Name:
Tarras, Dave
Name (Yiddish):
טאַראַס, דײװ
Born:
1897 (Ternokova, Ukraine)
Died:
1989 (USA)
Related information in folder 41:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Toby Axelrod
Publisher:
English Forward
Date:
5/18/1980
Comments:
Tribute article to Dave Tarras.
Comments:
1. Obituary in New York Times, Feb. 14, 1989 by Jon Pareles.

2. Article in Yiddish Forward, June 18-24, 2010, by Itsik Gottesman titled, "Yiddisher Folklore Loyt the Entsiklopedias") Yiddish folklore according to the encyclopedias.
Article deals with changing definition of Yiddish Folklore over the years, by comparing entries in various editions of the Jewish Encyclopedia.
Related information in folder 791:
Comments:
1. Article in the New York Times by Ari. L. Goldman titled "Reviving Yiddish 'Klezmer' Music"

2. Article in Yiddish Forverts Dec. 3-9, 2010, Dave Tarras, "The Yiddish Benny Goodman". By Itzik Gottesman.

Songs written or composed

A Heymisher Sher — אַ הײמישער שער

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Dance/Sher
Additional song notes:
"Homey Sher"

Recordings

On album:
K-072(a) (David Krakauer & The Krakauer Trio / Klezmer Madness)
Track ID:
23570
Artist:
David Krakauer Trio
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:
Krakauer, David
Accordion:
Alpert, Michael — אַלפּערט, מישקע
Drums:
Licht, David
Track comment:
Recorded under "Funky Dave"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
L-046(a) (LeZklez A Cholem — אַ חלום)
Track ID:
25800
Vocal:
Alvarez, Denise
Clarinet:
Haller, Meinrad
Accordion:
Hornung, MichaBen Avraham, Michael
Violin:
Karnusian, Talita
Bass:
Taubert, Andras
Artist:
LeZklez
Track comment:
Recorded under Heymischer Sher
On album:
F-034(d) (Finjan Dancing on Water)
Track ID:
27948
Tenor Saxaphone/Arranger:
Boychouk, Sasha
Guitar:
Koulack, Daniel
Guitar:
Schultz, Myron
Accordion:
Fink, Shayla
Acoustic Bass:
Posen, Kinzey
Artist:
Finjan
Violin:
Schultz, Victor
Arranger:
Mink, Ben
Track comment:
Adaption of Tarras Melody
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Folk/Modern
Length:
003:54
On album:
T-007(b) (Dave Tarras Plays Again Jewish Dances)
Track ID:
273
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
On album:
S-022(a) (Yaacov Shapiro Shalom Do Ruft Aich Israel — יעקב שפּירו שלום דאָ רופֿט אײַך ישׂראל)
Track ID:
39478
Fiddle:
Svigals, Alicia
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Bass:
Asian, Pablo
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
4:03

Azoy Tantst Men In Odes — אַזױ טאַנצט מען אין אָדעס

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
H-023(b) (The Hester Street Troupe Sounds of the Shtetl)
Track ID:
23826
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Hester Street Troupe
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-034(d) (Finjan Dancing on Water)
Track ID:
27951
Clarinet:
Boychouk, Sasha
Guitar:
Koulack, Daniel
Clarinet:
Friesn, John
Violin:
Schultz, Myron
Accordion:
Fink, Shayla
Acoustic Bass:
Posen, Kinzey
Violin:
Schultz, Victor
Arranger:
Finjan
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Freylekh
Length:
004:44
On album:
K-044(a) (L'CHAIM! The Joy Of Klezmer)
Track ID:
1817
Artist:
L'chiam Klezmer Ensemble
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-007(b) (Dave Tarras Plays Again Jewish Dances)
Track ID:
1818
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-026(e)1 (Musique Des Klezmorim Vol 1 Duo Peylet-Cuniot)
Track ID:
1819
Artist:
Peylet, Nano & Denis Cuniot
Artist:
Peylet, Nano, arr
Track comment:
Recorded in France
Language:
Yiddish

Der Glater Bulgar — דער גלאַטער בולגאַר

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Klezmer

Recordings

On album:
K-029(f) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Old World Beat)
Track ID:
3142
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Clarinet:
Stahl, Ilene
Arranger:
Stahl, Ilene
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
M-044(a) (Machaya Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
3143
Artist:
Machaya Klezmer Band
Artist:
McCrensky, Jay, dir
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-026(a)
Track ID:
3144
Accordion:
Fiedel, Jack
Artist:
Tarras Instrumental Trio
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Accordion:
Beckerman, Sam
Track comment:
From Victor 78 9101
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
G-067(b) (Di Gojim (Holland) Grine Medine)
Track ID:
21123
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Di Gojim (Netherlands) די גױעם (נידירלענדן)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
S-100(a) (The San Francisco Klezmer Experience Zing!)
Track ID:
28322
Violins:
Hoffman, Daniel
Accordion:
Lewicki, Jeanette
Drums/Dumbeq:
Mummey, Kevin
Bass:
Saunders, Richard
Trumpet/Rotary Trumpet/Cornet/Alto Horn:
Saxon, Stephen
Trombone:
Seavey, Charlie
Cello:
Sedler, Moses
Artist:
San Francisco Klezmer Experience
Cymbalom/Tuba:
Brotman, Stuart
B flat, E flat, Turkish G Clarinets/Piccolo:
Benjamin, Sheldon
Arranger:
San Francisco Klezmer Experience
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Length:
01:49

Dovidl Bazetst Di Kale — דודל באַזעצט די כּלה

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Doina
Subject:
Kale Bazetzn/Bride/Wedding

Recordings

On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23205
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Jan 1926
On album:
K-029(j) (Klezmer Conservatory Band: A Taste of Paradise)
Track ID:
31037
Arranger:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Director/Alto Sax./Accordion/Piano/Arranger:
Netsky, Hankus
Clarinet/Arranger:
Stahl, Ilene
Violin:
Strauss, Deborah
Flute/Piccolo:
Miller, Robin
Cornet/Trumpet:
Berney, Mark
Trombone:
Hamilton, Mark
Piano/Accordion:
Bailey, Art
Mandolin/Guitar/Tenor Banjo:
Warschauer, Jeff
Bass:
Guttman, James
Drums/Percussion:
Smith, Grant
Style:
Klezmer
On album:
K-090(a) (KlezSqueeze!\ The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble)
Track ID:
28231
Artist:
Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble
Director/Accordion:
Kushner, Sy
Cimbalom:
Fedoriouk, Alexander
String Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Arranger:
Kushner, Sy
Arranger:
Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble
Length:
004:03
On album:
S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)
Track ID:
30440
C Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Originally recorded New York, January 1926 / Columbia 8103 F
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:27
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Nor Gelebt, Nor Gelakht — נאָר געלעבט, נאָר געלאַכט

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
G-028(c) (Geduldig & Thimann A Shtetl Is Amerike — געדולדיג און טימאַן אַ שטעאל איז אַמעריקע)
Track ID:
11250
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra — אַנדי סטאַטמאַן קלעזמער אָרקעסטער
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23209
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Jan 1926
On album:
K-043(c) (The Chicago Klezmer Ensemble Sweet Home Bukovina)
Track ID:
26920
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Chicago Klezmer Ensemble
Track comment:
first tune, Hora Mit Tsibeles
On album:
K-090(a) (KlezSqueeze!\ The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble)
Track ID:
28235
Artist:
Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble
Director/Accordion:
Kushner, Sy
Cimbalom:
Fedoriouk, Alexander
String Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Arranger:
Kushner, Sy
Arranger:
Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble
Length:
004:33
On album:
P-056(a) (Prague' 24/ Seven Good Years)
Track ID:
37220
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:
4:22

Shifra Tantst — שיפֿרה טאַנצט

Also known as:
Tants Istanbul
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Dance/Freylekh
Song comment:
Tarras usally credited with melody (?, not sure if he's composer.

