Achron, Yosef

Name:
Achron, Yosef
Name (Yiddish):
אחרון, יוסף
Born:
1894 (Belgiam)
Died:
1955 (USA)
Note:
See album liner notes to Milken Archive "A Hunukka Celebration

Songs written or composed

Agada (Achron) — אגדה (אחרון)

Also known as:
Marchen
Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Instrumental/Classical
Song comment:
Opus 46

Recordings

On album:
A-039(a) (Stempenyu The Violin Music of Joseph Achron — סטעמפּעניו די פֿידל מוזיק פֿון יוסף אחרון)
Track ID:
25035
Violin:
Shaham, Hagai — שחם, חגי
Piano:
Erez, Arnon — ארון, ארנון, פּיאַנע
Track comment:
Recorded under "Marchen"
Style:
Concert
On album:
R-020(a) (The Russian Jewish Composers Vol 1)
Track ID:
952
Violin:
Yankelev, Joseph, violin
Piano:
Figueroa, Yvonne, piano
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Concert

Canzonetta — קאָנצאָנעטאַ

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Instrumental/Classical
Song comment:
Opus 52, No. 2

Recordings

On album:
N-046(e) (Jewish Songs Without Words/ Wolfgang Meyer, Clarinet/ Jascha Nemstov)
Track ID:
37555
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Clarinet:
Meyer, Wolfgang
Style:
Chamber/Piano/Clarinet
Length:
2:28
On album:
A-039(a) (Stempenyu The Violin Music of Joseph Achron — סטעמפּעניו די פֿידל מוזיק פֿון יוסף אחרון)
Track ID:
25037
Violin:
Shaham, Hagai — שחם, חגי
Piano:
Erez, Arnon — ארון, ארנון, פּיאַנע
Style:
Concert
On album:
022l (Elman, Misha/ Canzonetta/)
Track ID:
29400
Artist:
Elman, Mischa — עלמאַן, מישאַ

Children's Suite — Kindersuite

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף

Recordings

On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
40593
On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
40594
On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
40595
On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
40596
On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
40597
On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
40598
On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
40599
On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
40600
On album:
E-010(a) (Music of Gershon Ephros)
Track ID:
2764
Composer:
Ephros, Cantor Gershon
Artist:
Brall, Ruth contralto
Artist:
Eisner, Bruno, pianist
Language:
Hebrew

Dance Improvisation — אַ טאַנץ אימפּראָװיזאַציאַ

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Instrumental
Song comment:
Opus 37

Recordings

On album:
A-039(a) (Stempenyu The Violin Music of Joseph Achron — סטעמפּעניו די פֿידל מוזיק פֿון יוסף אחרון)
Track ID:
25033
Violin:
Shaham, Hagai — שחם, חגי
Piano:
Erez, Arnon — ארון, ארנון, פּיאַנע
Track comment:
Incorporates melody from Khanuke Oy Khanuke and others
Style:
Instrumental/Concert
On album:
R-020(b) (The Russian Jewish Composers Vol 2)
Track ID:
2877
Violin:
Waldman, Yuval
Piano:
Waldman, Cathy
Style:
Instrumental

Dos Heylige Shnayderl — דאָס הײליגע שנײַדערל

Also known as:
Kiddush Hashem (Excerpt)
Author:
Asch, Sholom — אַש, שלום
Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Tailor/Lamed Vov/Faith
Song comment:
From the play based on novel of same name "Kiddish Hasem".

