Songs written or composed
And The Angels Sing
- Also known as:
- Freylekh In Swing
- Author:
- Mercer, Johnny
- Composer:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Genre:
- Swing/Pop
- Subject:
- Love/Angels/Song/Music/Water/Moonlight
- Song comment:
- Adaption of "Der Shtiller Bulgar"
- Origin:
- Sheetmusic 1210
- Music:
- Sheetmusic 1210
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 1208
- Series:
- 4
- Arranger:
- Richard Gendelman
- Arranged for:
- bB Key of D Major
- Texts:
- Music only
- Provenance:
- Gendelman Gift
- Notes:
- Manuscript / also for the trumpet and clarinet in Bb
- Folder:
- 1233
- Series:
- 4
- Arranged for:
- Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- English
- Publisher:
- Warner Brothers Publications, Inc
- Publisher address:
- 75 Rockefeller Plaza, NY
- Date:
- 1939
- Provenance:
- Gendelman Gift
- First line:
- We meet and the angels sing the sweetist song I ever heard,
Recordings
- On album:
- O-007(c) (Old World Folk Band In Concert)
- Track ID:
- 18431
- Artist:
- Old World Folk Band
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Ziggy's Freylekh (The Angels Sing Theme")
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- B-060(a) (Baltimore Klezmer Orchestra)
- Track ID:
- 19614
- Artist:
- Baltimore Klezmer Orch
- Director:
- Bussey, Aaron
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- With Der Shtiler Bulgar (Instr) Bregman/Vocco Cahn credited as "Composer"
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- G-055(a) (Radio Compilation by David Goldenberg 1930-1960)
- Track ID:
- 20568
- Artist:
- Ziggy Elman Orchestra
- Conductor/Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Track comment:
- Recorded Dec 28, 1938
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- K-029(g) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Thirteenth Anniversary Album)
- Track ID:
- 21247
- Arranger:
- Guttman, James
- Artist:
- Klezmer Conservatory Band
- Conductor/Arranger:
- Netsky, Hankus
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- F-013(h) (Giora Feidman To You — גיורא פיידמן)
- Track ID:
- 21309
- Clarinet:
- Fiedman, Giora, clarinet — פיידמן, גיורא, קלרמית
- Artist:
- Zorman, M.
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Recorded under "Freylekh"
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing/Klezmer
- On album:
- M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
- Track ID:
- 24389
- Vocal:
- Fishman, Lisa
- Artist:
- Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
- Trumpet:
- Braun, Ivo, trumpet
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Track comment:
- Incorporates "Der Shtiller Bulgar"/ Bregman/Vocco/ Cahn credited as "Composer"
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing/Klezmer
- On album:
- U-004(a) (Uptown Klezmer Ashnelerando)
- Track ID:
- 25352
- Artist:
- Uptown Klezmer
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing/Klezmer
- On album:
- K-084(a) (Bruce Kaminsky's Klezmer Jazz Ensemble/ And The Angels Swing/ DBK Jazz)
- Track ID:
- 27065
- Artist:
- Bruce Kaminsky's Klezmer Jazz Ensemble
- Bass:
- Kaminsky, Bruce
- Trumpet/Flute:
- Slotter, Stanley
- Saxaphone:
- Ulansey, Ken
- Drums:
- Klauber, Bruce
- Piano:
- Kleinman, Dan
- Track comment:
- Phila Based Group
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Jazz/Modern
- On album:
- F-045(a)2 (From Avenue A To The Great White Way/ Yiddish & American Popular Songs/ Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 28549
- Vocal/Conductor:
- Bailey, Mildred
- Artist:
- Mildred Bailey Orchestra
- Trumpet:
- Shavers, Charlie
- Clarinet:
- Bailey, Buster
- Alto Saxaphone:
- Procope, Russell
- Piano:
- Kyle, Billy
- String Bass:
- Kirby, John
- Drums:
- O'Neill, Spencer
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angeles sing the sweetest song I ever heard
- Track comment:
- Originally recorded Apr 24, 1939, Vocalion 4815
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- K-035(d)1
- Track ID:
- 32871
- Artist:
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band
- Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
- Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
- Banjo/Guitar:
- Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
- Trumpet:
- Gross, Ken
- Clarinet/Alto Sax:
- Chernet, Joel
- Bass:
- Abruzzo, Tom
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental/Swing
- Length:
- 4:38
- On album:
- G-126(a) (Jim Guttumann / Bessarabian Breakdown)
- Track ID:
- 40660
- Artist:
- Bailey, Art
- Artist:
- Smith, Grant
- Artist:
- Guttmann, Jim
- On album:
- V0445 (Drexel Mediterranean Ensemble: Bruce Kaminsky, conductor (Video))
- Track ID:
- 42304
- Vocal:
- DeLuca, Rosina
- Keyboard:
- Posmontier, Dave
- Clarinet:
- Ulancy, Ken
- Artist:
- Mediterranean Ensemble
- Conductor:
- Kaminsky, Bruce
- First line:
- You smile, and the angels sing, the angeles sing the sweetest song I ever heard
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing/Klezmer/Pop
- Length:
- 4:42
- On album:
- M-034(a) (The Mazeltones ODESSA, Washington)
- Track ID:
- 1296
- Artist:
- Mazeltones
- Vocal:
- Marcus, Wendy
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Interpolated with "Der Shtiler Bulgar".
