Name:
Lai, Francis
Born:
April 26, 1932 (Nice, Alpes, Maritimes, France)

Songs written or composed

Love Story

Also known as:
A Mayse Fun A Libe (Love Story)
Author:
Sigman, Carl
Composer:
Lai, Francis
Genre:
Love/Film
Subject:
Love/Constancy
Additional song notes:
Hebrew Version - "Sipur Ahava" / Yiddish Versions - "A Mayse Fun A Libe", "Ikh Hob Dikh Lib" / First Line of B-28(b)/ Vi heybst men itst on oykh tsu dertsaylen fun a libe fayer../װי הײבסט מען איצט אָן אײַך צו דערצײלען פֿון אַ ליבע פֿײַער פֿלאַם,
Sheet music:
Folder:
889
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Voice/Piano
Texts:
English
Publisher:
Famous Music, Inc
Date:
1970
Provenance:
internet, musicnotes.com
First line:
Where do I begin to tell the story of how great a love can..

Recordings

On album:
B-028(b) (Our Way (Tahka - Tahka) The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
9438
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
Vocal Arranger/Conductor:
Graff, Jerry, voc arr & orch cond
Orchestrations:
Tyler, Jim, orchestrations
Yiddish Adaptation:
Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן
First line:
Vi heybst men itst on oykh tsu dertsaylen fun a libe fayer..
First line (Yiddish):
װי הײבסט מען איצט אָן אײַך צו דערצײלען פֿון אַ ליבע פֿײַער פֿלאַם,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
W-014(a) (Yiddish Program For Soviet Jewry Workman's Circle Chorus)
Track ID:
9439
Vocal:
Workmen's Circle Chorus, Phila — אַרבעטער רינג כאָר, פֿילאַ.
Conductor:
Helzner, Morrie — העלזנער, מאָרי
Piano:
Seidman, Claire, piano
First line:
Tifer fun dem yam,
First line (Yiddish):
טיפֿער פֿון דעם ים,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Choral
On album:
B-023(a) (Bashana Haba'ah (Any Time Of The Year) — בּשנה הבּאה)
Track ID:
9437
Vocal:
Yarkoni,Yaffa — יפה ירקוני
Arranger/Hebrew Adaptation:
Atar, Tirza — אתר, תרצה
Language:
Hebrew