Recordings

On album:
S-003(a) (Maurice Schwartz in Scenes and Episodes From Plays)
Track ID:
4051
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
Narration:
Mercur, Wolf — מערקור, װאָלף
Piano:
Rothpearl, Rochelle — ראָטפּערל, ראָשעל
First line:
Bin ikh mir a shnayderl, trog ikh in a torbele,
First line (Yiddish):
בין איך מיר אַ שנײַדערל, טראָג איך אין אַ טאָרבעלע,
Track comment:
Excerpt from the play "Kidush Hashem"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Incidental Theatre Music/Recitation/
On album:
S-003(b) (Maurice Schwartz)
Track ID:
4052
Vocal:
Schwartz, Maurice
First line:
Men ruft mir dos heylige shnayderl, ikh bin bakant in ale...
First line (Yiddish):
מען רופֿט מיר דאָס הײליגע שנײַדערל, איך בין באַקאָנט אין אַלע…
Track comment:
Excerpt from the play "Kidush Hashem"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Spoken Word

Hebrew Lullaby

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Instrumental/Classical
Subject:
Lullaby/Viglid
Song comment:
Opus 35, No 2

Recordings

On album:
A-039(a) (Stempenyu The Violin Music of Joseph Achron — סטעמפּעניו די פֿידל מוזיק פֿון יוסף אחרון)
Track ID:
25025
Violin:
Shaham, Hagai — שחם, חגי
Piano:
Erez, Arnon — ארון, ארנון, פּיאַנע
Style:
Concert
On album:
R-020(b) (The Russian Jewish Composers Vol 2)
Track ID:
6383
Violin:
Waldman, Yuval
Piano:
Waldman, Cathy
On album:
B-030(a) (Bilder aus Israel Theodore Mamlock, Violin — Klavier ,Richard Laugs)
Track ID:
6384
Violin:
Mamlock, Theodore, violin
Piano:
Laugs, Richard, piano
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Hebrew Melody — העברעאישער מעלאָדיע

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
St. Petersburg School
Song comment:
Opus 33

Recordings

On album:
A-039(a) (Stempenyu The Violin Music of Joseph Achron — סטעמפּעניו די פֿידל מוזיק פֿון יוסף אחרון)
Track ID:
25023
Violin:
Shaham, Hagai — שחם, חגי
Piano:
Erez, Arnon — ארון, ארנון, פּיאַנע
Style:
Concert
On album:
024q (Heifetz, Jascha/ Hebrew Melody/)
Track ID:
29463
Artist:
Heifetz, Jascha
On album:
V-015(l) (Vorbei… Beyond Recall, DVD/ A Record of Jewish musical life in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1938/DVD is filed on the CD shelf as K-015(l) with the 11 other cd's in the shelf)
Track ID:
31653
Violin Solo:
Weissberger, Andreas
Instrumentation:
Petruschka, Sigmund
Musical Direction:
Rosenstock, Joseph
Artistic Direction/Photography:
Lerski, Helmar
Camera:
Kristeller, W.
Style:
Instrumental/Classical/Prelude Orchestral
Length:
8:58
On album:
B-104(a) (Bucovina Klezmer and friends play Jewish Music)
Track ID:
38798
violin, mandolin:
Miller, Miamon
clarinet:
Goro, Zinovy
accordion:
Kasap, David
bass:
Koler, Vic
vocal:
Weitz, Gary
oud, vocals:
Bilezikjian, John
piano:
Ariondo, Nick
darbuka, traps:
Morris, Daniel
Style:
Klezmer
Length:
3:38
On album:
R-020(b) (The Russian Jewish Composers Vol 2)
Track ID:
6386
Violin:
Waldman, Yuval
Pianio:
Waldman, Cathy
Style:
Instrumental/Classical
On album:
B-008(a) (Music Of A People Stanley Black Conducting London Festival Orchestra & Chorous)
Track ID:
6387
Artist:
London Festival Orch & Chorus
Conductor:
Black, Stanley
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Classical
On album:
S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
6388
Violin:
Heifetz, Jascha, violin
Style:
Instrumental/Classical
On album:
E-013(a) (Mischa Elman Hebraic Melodies Joseph Seiger, piano)
Track ID:
6389
Violin:
Elman, Mischa — עלמאַן, מישאַ
Piano:
Seiger, Joseph, piano
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental/Classical

Hebrew Melody (Rep-Hoph)

Author:
Rep-Hoph, Marie
Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Zionist/Classical
Transliteration:
Alb D-004(h)
Translation:
Alb D-004(h)

