Freedman Catalogue lookup: artist Farber, Nat

Name:: Farber, Nat

Songs written or composed

Bar Mitzvah Special

Composer:: Singer, Lewis
Composer:: Farber, Nat
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

Recordings

On album:: B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:: 19668
Clarinet:: Byron, Don & Orch
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22339
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Arrranger/Possibly Conductor:: Farber, Nat
Trombone:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:: Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:: Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:: Howard, Terry
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
Track comment:: Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Style:: Instrumental

On album:: K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 1927
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Instrumental

Bereles Sher — בערעלעס שער

Composer:: Gill, Benny
Composer:: Farber, Nat
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:: B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:: 19673
Clarinet:: Byron, Don & Orch
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Recorded under "Bereles Sherele"

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22340
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trumpet:: Ellman, Ziggy
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer/Sher

On album:: K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 2247
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:: Instrumental

On album:: G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:: 2248
Artist:: Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Grandma's Draydl

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

Recordings

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22342
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:: Hansell, Ralph
Track comment:: Joel Grey sings "Papa, Play For Me" to this melody/Recorded Oct 3, 1952

On album:: K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 5790
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Instrumental

Mamaliga Dance

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

Recordings

On album:: K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 9677
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Rumanian melodies and theme.
Style:: Instrumental

On album:: B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:: 19663
Clarinet:: Byron, Don & Orch
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Rumanian melodies and theme.

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22345
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Track comment:: Rumanian melodies and theme./ Recorded Jan 3, 1955
Style:: Rumanian melodies and theme.

Mazl Tov Dances

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:: M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
Track ID:: 10113
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Mazeltones
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Medley of "Mazeltov Dances" and "Freylekh Jamboree".

On album:: K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 10114
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:: Instrumental

On album:: K-029(c) (A Touch of Klez! The Klezmer Conservatory Band)
Track ID:: 10115
Artist:: Klezmer Conservatory Band
Orchestra Conductor:: Netsky, Hankus
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:: Instrumental/Klezmer

On album:: K-050(a) (KlezKamp Repertory 1989)
Track ID:: 10116
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Same recording as on K-022(a)

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22346
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Track comment:: Recorded Aug 18, 1952

On album:: M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:: 24377
Artist:: Maxwell Street Klezmer Band

The Family Danced

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

Recordings

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22348
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Reeds:: Bercov, Morris
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam

On album:: O-012(a) (Orient Express, Moving Shnorers)
Track ID:: 27223
Artist:: Orient Express Moving Schnorers
Style:: Instrumental

On album:: K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 15040
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:: Instrumental

Trombonik Tants — טאאָמבאָמלק טאַמץ

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Dialect

Recordings

On album:: S-068(a) (Shirim Klezmer Orchestra ...of angels and horseradish)
Track ID:: 15467
Artist:: Shirim Klezmer Orchestra
Vocal:: Waldoks, Moshe, Avi Hoffman, et al
Language:: Yinglish

On album:: G-029(b) (Joel Grey and the Kosher Jammers Mickey Katz Songs)
Track ID:: 15468
Artist:: Grey, Joel & Kosher Jammers
First line:: Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):: אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Yinglish

On album:: K-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 15469
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:: Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):: אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Yinglish
Style:: Instrumental

On album:: B-062(a) (Don Byron plays the music of Mickey Katz)
Track ID:: 19667
Artist:: Don Byron Orchestra
Vocal:: Sklamberg, Lorin
First line:: Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):: אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Yinglish

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22350
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Orchestra Leader/Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
First line:: Oy, its yom tovdik, oy, zol zayn mit glik, oy, du trombonik.
First line (Yinglish):: אױ, איץ יום-טובֿדיק, אױ, זאָל זײַן מיט גליק, אױ, דו טראָמבאָניק,
Track comment:: Recorded Jan 3, 1955
Language:: Yinglish

Vos Iz A Vayb (Parody) — װאָס אַיז אַ װײַב

Author:: Katz, Mickey
Author:: Farber, Nat
Genre:: Novelty/Humor/Dialect
Subject:: Wife

Recording

On album:: K-022(c) (Mickey Katz Greatest Hits (Orig "Comin Round the Katzkills"))
Track ID:: 16703
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Recitation

Gehakte Mambo

Author:: Katz, Mickey
Composer:: Farber, Nat
Genre:: Novelty/Dialect/Humorous

Recording

On album:: 017a (Katz, Mickey & Orch/ Gehakte Mambo/ Chiny Town)
Track ID:: 29256
Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra

