Look up artist Herscovits, Eli
Name: Herscovits, Eli
Songs written or composed
Title: Hercovits Hora And Sirba -- הערסקאָװיץ באָראַ און סירבאַ
Composer: Herscovits, Eli
Genre: Klezmer/Instrumental
Recording:
On album: F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
Track ID: 6438
Artist: Finjan
Style: Instrumenta;/Klezmer
Other tracks with this artist
Title: Der Milioner Fun Delancy Street -- דער מיליאָנער פֿון דעלענסי סטריט
Author: Fuchs, Leo -- פֿוקס, לעאָ
Composer: Fuchs, Leo -- פֿוקס, לעאָ
Genre: Theater/Novelty
Subject: Millionaire/Riches/Immigration
On album: F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
Track ID: 3231
Artist: Finjan
Artist: Herscovits, Eli
First line: Ikh bin der milioner fun Delancy Street,
First line (Yiddish):איך בין דער מיליאָנער פֿון דעלענסי סטריט,
Language: Yiddish
Title: Ot Ot Dos Vil Ikh -- אָט אָט דאָס װיל איך
Genre: Theater/Novelty/Love
Subject: Love/Wife/Food/Desire
On album: F-034(a) (Finjan Klezmer Orchestra From Ship To Shore)
Track ID: 11613
Artist: Herscovits, Eli
Artist: Finjan
First line: Ot ot ot dos vil ikh, ot ot ot dos darf ikh, ikh darf a...
First line (Yiddish):אָט אָט אָט דאָס װיל איך, אָט אָט אָט דאָס דאַרף איך, איך דאַרף אַ...
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language: Yiddish
Title: The Queen of Vladivostok (Video)
Genre: Novelty/Humorous/Place
Subject: Vladivostock
On album: F-034(a) (Finjan Klezmer Orchestra From Ship To Shore)
Track ID: 15182
Artist: Herscovits, Eli
Artist: Finjan
First line: There's a Czechoslovak who's waitin down by the sea in...
Audio: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment: Subtitled "There's a Czechoslovak Waiting For Me"
Language: English
Style: Theatre/Humorous
Title: Oyfn Boydem Shloft Der Dakh (Video) -- אױפֿן בױדעם שלאָפֿט דער דאַך (ווידיאָ)
Author: Hirshbeyn, Peretz -- הירשבײן, פּרץ
Genre: Literary Origin/Lament
Subject: Poverty/Child/Hunger/Clothing/Attic/Roof/Goat/Straw
Origin: Vinkov 3 159/Seculetz 40/Alb B-090(x)
Transliteration: Vinkov 3 159/Alb B-090(x)
Translation: Vinkov 3 159/Alb J-004(a)
Music: Vinkov 3 159/Seculetz 39
Additional song notes: See "The Great Need" for Shostakovitch adapation
On album: V0048
Track ID: 34089
Artist: Finjan
Artist: Fink, Shayla
Artist: Herscovits, Eli
Artist: Friesn, John
Artist: Posen, Kinzey
Artist: Schultz, Victor
Artist: Koulack, Daniel
Artist: Bouchouka, Sasha
First line: Oyfn boydem shloft der dakh, Tsugedekt mit shindelekh;
First line (Yiddish):אױפֿן בױדעם שלאָפֿט דער דאַך, צוגעדעקט מיט שינדעלעך:
Language: Yiddish
Style: Concert/Duet
Title: Di Grine Kuzine (Video) -- די גרינע קוזינע (ווידיאָ)
Genre: Immigration/Lament
Subject: Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
Origin: Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Transliteration: Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290
Translation: Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290
Music: Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
Additional song notes: See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version.
Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit.
See Gottlieb p. 147.
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
On album: V0048
Track ID: 34093
Artist: Fink, Shayla
Artist: Herscovits, Eli
Artist: Finjan
Artist: Friesn, John
Artist: Posen, Kinzey
Artist: Schultz, Victor
Artist: Koulack, Daniel
Artist: Bouchouka, Sasha
Language: Yiddish/English
Style: Duet/Novelty/Adaptation
Title: The Queen of Vladivostok (Video)
Genre: Novelty/Humorous/Place
Subject: Vladivostock
On album: V0048
Track ID: 34094
Artist: Herscovits, Eli
Artist: Fink, Shayla
Artist: Finjan
Artist: Friesn, John
Artist: Posen, Kinzey
Artist: Schultz, Victor
Artist: Koulack, Daniel
Artist: Bouchouka, Sasha
Language: English
Style: Duet/Novelty/Humorous
Contact: yidsong@pobox.upenn.edu