Recording

On album:
D-004(l) (Masters Of The Jewish Art Song/ Louis Danto)
Track ID:
6390
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Tyomkina, Natasha
Oboe:
Trubashnik, Senia
First line:
Trern fun doyres, heylike torahs, dem ovar's melodien klnag,
First line (Yiddish):
טרערן פֿון דורות, הײליגע תּורות, דעם...מעלאָדיען קלאַנג,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert

Mir Zogn Der Baleboste — מיר זאָגן דער בּעל-הבּיתטע

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Folk
Subject:
Students/Hunger/Charity
Origin:
Vinkov 63
Transliteration:
CD D-004(l)
Translation:
CD D-004(l)

Recording

On album:
D-004(l) (Masters Of The Jewish Art Song/ Louis Danto)
Track ID:
10516
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Tyomkina, Natasha
Oboe:
Trubashnik, Senia
First line:
Mir zogn der baleboste: "Git undz epes esn"
First line (Yiddish):
מיר זאָגן דער בּעל-הבּיתטע "דיט אודז עפּעס עסן"
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert/Art Song

Stempenyu Suite

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Instrumental/Classical
Song comment:
Sher/Stempenyu Shpilt/Freylekhs are part of Stempenyu Suite

Recordings

On album:
R-020(a) (The Russian Jewish Composers Vol 1)
Track ID:
14680
Violin:
Yankelev, Joseph, violin
Piano:
Figueroa, Yvonne, piano
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Stempenyu Plays/ Sher/ Freylekhs/
On album:
A-039(a) (Stempenyu The Violin Music of Joseph Achron — סטעמפּעניו די פֿידל מוזיק פֿון יוסף אחרון)
Track ID:
25044
Violin:
Shaham, Hagai — שחם, חגי
Piano:
Erez, Arnon — ארון, ארנון, פּיאַנע
Track comment:
Stempenyu Plays/ Sher (Dance)/ Freylekhs (Dance)
Style:
Concert

Stimmung In B Minor — שטימונג אין בי מינאָר

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Subject:
Opus 32, No 2

Recordings

On album:
A-039(a) (Stempenyu The Violin Music of Joseph Achron — סטעמפּעניו די פֿידל מוזיק פֿון יוסף אחרון)
Track ID:
25039
Violin:
Shaham, Hagai — שחם, חגי
Piano:
Erez, Arnon — ארון, ארנון, פּיאַנע
Style:
Concert
On album:
A-039(a) (Stempenyu The Violin Music of Joseph Achron — סטעמפּעניו די פֿידל מוזיק פֿון יוסף אחרון)
Track ID:
25041
Violin:
Shaham, Hagai — שחם, חגי
Piano:
Erez, Arnon — ארון, ארנון, פּיאַנע
Style:
Concert

Ikh Bin Di Bobe Yakhne — איך בין די באָבע יאַכנע

Also known as:
I Am The Bube Yakhne
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Witch/Money/
Song comment:
Soviet adaptation of "Di Kishefmakerin"
Additional song notes:
I Am The Bobe Yakhne

Recording

On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
41836
Vocal:
Zuskin, Benyamin — זוסקין, בעניאָמען
First line:
Ikh bin bobe yakhne, bin shoyn do, ikh bin kishevmakerin fun dorf,
First line (Yiddish):
איך בין באָבע יאַכנע, בין שױן דאָ, איך בין כּיזופֿמאַכערין פֿון...
Track comment:
From Soviet production of "Koldunya" Recorded under "I am the Bube Yakhne".
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Dramatic/Theatrical/USSR
Length:
2:04