Murietta Hot Springs

Author:: Katz, Mickey
Composer:: Farber, Nat
Genre:: Parody/Humor/Yinglish
Subject:: Murietta/Hot Springs

Recording

On album:: K-022(l) (Katz Puts On The Dog)
Track ID:: 31290
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Back-Up:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
First line:: In New York there are the Ketskill mountains, Fallsburg and Ferndale keeps you…
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: English/Yiddish
Style:: Theater/Klezmer

Trombonic Tantz

Composer:: Farber, Nat
Composer:: Fraidy Katz

Recording

On album:: S-130(a) (Shtreiml/ Spicy Paprikash)
Track ID:: 38109
Harmonica (C)Piano, Electric Paino:: Rosenblatt, Jason
Accordion:: Dolgin, Josh
Drums:: Arsenault, Thierry
Bass:: Harrod, Ariel
Trombone:: Lemisch, Rachel — לעמיש, רחל
Violin:: Verheij, Madelien
First line:: Oy, sez yontifdik, Oy sol glayn mit glick, Oy, di trombonik.
First line (Yiddish):: יו סיז יוםטובדיק, יו סול זין מיט גליק, וי די טראַמבוניק
Language:: Yiddish
Length:: 4:44

Mazeltov Dances

Composer:: Fraidy Katz
Composer:: Farber, Nat
Genre:: Klezmer/ Neo-Klezmer
Additional song notes:: original recordings can be found on Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs and Brisses (Capitol T-1021) the various klezmer styles depicted in this medley are, in order: Freylach, Chassidul, Bulgar and Kozatzke

Recording

On album:: S-130(b) (Jason Rosenblatt/Harmonica Galitzianer/Shtreiml Brand/ with: Josh Dolgin/Thierry Arsenault/Ariel Harrod)
Track ID:: 38118
Harmonica (Db, Bb, C):: Rosenblatt, Jason
accordion:: Dolgin, Josh
drums, percussion:: Arsenault, Thierry
bass:: Harrod, Ariel
Length:: 3:40

Other tracks with this artist

A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע

Also known as:: Yiddishe Mame
Author:: Yellen, Jack
Author:: Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:: Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:: Yellen, Jack
Genre:: Memory/Family
Subject:: Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin:: GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
Transliteration:: Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
Translation:: GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301
Music:: GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301

On album:: K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 720
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
First line:: A Yidishe mame, es gibt nit beser in der velt.
First line (Yiddish):: אַ ייִדישע מאַמע, עס גיבט ניט בעסער אין דער װעלט.
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Yiddish

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-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 3577
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: S'iz tsu mir gekumen a kuzine, sheyn vi gold iz zi geven...
First line (Yiddish):: ס'איז צו מיר געקומען אַ קוזינע, שײן װי גאָלד איז זי געװען...
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Yiddish

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-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 2918
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: Ilu notan, notan lonu, Notan lonu et hatoro, Toro tovo,..
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Hebrew

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:: xK-022(a)
Track ID:: 7897
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismakha. Uru...
First line:: הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
Track comment:: Originally Sadgora (from Bukovina) melody - Nulman 102

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-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 7162
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: Ikh hob dikh tsufil lib, tsu zayn oyf dir in kaas,
First line:: איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, צו זײַן אױף דיר אין כּעס,
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: I love you much too much, You've never really known,
Language:: Yiddish/English

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-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 6224
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: Hava nagila, venismekha. hava neranena, venismakha. Uru...
First line (Hebrew):: הבה נגילה ושׂמחה. הבה נרננה, ונשׂמחה. עורוּ אחים בּלב שׂמח.
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Hebrew

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-022(a) (Mickey Katz Plays Music for Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs & Brisses)
Track ID:: 6276
Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Arranger:: Katz, Mickey
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Novelty arrangement of Hava Nagila/"Recorded under Keneh Hora"
Style:: Instrumental

Anniversary Waltz — חתונה װאַלס

Author:: Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Genre:: Waltz/Love
Subject:: Wedding/Anniversary
Song comment:: Same melody as "Khasene Vals"- See entry #3271 in Heskes
Transliteration:: Alb F-048(a)
Translation:: K-022(b)/ Alb F-048(a)
Additional song notes:: See "Khasene Vals"

