Name:
Herscovits, Eli

Songs written or composed

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

Der Milyoner 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
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Ephemera 1458
Additional song notes:
Attributed to Leo Fuchs What's Not To Like 2017
On album:
F-034(b) (Finjan Where Were You...Before Prohibition)
Track ID:
3231
Artist:
Finjan
Vocal:
Herscovits, Eli
First line:
Ikh bin der milioner fun Delancy Street,
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין דער מיליאָנער פֿון דעלענסי סטריט,
Language:
Yiddish

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
Vocal:
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

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
Vocal:
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

Di Grine Kuzine (Video) — די גרינע קוזינע (ווידיאָ)

Author:
Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
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/Alb M-068(a)04
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
Vocal:
Fink, Shayla
Artist:
Finjan
Vocal:
Herscovits, Eli
Clarinet:
Friesn, John
Acoustic Bass:
Posen, Kinzey
Violin:
Schultz, Victor
Guitar:
Koulack, Daniel
Saxophone:
Bouchouka, Sasha
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Duet/Novelty/Adaptation

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
Vocal:
Fink, Shayla
Vocal:
Herscovits, Eli
Clarinet:
Friesn, John
Acoustic Bass:
Posen, Kinzey
Violin:
Schultz, Victor
Guitar:
Koulack, Daniel
Saxophone:
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