Name:
Meyerowitz, David
Name (Yiddish):
מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Born:
April 2, 1867 (Dinerburg, Latvia - (Dinaberg))
Died:
August 1943 (USA)
Comment:
Came to America 1880/See Perlmutter, p323/Ephemera 1238 says 1890
Related information in folder 1238:
Comments:
1. 12/7/2012 Article by Chana Mlotek in the Yiddish Forverts of Dec 7-13, 2012 titled "Dovid Meyerowitz - A Lider-Shrayber in Di Frie Yorn Fun Yidishn Teater" (David Meyerowitz - A Songwriter In The Early Years Of The Yiddish Theater).

2. 8/15/2017 Article from internet entered in ephemera on August 15, 2017 issued by Milken Archive of Jewish Music titled "David Meyerowitz: 1867-1943.

Songs written or composed

Aheym Aheym (Meyorovits) — אהײם אהײם (מײעראָװיץ)

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Zionist
Subject:
Equality/Land
Additional song notes:
See "Heskes" sheet music catlg #824

Recording

On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26084
Author/Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Artist:
Salmonsson, Bjorn & Tomas Bohm
Artist:
Freilach Express
First line:
Dayn mokum, dayn menukhe, iz dayn eygene melukhe,
First line:
דײַן מקום, דײַן מנוחה, איז דײַן אײגענע מלוכה, געדענק ישׂראליק...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Briderlakh Aheym (Wohl) — ברידערלאַך אַהײם (וואָל)

Also known as:
Aheym Aheym (Wohl)
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theater/Zionist
Subject:
Homeward/Return/Equality
Additional song notes:
From drama titled "Eyn Nakht Fun Libe" See Heskes catlg entry # 823

Recordings

On album:
046b (Paskel, Simon/ Aheym Aheym/ Ner Tomid)
Track ID:
30086
Artist:
Paskel, Simon — פּאַסקאַל, סײַמאָן
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-009(o) (Yossele Rosenblatt/ Songs of My People)
Track ID:
37808
Vocal:
Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע
First line:
Ikh vel aykh bashvern, ir muzt mir dos oyshern,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װעל אײַך באַשװערן, איר מוזט מיר דאָס אױסהערן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
J-026(a) (Jewish Nostalgia — בענקען געגועים)
Track ID:
23973
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Vocal:
Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע
First line:
Ikh vel aykh bashvern, ir muzt mir dos oyshern,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װעל אײַך באַשװערן, איר מוזט מיר דאָס אױסהערן,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-040(a) (Cantors In Yiddish/Arias, Opereta, Folk Songs & Chassidic... — חזנים זינגען אױף ייִדיש)
Track ID:
27572
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Vocal:
Bakon, Khazn Israel — בקון, חזן ישׂראל
First line:
Ir must mir dos ophern, vos ikh vel aykh erklern,
First line (Yiddish):
איר מוסט מיר דאָס אױסהערן, װאָס איך װעל אײַך אױסקלערן,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
V-015(d) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 4/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31457
Vocal:
Bakon, Khazn Israel — בקון, חזן ישׂראל
Conductor Orchestra:
Weintraub, Wolf
Artist:
Wolf Weintraub Orchestra
First line:
Ir must mir dos ophern, vos ikh vel aykh erklern,
First line (Yiddish):
איר מוסט מיר דאָס אױסהערן, װאָס איך װעל אײַך אױסקלערן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:42
On album:
R-009(d) (Cantor Yosele Rosenblatt Sings Yiddish Folk Songs Volume 7 — רנת יוסף)
Track ID:
983
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Vocal:
Rosenblatt, Cantor Yosele — ראָזענבלאַט, חזן יוסעלע
First line:
Ikh vel aykh bashvern, ir muzt mir dos oyshern,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װעל אײַך באַשװערן, איר מוזט מיר דאָס אױסהערן,
Audio:
Judaica Sound Archives at FAU Libraries
Language:
Yiddish

Ikh For Aheym (Meyerovitz) — איך פֿאָר אַהײם (מײעראָװיץ)

Also known as:
I'm Going Home
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Zionist/Theater
Subject:
Palestine/United States/Emigration/Return/Homeland
Origin:
Ephemera 1365 (Yiddish)
Transliteration:
Estella 34/Peppler 2 96
Translation:
/Peppler 2 96
Music:
Estella 34/Peppler 2 96
Additional song notes:
I'm Going Home Also see "Mir Forn Aheym"
Related information in folder 836:
Comments:
1. Transliterated text 2. Translation
Sheet music:
Folder:
1279
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/ Transliteration/ Translation
Publisher:
Jane Peppler
Provenance:
Purchase, Jane Peppler, Sept 2013
First line:
Mazltov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol aykh zayn, ikh veys ir vet..
First line (Yiddish):
מאַזל־טובֿ אײַך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל עס זײַן, איך וייס איר וועט זײַן..
Notes:
Congratulations to you, Jews be lucky, I know you'll be happy, listen to this…
Folder:
833
Series:
4
Arranger:
Jack Kammen
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish /Transliteration
Publisher:
J & J Kammen Music Co.
Publisher address:
1619 Broadway, New York, NY
Date:
1926
Provenance:
Gift of Gail Morrison Hall
First line:
Mazl tov aykh yidn mit mazl zol es zayn, ikh veys ir vet…
First line (Yiddish):
מזל טובֿ אײַך ייַדן, מיט מזל זאָל עס זײַן, איך ווייס איר וועט...
Notes:
Dark blue block printing. Transliteration, English, Yiddish. Price 35 cents. Four verses of Yiddish words on back cover.

Recordings

On album:
B-026(a) (Chazzan Hans Bloemendal zing Het Joodse Lied)
Track ID:
7127
Artist:
Bloemendal, Cantor Hans
First line:
Ikh for aheym, ikh for aheym, ikh veyn nit mer far...
First line:
איך פֿאָר אַהײם, אַיך פֿאָר אַהײם, איך װײן ניט מער פֿאַר דעם און דעם,
Track comment:
Recording made in Holland
Language:
Yiddish/Dutch
On album:
A-009(a) (Jewish Folk Songs Joey Adams - Sholom Secunda with Guests)
Track ID:
7128
Vocal:
Adams, Joey
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Ikh for aheym, ikh for aheym, ikh veyn nit mer far...
First line:
איך פֿאָר אַהײם, אַיך פֿאָר אַהײם, איך װײן ניט מער פֿאַר דעם און דעם,
Track comment:
Medley, Oyfn Pripetshik, Zibn Gute Yorn, Ikh Vil Zikh Spliln
On album:
M-015(a) (Line Monty Chante en Francais Orchestre Didier Boland)
Track ID:
7126
Artist:
Monty, Line
Artist:
Boland, Didier Orchestra
Piano:
Solomon, Renee
Track comment:
Recorded with French version of "Vu Ahin Zol Ikh Geyn?"
Language:
French
On album:
045s (Lewis, Milton/ Ikh For Aheym/ Der Yid Zingt)
Track ID:
30074
Vocalist:
Lewis, Milton
Artist:
Hymie Jacobson Orchestra
Additional English Verses/Arranger:
Jacobson, Hymie
First line:
Mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol aykh zayn,
First line:
מזל טובֿ אײַך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל עס זײַן, איך ווייס איר זענט צופֿרידען…
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theater/Song & Dance
On album:
K-010(g) (32 World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
21164
Vocal:
Grossman, Irving
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Narration:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Mazltov my brothers, I'm happy, can't you tell,
Track comment:
Recorded under "I'm Going Home"
Language:
English
On album:
F-032(d) (Gila Flam/ Miscl 78 rpm Selections)
Track ID:
23514
Artist:
Post, Harry
First line:
Mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol aykh zayn,
First line (Yiddish):
מזל טובֿ אײַך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל אַײַך זײַן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
78 rpm recorded in Europe Ikh For"Ahaym"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-021(a)1 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 1)
Track ID:
23749
Vocal:
Fenigstein, Herman
First line:
Mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol aykh zayn,
First line (Yiddish):
מזל טובֿ אײַך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל ײַ זײַן,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-037(a) (A Musical Tribute to Israel Sam Appel sings "Songs I Love")
Track ID:
23908
Vocal:
Appel, Sam
Musical Direction:
Helzner, Jules
Piano/Organ:
Appel, Neil
First line:
Mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol aykh zayn,
First line (Yiddish):
מזל טובֿ אײַך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל אײַך זײַן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
023b (Grossman, Irving/ Sing Israel Sing/ I'm Going Home)
Track ID:
29406
Artist:
Grossman, Irving
On album:
V-015(i) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 9/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31566
Vocal:
Alexander, Edgar
Orchestra Leader:
Petruschka, Sigmund
Artist:
Petruschka Orchestra — אָרקעסטער פּעטרושקאַ
First line:
Mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol es zayn, ikh veys ir zent tsufriden,
First line (Yiddish):
מזל טובֿ אייִך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל עס זייִן, איך ווייס איר זענט צופֿרידען…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:41
On album:
V-015(b) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 2/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31320
Vocal:
Stein, Leo
First line:
Mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol es zayn, ikh veys ir zent tsufriden,
First line (Yiddish):
מזל טובֿ אייִך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל עס זייִן, איך ווייס איר זענט צופֿרידען...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Piano Accompaniment
Length:
2:28
On album:
V0020 (The Yiddish King Lear (Video))
Track ID:
36066
First line:
Oy, mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol ikh zayn, ikh veys nit zayn tsufridn,
First line (Yiddish):
אוי, מזל־טובֿ אײַך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל איך זײַן, איך ווייס ניט זײַן צופֿרידן,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Folk/Klezmer/Theater
On album:
P-068(e) (Jane Peppler, Randy Kloko, & friends/ Lebedik Yankel: Yiddish songs from Warsaw, volume 2)
Track ID:
41461
Vocal/Piano:
Peppler, Jane
Vocal:
Kloko, Randy
First line:
Mazl tov aykh yidn, mit mazl zol aykh zayn, ikh veys ir vet zayn tsufriden,…
First line (Yiddish):
מזל טובֿ אײַך ייִדן, מיט מזל זאָל אײַך זײַן, איך ווייס איר וועט זײַן צופֿרידען אָט..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
ConcertDuet/Lively
Length:
2:34