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- B-002(c) (Jan Bart Sings Yinglish)
- Track ID:
- 1297
- Vocal/English Adaptation:
- Bart, Jan
- Clarinet:
- Tarras, Dave — טאַראַס, דײװ
- Conductor/Arranger:
- Gunther, William
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Bregman/ Cocco/ Cahn credited as "Composer"
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
- Track ID:
- 1298
- Artist:
- Goodman, Benny Orchestra
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Vocal:
- Tilton, Martha
- First line:
- You smiled, and the angels sing, and though its just a...
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Track comment:
- Lecture 10, Song of the Golden Land, Simkhas
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- S-068(a) (Shirim Klezmer Orchestra ...of angels and horseradish)
- Track ID:
- 1299
- Artist:
- Shirim Klezmer Orchestra
- Artist:
- Gerut, Rosalie & Betty Silberman
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- O-007(a) (The Old World Folk Band II Dancing In The Aisles — קלעזמער)
- Track ID:
- 1300
- Vocal:
- Leviton, Susan
- Artist:
- Old World Folk Band
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Swing
- On album:
- B-008(a) (Music Of A People Stanley Black Conducting London Festival Orchestra & Chorous)
- Track ID:
- 1301
- Artist:
- London Festival Orch & Chorus
- Conductor:
- Black, Stanley
- First line:
- We meet, and the angels sing, the angels sing the sweetest..
- Audio:
- Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 1303
- Artist:
- Ziggy Elman Orchestra
- Vocal:
- Tilton, Martha
- Conductor/Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Track comment:
- Also known as "Freilch In Swing" (Based on "Shtiler Bulgar")
- Style:
- Instrumental/Swing
- On album:
- F-013(f) (Giora Feidman The Magic Of The Klezmer)
- Track ID:
- 1304
- Artist:
- Feidman, G., Clarinet & Ensemble — פיידמן, גיורא, קלאַרנעט מיט אַנסאַמבל
- Track comment:
- Melodies Rhapsody In Blue/ Ain't Necessarily So/ Summertime
- Style:
- Instrumental
- On album:
- K-035(a) (The Original Klezmer Jazz Band)
- Track ID:
- 5386
- Trombone:
- Bragin, Ted
- Drums:
- Salzberg, Si
- Artist:
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band
- Arranger/Piano/Musical Direction:
- Sokolow, Pete — סוקולוב, פּסח
- Banjo/Guitar:
- Sapoznik, Henry — סאַפּאָזניק, הענעך
- Trumpet:
- Gross, Ken
- Clarinet/Alto Sax:
- Chernet, Joel
- Bass:
- Abruzzo, Tom
- Artist:
- Original Klezmer Jazz Band
- Style:
- Klezmer/Instrumental/Swing
- Length:
- 4:38
Other tracks with this artist
Beygelekh — בײגעלעך
- Also known as:
- Bublitshki
- Also known as:
- Question
- Composer:
- Traditional
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament
- Subject:
- Bagels/Rolls/Street Vendor/Occupation/Poverty
- Origin:
- Alb G-035(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Transliteration:
- Alb K-007(b)/Alb B-007(c)/Moskow SM 61
- Translation:
- Alb B-007(c)/
- Music:
- Moskow SM 61
- On album:
- G-055(a) (Radio Compilation by David Goldenberg 1930-1960)
- Track ID:
- 20562
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- First line:
- Es rikt zikh un di nakht, ikh shtey a kranker un trakht,
- First line:
- עס ריקט זיך אָן די נאַכט, איך שטײ אַ קראַנקער און טראַןכט,
- Track comment:
- Recorded December 28, 1938
- Style:
- Instrumental
Bereles Sher — בערעלעס שער
- Composer:
- Gill, Benny
- Composer:
- Farber, Nat
- Genre:
- Klezmer/Novelty/Instrumental
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22340
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Drums:
- Weiss, Sam
- Bass:
- Breen, Larry
- Piano/Arranger:
- Farber, Nat
- Trombone:
- Zentner, Sy
- Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
- Katz, Mickey
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Style:
- Instrumental/Klezmer/Sher
Hava Nagila (Nathanson) — הבה נגילה
- Also known as:
- Kene Hora (Hava Nagila)
- Also known as:
- Living With the H Tune
- Author:
- Nathanson, Moshe
- Genre:
- Folk/Hora
- Subject:
- Dance/Celebration/Joy
- Song comment:
- See Page 130 for extended info on the song
- Origin:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(a)
- Transliteration:
- Alb N-014(a)/Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb N-014(b)/Alb S-033(a)/Alb K-007(a)
- Translation:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Alb S-033(a)/Alb Z-013(a)/Alb N-014(b)/Alb B-032(a)
- Music:
- Coopersmith NJS 111/Nath 15/Pasternak BHN 130/Metro Scher 15
- Additional song notes:
- Originally Chassidic Sadigurer (Bukovina, Poland) nigun. Text -
claimed by Idelsohn, but text usually attributed to Moshe -
Nathanson. See Pasternak's "Beyond Hava Nagila" p 130: Nulman, p -
102.
