Tracks with this artist
Hishbati (Heb) — השבּעתּי
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 6620
- Vocal:
- Twerski, Rabbi Shloyme B. C.
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- First line (Hebrew):
- השבּעתּי א
אתכם, בּנוֹת ירוּשלים, אם תּמצאו את דוּדי,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "Swear to me, daughters of Jerusalem, that you will...
- Language:
- Hebrew
Heartsong (Instr)
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 6375
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Heartwork (Instr)
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 6376
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Hope (Instr)
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 6751
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Denver March
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 3038
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental
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-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)
- Track ID:
- 3250
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Vocal:
- Alexander, Sharon
- First line:
- Hey, du klezmer, nem dem fidl, shpil dos naye lidl, tantsn..
- First line:
- הײ דו קלעזמער, נעם דעם פֿידל, שפּיל דאָס נײַע לידל, טאַנצן װעט...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Hey, du klezmer, play that fiddle, shake it up a little,
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Klezmer
Dodi Li (Chen) — דוֹדי לי (כן)
- Genre:
- Biblical/Song of Songs/
- Subject:
- Love/Shepherd
- Origin:
- Alb S-033(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb S-002(e)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb S-075(a)
- Translation:
- Alb S-033(a)/Alb H-026(a)/Alb A-031(a)/Alb S-075(a)/Alb H-026(c)/Alb A-031(a)
- On album:
- K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)
- Track ID:
- 3915
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Vocal):
- Cohen, Robert and Sharon Alexander
- First line:
- Dodi li v'ani lo, haroe bashoshanim.
- First line (Hebrew):
- דודי לי ואני לו, הרועה בּששנים.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "My beloved is mine and I am his." From Song of Songs
- Language:
- Hebrew
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:
- K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)
- Track ID:
- 5248
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Artist:
- Brandt, Ted, clarinet
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Sirba rhythm, Rumania
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental
Khonenu — חננוּ
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 8268
- Vocal:
- Twerski, Rabbi Mordecai
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- First line:
- Khonenu hashem khonenu ki rav sovanu buz.
- First line (Hebrew):
- חננוּ ה' חננוּ כּי רב שׂבענוּ בוּז.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "Please try to find us worthy Hashem, our suffering..."
- Language:
- Hebrew
Klez Capades (Instr)
- On album:
- K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)
- Track ID:
- 8515
- Composer:
- Cohen, Robert
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Includes melody from "Looney Toones" cartoon theme.
Lule — לוּלא
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 9480
- Vocal:
- Twerski, Rabbi Mordecai
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- First line:
- Lule he'emanti lireot betuv adonay be'erets khaim
- First line (Hebrew):
- לוּלא האמנתּי לראוֹת בּטוּב-יהיה; בּארץ חיים. קוּה אל-יהיה:
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "Without my trust in Hashem, I would never percieve His..."
- Language:
- Hebrew
Mit Dir Iz Mir Gut (Eng, Yid) — מיט דיר איז מיר גוט
- On album:
- K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)
- Track ID:
- 10573
- Author:
- Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Vocal:
- Alexander, Sharon
- First line:
- Mit dir iz mir gut, s'felt mir keyn zakh nit,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- When you're here with me, what else could I need?
Pischu Li (Taub) — פּתחוּ לי (טאוב)
- Composer:
- Taub, Rabbi Samuel of Modzits
- Genre:
- Religious/Psalm/Hallel
- Subject:
- Rightous/Gates/Entry/Psalm 118:19-25/Thanks
- Origin:
- Alb K-037(b)/Pasternak CH 147/Alb C-001(a)
- Transliteration:
- Pasternak CH 83/Alb C-001(a)
- Translation:
- Alb K-037(b)/Pasternak CH 147/Alb C-001(a)
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 12264
- Vocal:
- Twerski, Rabbi Shloyme B. C.
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- First line:
- לא-אמוֹת כּי-אחיה ואספּר מעשי יה: יסר יסרני יה ולמות לא נתנני:
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "I shall not die, but live, And declare the works of the..."
Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym — אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם
- Also known as:
- Al Haderekh Ets Omeyd
- Also known as:
- Afn Veg Shteyt A Boym
- Author:
- Manger, Itzik — מאַנגער, איציק
- Genre:
- Literary Origin/Folk
- Subject:
- Child/Mother/Burdens/Birds/Tree/Imagination/Mother Love
- Song comment:
- P. Laskovski sometimes credited as composer./ From "Volkns Ibern Dakh"
- Origin:
- ML MTAG 164/Manger 369/Manger Illust/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-024(e)/GYF 66/
- Transliteration:
- GYF 67/ML MTAG 164/ L-022(a)/Alb A-044(a)/Alb F-018(a)/CD L-054(a)/CD O-016(a)
- Translation:
- Leftwich GP 547/GYF 67/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Manger Wolf 102/Sh Sh 414
- Music:
- ML MTAG 164/
- Additional song notes:
- By The Wayside Stands A Tree
See also illustration in Manger Illust
See transliteration and translation in Ephemera 1552
Shmuel Fisher credited as compposer in the lyrics provided by Klezmania
- Related information in folder 111:
- Comments:
- 1. Essay titled "The Destiny of a Poem" by Itzik Manger, translated from the Yiddish by Joseph Leftwich and published in Volume 2 of "The Way We Think" describing Manger's visit to Waraw in April 1948 including an incident dealing with his poem "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym."
See folder 3 (Manger, Itzik)
2. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
3. Article in the English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos exploring the relationship of Manger's "Oyfn Veg Shteyt A Boym" and the folk song "Groyser Got, Groyser Got, Lomir Davenen Minkhe, Az Yidn Veln Forn Keyn Eretz Yisroel, Vet Zayn Susn V"Simkhe".
4 3/2/2014 Program for performances of the The Megile of Itzik Manger for March 2-16, 2014 at the Center for the Performing Arts published by the Folksbiene.
- Related information in folder 996:
- Comments:
- 1. Article in English Forward of January 29, 2010 by Philologos titled "A Tree Grows in Zion" dealing with Manger's Song with the Zionist pioneer song and coming to the conclusion that Laskowsky could not have written the melody to the Manger song
- On album:
- K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)
- Track ID:
- 11996
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- Vocal:
- Alexander, Sharon
- First line:
- Oyfn vegt shteyt a boym, shteyt er eyngeboygn,
- First line:
- אױפֿן װעג שטײט אַ בױם, שטײט ער אײַנגעבױגן, אַלע פֿײגל פֿונעם...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- At the window stands a tree, bent against the bitter storm,
- Language:
- English/Yiddish
Un'saneh Tokef — וּנתנה תּקף
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 15900
- Artist:
- Twerski, Rabbi Mordecai
- Artist:
- Twersky, Rabbi Shloyme B. C.
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- First line (Hebrew):
- כּבקרת רוֹעה עדרוֹ: מעביר צאמוֹ תּחת שבטוֹ, כּן תּעביר ותספּוֹר...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "Like a shepherd pasturing his flock, the sheep passing..."
- Language:
- Hebrew
Yodu Lashem (Heb) — יוּדוֹ לה
- On album:
- K-037(b) (Rabbi Mordecai Twerski with Klezmer V'od HEART WORK — עבודה שבלב)
- Track ID:
- 17715
- Artist:
- Twerski, Rabbi Shloyme B. C.
- Artist:
- Klezmer V'od
- First line (Hebrew):
- הוּדוֹ לה חסדוֹ, ונפלאוֹתּיו לבני אדם.
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- "Praise and thank Hashem for his kindness and wonders...
- Language:
- Hebrew