In Hundert Yor Arum — אין הונדערט יאָר אַרום

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Novelty
Subject:
Future/Utopia/Travel/Health/Prices/Children/Peace
Origin:
SM Shipper Rosenthal Box 17
Transliteration:
Ephemra 1635/SM Shipper Rosenthal Box 17
Translation:
Ephemra 1635
Music:
SM Shipper Rosenthal Box 17
Additional song notes:
100 Years From Now
Sheet music:
Folder:
700
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
A. Teres Music Dealer
Publisher address:
159 Delancey St. New York, NY
Date:
1919
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
495
First line:
Frayt eykh kinder es kumt a naye tsayt..
First line (Yiddish):
פֿרייט אײַך קינדער, עס קומט אַ נײַער צײַט
Notes:
Dark Blue lettering, Yiddish/English. Song from Thomashefsky's Musical Comedy "Upstairs and Down Stairs". Sung by Sam Kastin. Cover includes "Catalogue of Celebrated Jewish Music for Piano with words. Yiddish words in center fold. Back cover includes first lines of music of six songs.

Recordings

On album:
Y-021(a)2 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 2)
Track ID:
23779
Vocal:
Feldman, Joseph
First line:
Freyt aykh ale yidelekh, zingt a naye zakh,
First line:
פֿרײט אײַך אַלע ייִדעלעך, זינגט אַ נײַע זאַך,
Track comment:
From "Upstairs & Downstairs"
On album:
040g (Birnbaum, Louis, tenor/ Kol Z'man Shehaneshomo B'Kirb/ In Hundert Yor Arum)
Track ID:
29949
Artist:
Birnbaum, Louis, tenor
On album:
043t (Birnbaum, Louis, tenor/ Kol Z'man Sh'Haneshomo B'kirbi/ In Hundert Yor Arum)
Track ID:
30027
Artist:
Birnbaum, Louis, tenor
On album:
009f (Feldman, Joseph, tenor/ In Hundert Yor Arum/ Shema Yisroel (Yidish))
Track ID:
29038
Vocal:
Feldman, Joseph
On album:
P-068(i) (Opgenarte Velt/Deluded World/ Jane Peppler)
Track ID:
43090
Vocal:
Peppler, Jane
First line:
Freyt aykh kinder es kumt a naye tsayt, hert a vunder es vet bald zen 'alrayt, ir darf aykh gor nhy zorgn, nit ungeyn…
First line (Yiddish):
פֿרייט אײַך קינדער עס קומט אַ נײַע צײַט, הערט אַ װוּנדער עס וועט בשלד זײַן 'אַלרײַט, איר דאַרף אײַך גאָר ניט זאָרגן, ניט...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Sprightly
Length:
4:08

Kolumbus, Ikh HobTsu Dir Gornit — קאָלומבוס, איך האָב צו דיר גאָרניט

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Author:
Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Status/Food/Weather/Subway/Patriotism/Freedom
Transliteration:
Peppler 2 124
Translation:
Peppler 2 125
Music:
Peppler 2 125
Additional song notes:
Kolumbus, I have No Complaints Against You
Sheet music:
Folder:
1278
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration/ Translation
Publisher:
Jane Peppler
Provenance:
Purchase, Jane Peppler, Sept 2013
First line:
Amerika dos land dos traye vi a guter tsimes gefelstu mir,
First line (Yiddish):
אַמעריקאַ, דאָס לאַנד, דאָס טרײַע, ווי אַ גוטער צימעס געפֿעלסטו מיר,
Notes:
America, you fair land, you please me like a good tsimmes…

Recordings

On album:
K-010(d) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite The East Side Story)
Track ID:
8635
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Piano:
Gunther, William
First line:
Kolumbus, Ikh hob tsu dir gornit, Tsu dir mayn Ameritshke,
First line (Yiddish):
קאָלומבוס, איך האָב צו דיר גאָרניט, צו דיר מײַן אַמעריטשקע,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-013(b) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Himan Brown (English) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19374
Vocal:
Kressyn, Miriam and Ensembl — קרעסן, מיריאַם און אַנסעמבל
Narrator:
Brown, Himan
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Kolumbus, Ikh hob tsu dir gornit, Tsu dir mayn Ameritshke,
First line (Yiddish):
קאָלומבוס, איך האָב צו דיר גאָרניט, צו דיר מײַן אַמעריטשקע,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-013(a) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Yosl Mlotek (Yiddish) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19338
Artist:
Kressyn, Miriam and Ensembl — קרעסן, מיריאַם און אַנסעמבל
Narrator:
Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Kolumbus, Ikh hob tsu dir gornit, Tsu dir mayn Ameritshke,
First line (Yiddish):
קאָלומבוס, איך האָב צו דיר גאָרניט, צו דיר מײַן אַמעריטשקע,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)
Track ID:
21796
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Kolumbus, Ikh hob tsu dir gornit, Tsu dir mayn Ameritshke,
First line (Yiddish):
קאָלומבוס, איך האָב צו דיר גאָרניט, צו דיר מײַן אַמעריטשקע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "From Ellis Island to the East Side"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
E-015(b) (Helene Engel Errances de Tolede a Brooklyn)
Track ID:
8636
Vocal:
Engel, Helene
First line:
Kolumbus, Ikh hob tsu dir gornit, Tsu dir mayn Ameritshke,
First line (Yiddish):
קאָלומבוס, איך האָב צו דיר גאָרניט, צו דיר מײַן אַמעריטשקע,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded in group "a Brooklyn" - also with English Verses
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
017i (Goldstein, Morris, tenor/ Kolumbus Ikh Hob Tsu Dir Gor../ Pinochle)
Track ID:
29272
Vocal:
Goldstein, Morris — גאָלדשטייַן, מאָריס
On album:
P-068(f) (Jane Peppler and Friends/ Nervez!/ Yiddish Theater Songs from Poland, Volume III)
Track ID:
41403
Piano:
Enoch, Aviva
Vocal:
Kloko, Randy
VocalFiddle:
Peppler, Jane
Piano:
Spears, Roger Lynn
First line:
Amerika dos land dos traye vi a guter tsimes gefelstu mir, bist far undz yidn…
First line (Yiddish):
אַמעריקע דאָס לאַנד דאָס טרײַע, ווי אַ גויער צימס געפֿעלסטו מיר, ביסט פֿאַר...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Duet
Length:
3:13