Recordings

On album:
T-007(b) (Dave Tarras Plays Again Jewish Dances)
Track ID:
13758
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
T-007(i) (Dave Tarras Volume One)
Track ID:
13759
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Piano:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Track comment:
Recorded under Tants Istanbul
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
W-021(a) (Jeff Warschauer Klezmer Mandolin)
Track ID:
13760
Mandolin:
Warschauer, Jeff
Track comment:
Recorded under "Tants Istambul"
Language:
Instrumental
On album:
W-021(b) (Jeff Warschauer/The Singing Waltz/ Klezmer Guitar & Mandolin)
Track ID:
23267
Mandolin:
Warschauer, Jeff
Piano:
Berne, Alan
Track comment:
Recorded under "Tants Istambul"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
W-021(c) (The Singing Waltz/ Klezmer Guitar & Mandolin/Jeff Warschauer)
Track ID:
26333
Mandolin/Guitar:
Warschauer, Jeff
Clarinet:
Bjorling, Kurt
Violin:
Strauss, Deborah
Track comment:
Recorded under "Tants Istambul"
Style:
Instrumental
On album:
A-035(f) (Aufwind / Live)
Track ID:
31983
Artist:
Aufwind
Violin:
Koch, Claudia
Mandolin/Guitar/Arranger:
Reich, Hardy
Bandonian:
Rohde, Andreas
Clarinets/Bass Clarinet/Blockflote/Percussion:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Contrabass:
Paffrath, Thomas
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
4:38
On album:
A-035(a) (Lomp Nokh Nit Farloshn Jiddische Lieder Gruppe Aufwind — לאָמפּ נאָך נישט פֿאַרלאָשן)
Track ID:
28722
Artist:
Aufwind
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Recorder:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Violin/Viola:
Koch, Claudia
Contrabass:
Paffrath, Thomas
Mandolin/Guitar:
Reich, Hardy
Bandoneon (Button Accordion)/Percussion:
Rohde, Andreas
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Hora / Tanz istanbul"
Style:
Instrumental/Terkish
Length:
4' 36"
On album:
H-040(a) (Huljet...A Kind Of Klezmer — הוליעט)
Track ID:
31147
Arranger/Clarinet:
Brinkmann, Georg
Percussion:
Toth, Sandor
Contrabass:
Reif, Gunter
Guitar:
Zels, Martin
Accordion:
Rupa, Gerard
Style:
Instrumental

Tarras Freylekh — טאַראַס פֿרײלעך

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs

Recordings

On album:
K-044(a) (L'CHAIM! The Joy Of Klezmer)
Track ID:
14827
Artist:
L'chiam Klezmer Ensemble
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-063(a) (Kol Simcha Traditional Jewish Music)
Track ID:
18324
Artist:
Kol Simcha (Switzerland) קול שׂימחה (שװײץ)
Language:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-026(e)2 (Duo Peylet-Cuniot Musique Klezmer D'hier Et De Demain)
Track ID:
23969
Artist:
Peylet, Nano & Denis Cuniot
Arranger:
Peylet, Nano, arr
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26087
Artist:
Freilach Express
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
B-080(a) (Boiberiker Klezmorim — בױבעריקער קלעזמאָרים)
Track ID:
25657
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Artist:
Mulder, Jaap
Artist:
Boiberiker Kapelye — בױבעריקער קאַפּעליע
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Ternovker Sher — טערנאָװקער שער

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Sher/Dance

Recordings

On album:
S-022(a) (Yaacov Shapiro Shalom Do Ruft Aich Israel — יעקב שפּירו שלום דאָ רופֿט אײַך ישׂראל)
Track ID:
39474
Fiddle:
Svigals, Alicia
Accordion:
Brody, Lauren
Drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Bass:
Asian, Pablo
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
S-048(a) (Andy Statman Zev Feldman Jewish Klezmer Music — ייִדיש קלעזמער מוזיק)
Track ID:
14934
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Clarinet/Mandolin:
Statman, Andy
Cimbal:
Feldman, Walter Zev
Bowed Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Track comment:
Named after town from which Tarras comes, in Ukraine
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
14935
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Allen Street Gypsies
Track comment:
Named for town from which Tarras emigrated.
On album:
P-082(a) (Pushkin Klezmer Band: Klezmer Uber Alles)
Track ID:
42601
Clarinet:
Gerasimov, Mitya
Trombone:
Sagitov, Oleksiv 'Sayid'
Keyboards:
Sidash, Igor
Guitar:
Kovalenko, Dmitry
Double Bass:
Kirik, Kristina
Drums:
Yakovchuk, Roman
Arranger:
Pushkin Klezmer Band
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
4:03

Romanian Fantasy (Tarras)

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
T-007(d) (Tanz! With Dave Tarras And Sam Musiker)
Track ID:
15198
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
15199
Composer/Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Tants Orkester — טאַנץ אָרקעסטער
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Tsiveles Bulgar — ציװעלעס בולגאָר

Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
T-007(g) (Frailach Music Abe Ellstein's Orchestra with Dave Tarras)
Track ID:
15620
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-051(b) (rhythm + jews The Klezmatics — רעטעם + ייִדן)
Track ID:
15621
Artist:
Klezmatics
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-077(a) (Klezmer Pow Wow)
Track ID:
24743
Artist:
Klezmer Pow Wow
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet:
Zaugg, Freddy
Bass:
Cesar, Laura
Accordion/Piano/Swiss Cymbalon:
Walker, Ranier
Track comment:
with Khosn Kale Mazl Tov
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-144(a) (Kleztory / Nomade)
Track ID:
36669
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Arranger:
Ichmouratov, Airat
Violin/Viola:
Misbakhova, Elvira
Accordion/Percussion/Arranger:
Oppenheim, Henri
Guitar:
Legault, Alain
Double Bass:
Peetsma, Mark
Artist:
Kleztory
Style:
Klezmer/Concert
Length:
3:21

Zeydns Tanz — זײדנס טאַנץ

Also known as:
Dem Zeydns Tants
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:
T-007(a) (Music Of The Jewish People featuring Dave Tarras Orchestra)
Track ID:
18016
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Allen Street Gypsies
On album:
K-051(a) (The Klezmatics Shvaygn = Toyt — שװײַגן איז טױט)
Track ID:
18017
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Klezmatics
Track comment:
With Mazl Tov Zelda
On album:
T-007(i) (Dave Tarras Volume One)
Track ID:
18018
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Also recorded as Greek under title "Galatas"
On album:
R-034(d) (Rubin & Horowitz Bessarabian Symphony)
Track ID:
22929
Accordion/Arranger:
Horowitz, Joshua
Clarinet/Arranger:
Rubin, Joel
Track comment:
Part of Dem Zeydns Tants Suite"
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
N-021(b) (New Orleans Klezmer All Stars)
Track ID:
24554
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
New Orleans Klezmer All Stars
Track comment:
Recorded under Zeyde Tants - Taras credited as composer??
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-029(j) (Klezmer Conservatory Band: A Taste of Paradise)
Track ID:
31048
Arranger:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Director/Alto Sax./Accordion/Piano:
Netsky, Hankus
Clarinet/Arranger:
Stahl, Ilene
Violin:
Strauss, Deborah
Flute/Piccolo:
Miller, Robin
Cornet/Trumpet:
Berney, Mark
Trombone:
Hamilton, Mark
Piano/Accordion:
Bailey, Art
Mandolin/Guitar/Tenor Banjo:
Warschauer, Jeff
Bass:
Guttman, James
Drums/Percussion:
Smith, Grant
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-090(a) (KlezSqueeze!\ The Sy Kushner Jewish Music Ensemble)
Track ID:
28236
Artist:
Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble
Director/Accordion:
Kushner, Sy
Cimbalom:
Fedoriouk, Alexander
String Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Arranger:
Kushner, Sy
Arranger:
Sy Kushner Klezmer Ensemble
Length:
002:23
On album:
F-048(a) (Fish Street Klezmer Yiddish Songs of Love and Drinking/Ken Richmond)
Track ID:
30924
Arranger/Accordion/Mandolin:
Shazeer, Shira
Arranger/Violin/Guitar:
Richmond, Ken
Track comment:
Liner notes also attribute to Dave Tarras
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:21
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
3031
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Other tracks with this artist

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:
T-007(b) (Dave Tarras Plays Again Jewish Dances)
Track ID:
3155
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Style:
Instrumental

Hora Staccato — האָרע סטאַקאָטאָ

Composer:
Dinicu, Grigoras — דיניקו, גרגוש
Genre:
Pop/Concert/Classical
Song comment:
Based upon Rumanian melody
Additional song notes:
Jascha Heifetz sometimes credited as composer with Dinicu. He probably arranged the music.
On album:
T-007(g) (Frailach Music Abe Ellstein's Orchestra with Dave Tarras)
Track ID:
6816
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

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:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
6759
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
Nu, lomir ale itster tantsn oy a hopkele, a freylekh hopkele
First line:
נו, לאָמיר אַלע איצטער טאַנצן אױ אַ האָפּקעלע, אַ פֿרײלעך האָפּקעלע,
Track comment:
From the operetta "Vos Meydelekh Toen".