Jumping with Tongue Out

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Sextet

Recordings

On album:
N-046(a) (Zimro/ Music of the New Jewish School for Sextet/ Chen Halevi/Clarinet/ Vogler String Quartet/ Jascha Nemtsov/Piano)
Track ID:
37484
Clarinet:
Halevi, Chen
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Artist:
Vogler String Quartet
Violin:
Vogler, Tim
Viola:
Fehlandt, Stefan
Cello:
Forck, Stephan
Violin:
Reinecke, Frank
Style:
Chamber
Length:
1:17
On album:
N-046(c) (Across Boundries/ Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol 2/The New Jewish School/Jascha Nemstov, Piano)
Track ID:
37529
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Style:
Dramatic / Solo Piano
Length:
1:15

Mamma, Tell a Fairy-Tale

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Sextet

Recordings

On album:
N-046(a) (Zimro/ Music of the New Jewish School for Sextet/ Chen Halevi/Clarinet/ Vogler String Quartet/ Jascha Nemtsov/Piano)
Track ID:
37486
Clarinet:
Halevi, Chen
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Artist:
Vogler String Quartet
Violin:
Vogler, Tim
Viola:
Fehlandt, Stefan
Cello:
Forck, Stephan
Violin:
Reinecke, Frank
Style:
Chamber
Length:
1:29
On album:
N-046(c) (Across Boundries/ Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol 2/The New Jewish School/Jascha Nemstov, Piano)
Track ID:
37530
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Style:
Dramatic / Solo Piano
Length:
1:24

The Top

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Sextet

Recordings

On album:
N-046(a) (Zimro/ Music of the New Jewish School for Sextet/ Chen Halevi/Clarinet/ Vogler String Quartet/ Jascha Nemtsov/Piano)
Track ID:
37490
Clarinet:
Halevi, Chen
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Artist:
Vogler String Quartet
Violin:
Vogler, Tim
Viola:
Fehlandt, Stefan
Cello:
Forck, Stephan
Violin:
Reinecke, Frank
Style:
Chamber
Length:
1:01
On album:
N-046(c) (Across Boundries/ Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol 2/The New Jewish School/Jascha Nemstov, Piano)
Track ID:
37532
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Style:
Dramatic / Solo Piano
Length:
0:55

Soap-Bubbles

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Sextet

Recordings

On album:
N-046(a) (Zimro/ Music of the New Jewish School for Sextet/ Chen Halevi/Clarinet/ Vogler String Quartet/ Jascha Nemtsov/Piano)
Track ID:
37498
Clarinet:
Halevi, Chen
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Artist:
Vogler String Quartet
Violin:
Vogler, Tim
Viola:
Fehlandt, Stefan
Cello:
Forck, Stephan
Violin:
Reinecke, Frank
Style:
Chamber
Length:
0:48
On album:
N-046(c) (Across Boundries/ Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol 2/The New Jewish School/Jascha Nemstov, Piano)
Track ID:
37533
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Style:
Dramatic / Solo Piano
Length:
1:00

The Caravan

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Sextet

Recordings

On album:
N-046(a) (Zimro/ Music of the New Jewish School for Sextet/ Chen Halevi/Clarinet/ Vogler String Quartet/ Jascha Nemtsov/Piano)
Track ID:
37500
Clarinet:
Halevi, Chen
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Artist:
Vogler String Quartet
Violin:
Vogler, Tim
Viola:
Fehlandt, Stefan
Cello:
Forck, Stephan
Violin:
Reinecke, Frank
Style:
Chamber
Length:
1:13
On album:
N-046(c) (Across Boundries/ Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol 2/The New Jewish School/Jascha Nemstov, Piano)
Track ID:
37531
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Style:
Dramatic / Solo Piano
Length:
1:07

Parade With Presents

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Sextet

Recordings

On album:
N-046(a) (Zimro/ Music of the New Jewish School for Sextet/ Chen Halevi/Clarinet/ Vogler String Quartet/ Jascha Nemtsov/Piano)
Track ID:
37502
Clarinet:
Halevi, Chen
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Artist:
Vogler String Quartet
Violin:
Vogler, Tim
Viola:
Fehlandt, Stefan
Cello:
Forck, Stephan
Violin:
Reinecke, Frank
Style:
Chamber
Length:
1:53
On album:
N-046(c) (Across Boundries/ Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol 2/The New Jewish School/Jascha Nemstov, Piano)
Track ID:
37534
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Style:
Dramatic / Solo Piano
Length:
1:27