Papirene Kinder — פּאַפּירענע קינדער

Author:
Rund, Morris
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Lament/Letter/
Subject:
Separation/Lonliness/Loss/Mother/Son/Pictures
Origin:
Ephemera 353
Translation:
Ephemera 353
Additional song notes:
Paper Children
Related information in folder 353:
Comments:
1. Yiddish text of "Papirene Kinder" by Morris Rund in Yiddish Forward of March 8, 1991. (Chana Mlotek) 2. Yiddish text of poem titled "Papirene Kinder" by unknown author published in Yiddish Forward of March 8, 1991. 3. Yiddish text of poem titled "Papirene Kinder by Yakov Adler published in Yiddish Forward of February 22, 1991. (Chana Mlotek) English translations of "Papirene Kinder" by Rund and Adler from the internet. Translations by Manory/Thobi

Recordings

On album:
K-003(a) (Songs and Tunes From the Ghetto Jeno Kohn (vocalist))
Track ID:
12065
Artist:
Trio Lorand
Vocal:
Kohn, Jeno
Piano:
Lorand, Marcel
First line:
A brivele geshribn hot mayn manenyu mir, "Yankele, zindele..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ בריװעלע געשריבן האָט מײַן מאַמעניו מיר, "יאַנקעלע זינדעלע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-037(a) (Hanna Greenbaum In Yiddish Songs — חנה גרינבאום ייִדישע לידער)
Track ID:
12066
Vocal:
Greenbaum, Hanna — גרינבױם, חנה
Artist:
Osherovits, M., orchestra — אָשעראָװעץ, מ., אָרקעסטער
First line:
A brivele geshribn hot mayn manenyu mir, "Yankele, zindele..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ בריװעלע געשריבן האָט מײַן מאַמעניו מיר, "יאַנקעלע זינדעלע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-009(b) (2 Berele Zaltsman — 2 בּרלה זלצמן)
Track ID:
12067
Vocal:
Zaltsman, Cantor Berele — זלצמן, חזן בּרלה
Musical Director:
Avitsur, Eytan — אביצור, איתן
Piano:
Heydu, Andre — היידו, אנדרה
First line:
Oy, papirene kinderlekh hob ikh, un shtendik zey ikh zey...
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, פּאַפּירענע קינדערלעך האָב איך, און שטענדיק זײ איך זײ...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Y-004(b) (S'benkt Zikh Aheym Di Beste Lider Fun Di Beste Zingers — ס'בענקט זיך אַהײם די בעסטע לידער פֿון די בעסטע זינגערס)
Track ID:
21738
Vocal:
Greenbaum, Hanna — גרינבױם, חנה
Artist:
Osherovits, M., orchestra — אָשעראָװעץ, מ., אָרקעסטער
First line:
A brivele geshribn hot mayn manenyu mir, "Yankele, zindele..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ בריװעלע געשריבן האָט מײַן מאַמעניו מיר, "יאַנקעלע זינדעלע..."
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-037(b) (Hanna Greenbaum Great yiddish Songs — ייִדישע לידער שירים גדולים ביידיש)
Track ID:
25769
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Vocal:
Greenbaum, Hanna — גרינבױם, חנה
Artist:
Osherovits, M., orchestra — אָשעראָװעץ, מ., אָרקעסטער
First line:
A brivele geshribn hot mayn manenyu mir, "Yankele, zindele..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ בריװעלע געשריבן האָט מײַן מאַמעניו מיר, "יאַנקעלע זינדעלע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-060(a) (Songs From the Attic/ Lider Fun Boydem 3/ The Best of 78 Records/Papirosn — לידער פֿון בוידעם 3\ די בעסטע פֿון 78 פּלאַטן, פּאַפּיראָסן)
Track ID:
35907
Vocal:
Stramer, Solomon — סטראַמער, סאָלאָמאָן
First line:
A brivele geshribn hot mayn manenyu mir, "Shmilikl, hob dortn got in harts,...
First line (Yiddish):
אַ בריװעלע געשריבן האָט מײַן מאַמעניו מיר, ,,שמיליקל האָב דאָרטן גאָט אין האַרץ''
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:42
On album:
L-014(c) (Jiddische Stikele/Jewish Songs From The Prague Ghetto/Trio Lorand/Jeno Kohn vocal/Marcel Lorand piano/)
Track ID:
34809
Vocal:
Kohn, Jeno
Piano:
Lorand, Marcel
First line:
A brivele geshribn hot mayn manenyu mir, "Yankele, zindele..
First line (Yiddish):
אַ בריװעלע געשריבן האָט מײַן מאַמעניו מיר, "יאַנקעלע זינדעלע...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:42

Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito — װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ

Also known as:
Vos Geven Iz Nishtu
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudeville/Lament
Subject:
Aging/Memory
Origin:
ML PYS 274
Transliteration:
Warem 224/ML PYS 274/Alb J-024(a)1/Estella 8
Translation:
Alb T-015(a)/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 224/ML PYS 275/Estella 8
Additional song notes:
What Was Once Is No More
Sheet music:
Folder:
83
Series:
4
Arranger:
Kammen, Joseph
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
J. J. Kammen
Publisher address:
Brooklyn, NY
Date:
1926
Provenance:
Gift of Robert Alan Friedman, 2003
First line:
Erloybt, lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts,
First line (Yiddish):
ערלויבט, לאָזט זיך דינען, אויסרעדן מייַן האַרץ,
Notes:
Cover: "Nellie Casman - Columbia Record No 8106F" "Morris Goldstein - Pathe Record No. 3741" "Jospeh Feldman - Victor Record No. 78697" Photo of Nellie Casman, Photo of Joseph Feldman, smaller photo inset of David Meyerowitz. "Played on international and O. R. S. Music Rolls" Price 20 cents