On album:: K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 8128
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: O. how we danced on the night we were wed, We vowed our...
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Saul Chapin credited as Author and Al Jolson as Composer
Language:: English

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-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 12071
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: A kalte nakht, a nebeldike 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

Shalom (Milk And Honey)

Author:: Herman, Jerry
Composer:: Herman, Jerry
Genre:: Theatre
Subject:: Peace/Greeting/Language
Song comment:: From the musical "Milk & Honey", book by Don Appell
Origin:: Alb K-022(b)

On album:: K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 13496
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: Shalom, shalom, you'll find shalom, The nicest greeting...
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: From "Milk and Honey"
Language:: English

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-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 13701
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: Sheyn vi di levone, likhtik vi di shtern, fun himl a matone,
First line (Yiddish):: שײו װי די לבֿנה, ליכאיק װי די שטערן, פֿון הימל אַ מתּנה,
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Yiddish

Sholem Aleykhem (Goldfarb) — שלוֹם עליכם (גאָלדפֿאַרב)

Also known as:: Zay Gezunt (Zamberg)
Author:: Zanberg, Paul
Composer:: Tobias, Harry
Composer:: Goldfarb, Rabbi Israel
Composer:: Goldfarb, Samuel E.
Genre:: Hymn/Zmiros/Sabbath
Subject:: Angels/Peace/Sabbath
Origin:: Coopersmith NJS 78/Pasternak CH 68/Alb Y-003(a)/Zim 14/Goldfarb 3 84
Transliteration:: Zim 13/Alb M-030(a)/Boiberik 07/Alb J-030(a)/Goldfarb 1 173/Goldfarb 3 84
Translation:: Alb J-030(a)/Zim 14/Coopersmith 78/Boiberik 07/Pasternak CH 68
Music:: Coopersmith NJS 78/Zim 13/Pasternak CH 54/Goldfarb 1 173

On album:: K-022(b) (Sing Along With Mickele Mickey Katz and "Der Gantser Gang")
Track ID:: 17941
Artist:: Der Ganser Gang
Conductor/Violin/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Vocal:: Mills, Shirley
Vocal:: Drake, Marty
First line:: Zay Gezunt means "be healthy!" Zay Gezunt means "be well!"
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: English

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:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20139
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Ay! Rumania, geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne.
First line (Yiddish):: אײַ, רומעניע, געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שײנע.
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Yiddish

Shlof Yingele Shlof (Yid, Eng) — שלאָף ייִנגעלע שלאָף (ייִדיש, ענגליש)

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20140
Author:: Schneider, Jean
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: A mol iz geven a yingele, a yingle, hot er gehat a tsingele
First line:: אַ מאָל איז געװען אַ ייִנגעלע, אַ ייִנגעלע, האָט ער געהאַט אַ צינגעלע,
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Once there was a little boy, a little boy...
Language:: Yiddish/English

Artsa Alinu — ארצה עלינוּ

Genre:

Israeli/Pioneer/Agency Song/Hora/Folk

Subject:

Land/Sowing/Reaping

Origin:

Bugatch 25/Sheet Music 1267

Transliteration:

Bugatch 25/Alb K-007(a)/CD S-085(a)/Alb H-012(a)/Vorbei 449/SheetMusic 1267

Translation:

Alb H-012(a)/CD S-085(a)/Vorbei 449/Binder 10/Sheetmusic 1267

Music:

Bugatch 25/Binder 10/Sheet Music 1267

Additional song notes:

See Israeli and Jewish Song Hits for the Eb Alto Saxaphone Kammen Jaff Book Index M108.I82 1963, P 9 for transliteration and music We have come to our land. We have plowed and we have sown, but have not yet reaped.

Related information in folder 357:

Document type:: Text
Comments:: Hebrew text and translation.

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20141
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Artsa alinu k'var kharashnu vegam zaranu aval od lo katsarnu
First line (Hebrew):: ארצה עלינו כּבר חרשנו וגם זרענוּ אבל עוֹד לא קצרנוּ.
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Hebrew

Oyfn Pripetshik (Warshavsky) — אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק (וואַרשאַווסקי)

Also known as:

Der Alef Beys

Also known as:

In The Fireplace

Also known as:

Afn Pripetshik

Also known as:

Oifm Pripezik

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Author:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Composer:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Composer:

Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.

