Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra
- Album ID:
- K-040(a)
- Publisher:
- Sonodor ST SON 104
- Additional notes:
- Cassette from Charley Bernhaut
Contents
Beygelekh — בײגעלעך
- Also known as:
- Bublitshki
- Also known as:
- Question
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
- Origin:
- Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(c)/
- Music:
- Moskow SM 61
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 2346
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- First line:
- Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh shtey a kranker un trakht,
- First line:
- עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך שטײ אַ קראַנקער און טראַכט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Dayenu — דינוּ
- Genre:
- Holiday/Haggadah/Passover/
- Subject:
- Sufficiency/Torah/Sabbath/Israel/Exodus/Egypt/Thankfullness
- Origin:
- Coopersmith NJS 54
- Transliteration:
- Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb K-022(b)/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14
- Translation:
- Coopersmith NJS 54/Alb R-001(a)/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
- Music:
- Coopersmith NJS 54/Schwartz 14/Metro Album 13
- Related information in folder 696:
- Comments:
- 1. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher".
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 2931
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- American klezmer, rock, twist style
- Style:
- Instrumental
Der Nayer Sher — דער נײַער שער
- Also known as:
- Dem Nayem Sher
- Author:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Composer:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Genre:
- Klezmer
- Subject:
- Sher/Klezmer/Dance/Wedding
- Transliteration:
- Warem 40/Alb K-030(d)
- Translation:
- Alb K-030(d)/Alb M-068(a)04
- Music:
- Warem 40
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 3254
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Di Grine Kuzine — די גרינע קוזינע
- Also known as:
- Kuzine (Di Grine Kuzine)
- Author:
- Leyzerovitz, Yakov — לײזעראָװיץ, יעקבֿ
- Composer:
- Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
- Genre:
- Immigration/Lament
- Subject:
- Immigration/Poverty/Occupation/Milliner/Aging/Disillusion
- Origin:
- Mayzl 600/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Transliteration:
- Levin N 92/Alb B-007(c)/Alb Z-012(a)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)
- Translation:
- Levin N 92/Alb Z-012(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Gottlieb 290/Alb B-095(b)/Alb M-068(a)04
- Music:
- Warem 45/Alb Z-012(a)/Levin N 92
- Additional song notes:
- See "My Little Cousin" for American swing version.
Lyrics claimed by Hyman Prizant and others. Text is by Leyzerovitz as credited by Meizel. See Max Rosenfeld's papers re respecting Leyzerovitz's loss of copyright lawsuit.
See Gottlieb p. 147.
See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.
See also ephemera 1458 for tarnslit and translate
What's Not To Like 2017
- Related information in folder 408:
- Comments:
- 1. Letter from Shlomo Ben Israel in Yiddish Forverts of February 4, 1983 titled, "Interesante Faktn Vegn Y. Leyzerovitsh in zayn lid, Di Grine Kuzine".
2. 2. Original text with 8 verses
3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 3607
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orch
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib — איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב
- Also known as:
- I Love You Much Too Much
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theater/Lament
- Subject:
- Anger/Love/Rejection/Fool/Revenge
- Origin:
- Alb T-005(c)/Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb K-022(b)/Alb J-024(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb K-022(b)/Alb T-015(c)/Alb K-029(f)/Alb J-025(a)1/CD B-075(a)/CD F-042(a)
- Music:
- SM Scher 2
- Additional song notes:
- I Love You Much To Much
Transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552
From the play "Di Katerinshtshik" (The Organ Grinder), 1934/ See Heskes 2533
Translate - Alb P-038(a)
- Related information in folder 122:
- Document type:
- Email
- Author:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander
- Publisher:
- Friedman, RA
- Comments:
- Transliterated songtext from original sheet music.
Also, Yiddish text from Yiddish Forward , June 27,2003.
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 7169
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- First line:
- Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, Ikh trog oyf dir keyn has,
- First line:
- איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, איך טראַג אױף דיר קײן האַס,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Kale, Kale (Instr) — כּלה, כּלה
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 7800
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Twist rock beat with a sher.
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-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 6280
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Mayn Shtetele Belz — מײַן שטעטעלע בעלז
- Also known as:
- Belz
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Composer:
- Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
- Genre:
- Theatre/Nostalgia/Memory/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Place/Belz/Childhood
- Origin:
- GYF 20/ML PYS 260/Alb G-035(b)/Vinkov 5 309
- Transliteration:
- Alb B-007(c)/GYF 23/Alb L-048(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb G-013(c)/ML PYS 260/
- Translation:
- Alb H-006(a)/Alb L-023(b)/GYF 23/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb K-029(g)/Vinkov 5 311
- Music:
- GYF 20/Estella 26/ML PYS 260/Vinkov 5 308
- Additional song notes:
- From the play "Ghetto Song" or "Song of the Ghetto
Also translation and transliteration published in Alb T-028(b)
Characterized by Karsten Troyke as "Traditional"
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 9986
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- First line:
- Ven ikh dermon zikh in di yorn, nor vi a kholem farfloygn...
- First line:
- װען אַיך דערמאָן זיך אין די קינדער יאָרן, נאָר װי אַ חלום ...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- American style rock or twist beat.
- Style:
- Instrumental
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:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 12100
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- First line:
- A kalte nakht, a nebeldike finster umetum, shteyt a...
- First line:
- אַ קאַלטע נאַכט, אַ נעפלדיקע פֿינסטער אומעטום, שטײט אַ ייִנגעלע...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Sheyn Vi Di Levone — שײן װי די לבֿנה
- Author:
- Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Love/Pop
- Subject:
- Beauty/Moon/Stars/Confusion/Flustered
- Origin:
- GYF 36/Alb F-024(e)/Alb T-004(c)/Alb M-059(a)/Metro Scher 29
- Transliteration:
- Alb F-042(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-25(a)/Alb K-022(b)
- Translation:
- GYF 39/Alb T-025(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb B-076(a)/Alb M-059(a)/Alb K-081(a)
- Music:
- Warem 182/GYF 37/SM Scher 1
- Additional song notes:
- Also translated on CD B-076(a)
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 13729
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- American klezmer, latin beat
- Style:
- Instrumental
Tsena Tsena — צאנה צאנה
- Author:
- Miron, Issacar — מירון, ישׂשׂכּר
- Composer:
- Khagiz, Yechiel — הגיז, יהיאָל
- Genre:
- Israeli
- Subject:
- Girls/Soldiers/Courting
- Origin:
- Alb O-001(d)/DeRoy 48
- Transliteration:
- G-005(a)/Alb O-001(d)
- Translation:
- Alb O-001(d)
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 15527
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- First line:
- צאנה, צאנה, צאנה, צאנה, הבּנוֹת וּראינה חילים בּמושבה.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה
- Also known as:
- Tum Balalayke
- Also known as:
- Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
- Also known as:
- Play Balalaike
- On album:
- K-040(a) (Twistin the Freilach with Lou Klayman and His Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 15817
- Artist:
- Klayman, Lou and his Orchestra
- Arranger:
- Weissman, Morris
- First line:
- Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse...
- First line:
- שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Latin, twist, rock beat.
- Style:
- Instrumental