Name:
Schwartz, Maurice
Born:
June 18, 1890 (Sedikov, Ukraine)
Died:
May 10, 1960 (Tel Aviv, Israel)
Note:
Emigrated to US 1901/See Vorbei 473
Related information in folder 283:
Comments:
1. Article in the Yiddish Forward by Melakh Ravitch titled "Maurice Schwartz tzu zayn 50stn Yortzayt" (Maurice Schwartz on the 50th anniversary of his death.)

2. Article by Joel Schechter in the English Forward, June 11, 2010, titled "Awake and Act, for It Can Happen Here; a 75th anniversary tribute to the Yiddish actors of the Works Progress Administration, mentioning plays by Sholom Aleichem, Peretz, Sholom Asch and H. Leivick.

Songs written or composed

A Khazn A Shiker — אַ חזן אַ שיכּור

Author:
Schwartz, Maurice
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Cantor/Poverty/Drunkeness/Occupation

Recordings

On album:
V-015(i) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, CD 9/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938)
Track ID:
31584
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word/Monologue
Length:
8:09
On album:
031a (Schwartz, Maurice/ A Khazn A Shiker/)
Track ID:
29654
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
312
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice

Other tracks with this artist

Der Batlunim Tants ("Der Dibuk") — דער בּטלנים טאַנץ (פֿון "דער דיבּוק")

On album:
S-003(a) (Maurice Schwartz in Scenes and Episodes From Plays)
Track ID:
3073
Author:
S. Ansky — ש. אַנסקי
Composer:
Cherniavsky, Joseph — טשערניאָװסקי, יאָסף
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Artist:
Schwartz, Menakhem, narration — שװאַרץ, מנחם, נאַראַטאָר
Piano:
Rothpearl, Rochelle — ראָטפּערל, ראָשעל
Track comment:
Nigun sung by Maurice Schwartz & Khasidim in "Der Dibuk"
Style:
Nigun

Der Fonfivater Magid — דער פֿאָנפֿיװאַטער מגיד

On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
3119
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word

Shiru Shabtai Tsvi — שירו שבּתאי צבי

Also known as:
Shiru
Author:
Julovsky, Yeszhe
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Historical
Subject:
Shabtai Tsvi/Messiah/Praise
Origin:
Levin N 144/SM 1312
Transliteration:
Levin N 144/SM 1312
Translation:
Levin N. 144
Music:
SM 1312
On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
13948
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
First line:
Shiru ladonoy shir khodosh, shir khodosh kol hoamim.
First line:
שירה, צום באַשעפֿער לאָמיר זינגען, פֿון אַלע פֿעלקער אַ גאַנץ נײַע...
Track comment:
Choral group and monologue by Schwartz
Language:
Hebrew/Yiddish

A Khazn Vos Hust — אַ חזן װאָס הוסט

Also known as:
Histendiker Khazn
Genre:
Spoken Word/Sketch/Character Study/Monologue/Humorous
Subject:
Khazn/Cough/Congregation
Additional song notes:
Coughing Cantor
On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
315
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Monolog/Spoken Word

A Khazn Vos Hust — אַ חזן װאָס הוסט

Also known as:
Histendiker Khazn
Genre:
Spoken Word/Sketch/Character Study/Monologue/Humorous
Subject:
Khazn/Cough/Congregation
Additional song notes:
Coughing Cantor
On album:
C-023(f) (The Golden Years of Cantorial Music Vol. 1)
Track ID:
316
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Monolog/Spoken Word

Di Goldene Keyt (Fragment) — די גאָלדענע קײט (פֿראַגמענט)

On album:
S-003(a) (Maurice Schwartz in Scenes and Episodes From Plays)
Track ID:
3562
Author:
Peretz, Yitskhok Leybush — פּרץ, יצחק לײבוש
Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Artist:
Schwartz, Risa, narration — שװאַרץ, ריסאַ, נאַראַטאָר
Piano:
Rothpearl, Rochelle — ראָטפּערל, ראָשעל
Track comment:
Excerpt from "The Golden Chain" by Perets
Language:
Yiddish

Dos Heylige Shnayderl — דאָס הײליגע שנײַדערל

Also known as:
Kiddush Hashem (Excerpt)
Author:
Asch, Sholom — אַש, שלום
Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Tailor/Lamed Vov/Faith
Song comment:
From the play based on novel of same name "Kiddish Hasem".
On album:
S-003(a) (Maurice Schwartz in Scenes and Episodes From Plays)
Track ID:
4051
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Narration:
Mercur, Wolf — מערקור, װאָלף
Piano:
Rothpearl, Rochelle — ראָטפּערל, ראָשעל
First line:
Bin ikh mir a shnayderl, trog ikh in a torbele,
First line (Yiddish):
בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל, טראָג איך אין אַ טאָרבעלע,
Track comment:
Excerpt from the play "Kidush Hashem"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Incidental Theatre Music/Recitation/

