Look up artist Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Name: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
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Title: Mazl Tov Dances
Composer: Katz, Mickey
Composer: Farber, Nat
Genre: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24377
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Title: A Hopkele -- אַ האָפּקעלע
Author: Jacobs, Jacob -- זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer: Olshanetsky, Alexander -- אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre: Theatre
Subject: Dance/Freylekh
Transliteration: Warem 90/Alb K-029(h)
Translation: Alb K-029(h)
Music: Warem 90
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24378
Artist: Lippitz, Lori
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
First line: Tates, mames shtrebn zeyere kinder oystsugebn, vayl dos iz..
First line:טאַטעס, מאַמעס שטרעבן זײערע קינדער אױסצוגעבן, װײַל דאָס איז די..
Track comment: From the operetta "Vos Meydlekh Toen"
Title: Vu Bistu Geven ? -- װוּ ביסטו געװען ?
Also known as: Prohibition Bulgar
Also known as: Vu Bistu Geven Far Prohibition
Author: Segalovitsh, Zusman -- סעגאַלאָװיטש, זוסמאַן
Genre: Folk/Lament
Subject: Love/Aging/Separation/Dowry/Regret
Song Comment: Same melody as "Motl Der Oprator"
Origin: Vinkov 1 47/CD M-066(a)
Transliteration: Vinkov 1 47/Alb 013(a)/RSN MX 9/KlezKamp 94
Translation: Vinkov 1 47/Alb 013(a)/CD K-081(a)CD M-066(a)/RSN MX 9/KlezKamp 94
Music: Vinkov 1 47
Additional song notes: Segalovitsh credited with lyrics on CD Z-011(f) but Khana Mlotek in ML SOG 47 indicates that the song was "collected" from Segalovitsh.
Related information in folder 524:- Document type: Text
Publisher: Yiddish Forward
Date: April 13, 2001
Comments: Original Yiddish text.
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24379
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Jeziorski, Jeff, clarinet
Artist: Koffman, Alex
Style: Instrumental
Title: Mekhuteneste Mayne -- מחותּנתטע מײַנע
Genre: Folk
Subject: Mothers/In Laws/Family/Marriage/Daughter
Origin: ML MTAG 58/Alb P-019(b)/Vinkov 2 181/
Transliteration: ML MTAG 58/Vinkov 2 181/Alb Z-010(n)/Gold Zem 61/Alb P-019(b)/Alb K-26(d)2/
Translation: Vinkov 2 181/Alb K-029(e)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb K-026(d)2/Alb P-019(b)
Additional song notes: My Son's Mother-In-Law
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24380
Artist: Lippitz, Lori
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Koffman, Alex
First line: Mekhuteneste mayne, mekhuteneste getraye, Oy, lomir zayn...
First line (Yiddish):מחותּנתטע מײַנע, מחותּנתטע געטרײַע, אױ, לאָמיר זײַן אױף אײביק...
Track comment: Also incorporates melody fun Kishermakerin - Kum Kum
Language: Yiddish
Title: Doyne (Maxwell St. Klezmer) -- דױנע (משקסװעל שטריט...)
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24381
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Koffman, Alex
Track comment: Medley-Khosidl/ The Lark
Style: Instrumental
Title: Khosidl (Instr, Medley) -- חסידל (אינסטר, מעדלי)
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24382
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Koffman, Alex
Track comment: Medley-Doyne/ Khosidl/ The Lark
Title: The Lark (Instr, Medley)
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24383
Artist: Dinicu, Grigoras -- דיניקו, גרגוש
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Koffman, Alex
Track comment: Medley-Doyne/ Khosidl/ The Lark
Title: A Yidishe Mame -- אַ ייִדישע מאַמע
Also known as: Yidishe Mame
Also known as: My Yidishe Mame
Author: Yellen, Jack
Author: Pollack, Lou -- פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer: Pollack, Lou -- פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer: Yellen, Jack
Genre: Nostalgia/Family
Subject: Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin: GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)
Transliteration: Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
Translation: GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/
Music: GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24384
Artist: Marcell, Bibi
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
First line: Ikh vil bay aykh a kashe fregn, zugt mir ver es ken,
First line (Yiddish):איך װיל בײַ אײַך אַ קשיא פֿרעגן, זאָגט מיר װער עס קען
Track comment: Also known as "My Yidishe Mame" or "Mayn Yidishe Mame".
