A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson
- Album ID:
- D-008(a)
- Publisher:
- Beth El Records CRC 2087
- Additional notes:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society, Cantor Jerome B. Kopmar, Director.
Contents
A Mayse — אַ מעשׂה
- Also known as:
- A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse
- Additional song notes:
- See "A Mol Iz Geven A Mayse"
- On album:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 484
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- O, once there was a story, a tale so sade and tender,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Once There Was A Story"
- Language:
- English
Bay Dem Shtetl — בײַ דעם שטעטל
- Also known as:
- Shtetl M.O.
- Also known as:
- In The Valley
- Also known as:
- In Mayn Shtetl Shteyt A Shtibl
- Genre:
- Folk/Children
- Subject:
- Shtetl/Home/Parents/Family/Animals/Barnyard Sounds/Joy
- Origin:
- Rub Oak 95/R-007(b)/Kinderbuch 164/Alb L-062(a)
- Transliteration:
- Rub Oak 16/Alb O-001(c)/Kinderbuch 164/Alb R-001(a)/Alb R-007(b)/Alb R-007(f)1
- Translation:
- Rub Oak 16/Alb R-007(b)/Kinderbuch 165/Alb R-007(f)1
- Music:
- Kinderbuch 164/Rub Oak 16
- Additional song notes:
- See" Bay Dem Shtetl"
Liner notes on Alb P-038(b) and L-061(a) credit Moyshe Oysher as composer and Zalmen Rozental with the text.
Translation and Translitliteration also on Alb K-051(l) - Recorded under title as Shtetl M.O.
- On album:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 2029
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- In the valley, on the meadow, green the grass did grow,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "In The Valley"
- Language:
- English
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:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 3335
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- When the saintly Rebbe Ellie wanted people to be merry,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "The Merry Rebbe Ellie"
- Language:
- English
Dray Yingelekh (Gelbart) — דרײַ ייִנגעלעך (געלבאָרט)
- Author:
- Goichberg, Yisroel — גױכבערג, ישׂראל
- Composer:
- Gelbart, Mikhl — געלבאַרט, מיכל
- Genre:
- Children/Humorous/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Mother/Children/Names/BrothersShoes/Nuts/Mother/Cheeks
- Origin:
- Goykh 88/Alb B-007(a)/Alb O-001(c)/Gelb GB 16/Alb L-044(d)
- Transliteration:
- Kinderbukh 57/Alb B-007(a)/Alb O-001(c)
- Translation:
- Kinderbukh 57/Alb B-007(a)/Alb O-001(c)Alb L-044(d)
- Music:
- Kinderbukh 56/Gelb GB 16
- Additional song notes:
- Three Boys
- On album:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 4288
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- My mother, o, she had three sons, three sons are all she...
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "My Mother Had Three Sons"
- Language:
- English
Hob Ikh A Por Oksn — האָב איך אַ פּאָר אָקסן
- Genre:
- Folk/Children
- Subject:
- Animals/Oxen/Bears/Goats/Nonsense
- Origin:
- Ber Fef 343/Vinkov 2 33/Rub Oak 38/Alb R-007(b)/Brounoff.17/Alb L-044(d)
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 2 33/Rub Oak 38/Alb R-007(f)1/Alb T-018(a)
- Translation:
- Vinkov 2 33/Rub Oak 38/Alb R-007(f)1/Alb T-018(a)/Alb L-044(d)
- Music:
- Vinkov 2 33/Rub Oak 92/Brounoff.17
- Additional song notes:
- I Have A Pair of Oxen
- On album:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 6650
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- Once my pair of oxen, oxen, pick a pile of rocks in,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Once My Pair Of Oxen"
- Language:
- English
Oy A Nakht A Sheyner — אױ אַ נאַכט אַ שײנער
- Genre:
- Love/Separation
- Subject:
- Conscription/Separation/Love/Memory/
- Origin:
- Rubin Oak 90/Alb W-001(a)
- Transliteration:
- Kinderland 12/Rubin Oak 52/Alb W-001(a)
- Translation:
- Rubin Oak 52/Alb W-001(a)
- Music:
- Rubin Oak 52
- Related information in folder 718:
- Comments:
- 1. Translation and transliteration in Forward, Jan 21,2000. English version by Gus Tyler.
- On album:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 11672
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- Softly shines the moonlight (3x), the nightengale sings...
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Softly Shines The Moonlight"
- Language:
- English
Papir Iz Dokh Vays — פּאַפּיר איז דאָך װײַס
- Also known as:
- A Briv (Papir Iz Dokh Vays)
- Also known as:
- Paper Is White
- Genre:
- Love/Letter/Separation/Folk
- Subject:
- Love/Separation/Ink/Paper
- Origin:
- Rubin Oak 89/Alb K-014(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb B-007(a)/Alb A-054(a)
- Transliteration:
- Rubin Oak 58/Alb P-030(a)/Alb F-018(b)/Alb B-007(a)/Belarsky 240/Alb T-031(b)
- Translation:
- Rubin Oak 58/Alb R-007(f)3/Alb T-031(b)/Alb A-045(a)/B-122(a)
- Music:
- Rub Oak 58/Belarsky 240
- Additional song notes:
- Paper Is White
Elyakum Zunzer crdedited as "adapting" this song - See Ephemera 1269
Transliteration and Translation in Ephemera 1269
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
- On album:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 12062
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- My pages are snowy white and ink is pitch black,
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "My Pages Are Snowy White"
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Choral
Yome, Yome — יאָמע, יאָמע
- Also known as:
- Jome, Jome, spil mir
- Genre:
- Folk
- Subject:
- Mother/Daughter/Desire
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 22/Alb K-014(a)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb R-007(b)/Vinkov 1 66
- Transliteration:
- ML MTAG 22/Alb K-014(a)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb R-007(b)/Alb T-018(a)/
- Translation:
- Kinderbuch 202/Alb K-014(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb R-007(b)/Alb T-018(a)/Vinkov 1 66
- Music:
- ML MTAG 23/Kinderbuch 202/Vinkov 1 66
- On album:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 17773
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- Yome, Yome, tell me, my pretty girl, what does a little...
- Track comment:
- Part of Suite "A Singing of Angels"
- Language:
- English
Zol Ikh Zayn A Rov — זאָל איך זײַן אַ רבֿ
- Also known as:
- A Bal Agole Lid
- Also known as:
- If Dreams Came True
- Author:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Occupation/Poverty/Ignorance
- Origin:
- Vinkov 3 55/Brounoff.65
- Transliteration:
- Vinkov 3 55/Alb K-005(a)/Silverman YSB 134/Alb R-001(a)
- Translation:
- Alb K-005(a)/Silverman YSB 134/Vinkov 3 55/Bialik Efros 234/Alb R-001(a)
- Music:
- Silverman YSB 134/Vinkov 3 55/Brounoff.65
- Additional song notes:
- Published in Vinkov under title "Zol Ikh Vern A Rov". "Traveling motif with Hob Ikh Mir A Shpan"
- Related information in folder 697:
- Comments:
- 1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".
- On album:
- D-008(a) (A Singing of Angels Music by Charles Davidson)
- Track ID:
- 18201
- English Adaptation:
- Rosenbaum, Cantor Samuel
- Vocal:
- Beth El Junior Choral Society
- Director:
- Kopmar, Cantor Jerome B.
- Arrangment:
- Davidson, Cantor Charles — דודסן, יחזקאל, חזן
- First line:
- I could be a rov, if I knew some torah, I could be a…
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Chorale