Recordings

On album:
K-007(b) (More Sing-Along IN Yiddish with Marv Kurz — זינגט מיט מיר אין ייִדיש)
Track ID:
16676
Artist:
Kurz, Marv
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho.
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע שעה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Transliteration of part of song with album.
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-022(c) (The 18 Pearls of Yiddish Songs Yaacov Shapiro — די 18 פּירל פֿון ייִדישן ליד יעקב שפּירו)
Track ID:
16677
Vocal:
Shapiro, Yaacov — שאַפּיראָ, יעקבֿ
Artist:
Israel Philharmonic Orch, Strings & Bass
Conductor/Arranger:
Moskowitz, Martin — מוסקוביץ, מרטין
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-049(a) (Solomon Kromchenko Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
16678
Artist:
Khromchenko, Solomon Markovich
First line:
Vos iz gevezn zayn vet nit mer,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס איז געװעזן זײַן װעט ניט מער,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-009(a) (Jewish Folk Songs Joey Adams - Sholom Secunda with Guests)
Track ID:
16679
Vocal:
Adams, Joey
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho.
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע שעה,
Track comment:
Medley, Az Men Farzukht, Ale Viln Zingen, Yisroel Du Vest..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
16680
Artist:
Ruth
Artist:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-025(a) (Pearls of Yiddish Song — פּערל פֿון ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
16681
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-072(a) (Jacqui Sussholz Yiddish Is Forever)
Track ID:
16682
Artist:
Sussholz, Jacqui
Artist:
Wuyts, Frank, arr
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
W-002(h) (Chansons Populaires Yiddish Vol 3 Benzion Witler — בּן ציון װיטלער ייִדישע פֿאָלקס לידער)
Track ID:
16683
Artist:
Witler, Ben Tsion — װיטלער, בּן ציון
First line:
Ikh fil vi tsu redn, vayl es tut vey mayn harts,
First line (Yiddish):
איך פֿיל װי צו רעדן, װײַל עס טוט װײ מײַן האַרץ,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Vos Geven"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-027(a) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre… — ..)
Track ID:
16684
Artist:
Adler, Bruce
Accomp:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho.
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע שעה,
Track comment:
Oygn Bistu Sheyn/ Yosl Yosl/ Vus Geven...Nito/ Vu Bistu Gev
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-014(a) (Connie Francis Sings Jewish Favorites)
Track ID:
16685
Artist:
Francis, Connie
Artist:
Goeff Love Orchestra
Artist:
Fahey, Brian, arranger
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho.
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע שעה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-020(d) (Leo Fuld My Yiddishe Mama)
Track ID:
16686
Artist:
Fuld, Leo — פֿולד, לעאָ
Artist:
Scheffer, Pi., orch cond & arr
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
16687
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Artist:
King, M. and T. L. Garrett, arr
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "To Be In Love"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
J-009(a) (Soul of a People Arranged and Conducted by Gordon Jenkins)
Track ID:
16688
Artist:
Gordon Jenkins Orchestra
Arranger/Conductor:
Jenkins, Gordon
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
S-011(b) (Traditional Jewish Melodies Orch & Chr of Benedict Silberman)
Track ID:
16689
Artist:
Silberman, Benedict, Orch & Chorus
Arranger/Conductor:
Silberman, Benedict
Track comment:
Recorded under title "What Used To Be, Used To Be"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
F-019(a) (More Bagels and Bongos Irving Fields Trio)
Track ID:
16690
Artist:
Fields Trio, Irving
Artist:
Fields, Irving, piano & arr
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
A-023(a) (Jewish Songs Our Favorite Melodies featuring June Astor)
Track ID:
16692
Artist:
Astor, June
Artist:
Cooper, Harry
Artist:
Instrumental Ensemble
First line:
Vos iz geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho
First line:
װאָס איז געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
We worked hard, we worried to be a success,
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
V-005(a) (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville)
Track ID:
16693
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho.
First line:
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע שעה,
Track comment:
What has passed in the past, is not more, let it rest...
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
M-015(a) (Line Monty Chante en Francais Orchestre Didier Boland)
Track ID:
16694
Artist:
Monty, Line
Artist:
Boland, Didier Orchestra
Piano:
Solomon, Renee
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Ci Que Fut"
Language:
French
On album:
Z-010(m) (Paul Zim Sings Forever Yiddish 20 Yiddish "Golden Oldies")
Track ID:
18348
Artist:
Zim, Paul & Simcha Klezmer Band
Artist:
Barnes, Rolfe & M. Tornick, cond
Clarinet:
Pincus, Paul
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho. .
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס איז געװעזן זײַן װעט ניט מער,
Track comment:
Sheyn Vi Di Levone/ Mazl/ Shloyemele Malkele/ Rumanye...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-006(f) (Dos Yidish Lid Fun Nekhtn un Fun Haynt Sarah Gorby — דאָס ייִדיש ליד פֿון נעכטן און פֿון הײַנט שׂרה גורבי)
Track ID:
18811
Vocal:
Gorby, Sarah — גאָרבי, שׂרה
First line:
Vos geven iz geven iz nisto. Shoyn avek yene tseyt,...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען איז נישטאָ, שױן אַװעק יענע צײַט, יענע שעה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
On album:
F-027(b) (Myriam Fuks)
Track ID:
21479
Vocal:
Fuks, Myriam
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-015(f) (Talila Chante Le Yiddish Papirossn)
Track ID:
21590
Arranger:
Mortarelli, Pierre
Artist:
Talila
Accordion/Piano/Arranger:
Schaff, Eddy
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-024(a)1 (Judische Lebenswelten /Patterns of Jewish Life 1/Berlin 1992)
Track ID:
22284
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Derloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
דערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האָרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Track comment:
Excerpts from "The Golden Age of Yiddish Theatre"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
V-005(a)1 (The Best Of Yiddish Vaudeville Vol 1 & Michel Rosenberg)
Track ID:
23737
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho.
First line:
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע שעה,
Track comment:
What has passed in the past, is not more, let it rest...
Language:
Yiddish/English
On album:
K-068(a) (Klezamir Yiddish-Klezmer-Israeli Featuring Fraidy Katz — קלעזאַמיר)
Track ID:
22617
Artist:
Klezamir
Vocalist:
Fraidy Katz
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-037(b) (Hanna Greenbaum Great yiddish Songs — ייִדישע לידער שירים גדולים ביידיש)
Track ID:
25771
Artist:
Greenbaum, Hanna — גרינבױם, חנה
Artist:
Osherovits, M., orchestra — אָשעראָװעץ, מ., אָרקעסטער
First line:
Vos geven iz geven, nisht mer do, erloybt lozt aykh...
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען, נישט מער דאָ, ערלױבט לאָזט אײַך...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-083(b)1 (The Burning Bush/ Best of Yiddish, Klezmer & Sephardic Music 1)
Track ID:
26593
Vocal:
Skeaping, Lucie
Artist:
Burning Bush
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, tsu red ikh...
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון...
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
025j (Gingold, Sara/ Vos Geven Iz Geven/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn)
Track ID:
29483
Artist:
Gingold, Sara
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-087(a) (Henry Berman: 1945-1948 — חיים בערמאַן: 1948-1945)
Track ID:
30783
Vocal/Additional English lyrics:
Berman, Henry — בערמאַן, חיים
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito, shoyn avek yene yor yene sho
First line:
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ, שׁױן אַװעק יענע יאָר יענע שׁעה,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish/English
Style:
Theatre
On album:
F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
28529
Vocal:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, red ikh fun zinen, red ikh fun..
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון זינען, צו רעד ...
Track comment:
Originally recorded Feb 3, 1926, Columbia 8195F/Unknown Orchestra
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Lament/Pop
Length:
03:23
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31664
Vocal:
Francis, Connie
First line:
Vos geven, iz geven un nito, shoyn avek yene yor yene sho,
First line (Yiddish):
װאָס געװען איז געװען איז נישטאָ, שױן אַװעק יענע צײַט, יענע שעה,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
1:35
On album:
A-056(a) (Azoy/ Musique Klezmer/ chanson yiddish)
Track ID:
35882
Vocal:
Slotnicki, Poupa
Accordion/Arranger:
Weyh, Yves
Accoustic Bass:
Lirola, Jeremy
Clarinet:
Halbeisen, Raymond
Violin:
Elbaz, Daniel
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, red ikh fun zinen, red ikh fun..
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון זינען, צו רעד ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Lament/Pop
Length:
3:44
On album:
Y-055(a)1 (Les Yeux Noirs/ Best Oyf)
Track ID:
39293
Bass:
Reveyrand, Kevin
accordion:
Peirani, Vincent
Violin and Vocal:
Slabiak, Erik
Violin and Vocal:
Slabiak, Olivier
drums and percussions:
Tafial, Aidje
guitar and vocal:
Anastasio, Frank
On album:
M-068(a)04 (Milken/ Abraham Ellstein: Great Songs of The Yiddish Stage Volume 1)
Track ID:
42430
Vocal:
Spiro, Cantor Simon
Artist:
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Orchestration/Arranger:
Sacks, Jonathan
Conductor:
Jaffe, Elli
First line:
Erloybt lozt zikh dinen, oysredn mayn harts, red ikh fun zinen, red ikh fun..
First line (Yiddish):
ערלױבט לאָזט זיך דינען, אױסרעדן מײַן האַרץ, צו רעד איך פֿון זינען, צו רעד איך..
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Lament/Concert
Length:
3:57

Vu Nemt Men Parnose — װוּ נעמט מען פּרנסה

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Lament/Literary Origin
Subject:
Unemployment/Help/Depression/NRA/Blue Eagle/Curse/Hitler
Origin:
SM 1328
Transliteration:
SM 1328
Music:
SM 1328
Additional song notes:
How Do I Get A Job - How Do I Make A Living?
Sheet music:
Folder:
1328
Series:
4
Arranger:
Kammen, Jack
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Translation
Publisher:
J & J Kammen Music Co
Publisher address:
Brooklyn, NY
Date:
1934
Provenance:
Gift of Debra Rasansky, March 2017
First line:
Menshn, git an eytse mir, un rotevet oyf gikh, danken vel…
First line (Yiddish):
מענשן, גיט אַן עצה מיר, און ראַטעוועט אויף גיך, דאַהקען וועל איך אײַך...
Notes:
Cover: Photo insert Itskhak Feld