Dream

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Piano solo
Additional song notes:
On album K-087(g) arr. Lato, Tomaz

Recordings

On album:
K-087(g) (Kroke / Ten Pieces To Save The World)
Track ID:
38759
double bass:
Lato, Tomasz
accordion:
Bawol, Jerzy
violin, viola, vocals, percussion, piano, wind instruments:
Kukurba, Tomasz
On album:
N-046(c) (Across Boundries/ Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol 2/The New Jewish School/Jascha Nemstov, Piano)
Track ID:
37527
Piano:
Nemtsov, Jascha
Style:
Dramatic / Solo Piano
Length:
4:20

"El jiwneh Hagalil"

Composer:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
Genre:
Classical/Piano solo
Additional song notes:
Symphonic Variations and Sonata on a Jewish Theme
Sheet music:
Folder:
7
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Violin
Translator:
Tanzman, Joseph I.
Texts:
Translit/English
Publisher:
A Teres music dealer and publisher
Publisher address:
240 1/2 E. Houston St., N.Y.
Date:
1908
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Du vest nokh zeyn, es ken geshen, mir veln...
First line (Yiddish):
דו וועסט נאך זען, עס קען געשען, מיר וועלן נאך...
Notes:
Cover has photographs of two men and a woman. "Men Shart Gold in America" is sung by Mrs. Thomashefsky and Mr Berstein. From the play "The Widow". English versions appears to be singable with exaggerated Yiddish accent. Four songs are listed in the play: "Di Mume Glukele", "Di Tfililn", "Men Shart Gold In Amerike", "King Solomon's Song Of Songs". Also music for "Concert Roance", Shubert's Celebrated Senade", "Misere", "I Have Sighed To Rest Me", "Ikh Vill Mer Keyn Skab Nit Zayn", "Waves of the Danube No 1, Waltz"

Recording

On album:
N-046(c) (Across Boundries/ Discovering Russia 1910-1940, Vol 2/The New Jewish School/Jascha Nemstov, Piano)
Track ID:
37535
Style:
Dramatic / Solo Piano
Length:
20:10

Other tracks with this artist

Kum Mit Mir Aheym — קום מיט מיר אַהײם

Also known as:
Come To My Home
Also known as:
Kum Kum
Also known as:
Mirele - Di Kishefmakerin, Duet
Also known as:
Kum Mit Mir
Also known as:
Come With Me
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Theater
Subject:
Witch/Mirele/Enticement/Child/Orphan/Home
Additional song notes:
From the operetta "Di Tsoyberin oder Di Kishefmakherin"
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28208
Vocal:
Zuskin, Benyamin — זוסקין, בעניאָמען
Vocal:
Rozina, (no other name given) ראָזינע
Artist:
Unidentified Orchestra
Arranger:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
First line:
Kum, kum, kum mit mir, kum mit mir aheym,
First line (Yiddish):
קום, קום, קום מיט מיר, קום מיט מיר אַהײם,
Track comment:
Recorded under "Come With Me"/Begins with dialogue between Mirele and Koldunya
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Dramatic/Theatrical/Operetta/Orchestral Accompaniment/USSR
Length:
03:57

Hotsmakhs Song (Koldunya)

Author:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Composer:
Goldfaden, Avrom — גאָלדפֿאַדען, אַבֿרהם
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Children
On album:
M-063(a) (Cubo Futurist Klezmer/Recordings From.. Moscow State Yiddish Theatre 1922-1938 GOSET)
Track ID:
28209
Vocal:
Mikhoels, Shloyme — מיכאָעלס, שלמה
Artist:
Unidentified Orchestra
Arranger:
Achron, Yosef — אחרון, יוסף
First line:
(Inaudable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Theatrical/Orchestral Accompaniment/USSR
Length:
002:17

Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archive.
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