A Vaybele A Tsnue — אַ װײַבעלע אַ צנועה

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Pop
Subject:
Wife/Virtue/Piety
Origin:
SH 583
Transliteration:
Ephemera 334/SH 583
Music:
SH 583
Additional song notes:
pious woman = ""צנועה - virtue (tsnies) = צניות
Related information in folder 362:
Document type:
Email
Author:
Itzik Goldenberg
Publisher:
Mendele
Date:
11/27/1997
Comments:
Transliteration of the song.
On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
650
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
A vaybele a tsnie, a koshere metsie, git iz deym nor vus dus gefinen, a
First line (Yiddish):
אַ װײַבעלע אַ צניען, אַ כּשרערע מציאה, גיט איז דעם
Track comment:
pious woman (tsune)= ""צנועה - virtue (tsnies) = ""צניות
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop/Swing

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:
T-007(h) (Jewish Melodies Dave Tarras, clarinet Abe Ellstein, piano)
Track ID:
13955
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Piano:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Ensemble — אײב עלשטײַן אַנסאַמבל
Double Bass:
Galazan, Charlie
Trumpet:
Epstein, Willie
Tenor Sax:
Musiker, Sam — מוזיקער, סעם
Violin:
Harris, Sidney
Violin:
Barnett, Hinda
Drums:
Zucker, Ben
Style:
Instrumental

Silkene Pajamas (Instr) — סילקענע פּאַדזאַנעס

Author:
Rund, Morris
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
T-007(d) (Tanz! With Dave Tarras And Sam Musiker)
Track ID:
14395
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Two tracks of this song on the CD- alternative "take"
Style:
Klezmer/Instumental

Skotshna (Instr) — סקאָטשנאַ

On album:
S-048(c) (Klezmer Suite The Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra)
Track ID:
14545
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra — אַנדי סטאַטמאַן קלעזמער אָרקעסטער
B and E Flat Clarinet:
Statman, Andy
Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Guitar:
Jones, Bob
French Horn/Trumpet:
Steinberg, David
Drums/Percussion:
Lazarowitz, Barry
Trumpet:
Ponomarey, Valery
Track comment:
March from the Khupa (Recessional??)
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Skrip Klezmerl Skripe — סקריפּ קלעזמערל סקריפּע

Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wedding/Klezmer/Family/Drums/Fiddle/Bride/Dance/Relatives/
Origin:
Alb R-024(d)/Metro Scher 30/Metro Album 49
Transliteration:
K-029(b)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Ephemeral 620/MS Sher 8
Translation:
K-029(b)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Ephemeral 620
Music:
SM Scher 8
Related information in folder 565:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and translation of Text.
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
14551
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Track comment:
Skrip Klezmer Skr../ Vus Du Vilst../ Esheys Khayil/
Style:
Instrumental/Medley

A Meydele Vi Du — אַ מײדעלע װי דו

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Marriage
Transliteration:
Warem 144
Music:
Warem 144
Additional song notes:
Introduced in William Siegal's musical comedy "Ikh Bin Farlibt"
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
460
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Haynt iz der heyliker nakht, shtey ikh aleyn un ikh trakht,
First line (Yiddish):
הײנט איז דער הײליקער נאַכט, שטײ איך אַלײן און איך טראַכט,
Track comment:
Introduced in the musical comedy "Ikh Bin Farlibt."
Language:
Yiddish

A Heymisher Bulgar — אַ הײמישער בולגאַר

Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer/Pop/
Subject:
Dance/Joy/Celebration
Origin:
Alb R-022(a)/
Transliteration:
Warem 85/Alb P-019(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb R-022(a)/
Translation:
Alb R-022(a)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb P-019(c)/
Music:
Warem 85
Additional song notes:
A Homey Bulgar
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
267
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Yidn tanst dem heymisher bulgar, fargest in ayere tsores...
First line (Yiddish):
ייִדן טאַנצט דעם הײמישען בולגאַר, פֿאַרגעסט אין אײַערע צרהות...
Language:
Yiddish

A Yid Bin Ikh Geboyren — אַ ייִד בין איך געבױרען

On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
682
Vocal:
Mikhalesko, Michal — מיכאַלעסקאָ, מיכל
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra — אַלעקסאַנדער אָלשאַנעצקי אָרקעסטער
First line:
Ikh vil nit zayn mer tsvishn di goyim,
First line (Yiddish):
איך װיל ניט זײַן מער צװישן די גוים,
Language:
Yiddish

Akdomus Un Af Bri

Composer:
Gross, Hirsh — גראָס, הירש
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Composer:
Katz, Beresh — קאַץ, בערעש
Song comment:
At The Beginning and Daybreak
On album:
S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)
Track ID:
30450
Leader:
Gross, Hirsh — גראָס, הירש
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Cornet:
Fiedel, Alex
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Trombone:
Levitt, Jack
Violin:
Katz, Beresh — קאַץ, בערעש
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Tuba:
Drutin, Moe
Alto Sax:
Margulies, Benny
Piano:
Heller, Sam
Baritone Saxaphone:
Lustig, Harry
Drum:
Shuster, Hymie
Piccolo:
Constantinofsky, Abe
Track comment:
Originally recorded New York, June 1927/ Columbia 8145 F
Style:
Instrumental/Orchestral
Length:
3:13

A Bisele Frier — אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער

Also known as:
A Bisl Frier
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Humorous
Subject:
Love/Women/Appearance/Regret/Men
Additional song notes:
Why Didn't I Meet You Earlier?
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
18
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Farvos hob ikh dikh nit bagegent a bislele frier,
First line (Yiddish):
פֿאַרװאָס האָב אַיך דיך ניט באַגעגענט אַ ביסעלע פֿריִער,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop

Di Rayze Nokh Amerike — די רײַזע נאָך אַמעריקע

Also known as:
Shuldik Bistu Yidele Aleyn
Author:
Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
On album:
S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)
Track ID:
30437
Leader/Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Coronet:
Fiedel, Alex
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Originally Recorded New York, Jan 1928/ Columbia 8160 F
Style:
Instrumental/March
Length:
3:00

Ne Platsh Mame — נע פּלאַטש מאַמע

Also known as:
Zorg Nit Mame
Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Composer:
Sandler, Peretz — סאַנדלער, פּרץ
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love
Song comment:
From musical "Vlodke In Odes"
Transliteration:
Alb K-068(b)
Translation:
Alb K-068(b)
On album:
S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)
Track ID:
30446
C Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Violin/Leader:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Track comment:
Originally recorded New York, March 1927/ Columbia 8131 F
Style:
Instrumental
Length:
2:54

A Khasene In Shtetl — אַ חתונה אין שטעטל

On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
301
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Ale mentshn shtrebn zeyer kinder oystsugebn, men filt zikh…
First line:
אַלע מענטשן שטרעבן זײער קינדער אױסצוגעבן, מען פֿילט זיך...

A Khasene In Yisroel (Medley) — אַ חתונה אין ישׂראל (מעדלי)

On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
307
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Orchestra
Track comment:
Veulai/ Unidentified Melodies/ Shaftim Mayim/
Style:
Instrumental

Lebedik Un Freylekh (Perlmutter et al) — לעבעדיק און פֿרײלעך (פּערלמוטער א" א")

Author:
Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theater
On album:
S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)
Track ID:
30459
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Violin/Leader:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Cornet:
Fiedel, Alex
Track comment:
Originally recorded New York, Nov 1927/ Columbia 8155 F
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs
Length:
3:16

Sher — שער

Also known as:
Rusishe Sher
Also known as:
Rusisher Sher
Also known as:
Russian Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Rushisher
Also known as:
Sher, Russian
Also known as:
Galician Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Galacian
Also known as:
Sher, Galitsianer
Also known as:
Galitsianer Sher
Also known as:
Russian Scissors
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Dance
On album:
S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)
Track ID:
30431
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Leader/Violin:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Coronet:
Fiedel, Alex
Track comment:
Originally Recorded NY, Nov 1927/ Columbia 8155-F
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:52

Khasidishe Nigunim — חסידישע ניגונים

Composer:
Gross, Hirsh — גראָס, הירש
Composer:
Katz, Beresh — קאַץ, בערעש
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)
Track ID:
30432
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Leader:
Gross, Hirsh — גראָס, הירש
Coronet:
Fiedel, Alex
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Trombone:
Levitt, Jack
Tuba:
Drutin, Moe
Alto Sax:
Margulies, Benny
Piano:
Heller, Sam
Baritone Saxaphone:
Lustig, Harry
Drum:
Shuster, Hymie
Picollo:
Constantinofsky, Abe
Track comment:
Originally Recorded June, 1927 / Columbia 8146-F
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:32

Shpil Klezmer Shpil (Ellstein) — שפּיל קלעזמער שפּיל

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Klezmer
Subject:
Klezmer/Fiddle/Memory
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
14187
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Shpil, klezmer, shpil, oyf di dine strunes, klezmer shpil,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל, קלעזמער, שפּיל, אױף די דינע סטרונעס, קלעזמער שפּיל,
Language:
Yiddish

Amar Rabi Akiva — אמר רבּי אקיבא

On album:
F-002(b) (Rejoice Torah In Song Wedding In The Old Country)
Track ID:
1234
Vocal:
Margolin, Adele
Vocal:
Freeman, Mort — פֿרימאַן, מאָרט
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Amar Rabi Akiva, veahavta lereakha, lereakha kamokha,
First line (Hebrew):
וקרב פּזוּרינוּ מבּין הגוים וּנפצוֹתינוּ כּנס מירכּתי ארץ.
Track comment:
Part of Torah In Song-Shmuel Fershko, dir & arr-Rejoice Orch
Language:
Hebrew

A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע

Also known as:
Yiddishe Mame
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Memory/Family
Subject:
Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin:
GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
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)/Vinkov 4 301
Music:
GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
768
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Lou Lockette Orchestra
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Style:
Instrumental

Azoy Vi Du Bist — אַזױ װי דו ביסט

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Change/Memory
Transliteration:
Gottlieb 288
Translation:
Gottlieb 288
Additional song notes:
From the musical play "The Golden Land". See Gottlieb 91, 92 for relationship with "Besame Muscho"
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
1820
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Azoy vi du bist, du zolst zikh keyn mol nit baytn,
First line (Yiddish):
אַזױ װי דו ביסט, דו זאָלסט קײן מאָל ניט בײַטן,
Language:
Yiddish

