Selesky, Harold

Name:
Selesky, Harold

Tracks with this artist

Kum Zits Zikh Lebn Mir (Yid, Eng) — קום זיץ זיך לעבן מיר (ייִדיש, ענג)

On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
8716
Author:
Feinsinger, Mary
Composer/Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Artist:
Feinsinger, Mary & West End Klez..
First line:
Kum zits zikh lebn mir, ikh..., kh'vil filn dem vunder fun..
First line:
קום זיץ זיך לעבן מיר, איך...כ'װיל פֿילן דעם װוּנדער פֿון דײַן...
Track comment:
I want you close to me, to touch you tenderly and feel...

Di Mizinke Oysgegebn — די מיזינקע אױסגעגעבן

Also known as:
Di Rod (Kales Tsad)
Also known as:
Mizinke Tants
Also known as:
The Krenzl Dance
Also known as:
Wedding Dance (Di Mizinke...)
Author:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Composer:
Warshavsky, Mark M. — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאָרק מ.
Genre:
Folk/Marriage/Family
Subject:
Youngest Child/Marriage/Celebration/Klezmer/Guests/Family
Origin:
Warsh Ye Yid 13/Alb G-026(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb R-022(a)/Alb B-007(b)ML MTAG 54
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 54/Alb S-083(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb G-022(a)/Alb L-009(a)/Kinderbuch 172/
Translation:
Kinderbuch 172/Alb G-022(a)/Alb O-001(b)/Alb S-083(a)/Alb B-007(b)/Sh Sh 198
Music:
ML MTAG 55/Kinderbuch 172/SM Scher 13
Additional song notes:
Originally entitled "Di Rod (Kales Tsad)" "(צד כּלהס) The Youngest Daughter Married/ Org, Translit & Translat in Alb B-211(a)/ Translit in Alb P-038(d)
Related information in folder 91:
Comments:
1. Sheet music of song titled "Titina". Lyrics by Bertal-Maubon & Ronn. Music by Leo Daniderff published by Harms, NY, 1922. Melody accompanies Charley Chaplin song and dance routine in "City Lights". Melody has a strinking similarity to "Di Mezinke Oysgegebn"' 2. Article in Wikipedia as of 12/8/2009 titled "Je cherche Apres Titine" (I Am Looking For Titine) giving a history of the song.
On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
3728
Author:
Feinsinger, Mary, Eng — װאַרשאַװסקי, מאַרק מ. (1840-1907)
Artist:
Feinsinger, Mary & West End Klez..
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
First line:
Hekher! Beser! Di rod, di rod makht greser! Groys hot mikh..
First line:
העכער! בעסער! די ראָד, די ראָד מאַכט גרעסער! גרױס האָט מיך גאָט..
Track comment:
Originally entitled "Di Rod (Kales Tsad)" "(צד כּלהס) ראָד "די
Language:
English/Yiddish

Doyne (West End Klezmorim)

On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
4231
Artist:
Mary & West End Klezmorim
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Track comment:
with fragments of familiar yiddish songs
Style:
Instrumental

Freylekhs 21 — פֿרײלעכס 21

On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
5433
Author:
Feinsinger, Mary
Composer/Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Artist:
Feinsinger, Mary & West End Klez..
First line:
Lakhn, zingen, tantsn, shpringen, freylekh zol zayn,
First line:
לאַכן, זינגען, טאַנצן, שפּרינגען, פֿרײלעך זאָל זײַן,
Track comment:
Melody sounds like "Khiam Popukal"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental

Freylekhs Medley (West End Klez..)

Genre:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Medley
On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
5445
Artist:
West End Klezmorim
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Track comment:
Hot Mikh Di Tsip Tsipt, Dem Nayem Sher, ???

I Want You Close To Me (Yid, Eng) — קום זיץ זיך לעבן מיר (ייִדיש, ענג)

On album:
xS-082(a)
Track ID:
6998
Author:
Feinsinger, Mary
Composer/Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Artist:
Feinsinger, Mary & West End Klez..
First line:
Kum zits zikh lebn mir, ikh..., kh'vil filn dem vunder...
First line:
קום זיץ זיך לעבן מיר, איך...כ'װיל פֿילן דעם װוּנדער פֿון דײַן...
Track comment:
I want you close to me, to touch you tenderly and feel...