Recording

On album:
R-042(a) (Eleanor Reissa Going Home Gems of Yiddish Song)
Track ID:
16843
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
Piano:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
First line:
Ikh veys shoyn az di n.r.a. zogt mir "hof un vart",
First line:
איך װײס שױן אַז די נ.ר.אײ. זאָגט מיר "האָף און װאַרט",
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Vu Nemt Men Parnose/ Brother, Can You Spare A Dime

Vu Nemt Men Parnose (Eng, Yid) — װוּ נעמט מען פּרנסה

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד

Recordings

On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
16844
Arranger/English Adaptation:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Vocal:
Small, Neva
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
They tell us that the NRA will help us up again,
First line:
װוּ נעמט מען פּרנסה? שװער צו זיכן און געפֿינען, קײנער גיט ניט..
Track comment:
Addition Yiddish words by Zalmen Mlotek, English by J. Levy.
On album:
W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)
Track ID:
23699
Arranger, English Adaptation:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Vocal:
Waldman, Gary
Vocal:
Waldman, Janice
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Piano/Conductor/Arranger:
Delfin, Jon
First line:
They tell us that the NRA will help us up again,
First line:
װוּ נעמט מען פּרנסה? שװער צו זיכן און געפֿינען, קײנער גיט ניט..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Addition Yiddish words by Zalmen Mlotek, English by J. Levy.
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Vu Zenen Mayne Yunge Yorn — װוּ זענען מײַנע יונגע יאָרן

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד

Recording

On album:
B-007(n) (Theodore Bikel An Actors Holiday)
Track ID:
21008
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
First line:
Vu zenen mayne yunge yorn, vu zenen mayne tsaytn,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Zapri hayte, brati koni, koni voroni, doho naymo nashi...

Shabes Farnakht Nokh Dem Peyde — שבּת פֿאַרנאַכט נאָך דער פּײדע

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Klezmer/Immigrant/Theatre
Subject:
Payday/Sabbath
Additional song notes:
See Heskes 1, entry 781 respecting sheet music and reference to - Hebrew word "padoh" meaning to ransom, redeem or deliver, and - similarity to the word "payday".

Recording

On album:
L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
Track ID:
27656
Vocalist:
Birnbaum, Louis
First line:
Kh'hob gezogt un gezogt un der yid hot zayn tog,
First line (Yiddish):
כ'האָב געזאָכט און געזאָגט און דער ייִד האָט זײַן טאָג,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Columbia E3561 78 Box 006, Tape 12
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Tenor

Mazl Darf Men Hobn — מזל דאַרף מען האָבן

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Klezmer/Immigrant/Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Poverty/Money/Luck
Additional song notes:
See Heskes 1, entry 1447 respecting sheet music.

Recordings

On album:
L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
Track ID:
27657
Vocalist:
Birnbaum, Louis
First line:
Amerika iz a land, vi yeder...tsu makhn...
First line (Yiddish):
אַמעריקאַ איז אַ לאַנד, װי יעדער...צו מאַכן...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Columbia E3561 78 Box 006, Tape 12
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Tenor
On album:
006l (Birnbaum, Louis/ Shabes Farnakht Bay Dem Peyde/ Mazl Darf Men Hobn)
Track ID:
28958
Artist:
Birnbaum, Louis
On album:
052a (Birnbaum, Louis, tenor/ Shabes Farnakht Bay Dem Peyde/ Mazl Darf Men Hobn)
Track ID:
30247
Artist:
Birnbaum, Louis, tenor

Got Un Zayn Mishpet Iz Gerekht — גאָט און זײַן משפּט איז גערעכט

Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Faith/Judgement/InfallibilitySuffering/Punishment/Hope
Origin:
SM Dropsie 51
Transliteration:
Alb G-013(c)/ SM Dropsie 51
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb M-068(a)55/Ephemera 1473
Music:
SM Dropsie 51
Additional song notes:
From the drama "Gebrokene Hertser" God and His Judgment is Just
Related information in folder 1473:
Comments:
1. 5/28/15 Translated text from the internet entered in Ephemera of May 28, 2015
Sheet music:
Folder:
51
Series:
3
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Theodore Lohr
Publisher address:
286 Grand Street, NY
Date:
1903
Provenance:
Gift of Dropsie College Library
First line:
Der yid hot in zayn leben a trayst vort oyf zayn brokh,…
First line (Yiddish):
דער ייִד האָט אין זײַן לעבן אַ טרייסט וואָרט אוף זײַן בראָך, און דאָס האָט אים
Notes:
Cover: Block Lettering Yiddish/English/ Introduced and Sung by J.P. Adler in the play "Broken Hearts". Photo of Jacob Adler

Recordings

On album:
G-013(b) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Himan Brown (English) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19375
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Narrator:
Brown, Himan
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Got un zayn mishpet iz gerekht, Men tor keyn mol zogn az...
First line:
גאָט און זײַן משפּט איז גערעכט, מען טאָר קײן מאָל זאָגן אַז ער...
On album:
G-013(a) (Dos Goldene Land Narrated by Yosl Mlotek (Yiddish) — דאָס גאָלדענע לאַנד 80 יאָר ייִדיש לעבן אין אַמעריקע אין ייִדישן ליד)
Track ID:
19339
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Narrator:
Mlotek, Yosl — מלאָטעק, יוסל
Piano:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
First line:
Got un zayn mishpet iz gerekht, Men tor keyn mol zogn az...
First line:
גאָט און זײַן משפּט איז גערעכט, מען טאָר קײן מאָל זאָגן אַז ער...
On album:
K-010(g) (32 World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The Yiddish Theatre)
Track ID:
21187
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Got un zayn mishpet iz gerekht, Men tor keyn mol zogn az...
First line:
גאָט און זײַן משפּט איז גערעכט, מען טאָר קײן מאָל זאָגן אַז ער...
Track comment:
From the play "Gebrokhene Hertser" by Z. Lubin
On album:
K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)
Track ID:
21800
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
God in his judgement must be right, He judges with his...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "From Ellis Island to the East Side"
Language:
English
On album:
K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)
Track ID:
21812
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Narration:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
Got un zayn mishpet iz gerekht, Men tor keyn mol zogn az...
First line (Yiddish):
גאָט און זײַן משפּט איז גערעכט, מען טאָר קײן מאָל זאָגן אַז ער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Memories of the Yiddish Theatre"
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-032(d) (Gila Flam/ Miscl 78 rpm Selections)
Track ID:
23524
Vocal:
Rotshteyn, Velvl
First line:
Got un zayn mishpet iz gerekht, Men tor keyn mol zogn az...
First line (Yiddish):
גאָט און זײַן משפּט איז גערעכט, מען טאָר קײן מאָל זאָגן אַז ער...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
copy from 78 rpm
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
014k (Rothstein Velvele/ Got Un Zayn Mishpet Iz Gerekht/ Dos Talesl)
Track ID:
29199
Vocal:
Rothstein Velvele
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
016f (Juvelier, Kalmen, tenor/ Got Un Zayn Mishpet Iz Gerekht/ Di Blumen Krentse)
Track ID:
29244
Vocal:
Juvelier, Kalman
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-068(a)48 (Milken/Joseph Rumshinsky: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol 3)
Track ID:
33378
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Artist:
Vienna Chamber Orchestra
Conductor:
Jaffe, Elli
Arranger:
Russ, Patrick
First line:
Eyn mol I zayn lebn, a trayst dort oyf zayn brust,
First line (Yiddish):
איין מאָל אין זײַן לעבן, אַ טרייסט דאַרט אויף זײַן ברוסט,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theater/Concert
Length:
6:35
On album:
G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
Track ID:
5778
Vocal:
Krause, Marc
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Orchestration:
Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
First line:
Got un zayn mishpet iz gerekht, Men tor keyn mol zogn az...
First line:
גאָט און זײַן משפּט איז גערעכט, מען טאָר קײן מאָל זאָגן אַז ער...
On album:
K-010(d) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite The East Side Story)
Track ID:
5779
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Piano:
Gunther, William
First line:
God in his judgement must be right, He judges with his...
First line (English):
גאָט און זײַן משפּט איז גערעכט, מען טאָר קײן מאָל זאָגן אַז ער...
Track comment:
Eng adaptation, refrain only.
Language:
English