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:
B-002(c) (Jan Bart Sings Yinglish)
Track ID:
1297
Vocal/English Adaptation:
Bart, Jan
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Conductor/Arranger:
Gunther, William
First line:
We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Bregman/ Cocco/ Cahn credited as "Composer"
Language:
English
Style:
Swing

Another Glass Of Wine (Instr) — נאָך אַ גלעזעלע װײַן

On album:
S-048(c) (Klezmer Suite The Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra)
Track ID:
1390
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra — אַנדי סטאַטמאַן קלעזמער אָרקעסטער
Guitar:
Jones, Bob
B and E Flat Clarinet:
Statman, Andy
Bass:
Confurius, Marty
French Horn/Trumpet:
Steinberg, David
Drums/Percussion:
Lazarowitz, Barry
Trumpet:
Ponomarey, Valery
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Anu Banu Artza — אנוּ בּאנוּ ארצה

Genre:
Israeli/Pioneer
Subject:
Land/Build/Development/Self
Origin:
Bugatch 27/Metro Album 48
Transliteration:
Bugatch 27/Metro Album 14
Music:
Bugatch 27Metro Album 48
Additional song notes:
We have come to the land to build and be rebuilt by it.
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
1400
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Track comment:
Medley with Artsa Alinu, Nigun Bialik and Hava Nagila.
Style:
Instrumental

Anu Banu Artza — אנוּ בּאנוּ ארצה

Genre:
Israeli/Pioneer
Subject:
Land/Build/Development/Self
Origin:
Bugatch 27/Metro Album 48
Transliteration:
Bugatch 27/Metro Album 14
Music:
Bugatch 27Metro Album 48
Additional song notes:
We have come to the land to build and be rebuilt by it.
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
1401
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Track comment:
Nigun Bialik/ Onu Banu Artsa/ Hevenu Sholom../Tsena Tsena
Style:
Instrumental

Artsa Alinu — ארצה עלינוּ

Genre:
Israeli/Pioneer/Agency Song/Hora/Folk
Subject:
Land/Sowing/Reaping
Origin:
Bugatch 25/Sheet Music 1267
Transliteration:
Bugatch 25/Alb K-007(a)/CD S-085(a)/Alb H-012(a)/Vorbei 449/SheetMusic 1267
Translation:
Alb H-012(a)/CD S-085(a)/Vorbei 449/Binder 10/Sheetmusic 1267
Music:
Bugatch 25/Binder 10/Sheet Music 1267
Additional song notes:
See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, P 9 for transliteration and music We have come to our land. We have plowed and we have sown, but have not yet reaped.
Related information in folder 357:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Hebrew text and translation.
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
1474
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Track comment:
Medley with Anu Banu Artsa, Nigun Bialik and Hava Nagila.
Style:
Instrumental

Baym Rebns Tish (Medley) — בײַם רבּנס טיש (מעגלי)

On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
2107
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Orchestra
Track comment:
Undzer Rebenyu/ Unidentified Melodies/ Ele Khamda Libi
Style:
Instrumental

Beygelekh — בײגעלעך

Also known as:
Bublitshki
Also known as:
Question
Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
Origin:
Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/
Music:
Moskow SM 61
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
2345
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
First line:
Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh shtey a kranker un trakht,
First line:
עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך שטײ אַ קראַנקער און טראַכט,
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Bublitchki"
Style:
Instrumental

Beygelekh — בײגעלעך

Also known as:
Bublitshki
Also known as:
Question
Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Folk/Lament
Subject:
Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
Origin:
Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)/
Music:
Moskow SM 61
On album:
T-013(a) (Touring Israel)
Track ID:
2349
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Dayenu — דינוּ

Genre:
Holiday/Haggadah/Passover/
Subject:
Sufficiency/Torah/Sabbath/Israel/Exodus/Egypt/Thankfullness
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 54
Transliteration:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb K-022(b)/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 54/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
Related information in folder 696:
Comments:
1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".
On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
2936
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Sam Medoff Orchestra
Artist:
Yiddish Swingettes
Style:
Instrumental

Blimelekh Tsvey — בלימעלעך צװײ

Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Composer:
Sandler, Peretz — סאַנדלער, פּרץ
Genre:
Love/Theatre
Subject:
Separation/Lonliness/Hope
Origin:
ML SOG 261/See Forvarts 2/22, 1991 with Alb L-002(e) & Ephemera Folder 197
Transliteration:
ML SOG 261
Translation:
ML SOG 262
Music:
ML SOG 263
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Mendl In Yapan" See Ephemera Folder 197
Related information in folder 197:
Comments:
1. 2/22/91 Article in Yiddish Forverts if February 2, 1991 by Chana Mlotek titled "Blimelekh Tsvey (Two Little Flowers) responding to a reader who asked for information about the song. The text of the song is included in the article
On album:
T-007(h) (Jewish Melodies Dave Tarras, clarinet Abe Ellstein, piano)
Track ID:
2490
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Piano:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Ensemble — אײב עלשטײַן אַנסאַמבל
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Beyt Mikh A Bisele Mamele — בייט מיך אָ ביסעלע מאַמעלע

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Love/Courting/Marriage/Proposal/Coaxing
Transliteration:
Alb J-024(a)1
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/Alb B-032(a)
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
2382
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Beyt mikh a bisele, mamele, vel ikh visn az du host mikh lib
First line (Yiddish):
בײט מיך אַ ביסעלע, מאַמעלע, װעל אַיך װיסן אַז דו האָסט מיך ליב,
Language:
Yiddish

Clarinet Polka — קלאַרנעט פֿאָלקאַ

Genre:
Instrumenta/lDance
On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
2786
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Orchestra
Style:
Instrumental

Der Nayer Sher — דער נײַער שער

Also known as:
Dem Nayem Sher
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer
Subject:
Sher/Klezmer/Dance/Wedding
Transliteration:
Warem 40/Alb K-030(d)
Translation:
Alb K-030(d)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 40
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
3253
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Trumpet:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Style:
Instrumental

Di Rayze Nokh Amerike — די רײַזע נאָך אַמעריקע

Also known as:
Shuldik Bistu Yidele Aleyn
Author:
Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
3753
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Di Reyze Nukh Amerike"
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/March

Eli Eli (Sandler) — אלי אלי (סאַנדלער)

Author:
Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
Composer:
Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
Genre:
Theatre/Lament/Religious
Subject:
Plea/Persecution/Faith/Torture/Abandonment/Question
Origin:
ML PYS 220/Ephemera 598/Metro Scher 31
Transliteration:
Ausabel 676/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 220/Alb K-047(a)/Alb P-028(a)/L-048(a)/
Translation:
Alb L-048(a)/Ausubel Folk 676/Alb K-047(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Vorbei 233
Music:
Ausubel Folk 676/ML PYS 221/Metro Scher 31
Additional song notes:
Cited in Nulman 74 Written For the play "Brokhe, Oder - DerYidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896. In Sheetmusic # 58 there are indications that the song was heard in various parts of Europe as a folk song, but then claimed by Sandler and Tomoshevsky because it was sung in their operetta "Brokha or The Jewish King of Poland for a Night". See Heskes entry 1194. Also transliteration and translation Published in Gottlieb 290 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012
Related information in folder 991:
Comments:
1. Article from Internet, by Clay Willis, titled "Why did Jesus on the cross say "Eli Eli Lama sabachtani?)
On album:
T-007(h) (Jewish Melodies Dave Tarras, clarinet Abe Ellstein, piano)
Track ID:
4584
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Piano:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Arranger/Director:
Musiker, Sam — מוזיקער, סעם
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Ensemble — אײב עלשטײַן אַנסאַמבל
First line:
Eli, Eli lomo azavtoni? In fayer un flam hot men undz...
First line:
אלי, אלי, למה עזבֿתּני? (2) אין פֿײַער און פֿלאַם האָט מען אונדז..
Track comment:
Yidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896
Style:
Instrumental

Der Nayer Sher — דער נײַער שער

Also known as:
Dem Nayem Sher
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer
Subject:
Sher/Klezmer/Dance/Wedding
Transliteration:
Warem 40/Alb K-030(d)
Translation:
Alb K-030(d)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 40
On album:
R-016(g) (A..Caravan..Stars Featuring Seymour Rechtzeit & Molly Picon)
Track ID:
23652
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Conductor:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Dem neyem sher, dem neyem sher, ale in eynem tantst dem...
First line (Yiddish):
דעם נײַעם שער, דעם נײַעם שער, אַלע אין אײנעם טאַנצט דעם נײַעם שער
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Duet

Dos Keshenever Shtikele — דאָס קעשענעװער שטיקעלע

Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Place/Folk
Subject:
Kishinev/Poverty/Troubles/Possessions/Riches/Celebration/
Transliteration:
K-029(a)/K-029(f)/S-022(e)/Alb T-031(b)
Translation:
K-029(a)/K-029(f)/Alb T-031(b)
Additional song notes:
Earliest recording of his song in the archive is is on a 78rpm performed by Moyshe Oysher (catlg 043p) is designated as a "folk song". Liner notes in some Some later recordings credit Oysher as composer and lyricist. Liner notes on Album L-029(a) (Klezmer Conservatory) indicate that the music is "Traditional" and the lyrics are Oysher's version of the folk song "Mayn Tayere Kishenev"
On album:
T-013(a) (Touring Israel)
Track ID:
7925
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Trumpet:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Oy Kishinev, Oy Kishinev"
Style:
Instrumental

