F-041(a)

Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West

Album ID:
F-041(a)
Format:
Cassette X91
Publisher:
Prophone PPMC 001
Where produced:
Stockholm, Sweden
Number of tracks:
13

Contents

Oygn — אױגן
Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Genre:
Love/Pop/Theater
Subject:
Eyes/Appearance/Attraction/Life/Worth
Translation:
Alb M-068(a)04
Additional song notes:
Eyes From the musical "Eyns Un A Rekht or One In A Million"
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26078
Author:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Salomonsson, Bjorn & Freilach Expr
First line:
S'iz a finstere nakht un ikh zits un trakht, mayn lebn hot..
First line:
ס'איז אַ פֿינסטערע נאַכט און איך זיץ און טראַכט, מײַן לעבן האָט
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Presented in musical "Eyn Mol In Lebn".
Here And There - At The Same Time
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26079
Composer:
Salomonsson, Bjorn
Artist:
Freilach Express
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Ikh Vil Es Hern Nokh A Mol — איך װיל עס הערן נאָך אַ מאָל
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater/Love
Subject:
Romance/Love/Books/Feelings/Attraction/Repitition
Origin:
SM 517
Transliteration:
SM 517
Translation:
Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
SM 517
Additional song notes:
From the musical comedy "I'm In Love" by William Siegal.
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26080
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob / Isadore Lillian — דזאַקאָבס, דזאַקאָב \ איסאַדאָר ליליאַן
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Artist:
Bohm, Sofia & Freilach Express
First line:
Es zaynan oyf der velt faranen fil bikher, romanen,
First line:
עס זײַנען אױף דער װעלט פֿאַראַנען פֿיל ביכער, ראָמאַנען,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Raisins and Almonds
Also known as:
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26082
Artist:
Bohm, Sofia & Freilach Express
First line:
In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone..
First line (Yiddish):
אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the operetta "Shulamis"
Language:
Yiddish
Lena From Palestina
Also known as:
Palesteena
Author:
Conrad, Con
Author:
Robinson, J. Russel
Composer:
Conrad, Con
Composer:
Conrad, Con
Composer:
Robinson, J. Russel
Composer:
Robinson, J. Russel
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Dixieland/Jazz/Novelty
Subject:
Lena/Fat Lady/Palestine/Courting/Concertina/Arab
Additional song notes:
Same melody for entries titled "Chaim Popukal", "Unter Belzer - Himlen", "Gereist Un Getroffen", and "Nokh A Bisl".
Related information in folder 584:
Comments:
1. Article by Charles A. Kennedy (Professor of Religion, Emeritus, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University). Titled, "When Palestine Played the Palace: Vaudeville Interprets the Balfour Declaration". Includes texts of novelty songs, Zionist songs, (all set in the Middle East), including text of "Lena From Palestina" 2. Article by Itzik Gottesman in Yiddish Forward of March 19-25, 2010, tiitled "Oyf Di Shpurn fun Lena Fun Palestina (on the track of Lena fun Palestina).
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26083
Artist:
Freilach Express
First line:
In the Bronx of New York city, there's a girl that's not...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Palesteena"
Language:
Instrumental
Style:
Dixieland/New Orleans
Aheym Aheym (Meyorovits) — אהײם אהײם (מײעראָװיץ)
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theater/Zionist
Subject:
Equality/Land
Additional song notes:
See "Heskes" sheet music catlg #824
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26084
Author/Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Artist:
Salmonsson, Bjorn & Tomas Bohm
Artist:
Freilach Express
First line:
Dayn mokum, dayn menukhe, iz dayn eygene melukhe,
First line:
דײַן מקום, דײַן מנוחה, איז דײַן אײגענע מלוכה, געדענק ישׂראליק...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Yosl Yosl — יאָסל יאָסל
Author:
Steinberg, Samuel
Composer:
Casman, Nellie — קאַסמאַן, נעלי
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Love/Desire/Attraction
Song comment:
See "Joseph Joseph" - English Adaptation
Origin:
Alb K-068(d)/Alb K-007(a)/
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/Estella 6/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-068(d)/ephemera 1456
Translation:
Alb K-068(d)
Music:
Estella 6
Additional song notes:
Also see "Joseph Joseph" for English adaptation
Related information in folder 1456:
Comments:
1. 3/10/15 Transliterated text provided by Chava Kramer via internet and entered in Ephemera on March 10, 2015
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26085
Artist:
Salmonsson, Bjorn & Freilach Exp
First line:
Oy, yosl, yosl, mayn khies geyt mikh azhe oys nokh dir,
First line (Yiddish):
אױ, יאָסל, יאָסל, דײַן מלכּה זיצט נאָך און װאַרט אױף דיר,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Mayn Yidishe Meydele — מײַן ייִדישע מײדעלע
Author:
Schorr, Anshel — שאָר, אַנשעל
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Charm/Beauty/Love
Origin:
Kammen 25F 61
Transliteration:
Warem 132/Alb K-029(h)/Kammen 25F 12/Ephemera 399
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(h)/Ephemeral 399
Music:
Kammen 25F 61/ Warem 132
Additional song notes:
See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, Page 5 From Yiddish Musical Titled "Mayn Yidishe Meydele," 1926
Related information in folder 370:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
8/13/1999
Comments:
Backround and Yiddish text of Mayn Yidishe Meydele. Also, transliteration and English adaptation by Judy Bressler.
Related information in folder 1502:
Comments:
1. Transliterated and translated text from the internet.
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26086
Artist:
Salmonsson, Bjorn & Tomas Bohm
Artist:
Freilach Express
First line:
Froyen fil hob ikh gezen, bay yedn folk zenen zay farsheydn,
First line (Yiddish):
פֿרױען פֿיל האָב איך געזען, בײַ ייִעדן פֿאָלק זענען זײַ פֿאַרשײדן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Tarras Freylekh — טאַראַס פֿרײלעך
Composer:
Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Freylekhs
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
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:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26088
Artist:
Salomonsson, Bjorn & Freilach Exp
First line:
A kalte nakht, a nepldike finster umetum, shteyt a…
First line (Yiddish):
אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Author:
Cahn, Sammy
Author:
Chapin, Harry
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
Subject:
Love/Beauty/Appearance
Origin:
GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
Transliteration:
Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
Translation:
GYF 43/
Music:
Estalla 4/GYF 41/
Additional song notes:
English Version
Related information in folder 165:
Document type:
Article
Author:
Chana Mlotek
Publisher:
Yiddish Forward
Date:
7/9/2004
Comments:
1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text. 2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
On album:
F-041(a) (Freilach Express Plays Klezmer Music / East Goes West)
Track ID:
26089
Artist:
Bohm, Tomas & Freilach Exp
First line:
Bay mir bistu sheyn, bay mir hostu kheyn, bist eyner bay...
First line (Yiddish):
בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן, בײַ מיר האַסטו חן, ביסט אײנער בײַ מיר...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish

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