L-041(a)

Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish

Album ID:
L-041(a)
Format:
Cassette/Audio CD
Publisher:
Howard Leshaw
Date of issuance:
1994
Language:
Yiddish
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman
Genre:
Klezmer/Theater
Where produced:
Fairlawn, NJ
Number of tracks:
9
Additional notes:
Cassette reissued on CD

Contents

Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym — פֿירן די מחותּנים אַהײם
Also known as:
Oriental Melody (Instr)
Also known as:
Street Song
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer/Wedding/Instrumental/Hora/Doyna
Subject:
In Laws
Music:
Comp Klez 44
Additional song notes:
Accompaning the In-Laws Home Naftule Brandwein sometimes credited as Composer. Melody played in Shargorad (also elsewhere)/aka DerGasn Nigun- Oriental Melody
On album:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23118
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
With "Turk"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Der Shtiler Bulgar (Medley) — דער שטילער בולגאַר (מעדלי)
On album:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23122
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Di Grine Kuzine/ Der Shtiler Bulgar/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
Style:
Instrumental
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn (Medley) — בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן (מעדלי)
On album:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23123
Vocal:
Borts, Joanne
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
First line:
Ven du zolst zayn shvarts vi a toter, ven du halts oyf vi..
First line (Yiddish):
װען דו זאָלסט זײַן שװאַרץ װי אַ טאָטער, װען דו האַלטס אױף װי אַ…
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Di Grine Kuzine/ Der Shtiler Bulgar/ Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
Language:
Yiddish
Shloymele Malkele — שלמהלע מלכּהלע
Also known as:
Oy Malkele Oy Shloymele
Author:
Lillian, Isadore — ליליאַן, איסאַדאָר
Composer:
Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Brother/Sister/Love/
Origin:
Metro Scher 30
Transliteration:
Alb K-007(a)/SM Scher 9
Translation:
Alb M-068(a)55
Music:
SM Scher 9
Additional song notes:
From the musical "Dos Galitsiyaner Rebele". Shloymele" is an imposter and not biologically related to (Malkele)
On album:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23124
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
First line:
A shvester bin ikh dir a trayer, Oy, bruderl, her zikh nor..
First line:
אַ שװעסטער בין איך אַ טײַערע, אױ ברודער, הער זיך נאָר אײַן,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental
Glik — גליק
Author:
Meisell, Bella — מײַזעל, בעלאַ
Composer:
Olshanetsky, Alexander — אָלשאַנעצקי, אַלעקסאַנדער
Genre:
Theatre/Lament
Subject:
Fate/Happiness/Love
Song comment:
From the musical "Der Letster Tants"
Origin:
Alb T-028(f)
Transliteration:
Warem 76/Alb W-031(a)Alb D-004(k)/Alb M-057(a)/Alb K-059(d)/Alb T-028(f)
Translation:
Alb W-031(a)/Alb D-004(k)/Ephemera 1520 p 26
Music:
Warem 76/Ephemera 1520 p
Additional song notes:
Luck
On album:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23125
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
First line:
Ikh shtey atsind un trakht. Vos far a shtarke makht,
First line (Yiddish):
איך שטײ אַצינד און טראַכט, װאָס פֿאַר אַ שטאַרקער מאַכט,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the musical "Der Letster Tants"
Language:
Yiddish
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:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23127
Artist:
Golden Land Orchestra
Arranger/Clarinet:
Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
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)
Track comment:
Ikh Hob Dikh Tsufil Lib/ Mayn Yidishe Meydele/ Belz
Style:
Instrumental
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:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23128
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Arranger/Clarinet:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
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:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23130
Vocal:
Wilner, Lori
Artist:
Golden Land Orchestra
Arranger/Clarinet:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
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
Turk (Reprise, Instr)
On album:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23132
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Di Grine Kuzine (Medley) — די גרינע קוזינע (פּאָפּורי)
On album:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
31591
First line:
Tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven di grine
First line:
צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װיגאָלד איז זי געװען, די גרינע
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archive.
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