Language: Yiddish
Title: Freylekhs Fun Der Khupe -- פֿרײלעכס פֿון דער חופּה
Composer: Kandel, Harry -- קאַנדעל, האַרי
Genre: Klezmer/Freylekhs
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24385
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Title: Sheyn Vi Di Levone -- שײן װי די לבֿנה
Author: Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer: Rumshinsky, Yosef -- רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre: Love/Pop
Subject: Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered
Origin: GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration: Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)
Translation: GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)
Music: Warem 182/GYF 37/Metro Scher 1
Additional song notes: Also translated on CD B-076(a)
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24386
Artist: Fishman, Lisa
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Yoelin, Shelley
First line: Sheyn vi di levone, likhtig vi di shtern, fun himl a matone,
First line:שײן װי די לבֿנה, ליכטיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתנה,
Title: Tum Balalayke -- טום באַלאַלײַקע
Also known as: Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
Also known as: Play Balalaike
Genre: Folk/Love/Courtship/Riddle
Subject: Love/Riddle
Origin: ML MTAG 30/GYF 76/Alb G-026(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Alb C-015(a)
Transliteration: ML MTAG 30/Alb S-083(a)/Alb S-085(a)/Alb S-056(a)/Alb N-002(a)/
Translation: Alb N-002(a)/Silverman SJP 5/Alb Y-018(b)/GYF 79/Alb K-29(g)/Schwartz 2
Music: ML MTAG 31/GYF 77/Schwartz 2
Additional song notes: See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 730:- Comments: 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
Related information in folder 1182:- Comments: 1. Article in Yiddish Forverts of April 6-12, 2012
by Moshe Lemster (Israel) titled "Vegn '"Tum-Balalayke" in A Yidishn-Nit Yidisn Teater"' (About "Tum-Balalayke" in a Yiddish- - Non Yiddish Theater. Article deals with the popularity of the song.
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24387
Artist: Fishman, Lisa & Lori Lippitz
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Koffman, Alex
First line: Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse...
First line (Yiddish):שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
Language: Yiddish
Title: Der Heyser Bulgar -- דער הײסער בולגאַר
Genre: Instrumental/Klezmer/Bulgar/Freylekhs
Song Comment: Brandwein and Tarras each sometimes credited as composer.
Music: Comp Klez 34
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24388
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Yoelin, Shelley
Artist: Koffman, Alex
Artist: Yoelin, Shelley
First line:שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
Track comment: Brandwine credited as composer?
Style: Instrumental
Title: 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: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24389
Artist: Fishman, Lisa
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Braun, Ivo, trumpet
First line: We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
Track comment: Incorporates "Der Shtiller Bulgar"/ Bregman/Vocco/ Cahn credited as "Composer"
Language: English
Style: Swing/Klezmer
Title: Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym -- פֿירן די מחותּנים אַהײם
Also known as: Oriental Melody (Instr)
Also known as: Street Song
Composer: Schwartz, Abe -- שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre: Klezmer/Wedding/Instrumental/Hora
Subject: In Laws
Music: Comp Klez 44
Additional song notes: Naftule Brandwein sometimes credited as Composer.
Melody played in Shargorad (also elsewhere)/aka DerGasn Nigun- Oriental Melody
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24390
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Jeziorski, Jeff, clarinet
Track comment: with "Warshaver Freylekhs"
Style: Klezmer/Instrumental
Title: Varshaver Freylekhs -- װאַרשאַװער פֿרײלעכס
Genre: Klezmer/Instrumental/Bulgar
Music: Comp Klez 41
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24391
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Jeziorski, Jeff, clarinet
Track comment: with "Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym"
Title: Sha Sha Es Zol Zayn Shtil -- שאַ שאַ עס זאָל זייִן שטיל
Also known as: Oy Iz Dos A Rebetsn
Author: King, Adolf -- קינג, אַדאָלף
Author: King, Adolf -- קינג, אַדאָלף
Author: Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer: King, Adolf -- קינג, אַדאָלף
Composer: Moskowitz, Joseph
Composer: Moskowitz, Joseph
Genre: Theatre/Vaudville/Humorous
Subject: Rebe/Rebetsn/Khasidim/Food
Origin: ML PYS 148
Transliteration: Alb K-007(b)/ML PYS 148
Translation: Alb K-030(b)/ML PYS 150
Music: Kammen Jaf 06/ML PYS 148
Additional song notes: Gottlieb credits Moskowitz as composer. Others credit King as composer,
Related information in folder 401:- Document type: Text
Comments: Additional verse. (May be vulgar?)
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24392
Artist: Lippitz, Lori
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
First line: Sha sha, es iz shoyn shpet, Oy, oy, der rebe geyt,
First line (Yiddish):שאַ שאַ, עס איז שױן שפּעט, אױ, אױ. דער רבּי גײט,
Language: Yiddish
Title: Sammy's Freylekh (Instr)
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24393
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist: Wilder, Ralph, clarinet
Title: Akh Odesa -- אַך אָדעסאַ
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24394
Artist: Barder, Vilya & Alex Koffman
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Language: Russian
Title: Kompot (Instr) -- קאָמפּאָט (אינסטר)
On album: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID: 24395
Artist: Bokov, Y, A Lisker & A Koffman
Artist: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Track comment: Combo of various composers, classical, modern etc
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