Dos Keshenever Shtikele — דאָס קעשענעװער שטיקעלע

Composer:
Traditional
Genre:
Place/Folk
Subject:
Kishinev/Poverty/Troubles/Possessions/Riches/Celebration/
Transliteration:
K-029(a)/K-029(f)/S-022(e)/Alb T-031(b)
Translation:
K-029(a)/K-029(f)/Alb T-031(b)
Additional song notes:
Earliest recording of his song in the archive is is on a 78rpm performed by Moyshe Oysher (catlg 043p) is designated as a "folk song". Liner notes in some Some later recordings credit Oysher as composer and lyricist. Liner notes on Album L-029(a) (Klezmer Conservatory) indicate that the music is "Traditional" and the lyrics are Oysher's version of the folk song "Mayn Tayere Kishenev"
On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
7928
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Trumpet:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Track comment:
Recorded under "Oy Kishinev, Oy Kishinev"
Style:
Instrumental

Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib — איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב

Also known as:
I Love You Much Too Much
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Lament
Subject:
Anger/Love/Rejection/Fool/Revenge
Origin:
Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
Translation:
Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
Music:
SM Scher 2
Additional song notes:
I Love You Much To Much Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552 From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533 Translate - Alb P-038(a)
Related information in folder 122:
Document type:
Email
Author:
Olshanetsky, Alexander
Publisher:
Friedman, RA
Comments:
Transliterated songtext from original sheet music. Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
7168
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Trumpet:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
First line:
Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, Ikh trog oyf dir keyn has,
First line:
איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, איך טראַג אױף דיר קײַן האַס,
Track comment:
Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt/
Style:
Instrumental

Ikh Vel Eybik Dikh Gedenken — איך װעל אײביק דיך געדענקען

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Romance/Memory/
Additional song notes:
From the play " Wish Me Luck" by Isadore Friedman and Israel Rosenberg
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
7205
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Ikh vel eybik dikh gedenken, bist arayn in harts bay mir,
First line:
איך װעל אייביק דיך געדענקען, ביסט אַרײַן אין האַרץ בײַ מיר,

Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה

Also known as:
Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
Also known as:
Living With the H Tune
Author:
Nathanson, Moshe
Genre:
Folk/Hora
Subject:
Dance/Celebration/Joy
Song comment:
See Page 130 for extended info on the song
Origin:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
Transliteration:
Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
Translation:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
Music:
Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
Additional song notes:
Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text - claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe - Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p - 102.
Related information in folder 832:
Comments:
1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100". 2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody. 3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit" 4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
6278
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Trumpet:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Style:
Instrumental

Itsikl Klezmer (Tauber) — איציקל קלעזמער (טאַובער)

On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
7584
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Ven Itsikl tsusphilt zikh, vert freylikher in shtub,
First line:
װען איציקל צושפּילט זיך, װערט פֿרײלעכער אין שטוב,

Khasidimlekh Tantsn — חסידימלעך טאַנצן

Author:
Kolodni, Yosele — קאָלאָדני, יאָסעלע
Composer:
Kolodni, Yosele — קאָלאָדני, יאָסעלע
Genre:
Maskilic/Theater/Tango
Subject:
Khasidim/Rebe/Poverty/Worries/Faith/Dancing/Drinking
Origin:
ML MTAG 112/Alb W-035(a)
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 112/Alb S-022(f)/Alb W-035(a)
Translation:
Alb W-035(a)
Music:
ML MTAG 112
Additional song notes:
See Peppler 2 page 122
On album:
C-009(a) (Soul Of My People Sung by David Carey — דאָס פֿאָלק זינגט)
Track ID:
8181
Artist:
Carey, David
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Rubinstein, Eli — רובינשטײַן, עלי
First line:
Az der rebe shteyt oyfn tish, un git a vunk dem gabe shepsl,
First line:
אַז דער רבּי שטײט אױפֿן טיש, און גיט אַ װוּנק דעם גבּאי שעפּסל,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Khasene Lid (Ellstein) — חתונה ליד (עלשטײַן)

Also known as:
Khasene Tants
Also known as:
A Khasene Lid
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Marriage/Brides/Peace/Soldiers/Return/Hope/Joy/Celebration
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/Alb K-029(i)
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)Alb K-029(i)
Additional song notes:
Dedicated to brides waitng for grooms to return from World War II.
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
8111
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Shpilt oyf a khasene tants far ale kales,
First line (Yiddiish):
שפּילט אױף אַ חתונה טאַנץ פֿאַר אַלע כּלות, װײַל כּלות ... קומען…
Language:
Yiddiish

Khasene Lid (Ellstein) — חתונה ליד (עלשטײַן)

Also known as:
Khasene Tants
Also known as:
A Khasene Lid
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Marriage/Brides/Peace/Soldiers/Return/Hope/Joy/Celebration
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/Alb K-029(i)
Translation:
Alb B-007(c)Alb K-029(i)
Additional song notes:
Dedicated to brides waitng for grooms to return from World War II.
On album:
F-002(b) (Rejoice Torah In Song Wedding In The Old Country)
Track ID:
8114
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Director/Arranger:
Fershko, Shmuel — פֿערשקאָ, שמואל
Artist:
Rejoice Orchestra
Track comment:
Recorded under "The Wedding Dence"
Style:
Instrumental

Khosn Kale Mazl Tov — חתן כּלה מזל טובֿ

Also known as:
Good Luck (Khosn Kale Mazl Tov)
Also known as:
Mazldiker Sho (Khusn Kale Mazl..)
Genre:
Folk/Wedding/Rite
Subject:
Bride/Groom/Congratulations/Wedding/Celebration
Transliteration:
Alb L-009(a)
On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
8294
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Good Luck"
Style:
Instrumental

Khosn Kale Mazl Tov — חתן כּלה מזל טובֿ

Also known as:
Good Luck (Khosn Kale Mazl Tov)
Also known as:
Mazldiker Sho (Khusn Kale Mazl..)
Genre:
Folk/Wedding/Rite
Subject:
Bride/Groom/Congratulations/Wedding/Celebration
Transliteration:
Alb L-009(a)
On album:
T-007(g) (Frailach Music Abe Ellstein's Orchestra with Dave Tarras)
Track ID:
8300
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Khosn Kale Mazl Tov — חתן כּלה מזל טובֿ

Also known as:
Good Luck (Khosn Kale Mazl Tov)
Also known as:
Mazldiker Sho (Khusn Kale Mazl..)
Genre:
Folk/Wedding/Rite
Subject:
Bride/Groom/Congratulations/Wedding/Celebration
Transliteration:
Alb L-009(a)
On album:
G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
Track ID:
8301
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Jacob
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas

Libes Shmertsn — ליבעס שמערצן

Author:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Love/Theatre
Subject:
Heart/Feelings/Pangs/Passion
Origin:
Kammen 25F 64
Transliteration:
Kammen 25F 30
Music:
Kammen 25F30
Additional song notes:
From the drama "Strarker Fun Libe"
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
9183
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Trumpet:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Track comment:
From the drama "Shtarker Fun Libe."
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז

Also known as:
Belz
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
Subject:
Place/Belz/Childhood
Origin:
GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
Transliteration:
Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
Music:
GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
Additional song notes:
From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b) Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
9985
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
First line:
Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
First line:
װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
Track comment:
Levone/ Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt/
Style:
Instrumental

Mazl — מזל

Also known as:
Mayn Mazl
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Lament/Waltz
Subject:
Life/Fate/Happiness/Regret
Song comment:
Introduced in the film "Mamele".
Origin:
GYF 48/Alb F-024(e)/Metro Scher 30
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/Warem 136/GYF 48/Alb D-004(k)/Alb W-031(a)/SM Scher 7
Translation:
Alb T-015(c)/GYF 51/Alb D-004(k)/Alb W-031(a)/
Music:
Warem 136/GYF 49/MS Scher 7
Additional song notes:
Luck/Fate Karsten Troyke characterizes this erroneously as "Traditional" On Alb T-028(b) it is recorded under title "Mazl Du Shaynst Amol Far Yeydem"
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
10074
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Trumpet:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
First line:
Mazl, du sheynst a mol far yedn, Far yedn nor nit far mir,
First line (Yiddish):
מזל, דו שײנסט אַ מאָל פֿאַר יעדן, פֿאַר יעדן נאָר ניט פֿאַר מיר,
Track comment:
Medley with Shloymele - Malke/ Libes Shmertsn
Language:
Yiddish

Mazl Tov (For Mark And Karen, Ins) — טזל טוֹבֿ (מאַרק און קאַרען)

On album:
S-048(c) (Klezmer Suite The Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra)
Track ID:
10099
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra — אַנדי סטאַטמאַן קלעזמער אָרקעסטער
B and E Flat Clarinets:
Statman, Andy
Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Guitar:
Jones, Bob
French Horn/Trumpet:
Steinberg, David
Drums/Percussion:
Lazarowitz, Barry
Trumpet:
Ponomarey, Valery
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Oyf A Khasene In Beserabia (Instr) — אױף אַ חתונה אין בעסעראַביאַ

