Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings
- Album ID:
- K-092(a)
- Format:
- Audio CD
- Publisher:
- Yale University
- Date of issuance:
- 2003
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Provenance:
- Gift of Yale University Library
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Theater
- Where produced:
- New Haven, CO
- Comment:
- From 78 rpm recordings
- Number of tracks:
- 21
- Additional notes:
- Limited edition CD was produced as a keepsake for the conference "Celebrating Jewish Music at Yale", April 12-13, 2003
Contents
Doyne (Kishenev Folk Orch) — דױנע (קישענעװ פֿאָלק אָרקעסטער)
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30735
- Artist:
- Kishenev Folk Orchestra
- Orchestra Director:
- Aranov, Sh
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Colliseum CRLP 192 on Folk Songs and Dances from the Lands
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental/Orchestral
- Length:
- 5:17
Beserabian Sirba — בעסעראַביאַן סירבאַ
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Dance
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30736
- Clarinet:
- Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
- Artist:
- Tarras Instrumental Trio
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded NY, ca. 1941, Colonial COL LP 218, Jewish Wedding Dances
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 1:54
Keshenever Bulgar — קעשענעװער בולגאַר
- Also known as:
- Bulgar from Kishinev
- Composer:
- Katzman, Abe
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Instrumental/Bulgar/Freylekhs
- Music:
- Comp Klez 37
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30727
- Artist:
- Abe Katzman's Bessarabian Orchestra
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Brunswick 67048, New York, December 1927
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 2:55
Hopak — האָפּאַק
- Genre:
- Ukrainian Dance
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30728
- Artist:
- Kandel's Orchestra — קאַנגעלס אָרקעסטער
- Clarinet:
- Kandel, Harry — קאַנדעל, האַרי
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Victor 72359, New York, June 1918
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 2:34
A Yidish Khupe — אַ ייִדיש חופּה
- Author:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- Composer:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- Genre:
- Badkhunes/Ritual/Wedding
- Subject:
- Marriage/Duties/Advice/Ceremony
- Song comment:
- Badkhen and Wedding Ceremony
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30729
- Vocal:
- Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה
- First line:
- A yidisher khupe! Kumt aher…firt dem khusn
- First line:
- אַ ייִדישער חופּה! קומט אַהער,... פֿירט דעם חתן
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Zonophone 3000, New York 1904
- Language:
- Hebrew/Yiddish
- Style:
- Wedding Ceremony/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:05
Far Der Khupe — פֿאַר דער חופּה
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30730
- Artist:
- The Jewish Comedians
- Orchestra Director:
- Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Columbia E7051, New York, Oct 1920
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 2:54
Ale In Eynem — אַלע אין אײנעם
- Genre:
- Klezmer
- Subject:
- Unity
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30731
- Artist:
- Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
- First line:
- Ale in eynem!
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַלע אין איינעם
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Columbia E7725, New York, April, 1920
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Primarily Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:21
Voliner Bulgar — װאָלינער בולגאַר
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Bulgar/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30732
- Artist:
- Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Columbia E7725, New York, May 1920
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Bulgar
- Length:
- 3:16
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:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30733
- Vocal:
- Oysher, Moyshe — אױשער, משה
- Artist:
- Sam Medoff Orchestra
- First line:
- In mayn shtetl shteyt a shtibl mit a grinem dakh, mit a grinem dakh,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אין מײַן שטעטל שטײט אַ שטיבל, מיט אַ גרינעם דאַך, מיט אַ גרינעם..
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Banner B-576, published ca. 1948-49
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Length:
- 2:34
A Vayb — אַ װייִב
- Genre:
- Theater
- Subject:
- Wife
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30737
- Vocal:
- Seiden, Frank
- First line:
- Audio not audible
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Pop
- Length:
- 2:34
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-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30738
- Vocal:
- Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
- Organ:
- Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
- Clarinet:
- Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
- First line:
- Hey, du klezmer, nem dem fidl, shpil dos naye lidl, tantsn vet men dem nayem..
- First line:
- הײ דו קלעזמער, נעם דעם פֿידל, שפּיל דאָס נײַע לידל, טאַנצן װעט מען דעם …
- Track comment:
- Way down in the land of the Rio Grande, when people are married, they play…
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
- Style:
- Samba/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:13
Loz Zikh — לאָז זיך
- Genre:
- Theater/Cabaret/Double Entendre
- Subject:
- Sucumb/Temptation/Shvitz/Cow
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30739
- Vocal:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Artist:
- Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
- First line:
- Loz zikh Tillie, loz zikh. Tillie, don't be silly, loz zikh. Loz zikh gletn.