Genre:

Folk

Subject:

Children/Alphabet/Education/Learning/Rebbe/Kheyder/School

Origin:

ML MTAG 2/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 24/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)

Transliteration:

Alb R-022(a)/ML MTAG 2/Alb B-004(c)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)

Translation:

Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-024(b)/GYF 27/Kinderbuch 167/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 196/

Music:

ML MTAG 2/GYF 25/SM Scher 13/Lefko Folk 72

Additional song notes:

At The Fireplace See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Translation and Transliteration at Ephemera 1269 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012/ Eng Translit - Alb P-038€

Related information in folder 332:

Document type:: Translation
Author:: Max Rosenfeld
Comments:: Singable English adaptation by Max Rosenfeld. 2. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher." 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20142
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Oyfn pripetshik brent a fayerl, un in shtub iz heys.
First line:: אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק ברענט אַ פֿײַערל, און אין שטוב איז הײס.
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Mekhutonim Geyen — מחותּנים גײען

Also known as:: Di Mekhutonim
Also known as:: Di Mekhutonim Geyen
Author:: Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:: Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:: Folk/Wedding
Subject:: Family/Wedding Party/Wedding Guests/Procession/In Laws
Song comment:: Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)"
Origin:: ML MTAG 56/Alb D-004(d)/Kinderbuch 170/Epelboym 21
Transliteration:: ML MTAG 56/Alb M-057(a)/Alb B-007(c)/Alb R-07(f)2/Alb M-057(a)/A-005(e)/Epl 21
Translation:: Alb R-007(f)2/Kinderbuch 171/Alb B-007(c)/CD A-005(e)/Alb W-021(d)
Music:: Kinderbuch 170/ML MTAG 56/Epelboym 21
Additional song notes:: Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)" The In-Laws' Procession

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20143
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Di mekhutonim geyen kinder, lomir zikh freyn, shat nor shat!
First line (Yiddish):: די מחותּנים גײען קינדער, לאָמיר זיך פֿרײען, שאַט נאָר שאַט!
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Originally "A Freylekhs (Khosns Tsad)""(צאַד חתנס) פֿרײלעכס "אַ
Language:: Yiddish

Papa Play For Me (Eng)

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20144
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Papa, play a lidl far dayn zindele, please, play it on...
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Based on one of Mickey Katz's klezmer melodies

The Lonely Birch Tree (Rus., Eng)

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20145
Author:: Keith, Marilyn & Alan Bergman
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Once upon a time neath the birch tree, played a shepherd...
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Der Rebe Elimelekh — דער רבּי אלימלך

Also known as:

Rabbi Eli, The King

Also known as:

The Merry Rebe Elie

Author:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Composer:

Moyshe Nadir — משה נאַדיר

Genre:

Folk/Humorous

Subject:

Khasidim/Rebe/Klezmer/Musicians/Drinking

Origin:

ML MTAG 168/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Metro Album 49/Sh Sh 361

Transliteration:

ML MTAG 168/Alb B-007(b)/Alb W-010(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Metro Album 44

Translation:

Alb B-007(b)/Alb O-001(a)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb R-033(a)/Alb W-010(a)/Sh Sh 360

Music:

ML MTAG 168/Metro Album 44

Additional song notes:

See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell.

Related information in folder 733:

Comments:: 1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20146
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Az der Rebe Elimeylekh iz gevorn zeyer freylekh, iz gevorn..
First line (Yiddish):: אז דער רבּי אלימלך איז געװאָרן זײער פֿרײלעך, איז געװאָרן זײער...
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Yiddish version of "Old King Cole".
Language:: Yiddish

Tumbalalajka — טום בלליקה

Also known as:: Tum Balalayke
Also known as:: Twistin' The Freylekhs (Instr)
Also known as:: Play Balalaike

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20147
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Shteyt a bokher un er trakht, Trakht un trakht a gantse...
First line (Yiddish):: שטײט אַ בחור און ער טראַכט, טראַכט און טראַכט אַ גאַנצע נאַכט,
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:: Yiddish

Joelish Medley

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20148
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Sha Shtil/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Di Mame Iz Gegangen

Sha Shtil! — שאַ שטיל!