On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
11812
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Orchestra
Style:
Instrumental

Old European Waltz Medley (Instr) — אױף אַ חתונה אין בעסעראַביאַ (אינסטר)

On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
11426
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Orchestra
Track comment:
Vu Iz Dos Gesele/ Russian Lullaby/ Zing Feygele Zing

Opfirn Di Mekhutonim In Ternovka — אָפּפֿירן די מחותּנים אין טערנאָװקאַ

On album:
S-048(c) (Klezmer Suite The Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra)
Track ID:
11516
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra — אַנדי סטאַטמאַן קלעזמער אָרקעסטער
B and E Flat Clarinet:
Statman, Andy
Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Guitar:
Jones, Bob
French Horn/Trumpet:
Steinberg, David
Drums/Percussion:
Lazarowitz, Barry
Trumpet:
Ponomarey, Valery

Oy Volt Ikh Gevolt — אױ װאָלט איך געװאָלט

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Marriage/Married Life/Wants/Ideals/Peace/Rituals/Nation
Additional song notes:
From the play by Isidor Friedman and Israel Rosenberg "Wish Me Luck"
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
11797
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Oy, volt ikh gevolt, dem khupe tsu bashtimen, oy, volt ikh..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, װאָלט איך געװאָלט, דעם חופּה צו באַשטימען, אױ, װאָלט איך...
Language:
Yiddish

Oy Keshinev Oy Keshinev (Instr) — אױ קעשינעװ אױ קעשינעװ

On album:
xT-013(a)
Track ID:
11746
Author:
Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
First line:
Shpil mikh klezmorimlekh, dos keshiniver shtikele, ober...
First line:
שפּיל זשע מיר קלעזמאָרימלעך, דאָס קעשיניװער שטעקעלע, אָבער...
Track comment:
Recorded under "Oy Kishinev, Oy Kishinev"
Style:
Instrumental

Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt — אױ מאַמע, בין איך פֿאַרליבט

Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Love
Subject:
Love/Mother/Daughter/Klezmer Youth/Violin
Transliteration:
Warem 159/Alb I-013(a)
Translation:
Alb T-015(c)/Alb S-068(a)/Alb I-013(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
11762
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Track comment:
Levone/ Mayn Shtetele Belz
Style:
Istrumental

Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן

Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht
Also known as:
A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)
Also known as:
El Chiclerito
Also known as:
Freylekhe Yidelekh
Also known as:
Sigaryot
Also known as:
Kupite Papirosy
Author:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Composer:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family
Origin:
Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a
Music:
Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267
Additional song notes:
Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate
On album:
T-007(d) (Tanz! With Dave Tarras And Sam Musiker)
Track ID:
12104
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Clarinet:
Musiker, Sam — מוזיקער, סעם
Clarinet:
Musiker, Ray
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Shloymele Malkele — שלמהלע מלכּהלע

Also known as:
Oy Malkele Oy Shloymele
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Brother/Sister/Love/
Origin:
Metro Scher 30
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/SM Scher 9
Translation:
Alb M-068(a)55
Music:
SM Scher 9
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Dos Galitsiyaner Rebele". Shloymele" is an imposter and not biologically related to (Malkele)
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
14049
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
First line:
A shvester bin ikh dir a trayer, Oy, bruderl, her zikh nor..
First line:
אַ שװעסטער בין איך אַ טײַערע, אױ ברודער, הער זיך נאָר אײַן,
Track comment:
Medley with Mazl and Libes Shmertsn
Style:
Instrumental

Sher — שער

Also known as:
Rusishe Sher
Also known as:
Rusisher Sher
Also known as:
Russian Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Rushisher
Also known as:
Sher, Russian
Also known as:
Galician Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Galacian
Also known as:
Sher, Galitsianer
Also known as:
Galitsianer Sher
Also known as:
Russian Scissors
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Dance
On album:
K-026(d)1 (Shpil Es Nokh A Mol Musique juive d'Europe centrale)
Track ID:
13104
Artist:
Le Gaulois, Maurice Klezmer Orch
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ

Sher — שער

Also known as:
Rusishe Sher
Also known as:
Rusisher Sher
Also known as:
Russian Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Rushisher
Also known as:
Sher, Russian
Also known as:
Galician Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Galacian
Also known as:
Sher, Galitsianer
Also known as:
Galitsianer Sher
Also known as:
Russian Scissors
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Dance
On album:
T-007(i) (Dave Tarras Volume One)
Track ID:
13108
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ

Sher — שער

Also known as:
Rusishe Sher
Also known as:
Rusisher Sher
Also known as:
Russian Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Rushisher
Also known as:
Sher, Russian
Also known as:
Galician Sher
Also known as:
Sher, Galacian
Also known as:
Sher, Galitsianer
Also known as:
Galitsianer Sher
Also known as:
Russian Scissors
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Dance
On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
13109
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Orchestra

Rad Halayla (Medley) — רד הלילה

On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
12580
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
First line:
Rad halayla, rav shireynu, Habokeya lashamayim. Shuvi,....
First line (Instrumental):
רד הלילה, רב שירנו, הבּוֹקע לשמים. שוּבי, שוּבי הוֹרתנו,
Track comment:
Oyfn Pripet/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Rad Halayle/
Language:
Instrumental

Remember The Yiddish Theatre-Instr

On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
12712
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Orchestra
First line:
/A Hopkele
Track comment:
Hot A Yid A Vaybele/ Oy S'iz Gut/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn/Others

Selections From Shulamith (Instr) — פֿראַגמענטן פֿון שולמית (אינסטר)

On album:
T-007(k) (Freilachs For Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Other Celebrations 3 — הלק ג ושאר חגיגות שירי שׂמחות לחתונות, בּק מצוות)
Track ID:
13312
Author/Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Orchestra
Track comment:
Includes Rozinkes Mit Mandlen and other melodies

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/SM Scher 1
Additional song notes:
Also translated on CD B-076(a)
On album:
T-007(c) (Freilach In Hi-Fi Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
13728
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Artist:
Levin, Lou, trumpet
Track comment:
Ikh Farlibt/ Mayn Shtetele Belz/
Style:
Instrumental

Sheyne Malke — שײנע מלכּה

On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
13741
Composer:
Weisman, L.
Author:
Kressyn, Miriam — קרעסן, מיריאַם
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Sheyne Malke, sheynst dokh vi di shtern, du bist shtarker...
First line:
שײנע מלכּה, שײַנסט דאָך װי די שטערן, דו ביסט שטאַרקער פֿון...

Vos Du Vilst, Dos Vil Ikh Oykh — װאָס דו װילסט, דאָס װיל איך אױך

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Constancy
Transliteration:
Alb H-007(a)/Warem 220/SM Moskow 51
Music:
Warem 220/SM Moscow 52
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Pini From Pinchev"
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
16675
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Track comment:
Skrip Klezmer Skr../ Vus Du Vilst../ Esheys Khayil/
Style:
Instrumental

Vot Ken You Makh? Es Iz Amerike! — װאָט קען יו מאַך? עס איז אַמעריקע?

Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theater/Shund/Humor
Subject:
Customs/America/Europe/Life Style/
Transliteration:
Alb K-030(c)/Alb G-048(d)/Alb K-059(e)/Ephemera 1458
Translation:
Alb K-030(c)/Alb K-059(e)/Ephemera 1458
Additional song notes:
How do you figure it out ? What can you do? It's America See Ephemera 1458 - Aaron lebedeff credited with lyrics Sholom Secunda with music
On album:
T-007(j) (Dave Tarras Yiddish-American Klezmer Music 1925-1956)
Track ID:
16755
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra — אַלעקסאַנדער אָלשאַנעצקי אָרקעסטער
First line:
Keyn amerike tsu kumen, hob ikh keyn mi geshport,
First line:
קיין אַמעריקע צו קומען, האָב איך קײן מי געשפּאָרט,
Track comment:
Recorded under "What Can You Mach S'is America"

V'korev P'zurenu — וקרב פּזוּרינוּ

Genre:
Religious/Prayer
Subject:
Dispersion/Ingathering
Origin:
Pasternak CH 149
Transliteration:
Alb C-015(b)/Pasternak CH 96
Translation:
Alb C-015(b)/Pasternak CH 149
On album:
F-002(b) (Rejoice Torah In Song Wedding In The Old Country)
Track ID:
16167
Vocal:
Margolin, Adele
Vocal:
Freeman, Mort — פֿרימאַן, מאָרט
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
V'korev p'zurenu miben hagoyim unfutsosenu kanes miyarkse...
First line (Hebrew):
וקרב פּזוּרינוּ מבּין הגוים וּנפצוֹתינוּ כּנס מירכּתי ארץ.
Track comment:
Same melody as "Yismekhu Hashamayim"
Language:
Hebrew

Vyokh Tiokh Tiokh — װיאָך טיאָך טיאָך

Genre:
Theater/Love/Cabaret/Concert/Novelty
Subject:
Steadfast/Fidelity/Love/Blessing
Origin:
Ephemera 1165
Translation:
Ephemera 1165
Additional song notes:
Sheet music does not credit author or composer. Indicates arrangement by Rumshinsky and that lyrics are based on "gedank fun Lebedev" Abe Ellstein sometimes credited as composer. Moyshe Oysher sometimes credited with the lyrics. From the musical comedy "Dos Heyst Gelibt"
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
16188
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Du bist mayn rukhele, mayn mazl, mayn brukhele,
First line:
דו ביסט מײַן רחל'ע, מײַן מזל, מײַן בּרכהלע, מײַן קלײנע, מײַן...

