Lefkowitch, Henry

Benkendik — בענקענדיק

Author:

Leder, Tsvi — לעדער, צבי

Composer:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Yearing/Longing/Melancholy/Memory

Transliteration:

Alb B-031(a)

Sheet music:

Folder:

533

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Voice/Piano

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration

Publisher:

Metro Music Co.

Publisher address:

58 Second Ave, New York, NY

Date:

1930

Provenance:

Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal

Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:

278

First line:

In shtub iz shtil, s'iz shpet bay nakht der zinger bloyz…

First line (Yiddish):

אין שטוב איז שטיל. ס'איז שפּכט בײַנאַכט, דער זינגער בלויז איז וואַך...

Notes:

Dark blue lettering, Yiddish/English. Photo inserts of Tzvee Leder (Words) and Henry Lefkowitch (Music). Price 40 cents. Three verses in Yiddish on back cover.

Dem Shnayders Tekhterl — דעם שנײַדערס טעכטערל

Author:

Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)

Composer:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Genre:

Ballad/Lament

Subject:

Tailor/Daughter/Rape/Pogrom/Rage

Additional song notes:

See Yiddish Forward of Dec 5, 2003

Related information in folder 626:

Comments:

1. Article in Yiddish Forward dated 12/5/03 by Chana Mlotek, responding to readers inquiry, publishing the text of Dem Shnayders Tekhterl.

Falende Bleter — פֿאַלענדע בלעטער

Author:

Liessin, Avrom — ליעסין, אַבֿרהם

Composer:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Seasons/Autumn/Leaves/Melancholy/Spring/Life/

Origin:

Alb B-003

Sheet music:

Folder:

259

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Voice/Piano

Texts:

English/Yiddish/Transliteration

Publisher:

Metro Music Co.

Publisher address:

64 Second Ave, New York, NY

Date:

1923

Provenance:

Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal

Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:

52

First line:

Vos hudzen di gele, di falende bleter, ven s'shpilt zikh...

First line (Yiddish):

וואָס הודזען די געלע, די פֿאַלענדע בלעטער, ווען ס'שפֿילט זיך...

Notes:

Brown lettering, English/Yiddish. Price 40 cents. Six verses in Yiddish on back cover.

Hot Rakhmones — האָט רחמנות

Author:

Frug, Shimon Shmuel — פֿרוג, שמעון שמואל

Composer:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Genre:

Literary Origin/Lament

Subject:

Mercy/Relief/Help/Fear/Hunger/Helplessness/Pogrom

Origin:

Frug 48/Levin N 119

Transliteration:

Levin N 119

Music:

Levin N 119

Additional song notes:

Have Pity

Sheet music:

Folder:

99

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Piano/Voice

Translator:

Margolis, H.

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration/English

Publisher:

Joseph P. Katz

Publisher address:

191 East Broadway, New York

Date:

1915

Provenance:

Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996

First line:

Shtromen blut un taykhn trern, zidn flisn tif un..

First line (Yiddish):

שטראַמען בלוט און טײַכן טרערן, זידן פֿליסן טיף...

Notes:

Cover framed by lattice design. "Gewidmet Poale Zion Gesangs Verein of Newark" 20 cents net, no discount.

Feld Klangen — פֿעלד קלאַנגען

Author:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Composer:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Havest/Fields/Crops/Nature/Earth/Sounds

Sheet music:

Folder:

213

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Voice/Piano

Translator:

Ketempass, Boris (Hebrew)

Texts:

Yiddish/Hebrew/Transliteration

Publisher:

Metro Music Co.

Publisher address:

64 Second Ave, New York, NY

Date:

1932

Provenance:

Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal/ R&MF

Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:

9

First line:

Arbet, arbet shnayt di zangen fun di koses hert di klangen..

First line (Yiddish):

אַרבעט, אַרבעט, שנייַט די זאַנגען פֿון די קאָסעס הערט די קלאַנגען

Notes:

Cover: Yiddish lettering with graphics of grass and tiny flowers. English title; Field Echoes. Hebrew version by ì Boris Ketempad). Price 35 cents. For voice and ì piano. WARNING: This number can not be broadcast on the air ì without the permission of the copyright owner. (Yiddish word "koses" translated as "scythe" ) Two copies

Yom Kipur Tsu Minkhe — יום כּפּור צו מנחה

Author:

Rosenfeld, Morris — ראָזענפֿעלד, מאָריס

Composer:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Yom Kipur/Sadness/Fatigue/Foreboding

Sheet music:

Folder:

241

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Mixed Chorus/Piano

Texts:

Yiddish/English/Transliteration

Publisher:

Metro Music Co.

