Name:
Israeli Strings

Tracks with this artist

A Yidishe Mame — אַ ייִדישע מאַמע

Also known as:
Yiddishe Mame
Author:
Yellen, Jack
Author:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Pollack, Lou — פּאָלעק, לאָו
Composer:
Yellen, Jack
Genre:
Memory/Family
Subject:
Mother/Constancy/Devotion/Immigration
Origin:
GYF 80/Alb F-024(e)/Alb K-007(b)/ Vinkov 5 301
Transliteration:
Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 83/Al K-022(b)
Translation:
GYF 83/Alb I-013(a)/Alb H-006(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Alb K-059(d)/Vinkov 4 301
Music:
GYF 81/Gold Zem 310/Vinkov 5 301
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
760
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, Pete
First line:
Ver bashitst un bashirent dos kind, fun der shvartser tog...
First line:
װער באַשיצט און באַשירענט דאָס קינד פֿון דער שװאַרצער טאָג און...
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Khasene Vals — חתונה װאַלס

Also known as:
Danube Waves
Also known as:
Anniversary Song
Author:
Tauber, Chaim Shmuel (Shami) טױבער, חיים שמואל (שמאי)
Composer:
Ivanovice, Ivan
Composer:
Ivanovice, Ivan
Genre:
Waltz/Love
Subject:
Wedding/Anniversary/Dance/Ballroom
Origin:
Alb T-005(a)
Transliteration:
Alb K-051(a)
Additional song notes:
Same melody as Anniverary Waltz - See entry 3271 in Herskes
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
1383
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, Pete
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Al Jolson & Saul Chaplin are credited as author and composer respectively.
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:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
2069
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Exodus

Author:
Boone, Pat
Composer:
Gold, Ernest
Genre:
Film/Zionist
Subject:
Israel/Land/Entitlement/
Additional song notes:
See Gottlieb 135 for relationship to "Skeffington Arrives"
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
4916
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, Pete
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From the film of the same name.
Style:
Instrumental

I Will Follow You (Instr)

On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
7002
Author/Composer:
Herman, Jerry
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, Pete
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

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:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
6273
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, Pete
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Milk and Honey (Eng, Instr)

On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
10449
Author/Composer:
Herman, Jerry
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, Pete
First line:
This is the land of milk and honey,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)

Oyfn Pripetshik (Warshavsky) — אױפֿן פּריפּעטשיק (וואַרשאַווסקי)

Also known as:
Der Alef Beys
Also known as:
In The Fireplace
Also known as:
Afn Pripetshik
Also known as:
Oifm Pripezik
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Children/Alphabet/Education/Learning/Rebbe/Kheyder/School
Origin:
ML MTAG 2/Alb K-014(a)/GYF 24/Alb A-001(h)/Alb G-026(a)/Alb R-022(a)
Transliteration:
Alb R-022(a)/ML MTAG 2/Alb B-004(c)/Alb C-015(a)/Alb D-016(a)
Translation:
Alb S-083(a)/Alb L-024(b)/GYF 27/Kinderbuch 167/Alb G-017(a)/Sh Sh 196/
Music:
ML MTAG 2/GYF 25/SM Scher 13/Lefko Folk 72
Additional song notes:
At The Fireplace See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. Translation and Transliteration at Ephemera 1269 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/ Eng Translit - Alb P-038€
Related information in folder 332:
Document type:
Translation
Author:
Max Rosenfeld
Comments:
Singable English adaptation by Max Rosenfeld. 2. Soviet version, reflecting changes from the original text, from Anna Sternshis's book "Soviet and Kosher." 3. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
11932
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, M and T. L. Garrett, arr
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Midnight Rhapsody"
Style:
Instrumental

Shalom (Milk And Honey)

Author:
Herman, Jerry
Composer:
Herman, Jerry
Genre:
Theatre
Subject:
Peace/Greeting/Language
Song comment:
From the musical "Milk & Honey", book by Don Appell
Origin:
Alb K-022(b)
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
13497
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Artist:
King, Pete
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Instrumental

Sunrise Sunset (Fiddler, Yiddish) — טאָג אײַן טאָג אויס

Author:
Harnick, Sheldon
Composer:
Bock, Jerry
Genre:
Theater/Musical
Subject:
Wedding/Bride/Daughter/Time/Father/Emotions/Blessing
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
14726
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Arranger:
King, Pete
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
From "Fiddler on the Roof"
Style:
Instrumental

Vos Geven Iz Geven Un Nito — װאָס געװען איז געװען און ניטאָ

Also known as:
Vos Geven Iz Nishtu
Author:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Composer:
Meyerowitz, David — מײעראָװיץ, דוד
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudeville/Lament
Subject:
Aging/Memory
Origin:
ML PYS 274
Transliteration:
Warem 224/ML PYS 274/Alb J-024(a)1/Estella 8
Translation:
Alb T-015(a)/Alb J-024(a)1/Alb M-068(a)04
Music:
Warem 224/ML PYS 275/Estella 8
Additional song notes:
What Was Once Is No More
On album:
I-004(f) (Jewish Rhapsodies For Those In Love The Israeli Strings)
Track ID:
16687
Artist:
Israeli Strings
Artist:
King, M. and T. L. Garrett, arr
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "To Be In Love"
Style:
Instrumental