Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band

Album ID:
K-029(b)
Publisher:
Vanguard VSD 79449
Additional notes:
Transliteration and translation with album notes.

Contents

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:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
9072
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Conductor:
Netsky, Hankus
Alto Saxaphone:
Goldberg, Meryl
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Instrumental dixieland jazz version.
Language:
Instrumental
Style:
Dixieland/New Orleans
Sirba Popilar — סירבאַ פּאָפּילאַר
Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
14509
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Artist:
Netsky, Hankus
Arranger:
Freeman, B.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Freylekhs
Skrip Klezmerl Skripe — סקריפּ קלעזמערל סקריפּע
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Wedding/Klezmer/Family/Drums/Fiddle/Bride/Dance/Relatives/
Origin:
Alb R-024(d)/Metro Scher 30/Metro Album 49
Transliteration:
K-029(b)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Ephemeral 620/MS Sher 8
Translation:
K-029(b)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb R-024(d)/Ephemeral 620
Music:
SM Scher 8
Related information in folder 565:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and translation of Text.
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
14546
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Director:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
Skrip, klezmerl, skripe, Shpil a freylekhs tsu der khupe.
First line (Yiddish):
סקריפּ, קלעזמערל סקריפּע, שפּיל אַ פֿרײלעכס צו דער חופּה.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Der Alter Tsigayner — דער אַלטער ציגײַנער
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Gypsy/Music/Melody/Fiddle
Transliteration:
Alb K-029(b)/Alb P-030(a)
Translation:
Alb K-029(b)/Alb P-030(a)
Additional song notes:
From the msuical "Bublitshki"
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
3047
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
First line:
Dort oyf a bergele unter dem freyn himl, vayt fun dem...
First line (Yiddish):
דאָרט אױף אַ בערגעלע אונטער דעם פֿרײַען הימל, װײַט פֿון דעם...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From Yiddish musical "Bublitshki".
Language:
Yiddish
In Odes, In Odes — אין אָדעס
Author:
Gilrod, Louis — גילראָד, לאָויס
Composer:
Sandler, Peretz — סאַנדלער, פּרץ
Genre:
Theatre/Place/Nostalgia
Subject:
Odessa/Prostitute/Moldovanke
Song comment:
From the Gilrod-Sandler musical "Volodke in Odes".
Origin:
Alb S-081(d)
Transliteration:
Alb S-081(d)/Alb B-075(a)/Peppler 2, p 112
Translation:
Alb S-081(d)/Alb K-074(a)/Alb B-075(a)/Ephemera 1273/Peppler 2, p 112
Music:
Ephemera 1273/Peppler 2, p 112
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
7404
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Artist:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
In Odes, in Odes, oy Odesa mame, ver es lakht nor fun Odes,
First line (Yiddish):
אין אָדעס, אין אָדעס, אױ אָדעסאַ מאַמע, װער עס לאַכט נאָר פֿון אָדעס,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the Gilrod-Sandler musical "Volodke in Odes".
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Pop
Oy Avram — אױ אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Folk/Love
Subject:
Love/Constancy/Passion
Origin:
Vinkov 1 19/Alb B-036(a)/
Transliteration:
Vinkov 1 19/Alb J-011(a)/Alb B-075(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb K-005(a)
Translation:
Vinkov 1 19/Alb K-005(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb 0-007(b)/Alb B-036(a)
Music:
Vinkov 1 19
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
11679
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Artist:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
Oy Avram, Ikh ken on dir nit zayn! Ikh on dir un du on mir..
First line (Yiddish):
אױ אַבֿרהם, איך קען אָן דיר ניט זײַן! איך אָן דיר און דו אָן מיר..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Yidl Mitn Fidl — ייִדל מיטן פֿידל
Author:
Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Folk
Subject:
Klezmer/Musicians/Life/Nature/Joy
Origin:
ML PYS 258/Alb L-044(c)/
Transliteration:
Alb A-044(a)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Alb I-013(a)/Alb K-029(b)/Alb L-044(c)
Translation:
Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(b)/ML PYS 258/Qalb L-044(c)/Alb B-122(a)
Music:
Warem 240/ML PYS 258
Additional song notes:
Little Jew With His Fiddle (?) From the film of the same name.
Related information in folder 1002:
Comments:
1. Internet article by Rhoda (Rokhl) Bernard, with original Yiddish text, transliteration and translation of the song.
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
17527
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Conductor:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
Shpil du fidl, shpil, Shpil far mir a libe lid,
First line (Yiddish):
שפּיל דו פּידל, שפּיל, שפּיל פֿאַר מיר אַ ליבע ליד,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From film of same name with Molly Picon.
Language:
Yiddish
Yingele Nit Veyn — ייִנגעלע ניט װײן
Author:
Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Father/Son/Motherless/Immigration/Protection/Family/Child
Transliteration:
Alb K-029(b)/SM 1317
Translation:
Alb K-029(b)/SM 1317
Music:
SM 1317
Additional song notes:
Don't Cry Little Boy
On album:
K-029(b) (Klez!!! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:
17579
Vocal:
Bressler, Judy
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Conductor:
Netsky, Hankus
First line:
A troyerik bild hob ikh gezen, vos ikh ken nit fargesn neyn.
First line (Yiddish):
אַ טרױעריק בילד האָב איך געזען, װאָס איך קען ניט פֿאַרגעסן, נײן.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Big Band/Concert