- Related information in folder 832:
- Comments:
- 1. 10/26/2007 Article by Leah Hochbaum Rosner in English Forward, Oct. 26, 2007, titled "Singing 'Happy Birthday' to 'Hava Nagila' as Party Classic nears 100".
2. 8/28/2008 Article published on the internet as of August 28, 2008 by James Loeffler titled "Hava Nagila's Long, Strange Trip: The unlikely history of a Hasidic melody.
3. 7/20/212 Article from the Forward of July 20, 2012 by Renee Ghert-Zand titled "From Ukraine to You Tube: How 'Hava Nagila' Became a Global Hit"
4. 2/24/2017 Article from Wikipedia as of February 24, 2017 titled Hava Nagila
- On album:
- K-022(g) (Simcha Time Mickey Katz Plays Music For Weddings Bar Mitz..)
- Track ID:
- 22343
- Trumpet:
- Klein, Emmanuel
- Artist:
- Mickey Katz Orchestra
- Clarinet/Orchestra Leader:
- Katz, Mickey
- Trombone:
- Zentner, Sy
- Piano/Arranger:
- Farber, Nat
- Bass:
- Breen, Larry
- Drums:
- Weiss, Sam
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- Track comment:
- Recorded Jan 19, 1953
- Style:
- Instrumental/Novelty
Eli Eli (Sandler) — אלי אלי (סאַנדלער)
- Author:
- Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
- Composer:
- Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל
- Genre:
- Theatre/Lament/Religious
- Subject:
- Plea/Persecution/Faith/Torture/Abandonment/Question
- Origin:
- ML PYS 220/Ephemera 598/Metro Scher 31
- Transliteration:
- Ausabel 676/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 220/Alb K-047(a)/Alb P-028(a)/L-048(a)/
- Translation:
- Alb L-048(a)/Ausubel Folk 676/Alb K-047(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Vorbei 233
- Music:
- Ausubel Folk 676/ML PYS 221/Metro Scher 31
- Additional song notes:
- Cited in Nulman 74 Written For the play "Brokhe, Oder -
DerYidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896. In Sheetmusic # 58 there are indications that the song was heard in various parts of Europe as a folk song, but then claimed by Sandler and Tomoshevsky because it was sung in their operetta "Brokha or The Jewish King of Poland for a Night". See Heskes entry 1194. Also transliteration and translation Published in Gottlieb 290
Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a)
Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012
- Related information in folder 991:
- Comments:
- 1. Article from Internet, by Clay Willis, titled "Why did Jesus on the cross say "Eli Eli Lama sabachtani?)
- On album:
- L-047(a) (L'Chaim Music of the Jewish People)
- Track ID:
- 26529
- Artist:
- Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- First line:
- Eli, Eli lomo azavtoni? In fayer un flam hot men undz...
- First line:
- אלי, אלי, למה עזבֿתּני? (2) אין פֿײַער און פֿלאַם האָט מען אונדז..
- Track comment:
- Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896 /Recorded 1942
- Style:
- Instrumental
Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn
- Author:
- Jacobs, Jacob — זשאַקאָבס, זשאַקאָב
- Author:
- Cahn, Sammy
- Author:
- Chapin, Harry
- Composer:
- Secunda, Sholom — סעקונדאַ, שלום
- Genre:
- Theatre/American/Pop/Swing
- Subject:
- Love/Beauty/Appearance
- Origin:
- GYF 40/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-029(e)/Alb G-035(b)
- Transliteration:
- Estella 4/Alb K-007(a)/GYF 43/Alb K-059(d)/
- Translation:
- GYF 43/
- Music:
- Estalla 4/GYF 41/
- Additional song notes:
- English Version
- Related information in folder 165:
- Document type:
- Article
- Author:
- Chana Mlotek
- Publisher:
- Yiddish Forward
- Date:
- 7/9/2004
- Comments:
- 1.7/9/2004 Article in the Yiddish Forverts of July 9, 2004 by Khana Mlotek titled "Leyner Betn Dos Lid 'Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn'" (Readers Requst the Song "Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn".) Article contains Yiddish text.
2. 4/17/2006 Translation of Yiddish text from the internet site "Zemerl" as of April 17, 2006
- On album:
- G-072(a) (Benny Goodman: Bay Mir Bistu Sheyn — בעני גוטמאַן: בײַ מיר ביסטו שײן)
- Track ID:
- 30992
- Clarinet:
- Goodman, Benny
- Piano:
- Wilson, Teddy
- Vibraphone:
- Hampton, Lionel
- Drums:
- Krupa, Gene
- Vocal:
- Tilton, Martha
- Trumpet:
- Ellman, Ziggy
- First line:
- Bay mir bistu shayn, please let me explain, bay mir bistu shayn means that…
- Track comment:
- Recorded December 1937, commercial release sides "A" and "B"
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Swing/Klezmer