Genre:: Anti-Khasidic/Humorous/Folk/Satire
Subject:: Rebe/Khasidim/Dance/Sing/Activities
Origin:: Vinkov 3 100/Alb L-022(a)/ML PYS 144/Alb B-007(b)/Alb B-036(a)/C-060(a)
Transliteration:: Alb B-036(a)/Silverman YSB 96/Alb S-083(a)/Alb G-005(c)/Alb M-049(a)
Translation:: Alb M-049(a)/Alb S-068(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Silver 96/C-060(a)
Music:: Vinkov 3 100/Kremer 40/Silver 96/ML PYS 144/

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20149
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Sha! Shtil! Makht nisht keyn gerider! Der rebe geyt shoyn...
First line (Yiddish):: שאַ! שטיל! מאַכט נישט קײן גערידער! דער רבּי גײט שױן טאַנצן װידער
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Sha Shtil/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Di Mame Iz Gegangen
Language:: Yiddish
Style:: Part of Medley

Lomir Zikh Iberbetn (Medley) — לאָמיר זיך איבערבעטן (מעדלי)

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20150
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Lomir zikh iberbetn, iberbetn, Shtel dem samovar, shtel...
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Sha Shtil/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Di Mame Iz Gegangen
Language:: Yiddish

Di Mame Iz Gegangen — די מאַמע איז געגאַנגען

Also known as:: A Yingele Fun Poyln
Also known as:: Di Mame Hot Mikh Geshikt
Also known as:: Di Mame Hot Mir Geshikt
Also known as:: Aj lju lju
Genre:: Folk
Subject:: Mother/Daughter/Arranged Marriage/Love/Yarid/Market/
Origin:: Alb R-007(g)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb B-007(b)
Transliteration:: Alb R-007(g)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb C-035(e)/Alb P-019(c)/Alb R-005(a)/Alb K-030(d)/
Translation:: Alb R-007(f)3/Alb K-005(a)/Alb R-007(g)/Alb K-030(d)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb B-007(b)
Music:: Rub Treas 54/Kremer 16
Additional song notes:: TransLit also on Alb P-038(d)

On album:: G-029(a) (Joel Grey Songs My Father Taught Me)
Track ID:: 20151
Artist:: Grey, Joel
Artist:: Farber, Nat
First line:: Khava iz gengangen in mark arayn nokh koyl, hot zi mir...
First line (Yiddish):: חוה איז געגאַנגען אין מאַרק אַרײַן נאָך קױל, האָט זי מיר געבראַעט..
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:: Sha Shtil/ Lomir Zikh Iberbetn/ Di Mame Iz Gegangen
Language:: Yiddish

Freylekh Jamboree

Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22341
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Guitar:: Bain, Bob
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:: Singer, Lewis
Track comment:: Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style:: Klezmer/Instrumental

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-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22343
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Trumpet:: Ellman, Ziggy
Track comment:: Recorded Jan 19, 1953
Style:: Instrumental/Novelty

Litvak Square Dance

Author:: Katz, Mickey
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22344
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Possibly Conductor:: Farber, Nat
Trombone:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:: Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:: Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:: Howard, Terry
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
First line:: Khap a meydl, khap a man, sving your partner,
Track comment:: Recorded Aug 25, 1964
Language:: Yinglish

Mendls Lid — מענדלס ליד

Composer:: Klein, Emmanuel
Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22347
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal/Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Xylophone:: Hansell, Ralph
First line:: Veyn, mayn Mendl, lakh a bisl, Mendl, ikh bloz far mir a...
First line:: װײן, מײַן מעמדל, לאַך אַ ביסל, מענדל, איך בלאָז פֿאַר מיר אַ דרײדל,
Track comment:: Recorded under title "Memdel's Song."/ August 3, 1952

The Wedding Dance

Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22349
Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:: Katz, Mickey
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Bass:: Breen, Larry
Xylophone:: Singer, Lewis
Guitar:: Bain, Bob
Track comment:: Recorded Nov 28, 1956
Style:: Includes melody line of "Reb Dovidl", a kazatska, freylekhs

Simcha Time

Author:: Unknown
Composer:: Unknown
Genre:: Novelty/Dialect/
Subject:: Food/Wedding/Family/Celebration/Klezmer

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22351
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Vocal:: Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):: Farber, Nat
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trumpet:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:: Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:: Bercov, Morris
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
First line:: Come on, one and all, let's be freylekh, let us have a ball,
Track comment:: Recorded Sep 30, 1964
Language:: Yinglish

Wedding Samba

Author:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Author:

Liebowitz, Joseph

Author:

Small, Allan

Composer:

Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב

Composer:

Liebowitz, Joseph

Composer:

Smulewitz, Solomon — שמוליװטש, שלמה

Genre:

