The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien
- Album ID:
- B-081(a)
- Format:
- Audio CD
- Publisher:
- Socko Productions SP 101 (CD)
Contents
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:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25851
- Artist:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
- Artist:
- Bien, Harvey, narration
- First line:
- Of things I should be thankful for, I've had a goodly share,
- First line:
- אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט נישט בעסער אין דער װעלט,
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
Abraham And Solomon
- On album:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25844
- Artist:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey and Choir
- Track comment:
- Narration, Instrumentals, Chant, English, History
- Language:
- English
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:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25845
- Artist:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey
- First line:
- Ekh! Rumenye, geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne.
- First line (Yiddish):
- עך, רומעניע, געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שײנע.
- Language:
- Yiddish
Sephardic Medley
- On album:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25846
- Artist:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
- Track comment:
- Tu Madre Cuando Te Pario/ Adio Kerida/Yo Ribon/
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:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25852
- Vocal:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
- Narration:
- Bien, Harvey, narration
- First line:
- Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismakha. Uru...
- First line (Hebrew):
- הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
- Language:
- Hebrew
Birkat Kohanim (Zevitt) — בּרכּת כּהנים (זעוועט)
- Also known as:
- Shine On
- Genre:
- Religious/Blessing/Biblical/Numbers/Bamidbar
- Subject:
- Peace/Numbers 06:24/Bamibar 06:24
- Transliteration:
- Alb C-023(d)/Alb S-075(a)/Alb Z-020(a)
- Translation:
- Alb Z-020(a)/Alb G-056(a)/Alb M-019(a)/Alb M-030(a)/Alb S-075(a)/Alb P-002(g)/
- Additional song notes:
- Priestly Benediction
- On album:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25853
- Artist:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
- Artist:
- Bien, Harvey, narration
- First line:
- May the Lord bless you and keep you, may the Lord cause...
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Closing Prayer"--Priestly Blessing
Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך
- Also known as:
- Rabbi Eli, The King
- Also known as:
- The Merry Rebe Elie
- Author:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Composer:
- Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר
- Genre:
- Folk/Humorous
- Subject:
- Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360
- Music:
- ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44
- Additional song notes:
- See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
- Related information in folder 733:
- Comments:
- 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25847
- Artist:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
- First line:
- Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..
- First line (Yiddish):
- אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...
- Language:
- Yiddish
Wedding Medley (Instr) — חתונה מעדלי (אינסטר)
- On album:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25848
- Artist:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
- Track comment:
- Simon Tov/ Khusn Kale Mazltov/ Shtiller Bulgar/
My Zeydee
- Author:
- Yess, Moshe
- Composer:
- Levine, Sholom
- Genre:
- Pop/Instructional
- Subject:
- Grandfather/Memory/Continuity/Education/Identification
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1163 (Eng Versionj)
- Related information in folder 1163:
- Comments:
- 1. Text of my Zeydee (English)
- On album:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25849
- Vocal:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
- Narration:
- Bien, Harvey, narration
- First line:
- My zaydee lived with us in my parents home, he used to laugh
- Language:
- English
Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה
- Also known as:
- Tum Balalayke
- Also known as:
- Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
- Also known as:
- Play Balalaike
- On album:
- B-081(a) (The Songs Of A People Harvey Bien)
- Track ID:
- 25850
- Artist:
- Bien, Cantor Harvey & Choir
- Artist:
- Bien, Harvey, narration
- First line:
- Shteyt a bokher, shteyt un trakht, Trakht un trakht...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שטײט אַ בחור, שטײט און טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
- Language:
- Yiddish