Publisher address:

58 Second Ave. New York, NY

Date:

1928

Provenance:

Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal

Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:

35

First line:

Yom Kipur tsu Minkhe, der umet is groys...

First line (Yiddish):

יום כפּור צו מנחה דער אומוט איז גויס, די ריינע נשמות־ליכט...

Notes:

Small booklet, Yiddish/English/Hebrew. Price 30 cents.

Di Alte Harf — די אַלטע האַרף

Author:

Peretz, Yitskhok Leybush — פּרץ, יצחק לײבוש

Composer:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Genre:

Literary Origin

Subject:

Ancient Hqrp/Dusty/Silenced

Sheet music:

Folder:

504

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Voice/Piano

Translator:

Brody, Alter (English)

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration

Publisher:

Metro Music Co.

Publisher address:

64 Second Ave, New York, NY

Date:

1952

Provenance:

Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal

Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:

245

First line:

Fargesen un fershtoybt ligt di alte harf…

First line (Yiddish):

...פֿאַרגעסן און פֿאַרשטויבט ליגט די אָלטע האַרף

Notes:

Black lettering, Yiddish/English. Price 50 cents. Sketch of old harp within lettering on front cover. Three verses in Yiddish inside front cover.

Niet Niet Nie Chotchoo

Author:

Traditional

Genre:

Folk/Russian Gypsy

Subject:

Maiden refusing to give up the pleasures of youth.

Song comment:

Title translates: "No, No, I Do Not Want."

On album:

A-051(a) (Louis Alter Echoes of Old Russia)

Track ID:

32980

Arranger:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Bass-baritone soloist:

Cassen, Gerald

Orchestra:

Louis Alter and His Balalaika Orchestra

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Russian

Style:

Concert

Ikh Zing Nor Far Dir — איך זינג נאָר פֿאַר דיר

On album:

R-027(a) (William Royal sings Romantic Music of the Jewish Theatre)

Track ID:

7255

Author:

Rosenfeld, Morris — ראָזענפֿעלד, מאָריס

Composer:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

Artist:

Royal, William

First line:

Ikh zing nit far keyem, ikh zing nor far dir,

First line:

איך זינג ניט פֿאַר קײנעם, איך זינג נאָר פֿאַר דיר,

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Mazl Tov (Der Eybershter Iz Der Mekhutn) — מזל־טובֿ (דער אייבערשטער איז דער מחותּן)

Also known as:

Der Eybershter Iz Der Mekhutn

Genre:

Folk/Metaphor

Subject:

Torah/Bride/Moses/Matchmaker/Israel/Groom/Engagement/Sinai

Origin:

SH 1329

Transliteration:

Kremer 44/SH 1329

Music:

SH 1329

Additional song notes:

Published under title "Maseltof"/God is an "in-law (mekhutn)"

Related information in folder 723:

Comments:

1. Article in Yiddish Forward of August 24, 1984 by Chana Mlotek in response to a reader's query. Yiddish text of the song is part of the response. 2. Article in Yiddish Forward of Sept 21, 1984 by Chana Mlotek supplementing her artice of August 24, 1984 describing the cataloging of the Archive.

On album:

G-042(c) (Moshe Ganchoff Jewish Melodies)

Track ID:

20316

Vocal:

Ganchoff, Cantor Moyshe — גאַנשאַף, חזן משה

Conductor:

Saslavsky, Nicholas L. — סאַסלאַװסקי, נ. ל.

Arranger:

Lefkowitch, Henry — לעפֿקאָװיטש, הענרי

First line:

Der Eybeshter iz der mekhutn, di Toyre iz di Kale, Moyshe...

First line (Yiddish):

דער אײבערשטער איז דער מחותן, די תּורה איז די כּלה, משה...

Audio:

Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Language:

Yiddish

Style:

Concert