Dance/Samba/Latin

Subject:

Wedding/Marriage/Place/Rio Grande

Additional song notes:

See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man" - See also "Der Nayer Sher" See Heskes 3368

Related information in folder 485:

Document type:: Lyrics
Author:: Internet
Publisher:: International Lyrics Playground
Comments:: Lyrics -- "Wedding Samba erroneously credited to Edmund Ros

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22352
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Arranger Orchestral Version:: Small, Allan
English Lyrics:: Liebowitz, Joseph
Orchestra Leader/Vocal/Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Piano/Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Trumpet:: Klein, Rafael Mendez
Trombone:: Zentner, Sy
Bass:: Breen, Larry
First line:: The wedding is over, good luck, the bride, she's happy...
Track comment:: Originally Recorded Dec 20, 1950
Language:: English

Can Can Kozotski

Composer:: Offenbach, Jacques
Genre:: Novelty/Klezmer/Instrumental/Parody

On album:: K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22353
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Arranger/Orchestra Leader (possibly):: Farber, Nat
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Trumpet:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwinds:: Webb, Champ
Woodwinds:: Bercov, Morris
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
Track comment:: Based on Offenbach Melody
Style:: Instrumental

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-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
Track ID:: 22354
Artist:: Mickey Katz Orchestra
Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Arranger/Possibly Conductor:: Farber, Nat
Trumpet:: Klein, Emmanuel
Trombone:: Diner, Harold
French Horn:: DeRosa, Vince
Woodwind:: Jacob, Jules
Woodwind:: Bercov, Morris
Woodwind:: Howard, Terry
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Gaines, Earl
Drums:: Singer, Lewis
Violin:: Raderman, Lou
Track comment:: Recorded Nov 24, 1964
Style:: Instrumental

Freylekh Jamboree

Composer:: Katz, Mickey
Genre:: Klezmer/Novelty

On album:: K-029(h) (The Klezmer Cconservatory Band Dancing In the Aisles)
Track ID:: 25248
Artist:: Klezmer Conservatory Band
Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Arranger:: Katz, Mickey
Track comment:: Has elements of a sher, broyges tants, freylekhs,
Style:: Klezmer/Instrumental

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-029(i) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band / Dance Me To The End Of Love)
Track ID:: 27787
Artist:: Klezmer Conservatory Band
Tambourine:: Bressler, Judy
Clarinet:: Stahl, Ilene
Violin:: Strauss, Deborah
Flute/Piccolo:: Miller, Robin
Cornet:: Berney, Mark
Trombone:: Hamilton, Mark
Alto Saxaphone/Accordion/Piano:: Netsky, Hankus
Piano:: Bailey, Art
Mandolin/Guitar/Tenor Banjo/:: Warschauer, Jeff
Drums/Percussion:: Smith, Grant
Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Arranger:: Netsky, Hankus
Style:: Instrumental/Swing
Length:: 003:53

Sabbath Prayer

Author:

Harnick, Sheldon

Composer:

Bock, Jerry

Genre:

Theater

Subject:

Sabbath/Faith/Daughters/Prayer//Ruth/Esther/Shield/God

Origin:

Ephemera 1614

Additional song notes:

From "Fiddler on the Roof

Related information in folder 1614:

Comments:: 1 2/27/2018 Lyrics to Sabbath Prayer from "Fiddler" entered in ephemera on February 27, 2018

On album:: K-022(m) (Mickey Katz Fiddler On The Roof)
Track ID:: 31303
Clarinet:: Katz, Mickey
Trumpet:: Klein, Manny
Violin:: Gill, Benny
Woodwinds:: Bercov, Morris
Trombone:: Shepard, Thomas
Piano:: Sherman, Ray
Bass:: Rubin, Meyer
Drums:: Weiss, Sam
Percussion:: Flynn, Frank
Percussion:: Bunker, Larry
Arranger:: Farber, Nat
Audio:: Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:: Klezmer/Theatre
Length:: 2:33

If I Were A Rich Man

Author:: Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:: Bock, Jerry
Genre:: Theater
Subject:: Wealth/Poverty/House/Livestock/Wife/Servants/Importance/
Additional song notes:: From "Fiddler On the Roof" See Gottlieb 147-48 for relationship between "I Met A Girl", "The Wedding Samba", "I Fell Like I'm Not Out Of Bed Yet", "If I Were A Rich Man"