Eleanor Reissa and Di Boyess — ווי אַ וואַסער

Album ID:
R-042(d)
Format:
Audio CD
Publisher:
Eleanor Reissa
Date of issuance:
2014
Language:
Yiddish
Provenance:
Purchase Book Store National Yiddish Book Center, July 2016
Genre:
Concert
Where produced:
Greedwood Lake, NY
Number of tracks:
6

Contents

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:
R-042(d) (Eleanor Reissa and Di Boyess — ווי אַ וואַסער)
Track ID:
41952
Accordion/Piano/Hammond Organ:
Blacksberg, Aaron
Tenor Saxaphone:
Guthman, Noah
Piano/Percusion/Ukelele:
Mayer, Aaron
Baritone Saxaphone:
Mayer, Zach
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
Hava nagila (4) venismekha. Hava nagila (4) venismekha, hava neranena,
First line (Hebrew):
הבֿה נגילה (4) ונשׂמחה. הבֿה נרננה (4) ונשׂמחה, הבֿה נרננה,...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Hebrew
Shnirele Perele — שנירעלע פּערעלע
Also known as:
Meshiekh (Shnirele Perele)
Also known as:
String Of Pearls (Shnirele Perele)
Genre:
Khasidic/Folk
Subject:
Moshiekh/Ingathering
Origin:
Alb M-034(d)/Gin Mar 13/
Transliteration:
Alb M-051(b)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb K-059(e)/Alb M-034(d)/Alb L-038(a)/Alb L-038(b)
Translation:
Alb L-038(a)/Alb M-034(d)/Alb M-051(b)/Alb N-020(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb L-038(b)
Music:
Alb M-034(d)/
Related information in folder 297:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Yiddish text, transliteration and singable adaptation with manuscript of melody.
Related information in folder 1599:
Comments:
1 8/8/2017 Hebrew text entered in Ephemera on August 8, 2017
On album:
R-042(d) (Eleanor Reissa and Di Boyess — ווי אַ וואַסער)
Track ID:
41953
Accordion/Piano/Hammond Organ:
Blacksberg, Aaron
Tenor Saxaphone:
Guthman, Noah
Piano/Percusion/Ukelele:
Mayer, Aaron
Bariton Saxaphone:
Mayer, Zach
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
Shnirele perele, gildene fon, moshiekh ben dovid, zitst oybn on er halt a bekher
First line (Yiddish):
שנירעלע פּערעלע, גילדענע פֿאָן, משיח בּן דוד, זיצט אױבן אָן, ער האָלט אָ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Jazz
Length:
3:52
Her Nor Du Sheyn Meydele — הער נאָר דו שײן מײדעלע
Also known as:
Zog Mir Du Sheyn Meydele
Also known as:
Her nor, du schejn Mejdele
Also known as:
Zog Mir Sheyn Meydele
Genre:
Love/Privation/Emigration
Subject:
Journey/Depravation/Emigration
Origin:
Alb K-023(a)/ML MTAG 32/Alb K-075(a)/
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 32/Alb R-001(a)/Alb K-075(a)/Alb N-020(a)/
Translation:
Alb R-001(a)/Alb N-020(a)/Alb K-075(a)/G-069(a)
Music:
ML MTAG 32
On album:
R-042(d) (Eleanor Reissa and Di Boyess — ווי אַ וואַסער)
Track ID:
41954
Piano:
Blacksberg, Aaron
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
Her nor, du shayn meydele, her nor, du fayn meydele, vos vestu ton in aza…
First line (Yiddish):
הער נאָר, דו שײן מײדעלע, הער נאָר דו פֿײַן מײדעלע, װאָס װעסטו טאָן אין אַזאַ...
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Concert
Length:
4:32
Raisins and Almonds
Also known as:
Rozhinkes Mit Mandlen
Also known as:
Shlof Mayn Kind Shlof
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
On album:
R-042(d) (Eleanor Reissa and Di Boyess — ווי אַ וואַסער)
Track ID:
41955
Accordion/Piano/Hammond Organ:
Blacksberg, Aaron
Tenor Saxaphone:
Guthman, Noah
Piano/Percusion/Ukelele:
Mayer, Aaron
Baritone Saxaphone:
Mayer, Zach
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
In dem beys-hamikdosh, In a vinkl kheyder, zitst di almone bas tsion aleyn…
First line (Yiddish):
אין דעם בית־המקדש, אין אַ װינקל־חדר, זיצט די אַלמנה בת־ציון אַליין...
Track comment:
From the operetta "Shulamis"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Lullaby/Jazz
Length:
3:18
In Der Finster
On album:
R-042(d) (Eleanor Reissa and Di Boyess — ווי אַ וואַסער)
Track ID:
41956
Accordion/Piano/Hammond Organ:
Blacksberg, Aaron
Tenor Saxaphone:
Guthman, Noah
Piano/Percusion/Ukelele/Whistlinh:
Mayer, Aaron
Baritone Saxaphone:
Mayer, Zach
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
In der finster zenen dayne hentlekh klener, in der finster zenen dayne oygn…
First line (Yiddish):
אין דער פֿינסטער זענען דײַנע הענטלעך קלענער אין דער פֿינסטער זענען דײַנע אויגן
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
2:05
Forever Young
Genre:
InspiratioalEnglish
Subject:
Wishes/Blessing/Youth/Occupied
On album:
R-042(d) (Eleanor Reissa and Di Boyess — ווי אַ וואַסער)
Track ID:
41957
Vocal/Accordion/Piano/Hammond Organ:
Blacksberg, Aaron
Tenor Saxaphone:
Guthman, Noah
Piano/Percusion/Ukelele:
Mayer, Aaron
Vocal/Baritone Saxaphone:
Mayer, Zach
Vocal:
Reissa, Eleanor
First line:
May God bless you and keep youalways, may your wishes all come true, may you…
Language:
English
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:43