Di Farlorner Yugend — די פֿאַרלאָרנער יוגענד

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theatricql/Lament
Subject:
Loss/Aging/Parting/Death/Helplessness
Origin:
SH Dropsie 38
Transliteration:
SH Dropsie 38
Music:
SH Dropsie 38
Additional song notes:
The Lost Youth
Sheet music:
Folder:
38
Series:
3
Arranger:
Zitkin, George
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Gable Theater Company
Date:
1918
Provenance:
Gift of Dropsie College Library
First line:
Avek mayne yorn vi gikh un geshvind, vi shnel opgeforen…
First line (Yiddish):
אַוועק מײַנע יאָרן, ווי גיך און געשווינד, ווי שנעל אָפּגעפֿאָרען איז מײַן
Notes:
Cover: Block Lettering, English and Yiddish, photo inserts of Max Gable and Jennie Goldstein

Recording

On album:
008h (Goldstein, Jennie/ Di Moral Prediger/ Di Farlorner Yugend)
Track ID:
29011
Vocal:
Goldstein, Jennie — גאָלדשטייַן, דזשעני
First line:
Avek mayne yorn, vi gikh un geshvind, vi shnell opgeforen iz mir atsind,…
First line (Yiddish):
אַוועק מײַנע יאָרען, ווי גיך און געשווינד, ווי שנעל אָפּגעפֿען איז מײַן לעבן אציד
Language:
Yiddish

On A Heym — אָן אַ היים

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Author:
Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Homeless/Ungratgeful Children/Lonliness/Heartache
Transliteration:
Peppler 2 175
Translation:
Peppler 2 175
Music:
Peppler 2 175
Additional song notes:
Homeless

Recordings

On album:
024b (Lt. Jos. Frankel's Orch. and../ Aheym, Kinderlekh, Aheym/ On A Heym)
Track ID:
29434
Artist:
Lt. Jos. Frankel's Orch. and..
On album:
P-068(e) (Jane Peppler, Randy Kloko, & friends/ Lebedik Yankel: Yiddish songs from Warsaw, volume 2)
Track ID:
41463
Vocal/Piano:
Peppler, Jane
Vocal:
Kloko, Randy
First line:
Farfinstert farvist zenen di teg mit di nekht, ikh layd fil tsores un payn…
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאַפֿינסטערט פֿאַרוויסט זענען די טעג מיט די נעכט, איך לײַד פֿיל צורות און פּײַן
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Duet
Length:
3:12

Vu Zaynen Mayne Zibn Gute Yor? — וווּ זענען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Fate/Complaint/Hope/Folk Belief/Bargin/Few
Origin:
SH 1322
Transliteration:
SH 1322
Music:
SH 1322
Additional song notes:
Where Are My Seven Good Years
Sheet music:
Folder:
1322
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
J & J Kammen
Publisher address:
305 Roebling St, Brooklyn NY
Date:
1924
Provenance:
Gift of Debra Rasansky March 2017
First line:
Far aykh menshn muz ikh mikh baklugn, fun dingen vert mir…
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאַר אײַך מענשן מוז איך מיר באַקלוגן פֿון דינגען ווערט מיר אַז גרוי
Notes:
Cover: Photo inserts of Aaron Lebedoff and Nellie Casman. Words & Music by David Meyerowitz

Recordings

On album:
L-002(f) (Aaron Lebedeff Sings Fourteen Yiddish Favorites - Volume 2)
Track ID:
16846
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
First line:
Far aykh mentshn muz ikh mikh baklugn, Fun daygn vert mir...
First line:
פֿאַר אײַך מענטשן מוז איך מיך באַקלוגן, פֿון דאגהן װערט מיר...
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Vie Iz Mein Ziben Guter Yor".
On album:
L-009(a) (Yiddish Sing Along with Cy Levitan- His Orchestra and Chorus — ייִדיש זינג מיט)
Track ID:
16847
Artist:
Cy Levitan Orchestra and Chorus
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
Track comment:
Transliteration with album notes.
On album:
L-013(a) (La Bianca Heart Warming Yiddish-Hebrew Favorites)
Track ID:
16848
Vocal:
La Bianca, Ginetta
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nisht zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב נישט זיבן זאָל כאַטש זײַן אַ...
Track comment:
Medley with Glik, Oy Iz Dos A Rebetsn, Di Grine Kuzine
On album:
M-021(a) (Raisins and Almonds Benny Michel and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
16849
Artist:
Michel, Benny and Orch
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
On album:
W-014(a) (Yiddish Program For Soviet Jewry Workman's Circle Chorus)
Track ID:
16850
Vocal:
Workmen's Circle Chorus, Phila — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר, פֿילאַ.
Conductor:
Helzner, Morrie — העלזנער, מאָרי
Piano:
Seidman, Claire, piano
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
Track comment:
Sheyn Vi Di Levone
On album:
A-009(a) (Jewish Folk Songs Joey Adams - Sholom Secunda with Guests)
Track ID:
16851
Vocal:
Adams, Joey
Conductor:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nisht zibn zol khotsh....
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב נישט זיבן זאָל כאַטש זײַן אַ…
Track comment:
Medley, Oyfn Pripetshik, Ikh For Aheym, Ikh Vil Zikh Shpiln
On album:
R-039(a) (Our Heritage RUTH Sings Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
16852
Vocal:
Ruth
Piano:
Ruben, Jules, piano acc
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
08/23/11 RAF: Truncated
On album:
A-027(a) (Bruce Adler An Evening At The Yiddish Theatre… — ..)
Track ID:
16853
Artist:
Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
Director:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Vocal:
Adler, Bruce
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
Track comment:
Oygn Bistu Sheyn/ Yosl Yosl/ Vu Bistu Geven
On album:
K-010(d) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rexsite The East Side Story)
Track ID:
16854
Vocal:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Piano:
Gunther, William
First line:
All I want is seven happy years, without worry, without woe,
Track comment:
English adaptation of the chorus.
Language:
English
On album:
P-056(a) (Prague' 24/ Seven Good Years)
Track ID:
37224
Clarinet:
Mitch Blatt
double bass:
Phil Fried
Flute+clarinet:
Chris Gangelhoff
piccolo, wooden flute, woodblock:
Garvin, Jane
Violin:
Maria Mimick
guitar, banjo, bazouki:
Aaron Oster
accordion, Piano:
James Vculek
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:00
On album:
K-010(h) (Miriam Kressyn & Seymour Rechzeit From Ellis Island...)
Track ID:
21797
Vocal/English Adaptation:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
First line:
All I want is seven happy years, without worry, without woe,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Part of "From Ellis Island to the East Side"
Language:
English
On album:
Y-021(a)1 (Yiddish New York - Paris - Varsovie 1910-1940 - CD 1)
Track ID:
23766
Vocal:
Guttman, Julius
First line:
Far aykh mentshn vil ikh mikh baklugn, fun tsuris vert mir..
First line:
פֿאַר אײַך מענטשן װיל איך מיך באַקלוגן, פֿון צורות װערט מיר...
On album:
G-037(b) (Hanna Greenbaum Great yiddish Songs — ייִדישע לידער שירים גדולים ביידיש)
Track ID:
25772
Vocal:
Greenbaum, Hanna — גרינבױם, חנה
First line:
Gekumen bin ikh mikh far aykh baklugn, az fun zorgn vert...
First line:
געקומען בין איך מיך פֿאַר אײַך באַקלוגן, אַז פֿון זאָרגן װערט...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
S-081(e) (Salomon Klezmorim A Dreydl de klezmer vertelt...)
Track ID:
27115
Artist:
Salomon Klezmorim
Vocal:
Salomon, Marcel
First line:
Vu zaynen mayne zibn gute yor? Oyb nit zibn zol khotsh...
First line:
װוּ זײַנען מײַנע זיבן גוטע יאָר? אױב ניט זיבן זאָל כאָטש זײַן אַ פּאָר
On album:
F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
28516
Vocal:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
First line:
Far aykh mentshn muz ikh mikh baklugn, fun daygenen vert men ahz grro di ..
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאַר אײַך מענטשן מוז איך מיך באַקלוגן, פֿון דאגהן װערט מיר...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Sadly
Length:
03:16
On album:
037q (Lebedeff, Aaron/ Tutsi Mutsi/ Vu Zayen Mayne Zibn Gute Yor)
Track ID:
29884
Artist:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן

A Gut Mazldik Yor — אָ גוט מזלדיק יאָר

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
New Year/Forgivness/Rosh Hashana/Wishes
Sheet music:
Folder:
20
Series:
4
Arranger:
Horstein, D.
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Hebrew Publishing Co.
Publisher address:
50-52 Eldridge St., New York
Date:
1915
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
A nayer yor yetst geyt un a yeder bet ot git men..
First line (Yiddish):
...אַ נײַער יאָר יעצט גייט און אַ יעדער בעט אָט גיט
Notes:
Cover: Yiddish and English titles with photographs of William ì Schwartz, vocalist: and presumably David Meyerowitz, lyricist and composer. Cover includes catalog of Polish and ì Russian songs for piano and violin and prices. Subtitled "Leshona Toyve"

On A Mame — אָן אַ מאַמע

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Mother/Debts/Gratitude
Sheet music:
Folder:
120
Series:
4
Arranger:
Horenstein
Arranged for:
Violin
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Hebrew Publishing Co.
Publisher address:
50-52 Eldridge Street
Date:
1915
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Khoyves hot yeder mentsh velkher nor lebt,
First line (Yiddish):
חובֿות האָט יעדער מענטש וועלכער נאָר לעבט,
Notes:
Cover: Printed in red. Framed with vine trellis. Photo inset of man presumably Meyerowitz.

Sore Rivke Rokhl Leah — שׂרה רבֿקה רחל לאה

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Lament/
Subject:
Women/Shameless/Coquetish/Old Customs/Observances/Morality
Sheet music:
Folder:
246
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Violin/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
S. Schenker
Publisher address:
66 Canal Street, New York, NY
Date:
1926
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
40
First line:
Di velt progresirt zi iz tsivilizirt, zi makht fortshrit...
First line (Yiddish):
די וועלט פֿראָגעסירט, זי איז ציוויליזירט, זי מאַכט פֿאָרשריט...
Notes:
Blue lettering, English/Hebrew/Yiddish, Photo inserts: Mrs. Sarah Konner (Sung with great success). Abraham Rosenstein (Sung by the world famous tenor). Price 50 cents. Catalog of Schenker's Jewish Music on back cover in Yiddish/English.

Ver Es Grobt Oyf Yenem A Grub — ווער עס גראָבט אויף יענעם אַ גרוב

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Badkhunish
Subject:
Fate/Money/Worth/
Sheet music:
Folder:
567
Series:
4
Arranger:
Teres, Albert
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
A.Teres Music Dealer & Publisher
Publisher address:
159 Delancey St. New York, NY
Date:
1922
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
307
First line:
Ikh gedenk nokh atsind ven al's a kleyn kind…
First line (Yiddish):
איך געדענק נאָך אַצינד ווען אַלס אַ קליין קינד,
Notes:
Blue lettering, Yiddish/English. Catalogue of celebrated Jewish Music for Piano With Words, on front cover. Six verses in Yiddish, in center fold. Price 20 cents. Transcribed and rearranged with additional words and music by Albert Teres

Oy Hob Ikh A Meydele — אוי האָב איך אַ מיידעלע

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Medoff, Sam
Genre:
Theater/Lullaby
Subject:
Mother/Daughter
Sheet music:
Folder:
596
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Not Given
Date:
Not Given
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
336
First line:
Aher kum mayn matunele, dayn mame hot dikh lib…
First line (Yiddish):
אַהער קום מײַן מתנהלע, דײַן מאַמע האָט דיך ליב
Notes:
Dark purple lettering, English/Yiddish. From the smash hit of the season "Madame Pagliacci". Now playing at Jennie Goldstein's National Theatre, Second Avenue at Houston Street, New York. Yiddish words on back cover. Cast of Characters listing in Yiddish and English on back cover. Drama in three acts and ten scenes by H. Zwir.

Zaynen Mir Froyen Zindig — זײַנען מיר פֿרויען זינדיג

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Women/Persecution/
Sheet music:
Folder:
637
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
S. Schenker
Publisher address:
66 Canal St., New York, NY
Date:
1926
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
392
First line:
Fershtolten fun leben iz dos froyen hertz…
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאַרשטאָלטן אין לעבן איז דאָס פֿרויען הערץ, איר האָט די וועלט פֿאַרניכטן
Notes:
Dark blue letterirng, Yiddish/English. Photos of Mrs. Sarah Konner(Sung with Great Success) and Abraham Rosenstein ( Sung by the World Famlous Tenor). Price 50 cents. Two verses and refrain, inside centerfold, in Yiddish.

Zay Nit Gefaln Mayn Zindele — זײַ ניט געפֿאַלן מײַן זינדעלע

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Faith/Chosen/Redemption
Additional song notes:
From the play "My People's Dream"
Sheet music:
Folder:
695
Series:
4
Arranger:
Rumshinsky, J. M.
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration Only
Publisher:
S. Goldberg Publishing
Publisher address:
398 Grand Street, New York, NY
Date:
1906
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
491
First line:
Deryid er leydt in golus, zayt er yid nor heyst…
First line (Yiddish):
דער ייִד ער לײַדט אין גלות, זײַט ער ייִד נאָר הייסט,
Notes:
Dark blue lettering, Yiddish/English. As sung by Jacob P. Adler at the Grand Theatre in the play "My Peoples Dream". Prices; piano, 5 cents, violin, 3 cents. Back cover includes first lines of music of four other songs.

Avremele (Gilrod) — אבֿרמעלע (גילראָד)

Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
God/Faith/Steadfast/Von Pleve/Revenge/Victory
Sheet music:
Folder:
696
Series:
4
Arranger:
Kamenetzky, J.
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
Theodore Lohr
Publisher address:
286 Grand St. New York, NY
Date:
1905
Provenance:
Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:
492
First line:
Avremele ben yidl, genug dir zikh plugn…
First line (Yiddish):
אבֿרעמעלע בּן ייִדעלע, גענוג זיך דיר פּלוגן,
Notes:
Dark purple lettering, Yiddish/English. Three verses in transliteration, inside folder. First lines of music of nine other songs, on back cover (with dates from 1890 to 1901).

Gelt (Meyerowitz) — געלט (מײעראָװיץ)

Also known as:
Vi Shlekht Es Iz On Gelt
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Morality
Subject:
Money/Values/Worth
Sheet music:
Folder:
890
Series:
4
Arranger:
Kammen, Jack
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Publisher:
J. and J. Kammen Music Co., Inc.
Publisher address:
1619 Broadway, New York City
Date:
1934
Provenance:
Gift of Ann Sayner Smafield, Rockford, IL., 2007
First line:
Mir hobn a velt ful mit lebn, vos ken fil genisn fun ir,
First line (Yiddish):
מיר האָבן אַ וועלט פֿול מיט לעבן, וואָס קען פֿיל געניסן פֿון איר,
Notes:
Subtitled "Vi Shlekht Es Iz On Gelt"

Zions Lidele — ציונס לידעלע

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Pop/Zionist
Subject:
Israel/Joy/Celebration/Food/Chickpeas/Compot/
Transliteration:
Sheetmusic 1236
Music:
Sheetmusic 1236
Additional song notes:
Little Song of Zion
Sheet music:
Folder:
1258
Series:
4
Arranger:
Richard Gendelman
Arranged for:
Bb Tenor Sax & Clarinet, Key of E / Voice/Piano
Texts:
Transliteration
Provenance:
Gendelman Gift
First line:
Zingen vel ikh yetst a zakh, a naye farfaste lid. Ikh mayn..
Notes:
with "Vu Iz Dos Gesele"

