Songs written or composed
Steam Steam Steam — סטיִם סטיִם סטיִם
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Genre:
- Theater/Novelty/Shund/Humorous/Double Entendre
- Subject:
- Landlord/Tenant/Utilities/Old Man/Steam
- Origin:
- Ephemera 225
- Transliteration:
- Alb N-020(a)
- Translation:
- Alb N-020(a)
Recordings
- On album:
- W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)
- Track ID:
- 23685
- Vocal/English Adaptation:
- Waldman, Gary
- Composer:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Vocal/English Adaptation:
- Waldman, Janice
- Artist:
- Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
- Piano/Conductor:
- Delfin, Jon
- First line:
- Sitting here, its three am, and we can't get to sleep,
- First line:
- סטיִם, סטיִם סטיִם, ס'איז קאַלט װי און אַ קבֿק, סטיִם, סטיִם סטיִם...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From "Paved With Gold"
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- On album:
- N-020(a) (Honey Novick Rising Toward the Seraphim)
- Track ID:
- 23805
- Author/Composer:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Vocal:
- Novick, Honey
- Piano:
- Goldhamer, Brahm, piano
- Percussion:
- Sacks, Richard M., percussion
- First line:
- Shney, es vet bald faln, in der shtot es vert a kelt,
- First line (Yiddish):
- שנײ, עס װעט באַלד פֿאַלן, אין דער שטאָט עס װערט אַ קעלט,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- Yiddish
Vatch Your Step — װאַטש יאָר סטעפ
- Also known as:
- Watch Your Step (Loenworth)
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theatre/Immigrant/Klezmer/Humorous
- Subject:
- America/Pressure/Stress/Haste
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(f)
- Translation:
- Alb K-029(f)Alb M-068(a)55
- Additional song notes:
- From the musical - Berele Tremp/ See Heskes 1 entry 1216 respecting sheet music.
- Related information in folder 176:
- Document type:
- Text
- Comments:
- Tranliteration
Recordings
- On album:
- G-013(c) (The Golden Land, a joyous new musical Original Cast Album)
- Track ID:
- 16252
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Vocalist:
- Golden Land Company
- Artist:
- Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
- Orchestration:
- Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
- First line:
- Vatch your step, all the people shout, Vatch your step,
- Track comment:
- English by Zalman Molek, Moishe Rosenfeld and Jacques Levy.
- On album:
- K-029(f) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Old World Beat)
- Track ID:
- 16253
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam / Judy Bressler
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Artist:
- Klezmer Conservatory Band
- Vocal:
- Bressler, Judy
- Conductor:
- Netsky, Hankus
- First line:
- Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes,
- First line:
- אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
- Track comment:
- Additional verses by Judy Bressler
- On album:
- W-024(a) (Paved With Gold Starring Gary & Janice Waldman)
- Track ID:
- 23678
- Vocal:
- Waldman, Gary
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Vocal:
- Waldman, Janice
- Artist:
- Golden Land Klezmer Orchestra
- Piano/Conductor:
- Delfin, Jon
- First line:
- Vatch your step, all the people shout, Vatch your step,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From "Paved With Gold" originally from musical Berele Tremp
- On album:
- C-035(b) (Adrianne Cooper & Zalmen Mlotek/An Afternoon Of Jewish Music)
- Track ID:
- 25685
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Vocal:
- Cooper, Adrienne — קאָפּער, חנה־פֿריידע
- Artist:
- Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
- First line:
- Vatch your step, all the people shout, Vatch your step,
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- An Afternoon of Yiddish Music
- On album:
- L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 27649
- Vocal:
- Schwartz, William — שוואַרץ, וויליאַם
- First line:
- Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes,
- First line:
- אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- From Columbia E7625 From the musical - Berele Tremp
- Language:
- Yiddish/Yinglish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Tenor
- On album:
- L-050(a) (Martin Lorber Collection of 78 RPM Recordings)
- Track ID:
- 27664
- Vocalist:
- Weisman, G.
- First line:
- Shtey oyf many man un tu un di takhtoynim, un gey zikh...
- First line (Yiddish):
- שטײ אױף מײַן מאַן און טו אָן די תּחתּונים (?), און גײ זיך זוכן...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Columbia E6104 78rpm
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Klezmer/Concert
- On album:
- M-068(a)48 (Milken/Joseph Rumshinsky: Great Songs of the Yiddish Stage, Vol 3)
- Track ID:
- 33377
- Vocal:
- Borts, Joanne
- Arranger:
- Russ, Patrick
- Artist:
- Vienna Chamber Orchestra
- Conductor:
- Jaffe, Elli
- First line:
- Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes,
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Theater/Vaudeville
- Length:
- 2:20
Vaudeville Medly (Video)
- Author:
- Thomashevsky, Boris — טאָמאַשעװסקי, ברוך
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theater/ Place/Novelty
- Subject:
- Downtown/Uptown/Mobility/Hurry/Subway/Steps
- Additional song notes:
- Two Songs
Downtown/Uptown - Author Thomashevsky
Vatsch Yor Step -Author Lowenworth
Vatch Your Step (Video) — װאַטש יאָר סטעפ (ווידיאָ)
- Author:
- Lowenworth, Sam
- Composer:
- Rumshinsky, Yosef — רומשינסקי, יאָסף
- Genre:
- Theatre/Immigrant/Klezmer/Humorous
- Subject:
- America/Pressure/Stress/Haste/Subway/Park
- Transliteration:
- Alb G-013(c)/Alb K-029(f)
- Translation:
- Alb K-029(f)Alb M-068(a)55
- Additional song notes:
- From the musical - Berele Tremp/ See Heskes 1 entry 1216 respecting sheet music.
Recording
- On album:
- V0258 (Michael Tilson Thomas/ The Thomashefskys/ Music and Memories of the Yiddish Theater (Video))
- Track ID:
- 36885
- Artist:
- New World Symphony
- Conductor:
- Tilson Thomas, Michael
- Vocal:
- Blazer, Judy
- Vocal:
- Hensley, Shuler
- Vocal:
- Widmann-Levy, Ronit
- Vocal:
- Brancoveanu, Eugene
- First line:
- Amerika, a land nur fun hurry up, eyner loyft in biznes, running to your shop,
- First line:
- אַמעריקאַ, אַ לאַנד נור פֿון "הורי אָפּ, אײנער לױפֿט אין "בּיזנעס",
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Theater/Klezmer/Concert