Name:
Lowenworth, Sam
Also known as:
Loenworth, Sam
Died:
1954

Songs written or composed

Steam Steam Steam — סטיִם סטיִם סטיִם

Author:
Lowenworth, Sam
Composer:
Lowenworth, Sam
Genre:
Theater/Novelty/Shund/Humorous/Double Entendre
Subject:
Landlord/Tenant/Utilities/Old Man/Steam
Origin:
Ephemera 225
Transliteration:
Alb N-020(a)
Translation:
Alb N-020(a)

Recordings

On album:
W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)
Track ID:
23685
Vocal/English Adaptation:
Waldman, Gary
Composer:
Lowenworth, Sam
Vocal/English Adaptation:
Waldman, Janice
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Piano/Conductor:
Delfin, Jon
First line:
Sitting here, its three am, and we can't get to sleep,
First line:
סטיִם, סטיִם סטיִם, ס'איז קאַלט װי און אַ קבֿק, סטיִם, סטיִם סטיִם...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Paved With Gold"
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
N-020(a) (Honey Novick Rising Toward the Seraphim)
Track ID:
23805
Author/Composer:
Lowenworth, Sam
Vocal:
Novick, Honey
Piano:
Goldhamer, Brahm, piano
Percussion:
Sacks, Richard M., percussion
First line:
Shney, es vet bald faln, in der shtot es vert a kelt,
First line (Yiddish):
שנײ, עס װעט באַלד פֿאַלן, אין דער שטאָט עס װערט אַ קעלט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

Vatch Your Step — װאַטש יאָר סטעפ

Also known as:
Watch Your Step (Loenworth)
Author:
Lowenworth, Sam
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theatre/Immigrant/Klezmer/Humorous
Subject:
America/Pressure/Stress/Haste
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.
Related information in folder 176:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Tranliteration

Recordings

On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
16252
Author:
Lowenworth, Sam
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Vocalist:
Golden Land Company
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Vatch your step, all the people shout, Vatch your step,
Track comment:
English by Zalman Molek, Moishe Rosenfeld and Jacques Levy.
On album:
K-029(f) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Old World Beat)
Track ID:
16253
Author:
Lowenworth, Sam / Judy Bressler
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Conductor:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes,
First line:
אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
Track comment:
Additional verses by Judy Bressler
On album:
W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)
Track ID:
23678
Vocal:
Waldman, Gary
Author:
Lowenworth, Sam
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Vocal:
Waldman, Janice
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Piano/Conductor:
Delfin, Jon
First line:
Vatch your step, all the people shout, Vatch your step,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Paved With Gold" originally from musical Berele Tremp
On album:
C-035(b) (Adrianne Cooper & Zalmen Mlotek/An Afternoon Of Jewish Music)
Track ID:
25685
Author:
Lowenworth, Sam
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Vocal:
Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Vatch your step, all the people shout, Vatch your step,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
An Afternoon of Yiddish Music
On album:
L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
Track ID:
27649
Vocal:
Schwartz, William — שוואַרץ, וויליאַם
First line:
Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes,
First line:
אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Columbia E7625 From the musical - Berele Tremp
Language:
Yiddish/Yinglish
Style:
Klezmer/Tenor
On album:
L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
Track ID:
27664
Vocalist:
Weisman, G.
First line:
Shtey oyf many man un tu un di takhtoynim, un gey zikh...
First line (Yiddish):
שטײ אױף מײַן מאַן און טו אָן די תּחתּונים (?), און גײ זיך זוכן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Columbia E6104 78rpm
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Concert
On album:
M-068(a)48 (Milken/Joseph Rumshinsky: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol 3)
Track ID:
33377
Vocal:
Borts, Joanne
Arranger:
Russ, Patrick
Artist:
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Jaffe, Elli
First line:
Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes,
First line (Yiddish):
אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Vaudeville
Length:
2:20

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.

Recording

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