Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses
- Album ID:
- K-022(a)
- Publisher:
- Capitol Records T 1021
Contents
The Family Danced
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 15040
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Bar Mitzvah Special
- Composer:
- Singer, Lewis
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 1927
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Instrumental
Bereles Sher — בערעלעס שער
- Composer:
- Gill, Benny
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 2247
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Freylekh Jamboree
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 5388
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
Grandma's Draydl
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 5790
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Instrumental
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:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 6276
- Arranger:
- Farber, Nat
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Katz, Mickey
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Novelty arrangement of Hava Nagila/"Recorded under Keneh Hora"
- Style:
- Instrumental
Litvak Square Dance
- Author:
- Katz, Mickey
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 9243
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- First line:
- Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Mixed language, dialect
- Language:
- Yinglish/Dialect
Mamaliga Dance
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 9677
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Rumanian melodies and theme.
- Style:
- Instrumental
Mazl Tov Dances
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 10114
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Mendls Lid — מענדלס ליד
- Composer:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 10299
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- First line:
- Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
- First line:
- װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under title "Memdel's Songs."
- Style:
- Instrumental
Trombonik Tants — טאאָמבאָמלק טאַמץ
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Dialect
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 15469
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- First line:
- Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
- First line (Yinglish):
- אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yinglish
- Style:
- Instrumental
The Wedding Dance
- Composer:
- Katz, Mickey
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
- Track ID:
- 15257
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs.
- Style:
- Instrumental