Dos Heylige Shnayderl — דאָס הײליגע שנײַדערל

Also known as:
Kiddush Hashem (Excerpt)
Author:
Asch, Sholom — אַש, שלום
Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Tailor/Lamed Vov/Faith
Song comment:
From the play based on novel of same name "Kiddish Hasem".
On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
4052
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
First line:
Men ruft mir dos heylige shnayderl, ikh bin bakant in ale...
First line (Yiddish):
מען רופֿט מיר דאָס הײליגע שנײַדערל, איך בין באַקאָנט אין אַלע…
Track comment:
Excerpt from the play "Kidush Hashem"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word

A Khazn A Shiker -

On album:
047e (Schwartz, Maurice/ A Khazn A Shiker -/ teyl 1 un 2)
Track ID:
30123
Artist:
Schwartz, Maurice

Meshugner Moshiakh -

On album:
047f (Schwartz, Maurice/ Meshugner Moshiakh -/ teyl 1 un 2)
Track ID:
30125
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice

Meshuganer Meshiekh — משוגענער משיח

On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
10322
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
First line:
Meshiekh, (4x), vi men geyt, vi men shteyt, vi men loyft,
First line:
משיח, (4), װי מען גײט, װי מען שטײט, װי מען לױפֿט,

S'fort A Yid Oyf A Shif — ס'פֿאָרט אַ ייִד אױף אַ שיף

On album:
R-024(a) (Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen A Montage/Documentary)
Track ID:
13143
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Narrator:
Willens, Rita Jacobs
First line:
S'fort a yid oyf a shif, er fort, er fort, in vaytn land,
First line:
ס'פֿאָרט אַ ייִד אױף אַ שיף, ער פֿאָרט, ער פֿאָרט, אין װײַטן לאַנד
Track comment:
From Album S-03(a)

S'fort A Yid Oyf A Shif — ס'פֿאָרט אַ ייִד אױף אַ שיף

On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
13144
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
First line:
S'fort a yid oyf a shif, er fort, er fort in vaytn land,
First line:
ס'פֿאָרט אַ ייִד אױף אַ שיף, ער פֿאָרט, ער פֿאָרט אין װײַטן לאַנד,

Pasekh Shin Sha

On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
12134
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
First line:
Di yorn kumen on, mit pasekh, shin, sha,
First line:
די יאָרן קומען אָן, מיט פּאַסעך שין, שאַ,

Tevye Der Milkhiker (Excerpt) — טבֿיה דער מילכיקער (אױסצוג)

On album:
S-003(a) (Maurice Schwartz in Scenes and Episodes From Plays)
Track ID:
14940
Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Artist:
Schwartz, Risa and Menakhem — שװאַרץ, ריסאַ און מנחם
Artist:
Mercur, Wolf — מערקור, װאָלף
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
First line:
Scene between Khava and Tevya upon expulsion from village
Track comment:
Shabos scene-Tevya lamenting after Khava's apostasy.

Teyve Der Milkhiker

On album:
039i (Schwartz, Maurice/ Teyve Der Milkhiker/)
Track ID:
29927
Artist:
Schwartz, Maurice

Moses' Morning After

Genre:
Film/Nigun
On album:
M-059(b) (Metropolitan Klezmer/ Surprising Finds)
Track ID:
32538
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Style:
Nigun
Length:
0:19

From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video)

Genre:
Documentary/Show Business
Subject:
Immigration/Integration/Music/Acculturation/Music/Persona
On album:
V0147 (From Shtetl to Swing / Alden Films (Video))
Track ID:
35728
Performer:
Brice, Fanny
Performer:
Calloway, Cab
Performer:
Cantor, Eddie
Performer:
Garland, Judy
Performer:
Jolson, Al
Performer:
Marx Brothers
Performer:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Performer:
Schwartz, Maurice
Performer:
Tucker, Sophie
Performer:
Berlin, Irving
Narrator:
Fierstein, Harvey
Language:
English
Style:
Narrative/Performances/Spoken Word

A Khazn Vos Hust — אַ חזן װאָס הוסט

Also known as:
Histendiker Khazn
Genre:
Spoken Word/Sketch/Character Study/Monologue/Humorous
Subject:
Khazn/Cough/Congregation
Additional song notes:
Coughing Cantor
On album:
M-047(d) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection B)
Track ID:
35582
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Monolog/Spoken Word
Length:
3:18