Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video)
- Album ID:
- V0258
- Format:
- DVD
- Publisher:
- Docurama Films/WNET
- Date of issuance:
- 2012
- Playing time:
- 95:00
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Provenance:
- Purchase WNET, April 2012
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Pop/Comedy/Biography/Documentary
- Where produced:
- USA
- Number of tracks:
- 18
- Penn library link:
- Returned by Katyia
- Related information in folder 1172:
- Comments:
- 1. Article from the Thomashefskys offical website as of 2012 providing biographies of the artist performing on the DVD.
2. Higlhlights in the lives of Boris and Bessy Thomashefsky frpm the Thomasshefskys official website as of 2012
3. Article in the Yiddish Forverts of April20-26, 2012 by Itzik Gottesman titled "Di Tomashevskis"
Contents
Incidental Music.. Minke Di Dinstmoyd (Video)
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
- Additional song notes:
- Minke The Maid
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36882
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
Vi MenerLibn (Video) — ווי מענער ליבן (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Richter, Moyshe — ריכטער, משה
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Love/Theater/Operetta
- Subject:
- Love/Men/Separation/Feelings
- Additional song notes:
- The Way Men Love from the operetta of the same name
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36883
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Brancoveanu, Eugene
- First line:
- Words not audible
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theater/Operetta/Concert
Fun Downtown Uptown (Video)
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theater/Kleamer/Vaudville
- Subject:
- Place/Change/Mobility/Immigration/Class/Address
- Origin:
- Alb G-13(a)
- Transliteration:
- Sheet Music 862/Ephemra 1635
- Translation:
- Ephemra 1635
- Music:
- SM 862
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36884
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Blazer, Judy
- Vocal:
- Hensley, Shuler
- Vocal:
- Widmann-Levy, Ronit
- Vocal:
- Brancoveanu, Eugene
- First line:
- Fun downtown, uptown, we're changing our addresses, fun downtown uptown,..
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theater/Klezmer/Concert
Vatch Your Step (Video) — װאַטש יאָר סטעפ (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theatre/Immigrant/Klezmer/Humorous
- Subject:
- America/Pressure/Stress/Haste/Subway/Park
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(f)
- Translation:
- Alb K-029(f)Alb M-068(a)55
- Additional song notes:
- From the musical - Berele Tremp/ See Heskes 1 entry 1216 respecting sheet music.
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36885
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Blazer, Judy
- Vocal:
- Hensley, Shuler
- Vocal:
- Widmann-Levy, Ronit
- Vocal:
- Brancoveanu, Eugene
- First line:
- Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes, running to your shop,
- First line:
- אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theater/Klezmer/Concert
Shtoyst Zikh On (Video) — שטויסט זיך אָן (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Bessie — טאָמאַשעװסקי, בעסי
- Genre:
- Theater/Humorous
- Subject:
- Guess/Mothers/Fathers/Fashion/Concern/Daughters/Pregnancy
- Additional song notes:
- Give A Guess
Part of Dos Pintele Yid Medley with Dos Pintele Yid and Bar Mitzvah March
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36886
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conducter:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Blazer, Judy
- First line:
- The latest fashion now all days, so troubling to tates un mames,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Theater/Concert/Humorous/Novelty/Vaudeville
Bar Mitzvah March (Video) — בּר־מצוה מאַרש
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
- Composer:
- Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
- Composer:
- Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theater/Klezmer
- Subject:
- Bar Mitzva/Manhood/Celebration/March/Sing/Joy
- Origin:
- SM Dropsie 30
- Transliteration:
- SM Dropsie 30
- Music:
- SM Dropsie 30
- Additional song notes:
- Part of Medley from Dos Pintele Yid with Dos Pintele Yid and Shtoyst Zikh On
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36887
- First line:
- Celebrate you yidelekh, sing little lidelekh, rejoyce and march your way to…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Theater/Concert/March
Act I Introduction The Tomashevskys (Video)
- Author:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Genre:
- Spoken Word/ Introduction
- Subject:
- Bessie Tomashevsky/Boris Tomashevsky/Yiddish Theater/Purpose
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36867
- Vocal:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- First line:
- Ladies and gentlemen, welcome, tonight we're going to tell you a story,...