- First line (Yinglish):
- לאָז זיך טילי, לאָז זיך. טילי, דאָנט בי סילי, לאָז זיך. לאָז זיך גלעטן פֿון די יאָטן
- Language:
- Yinglish
- Style:
- Jazz/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:05
Beserabian Bulgarish — בעסעראַביאַן בולגאַריש
- Also known as:
- Yeveresky Tants
- Also known as:
- Yiddisher Tants
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30740
- Artist:
- State Ensemble For Jewish Folk Music
- Violin/Orchestra Director:
- Rabinovitsh, M. I. — ראַבינאָװיטש, מ. י.
- Track comment:
- Probably "Freylekh Dance" by Jewish Folk Orchestra of Kiev
- Style:
- Instrumental/Orchestral/Klezmer
- Length:
- 2:37
My Yiddishe Momma — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע
- Additional song notes:
- See "A Yidishe Mame"
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30741
- Vocal:
- Linden, Estelle
- Artist:
- Jewish Swing Ensemble
- First line:
- A yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser af der velt, a yidishe mame, oy vey vi...
- First line:
- אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט. אַייִדישע מאַמע, אוי ווייִ ...
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded ca. 1948, Victor 25-1086
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Swing/Pop
- Length:
- 3:35
A Volekh and Freylekhs — אַ וואָלעך און פֿריילעכס
- Genre:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30742
- Artist:
- Hymie Jacobson Orchestra
- Clarinet:
- Epstein, Max — עפּשטײן, מאַקס
- Tenor Saxaphone:
- Pincus, Paul
- Trumpet:
- Epstein, Willie
- Drums:
- Weissman, Lou
- Bass:
- Galazan, Charlie
- Piano:
- Hausman, Al
- Track comment:
- Possibly recorded New Jersey, December 1947, Deluxe 1134
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:03
A Yidish Lid — אַ ייִדיש ליד
- Author:
- Medoff, Sam
- Composer:
- Medoff, Sam
- Genre:
- Lament/Theater
- Subject:
- Hope/Memory
- Song comment:
- Includes "traveling melody motiv" from "Habibi"
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30743
- Artist:
- Begelman Sisters
- First line:
- Tir un toyer, iberal farmakht, dos lebn shlept zikh vi aneybike nakht
- First line (Yiddish):
- טיר און טױער, איבעראַל פֿאַרמאַכט, דאָס לעבן שלעפּט זיך װי אַן..
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded New York, August 1939, Victor 25-5020
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- With choral group
- Length:
- 3:21
Hora Batuta
- Composer:
- Moskowitz, Joseph
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Romanian/Dance/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30744
- Cymbalom:
- Moscovitz, Joseph
- Piano:
- Hargy, Bela
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Washington, D.C., 1953, Romany RR-LP 2
- Style:
- Instrumental
- Length:
- 2:14
Sirba Batuta — סירנאַ באַטוטאַ
- Composer:
- Moskowitz, Joseph
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Romanian/Dance/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30745
- Clarinet:
- Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
- Artist:
- Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded ca. late 1950s, Period RL 1930
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer
- Length:
- 3:36
Rumenye, Rumenye — רומעניע, רומעניע
- Author:
- Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
- Composer:
- Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
- Genre:
- Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Double Entendre/Skat/Humorous/Nostal
- Subject:
- Rumania/Place/Food/Women
- Origin:
- GYF 12
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-013(c)/CD K-068(e)/AAlb L-002(a)Alb L-023(a)/Alb J-24(a)1
- Translation:
- Alb J-024(a)1/GYF 12/Alb K-029(g)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb W-031(a)
- Music:
- Warem 175/GYF 12
- Related information in folder 397:
- Document type:
- Text
- Comments:
- Yiddish text with transliteration and English adaptation.
Also, various versions.
- On album:
- K-092(a) (Yiddish & Klezmer Music/ From the Yale Collection of Historical Sound Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 30746
- Vocal:
- Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
- Artist:
- Abe Ellstein Orchestra — אײב עלשטײַן אָרקעסטער
- First line:
- Ekh! Rumenye (7x), di amulike rumenye, nit di yetstike rumenye, di gute rumanye
- First line (Yiddish):
- עך, רומעניע (7), די אַמוליקע רומעניע, ניט די יעצטיקע רומעניע, די גוטע רומעניע,
- Track comment:
- Parts 1 and 2 originally recorded ca. 1947 Banner B-514
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theater/Vaudville/Novelty
- Length:
- 6:19