ensemble
Conductor:
Kaminsky, Bruce
First line:
Of all the boys that I've known, and I've known some,…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English
Style:
Klezmer/Swing/Concert/Duet
Length:
3:15