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
Overture To Khantshe In America (Video)
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Concert
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36868
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Concert
Hob Ikh Mir A Mantl — האָב איך מיר אַ מאַנטל
- Also known as:
- A Mantl (Hob Ikh Mir A Mantl)
- Also known as:
- I Had A Little Coat
- Also known as:
- The Coat
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Material/Coat/Recycle/Haaaacket/Vest/Tie/Button/Song
- Origin:
- Kinderbuch 168/Alb S-062(a)/Alb S-085(a)/Alb A-036(a)/Alb T-018(a)/
- Transliteration:
- Kinderbuch 168/Alb T-018(a)/Alb S-062(a)/Alb S-085(a)/Alb A-036(a)/Kinderland
- Translation:
- S-062(a)/S-085(a)/A-036(a)/T-018(a)/O-001(a)/Kinderbuch 168/Schwartz 15
- Music:
- Kinderbuch 168/Schwartz 15/Ephemera 1520 p 22
- Additional song notes:
- I Have An Overcoat
Published under "Epes Fun Fornisht in Ephemera
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36869
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Blazer, Judy
- First line:
- Hob ikh mir a mantl fun fartsaytikn shtof (6) hot er mit zikh keyn eyntsikn..
- First line (Yiddish):
- האָב איך מיר אַ מאַנטל פֿון פֿארצײַטיקן שטאָף (6) האָט עס אין זיך קיין...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Folk/Concert/Theater
The Bowery (1892)(Video)
- Author:
- Hoyt, Charles H.
- Composer:
- Gaunt, Percy
- Genre:
- Commentary/Spoken Word
- Subject:
- Bowery/Broadway/Sights/Auction/Bouncer/Barber/Assault
- Origin:
- Ephemera 1166
- Additional song notes:
- The song "The Bowery" was not sung. The commentary was used only to introduce the next track.
- Related information in folder 1166:
- Comments:
- 1. Text and History of the song.
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36870
- Vocal:
- Hensley, Shuler
- First line:
- Wolf took me to a matinee performance on the bowery, a melodrama…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
Mirele's Romance (Video)
- Author:
- Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Theater/Operetta
- Additional song notes:
- From Koldunye (The Corceress) (1879
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36871
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Widmann-Levy, Ronit
- First line:
- Vos ken ikh aykh dersteyln vayter…
- First line (Yiddish):
- וואָס קען איך אײַך דערציילן ווײַטער...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Theater/Operetta
Overture to Koldunye (Video)
- Author:
- Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Theater/Instrumental/Concert/Klezmer
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36872
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Style:
- Concert/Theater/Instrumental/Klezmer
Bobkelekh (Video) — באָבקעלעך (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
- Composer:
- Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
- Genre:
- Operetta/Concert/Theater
- Subject:
- Food/Hotcakes/Peddler/Poverty/
- Additional song notes:
- Hotcakes
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36873
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Brancoveanu, Eugene
- First line:
- Iz nor eyner oyf der velt, vos lebt oyf zayne yorn…fardinen a bisele gelt…
- First line (Yiddish):
- איז נאָר איינער אויף דער וועלטת וואָס לעבט אויף זײַנע יאָרן...פֿאַרדינען אַ..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Theater/Operetta
Vi Gefloygn Kum Ikh Vider (Video) — ווי געפֿלויגן קום איך ווידער (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Latiner, Joseph — לאַטינער, יוסף
- Composer:
- Minkowsky, Giacomo
- Genre:
- Theater/Operetta/Concert/Duet
- Additional song notes:
- As If On Wings I Come
From Alexander, Crown Prince of Jerusalem (1892)
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36874
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Artist:
- Widmann-Levy, Ronit
- Vocal:
- Brancoveanu, Eugene
- First line:
- Vi gefloygn kum ikh vider…her zikh tsu tsu mayne lider…
- First line (Yiddish):
- ווי געפֿלויגן קום איך ווידער...הער זיך צו צו מײַנע לידער...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Concert/Theater/Operetta/Duet
Kaddish (Video) — קגיש (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
- Composer:
- Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
- Genre:
- Theater/Drama
- Additional song notes:
- Listed on the Liner Notes as item 9, but not on the video disc.