Der Talis — דער טלית

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Talis/Father/Inheritance/Precious Possession/Sorrow/
Origin:
Sheet Music Dropsie 1269
Transliteration:
Sheet Music Dropsie 1269
Sheet music:
Folder:
19
Series:
3
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/ Transliteration
Publisher:
H. Wohl
Publisher address:
55 2nd St, NYC
Date:
1920
Provenance:
Gift of Dropsy College Library
First line:
Ikh hob du bay mir a talis far dir, s'iz dayn tatns,
First line (Yiddish):
איך האָב דאָ בײַ מיר אַ טלית פֿאַר דיר, ס'איז דײַן טאַנטס,

A Brivele Fun Khusn — אַ בריוועלע פֿון חתן

Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Letter/Soldier/Lament/Battle/Death
Origin:
SM Dropsie 36
Transliteration:
SM Dropsie 36
Music:
SM Dropsie 36
Additional song notes:
A Letter from the Bridegroom
Sheet music:
Folder:
36
Series:
3
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Hebrew Publishing Co
Publisher address:
50-52 Eldridge St, NY
Date:
1915
Provenance:
Gift of Dropsie College Library
First line:
Er drikt zi tsu zayn harts, mit unterdrikten shmerts,…
First line (Yiddish):
ער דריקט זי צו זײַן הערץ, מיט אונטערדריקטען שמערץ, מיט פּײַנליכקײַט...
Notes:
Block Lettering/Yiddish & English/Image of soldier embracing his sweetheart

Frieden Di Boyes Kumen Tsurik — פֿרידען די בויעס קומען אדורןל

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Celebration
Subject:
Peace/Soldiers/Return/War/Country/Palestine
Origin:
Sheet Music 1300, Box 30
Transliteration:
Sheet Music 1300, Box 30
Music:
Sheet Music 1300, Box 30
Additional song notes:
Peace The Boys Are Returning
Sheet music:
Folder:
1300
Series:
4
Arranger:
J. & J. Kamen
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
S. Shenker
Publisher address:
66 Canal Street, New York
Date:
1918
Provenance:
Purchase Book Store National Yiddish Book Center, July 2016
First line:
Freyt aykh kinder, lebt un lakht, hert vos di tsayt hot…
First line (Yiddish):
פֿרייט אײַך קינדער, לעבט און לאַכט, הערט וואָס די צײַט
Notes:
Block Letters of Title in English & Yiddish/ Photo inserts of two unidentifed men, Piano 50c, Violin 30c

Der Mames Lidele — דער מאַמעס לידעלע

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Memory
Subject:
Memory/Song/Mother/Lullaby/Childhood
Origin:
Sheet Music 1301, Box 30
Music:
Sheet Music 1301, Box 30
Additional song notes:
My Mother's Song
Sheet music:
Folder:
1301
Series:
4
Arranger:
Louis Fridsell
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish
Publisher:
Hebrew Publishing Co
Publisher address:
50 Eldridge St, NY
Date:
1921
Provenance:
Purchase Book Store National Yiddish Book Center, July 2016
First line:
Es nogt un es benky mayn harts ale mol es brent un es lesht
First line (Yiddish):
עס נאָגט און קד נקמקט מײַן האַרץ אַלי מאָל, עס ברענט און עס לעשט קײַן

Mentshele Krikh Nit Tsu Hoykh — מענטשעלע קרןך ניט צו הויך

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Apriration/God/Higher Power/Fate
Origin:
Sheet Music 1301, Box 30
Music:
Sheet Music 1301, Box 30
Additional song notes:
Little Person, Don't Climb Too High
Sheet music:
Folder:
1301
Series:
4
Arranger:
Louis Fridell
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
Yiddish
Publisher:
Hebrew Publishing Co
Publisher address:
50 Eldridge St. New York
Date:
1921
Provenance:
Purchase Book Store National Yiddish Book Center, July 2016
First line:
Der mentsh ken gliklekh lebn, ven er zol di velt farshteyn,
First line (Yiddish):
דער מענטש קען גליקלעך לעבן ווען ער זאָל די וועלט פֿאַרשטיין, די נשמה..
Notes:
Red colored cover with maiden and lute, photo insert probably Meyerovitz, at top Der Mames Lidele in Yiddish and English - red letters

Kol Yisroel Khavarim — כּל ישׂראל חבֿרים

Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Unity
Subject:
Support/Friendship/Diaspora/Survival/Wife
Origin:
Peppler 3 135
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1516
Translation:
Ephemera 1516
Additional song notes:
All Jews Are Friends Sung in the play "Der Groyser Yid

Recording

On album:
P-068(h) (Jane Peppler and Friends: Vos Hot Men Tsu Mir — וואָס האָט מען צו מיר)
Track ID:
41901
Vocal:
Peppler, Jane
Piano:
Enoch, Aviva
First line:
Af der gantser velt gibt felker zayer fil, farshidene natsionen on a tsol,…
First line (Yiddish):
אַף דער גאַנצער וועלט גיבט פֿעלקער פֿיל פֿאַרשידענאע נאַציםמען אָן אַ צאָל...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:26

Svit Rose O'Gradi — סוויט ראָז אָ'גריידי

Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Parody/Waltz/Duet
Subject:
Love/Mutual/Ideal/FlowerUnique/Criticism
Transliteration:
Ephemera 1637
Translation:
Ephemera 1637
Additional song notes:
Sweet Rose O'Grady Parody of "Sweet Rosie O'Grady" by Maude Nugent, 1896

Recording

On album:
P-068(k) (Yiddish Ragtime/Jane Peppler, Randy Kloko and Friends)
Track ID:
43128
Artist:
Coffman, Barb
Artist:
Herrick, Jack
Artist:
Kloko, Randy
Artist:
Mehrbach, Glenn
Artist:
Peppler, Jane
Artist:
Vasile, Bob
First line:
In a sheynem libn tog, s'vor in a zumgr tsayt, vi thl bin mit file fraynd gevei, in a kleynem park hob ikh farbrakht…
First line (Yiddish):
אין אַ שיינעם ליבן טאָג, ס'וואָר אין אַ זומער צײַט, ווי איך בין מיט פֿילע פֿרײַנד געווען, אין אַ קליינעם פאַרק האָב איך...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Parody/Waltz/Sweetly
Length:
4:05

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Tfiles Milkhome (Yid) — תּפֿילות מלחמה (ייִדיש)

On album:
S-053(a) (Tenement Songs by Mark Slobin Recordings To Accompany Book)
Track ID:
14957
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Artist:
Feldman, Joseph
First line:
Gotenyu, tatele, shenk undz dos glik, breng yedn soldatele..
First line:
גאַטענו, טאַטעלע, שענק אונדז דאָס גליק, ברענג יעדער סאָלדאַטעלע..
Track comment:
See Slobin 137

An Oysvarf Fun Der Natur — אַן אױסװאַרף פֿון נאַטור

On album:
M-021(a) (Raisins and Almonds Benny Michel and his Orchestra)
Track ID:
1265
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Artist:
Michel, Benny and Orch
First line:
Ikh bin an oysvarf fun natur, farshpilt, fargembolt mayn...
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין אַן אױסװאַרף פֿון נאַטור, פֿאַרשפּילט, פֿאַרגעמבאָלט מײַן אײן..
Language:
Yiddish

Ci Que Fut (Vos Geven Iz Geven...) — װאָס געװען איז געװען...(פֿראַנצײזיש)

On album:
xM-015(a)
Track ID:
2774
Author:
Meyerovits, Dovid / Gil Bernard — מײראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Artist:
Monty, Line
Artist:
Boland, Didier Orchestra
Piano:
Solomon, Renee
First line:
Vos geven iz geven un nito. Shoyn avek yene yor, yene sho.
First line:
װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ. שױן אַװעק יענע יאָר, יענע שעה,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Ci Que Fut"

Zog Mir Yudl — זאָג מיר יודל

On album:
B-063(a)1 (Sarah Benjamin / Lidelakh Vol 1/ 101 Favorite Yiddish and Russian Folksongs)
Track ID:
21959
Author:
Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Artist:
Benjamin, Sarah
First line:
Zog mir yudl brider mayn, gib mir tsu derklaren,
First line:
זאָג מיר יודל, ברידער מײַן, גיב מיר צו דערקלערן, װען װעט דער סוף פון..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)