Yankele — יאַנקעלע

Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Yankele
Also known as:
Shlof Shoyn Mayn Yankele
Author:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Composer:
Gebirtig, Mordkhe — געבירטיג, מרדכי
Genre:
Folk/Lullabye
Subject:
Child/Sleep/Teeth/Crying/Student/Wet/Khosn
Origin:
ML MTAG 08/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 60/Alb L-022(a)/Alb F-024(e)/
Transliteration:
GYF 63/ML MTAG 08/Alb R-007(f)1/Alb R-001(a)/Alb P-001(a)/Alb L-022(a)
Translation:
Alb H-006(a)/Alb G-022(a)/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 63/Alb O-001(c)/Alb P-001(a
Music:
ML MTAG 09/GYF 61/
Additional song notes:
See also Ephemera 918 for Yiddish text, translation and transliteration
Related information in folder 745:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
R-016(a) (Sing and Dance Some Freilachs with Seymour Rechtzeit)
Track ID:
17119
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Shlof zhe mir shoyn, Yankele, mayn sheyner, Di eygelekh,
First line (Yiddish):
שלאָף זשע מיר שױן, יאַנקעלע, מײַן שײנער, די אײגעלעך, די...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Pop

Yas — יאַס

Also known as:
Mayn Shtetele Yas
Also known as:
Mayn Shtetl Yas
Author:
Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס
Composer:
Kletter, Max — קלעטער, מאַקס
Genre:
Place/Memory
Subject:
Shtetl/Yas/Home
Origin:
GYF 56/Alb F-024(e)
Transliteration:
Alb K-07(b)/GYF 59
Translation:
GYF 59
Music:
GYF 57
Related information in folder 804:
Comments:
1. Yiddish Text
On album:
T-007(e) (Freilech In HI Fi Volume 2 Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
17174
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Murray Lehrer Ensemble
Style:
Instrumental

Kale Bazetsuns Un A Freylekhs — כּלה באַזעצונס און אַ פֿרײליכס

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Wedding/Folk Ritual
On album:
K-026(g) (Klezmer Pioneers European And American Recordings 1905-1952)
Track ID:
19889
Conductor:
Cherniavsky, Joseph — טשערניאָװסקי, יאָסף
Coronet:
Beckerman, Sam
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Cherniavsky's Yiddishe Jazz Band — טשערניאָװסקי, ייַדישע דזאַז באַנד
Track comment:
NY Nov 16, 1925

Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid — דעם טריסקער רבּינס חסיד

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Chassidic
Additional song notes:
The Follower of the Rebbe of Trisk
On album:
K-026(g) (Klezmer Pioneers European And American Recordings 1905-1952)
Track ID:
19902
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
NY Sept 1925
Style:
Instrumental

Ternovker Sher (Instr, Medley) — טערנאָװקער שער (אינסטר, מעדלי)

On album:
R-034(c) (Brave Old World Beyond The Pale — אױף יענער זײַט תחום)
Track ID:
22208
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Brave Old World
Track comment:
Part of "Oy Di Dreydlekh"- Ternovker Sher/ Der Ziser Bulgar

A Glezele Vayn — אַ גלעזעלע װײַן

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Additional song notes:
A Little Glass of Wine
On album:
B-065(a) (Folklore Yiddish D'Europe Centrale Budapester Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
22449
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Budapester Klezmer Band
Track comment:
Album Notes credit Tarras as composer
Language:
Instrumental

Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid — דעם טריסקער רבּינס חסיד

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Chassidic
Additional song notes:
The Follower of the Rebbe of Trisk
On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23201
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
NY Sept 1925
Style:
Instrumental

Sha Sha Di Shviger Kumt (Instr) — שאַ שאַ די שװיגער קומט (אינסטר)

On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23202
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
NY Sept 1925
Style:
Instrumental

Dem Monistrisher Rebns Khosidl — דעם מאָניסטרישער רבּנס חסידל

Genre:
Klezmer/Instr/Freylekhs
On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23204
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
NY Sept 1925
Style:
Intrumental/Klezmer

Tayere Odesa (Instr) — טײַערע אָדעסאַ (אינסטר)

On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23206
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Recorded under "Mayn Tayere Odessa" Jan 1926

Nisht Gezorgt (Instr, Tarras) — נישט געזאָגט (אינסטר, טאַראַס)

On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23207
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Jan 1926

A Rumeynisher Nign — אַ רומײנישער ניגון

On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23210
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
April 1927
Style:
Instrumental

Undzer Toyrele — אונדזער תּורהלע

Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Additional song notes:
Our Dearest Torah
On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23212
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Jan 1928
Style:
Instrumental

Dem Tsadiks Zemerl — דעם צדיקס זמרל

Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental/Chassidic
Additional song notes:
The Sage's Melody
On album:
T-007(l) (Early Dave Tarras 1925-1928 Shloimke Beckerman 1923-1924)
Track ID:
23213
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Jan 1928
Style:
Instrumental

Opshpil Far Di Mekhutonim — אָפּשפּיל פֿאַר די מחותנים

On album:
K-026(i) (Doyres Traditional Klezmer Recordings 1979-1994 — דורות)
Track ID:
23287
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Accordion:
Beckerman, Sam
Drums:
Graetz, Irving
Track comment:
From album Dave Tarras, Master of the Jewish Clarinet T-07(f
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer

Another Glass Of Wine (Instr) — נאָך אַ גלעזעלע װײַן

On album:
K-026(i) (Doyres Traditional Klezmer Recordings 1979-1994 — דורות)
Track ID:
23288
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Andy Statman Klezmer Orchestra — אַנדי סטאַטמאַן קלעזמער אָרקעסטער
Clarinet/Mandolin:
Statman, Andy
Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Guitar:
Jones, Bob
French Horn/Trumpet:
Steinberg, David
Track comment:
From album "Klezmer Suite" S-48(c)
Style:
Instrumental

Beserabian Sirba — בעסעראַביאַן סירבאַ

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Dance
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30736
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Tarras Instrumental Trio
Track comment:
Originally recorded NY, ca. 1941, Colonial COL LP 218, Jewish Wedding Dances
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
1:54

A Vaybele A Tsnue — אַ װײַבעלע אַ צנועה

Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater/Pop
Subject:
Wife/Virtue/Piety
Origin:
SH 583
Transliteration:
Ephemera 334/SH 583
Music:
SH 583
Additional song notes:
pious woman = ""צנועה - virtue (tsnies) = צניות
Related information in folder 362:
Document type:
Email
Author:
Itzik Goldenberg
Publisher:
Mendele
Date:
11/27/1997
Comments:
Transliteration of the song.
On album:
K-093(a) (Klezmer / Yiddish Swing Music)
Track ID:
30796
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
First line:
A vaybele a tsnie a koshere metsie,
First line (Yiddish):
אַ װײַבעלע אַ צניען, אַ כּשרערע מציאה, גיט איז דעם
Track comment:
Originally Recorded 1942
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop/Swing/Duet
Length:
2:45

Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid — דעם טריסקער רבּינס חסיד

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Chassidic
Additional song notes:
The Follower of the Rebbe of Trisk
On album:
S-083(b)1 (The Burning Bush/ Best of Yiddish, Klezmer & Sephardic Music 1)
Track ID:
26592
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Burning Bush
Track comment:
with Dem Monastrishers Rebns Khosidl/Mayn Tayere Odes
Style:
Instrumental

Tekheyias Hameysim (Instr) — תחית המתים

On album:
O-014(a) (Oytsres / Treasures / Klezmer Music 1908-1996 — אוצרות \ כּלי-זמר מוזיק)
Track ID:
27831
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Field Recording by Andre Hajdu, Meron, Israel 1968
Style:
Klezmer/Folk/Instrumental
Length:
002:03

Rumenye, Rumenye — רומעניע, רומעניע

Author:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Composer:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Double Entendre/Skat/Humorous/Nostal
Subject:
Rumania/Place/Food/Women
Origin:
GYF 12
Transliteration:
Alb G-013(c)/CD K-068(e)/AAlb L-002(a)Alb L-023(a)/Alb J-24(a)1
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/GYF 12/Alb K-029(g)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb W-031(a)
Music:
Warem 175/GYF 12
Related information in folder 397:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Yiddish text with transliteration and English adaptation. Also, various versions.
On album:
F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
28534
Vocal:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Orchestra Leader:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Ekh! Rumenye (6x), geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne, dort tsu voynen iz..
First line (Yiddish):
עך, רומעניע (6), געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שיינע, דאָרט צו װױנען איז אַ ...
Track comment:
Originally Recorded Feb 13, 1941, Columbia 8306F
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatre/Vaudville/Song and Dance/Klezmer