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36875
- Vocal:
- Hensley, Shuler
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- First line:
- Mayn fater, mayn fater, oy, oy, oy, the audience ate it up, at the curtain…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Dramatic/Spoken Word
Medley From "Dos Pintele Yid" (Video) — מעדלי פֿון ,,דאָס פּינטעלע ייִד'' (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
- Composer:
- Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
- Composer:
- Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theater/Medley
- Subject:
- Spirit/Yiddishkeyt/Spark
- Additional song notes:
- A Little Spark of Jewishness - persecution/steadfast
Shtoyst Zikh On (Give A Guess) - off color
Bar Mitzvah March - Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36876
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Widmann-Levy, Ronit
- Vocal:
- Hensley, Shuler
- Vocal:
- Brancoveanu, Eugene
- Vocal:
- Widmann-Levy, Ronit
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Theater/Medley/Novelty/Humorous/Vaudeville
Reprise From "Dos Pintele Yid" (Video)
- Author:
- Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
- Composer:
- Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
- Composer:
- Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Theater
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36877
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Style:
- Klezmer/Theater
Greenhorn Medley (Video)
- Author:
- Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
- Composer:
- Friedsel, Louis — פֿרידזעל, לואיס
- Genre:
- Theater/Song & Dance/Vaudeville/Comedy
- Additional song notes:
- There are additional composers not named in the liner notes.
Ikh Blayb A Bokher - Marriage/Bachelor
The Green Maid
The Green Tailor
The Green Shlimiel
The Green Musician
The Green Children
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36878
- Vocal:
- Blazer, Judy
- First line:
- Her, ikh shver, iz bay mir keyn bageyr, vos toyg mir a vayb, a tsure,..
- First line (Yiddish):
- הער, איך שווער,איז ניט מײַן באַגער, וואָס טויג מיר אַ ווײַב, אַ צורה, ...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Theater/Vaudevill/Novelty
Who Do You Suppose Married My Sister? (Video)
- Author:
- Norworth, Jack
- Composer:
- Bayes, Nora
- Genre:
- Theater/Humorous/Vaudeville/Song & Dance
- Subject:
- Boris Thomashevsky/Sister/Marriage
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36879
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Vocal/Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- First line:
- When Caruso's on the stage, he think's he is mighty find, and if…he thinks he's
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Pop/Swing/Humorous/Novelty
Khantshe (Video) — כאַנטשע (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theater/Novelty/Vaudeville
- Subject:
- Chauffer/Disguise/Immigrant/Suffragette/Equality
- Transliteration:
- Ephemera 1485
- Translation:
- Ephemera 1485
- Additional song notes:
- From "Khantshe in America" 1912
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36880
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Blazer, Judy
- First line:
- When I have been needed, badly treated, cheated, since the world began,..
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Theater/Concert/Mlitant
Lebn Zol Columbus (Video) — לעבן זאָל קאָלומבוס (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
- Composer:
- Perlmutter, Arnold (Aaron) פּערלמוטער, אַרנאָלד (אהרן)
- Composer:
- Wohl, Herman — װאָל, הערמאַן
- Genre:
- Theater/Patriotic
- Subject:
- Immigration/Government/Patriotism/Peace/Democracy
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/SM Dropsie 46
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/Alb G-013(a/SM Dropsie 46
- Music:
- ML MTAG 140/Levin N 66/SM Dropsie 46
- Additional song notes:
- Long Live Columbus
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36881
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Hensley, Shuler
- Vocal:
- Brancoveanu, Eugene
- First line:
- Amerike a medinele, a mekhaye kh'lebn, es rut oyf ir dos skhinele, ikh zol es
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַמעריקע אַ מעדינאַלע, אַ מחיה כ'לעבן, עס רוט אויף איר דאָס שכינהעלע, ...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Duet/Theater/Spirited