Sholom Aleichem Kurtse Bargrisung — שלום עליכם קורצע באַגריסונג

Author:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Genre:
Speech
Subject:
Dedication Jewish Ethnographic Musuem, St Petersburg, 1914
Song comment:
Fragment
Translation:
Alb U-006(a)
On album:
U-006(a) (Treasure Of Jewish Culture In Ukraine)
Track ID:
27861
Vocal:
Sholom Aleichem — שלום עליכם
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Ikh heys sholom aleichem...gekumen tsu forn..
First line (Yiddish):
איך הײס שלום עליכם...געקומען צו פֿאָרן...
Track comment:
St Petersburg, 1914
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Speech
Length:
001:44

Freylekhs (Khasidic Tune) — פֿרײלעכס (חסידיק ניגון)

Genre:
Chasidic
On album:
U-006(a) (Treasure Of Jewish Culture In Ukraine)
Track ID:
27862
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Recorded ca. 1912-1914
Style:
Nigun/Acapella/Chasidic/Field Recording
Length:
001:01

Gelebt Un Gelakht — געלעבט און געלאַכט

Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs
On album:
O-014(a) (Oytsres / Treasures / Klezmer Music 1908-1996 — אוצרות \ כּלי-זמר מוזיק)
Track ID:
27825
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Track comment:
Columbia 8193-F /Recorded New York, March, 1929
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs
Length:
003:09

Adyey Mayn Foterland — אַדיע מײַן פֿאָטערלאַנד

Genre:
Separation/Emigration
Subject:
Emigration/Parting
Origin:
Neslen 11.6
Transliteration:
Neslen 11.6
Translation:
Neslen 11.6
Music:
Neslen 11.6
On album:
N-025(a) (Chaim Neslen - Selected Songs)
Track ID:
27742
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Lang, lang, bin ikh geshtanen, bay dem breg fun yam. Di shif geyt op fun danen
First line (Yiddish):
לאַנג, לאַנג, בין איך געשטאַנען, בײַ דעם ברעג פֿון ים. די שיף...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Field Recording/Acapella/Fragment

Dovid Shpil Es Nokh A Mol — דוד שפּיל עס נאָך אַ מאָל

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Bulgar/Freylekhs
Music:
Comp Klez 32
On album:
O-014(a) (Oytsres / Treasures / Klezmer Music 1908-1996 — אוצרות \ כּלי-זמר מוזיק)
Track ID:
27826
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
Vocalion A67175 /Recorded New York, December, 1929
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Doyne/Freylekhs
Length:
003:04

Yiddishe Hora Und Sarba Maracinei

Composer:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Genre:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
O-014(a) (Oytsres / Treasures / Klezmer Music 1908-1996 — אוצרות \ כּלי-זמר מוזיק)
Track ID:
27824
Artist:
Alexander Olshanetsky Orchestra — אַלעקסאַנדער אָלשאַנעצקי אָרקעסטער
Tsimbolem:
Moskowitz, Joseph
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Arranger:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Track comment:
Brunswick 67112-A /Recorded New York, August, 1928
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Terkish/Romanian
Length:
003:12

Wedding Samba

Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Author:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Author:
Small, Allan
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Liebowitz, Joseph
Composer:
Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
Genre:
Dance/Samba/Latin
Subject:
Wedding/Marriage/Place/Rio Grande
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man" - See also "Der Nayer Sher" See Heskes 3368
Related information in folder 485:
Document type:
Lyrics
Author:
Internet
Publisher:
International Lyrics Playground
Comments:
Lyrics -- "Wedding Samba erroneously credited to Edmund Ros
On album:
G-057(c) (Funny It Doesn't Sound Jewish/ Compilation by Jack Gottlieb accompaning book with same title.)
Track ID:
31689
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Orchestra Leader:
Medoff, Sam
First line:
Way down in the land of the Rio Grande, when people are married
Language:
English
Style:
Lantin/Samba/Orchestral Accompaniment
Length:
0:31

Dem Pastekhs Kholem — דער פּאַסטעכס חלום

Composer:
Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
Composer:
Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Shepherd/Lost Sheep/Dream/Land Renewed/Zion
Song comment:
From the musical "Dos Faqrblondzheter Sheyfele"/See Heskes entry 504
On album:
F-045(a)1 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 1)
Track ID:
28523
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Track comment:
See Entry 547 Heskes/Originally recorded Jan, 1928 Columbia 8162 F
Style:
Instrumental/March/Two Step

Dem Monistrisher Rebns Khosidl — דעם מאָניסטרישער רבּנס חסידל

Genre:
Klezmer/Instr/Freylekhs
On album:
038b (Tarras, Dave/ Dem Monastrishtsher Rebns.../ Bulgar Tants)
Track ID:
29887
Artist:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Style:
Instrumental

Di Boyberiker Khasene Part 1 — די בױבעריקער חתונה (טייל 1)

Genre:
Klezmer/Parody/Humor
Subject:
Wedding/Badkhn/Bride/Kale Bazetsn/Sorrow/Orphan/Poverty
On album:
036v (Boyberiker Kapelye/ Di Boyberiker Khasene / Teyl 1 un 2)
Track ID:
29850
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Violin:
Katz, Beresh — קאַץ, בערעש
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Trombone:
Levitt, Jack
Tuba:
Drutin, Moe
Director:
Gross, Hirsh — גראָס, הירש
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Comic/Parody

Der Nayer Sher — דער נײַער שער

Also known as:
Dem Nayem Sher
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer
Subject:
Sher/Klezmer/Dance/Wedding
Transliteration:
Warem 40/Alb K-030(d)
Translation:
Alb K-030(d)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 40
On album:
K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
Track ID:
30738
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Organ:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
First line:
Hey, du klezmer, nem dem fidl, shpil dos naye lidl, tantsn vet men dem nayem..
First line:
הײ דו קלעזמער, נעם דעם פֿידל, שפּיל דאָס נײַע לידל, טאַנצן װעט מען דעם …
Track comment:
Way down in the land of the Rio Grande, when people are married, they play…
Language:
English/Yiddish
Style:
Samba/Klezmer
Length:
3:13

Di Boyberiker Khasene Part 1 — די בױבעריקער חתונה (טייל 1)

Genre:
Klezmer/Parody/Humor
Subject:
Wedding/Badkhn/Bride/Kale Bazetsn/Sorrow/Orphan/Poverty
On album:
M-047(c) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection A)
Track ID:
35557
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Violin:
Katz, Beresh — קאַץ, בערעש
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Trombone:
Levitt, Jack
Tuba:
Drutin, Moe
Director:
Gross, Hirsh — גראָס, הירש
First line:
Sha, Klezmorim...lomir upshpiln a mazltov di mekhutonim, khvera, shpil mir...
First line (Yiddish):
שאַ, קלעזמאָרים...לאָמיר אופּשפּילן אַ מזל טובֿ די מחותּנים, חבֿרה, שפּיל מיר אַ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Parody
Length:
3:20

Der Nayer Sher — דער נײַער שער

Also known as:
Dem Nayem Sher
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer
Subject:
Sher/Klezmer/Dance/Wedding
Transliteration:
Warem 40/Alb K-030(d)
Translation:
Alb K-030(d)/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 40
On album:
K-026(m) (Klezmer! Jewish Music From Old World To Our World)
Track ID:
28087
Artist:
Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Vocal:
Beyglemen Sisters
First line:
Dem neyem sher, dem neyem sher, ale in eynem tantst dem nayem sher,
First line (Yiddish):
דעם נײַעם שער, דעם נײַעם שער, אַלע אין אײנעם טאַנצט דעם נײַעם שער
Track comment:
Originally recorded 1940
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Freylekhs

Di Boyberiker Khasene Part 2 — די בױבעריקער חתונה (טייל 2)

Genre:
Klezmer/Parody/Humor
Subject:
Wedding/Badkhn/Groom/Khusn/Orphan/Poverty/Shrew/Crippled
On album:
M-047(c) (Cantors Klezmorim and Crooners: 1905-1953 / Classic Yiddish 78s from the Mayrent Collection A)
Track ID:
35566
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Violin:
Katz, Beresh — קאַץ, בערעש
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Trombone:
Levitt, Jack
Tuba:
Drutin, Moe
Director:
Gross, Hirsh — גראָס, הירש
First line:
Oy, ot iz dos geven a groys shtikele...git mir a tun un veln mir bazingen dem...
First line (Yiddish):
אוי, אָט איז דאָס געווען אַ גרויס שטיקעלע...גיט מיר אַ טון און מיר וועלן...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Parody
Length:
3:12

Freilach 11

Genre:
Klezmer/ Clarinet / Doyne/ Instrumental
Additional song notes:
Same melody as "Firn Di Mekhutunim Aheym"
On album:
K-031(b) (Songs for the Jewish-American Jet Set/ The Tikva Records Story 1950-1973)
Track ID:
36787
Clarinet:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Doyne
Length:
2:33

Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid — דעם טריסקער רבּינס חסיד

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Chassidic
Additional song notes:
The Follower of the Rebbe of Trisk
On album:
A-095(a) (Anthology of Jewish Music / Yiddish Hebrew & Klezmer)
Track ID:
40254
Artist:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Length:
3:13