Hungarian Medley (West End Klez..) — הונגאַיש מעדלי (אינסטר)

On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
6936
Artist:
West End Klezmorim
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold

A Nign — אַ ניגון

Also known as:
A Yid A Kaptsn (Leybush...Nign)
Also known as:
Leybush Lehrers Nign
Author:
Lehrer, Leybush — לערער, לײבוש
Composer:
Weiner, Lazar — װײַנער, לאַזאַר
Genre:
Literary Origin/Khasidic
Subject:
Poor Man/Kaptsn/Melody/Nigun/Contention/God
Origin:
Alb L-001(a)/ML PYS 112/Alb L-022(a)/CD S-100(a)/SM Moskow 56
Transliteration:
Alb L-001(a)/Alb L-004(a)/ML PYS 112/Alb L-049(a)//SM Moskow 56
Translation:
ML PYS 112/Alb L-049(a)/Alb D-002(a)/Alb L-004(a)/Alb L-022(a)/CD S-100(a)
Music:
ML PYS 113//SM Moskow 56
Additional song notes:
Known in Camp Boiberik as "Leybush Lehrer's Nigun" See Ephemera 80 for singable English adapation by Edith Finell. L. Magister is pseudonym for Leybush Lehrer
Related information in folder 740:
Comments:
1. Transliteration and singable Yiddish translation by Edith Finell.
On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
9154
Artist:
Feinsinger, Mary & West End Klez..
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
First line:
Iz a kaptsn a mol gevezn, flegt er nor mit Got zikh krign,
First line:
איז אַ קבצן אַ מאָל געװעזן, פֿלעגט ער נאָר מיט גאָט זיך קריגן,
Track comment:
Known in Camp Boiberik as "Leybush Lerer's Nigun."

Oy Mame, Bin Ikh Farlibt — אױ מאַמע, בין איך פֿאַרליבט

Author:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Composer:
Ellstein, Abe — עלשטײַן, אײב
Genre:
Theatre/Love
Subject:
Love/Mother/Daughter/Klezmer Youth/Violin
Transliteration:
Warem 159/Alb I-013(a)
Translation:
Alb T-015(c)/Alb S-068(a)/Alb I-013(a)/Alb M-068(a)04
On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
11761
Author:
Feinsinger, Mary Eng/ Ellstein — עלשטײַן, אַבֿרהם (1907-1963)
Artist:
Feinsinger, Mary & West End Klez..
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
First line:
When this guy starts to play a song, my body's weak,
First line:
װען ס'שפּילט זיך אױף זײַן פֿידל, אַ שײן האַרציק ייִדיש לידל,
Language:
English/Yiddish

Rumenye, Rumenye — רומעניע, רומעניע

Author:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Composer:
Lebedeff, Aaron — לעבעדאָװ, אהרן
Genre:
Theatre/Vaudville/Shund/Double Entendre/Skat/Humorous/Nostal
Subject:
Rumania/Place/Food/Women
Origin:
GYF 12
Transliteration:
Alb G-013(c)/CD K-068(e)/AAlb L-002(a)Alb L-023(a)/Alb J-24(a)1
Translation:
Alb J-024(a)1/GYF 12/Alb K-029(g)/Alb L-002(a)/Alb W-031(a)
Music:
Warem 175/GYF 12
Related information in folder 397:
Document type:
Text
Comments:
Yiddish text with transliteration and English adaptation. Also, various versions.
On album:
S-082(a) (The West End Klezmorim/ Freylekhs 21 Harold Selesky)
Track ID:
13057
Artist:
Feinsinger, Mary & West End Klez..
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
First line:
Ekh! Rumenye, geven a mol a land a zise, a sheyne.
First line (Yiddish):
עך, רומעניע, געװען אַ מאָל אַ לאַנד אַ זיסע, אַ שײנע.
Track comment:
with Rumanian Rhapsody
Language:
Yiddish

Toglietemi La Vita Ancor

Genre:
Classical/Operatic\Lament
Subject:
Cruelty/Rejection/Love/Pain
Additional song notes:
Rather Take My Life
On album:
D-004(p)2 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 2)
Track ID:
33236
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Italian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
1:09

Piscatore E Pusillece

Genre:
Classical/Love/Neopolitan
Subject:
Romance/Thoughts/Fisherman/Place/Pusilleco
Additional song notes:
The Fisherman Of Pusilleco
On album:
D-004(p)2 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 2)
Track ID:
33245
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Italian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:03

O Del Mio Dolce Ardo

Genre:
Classical/Operatic
Subject:
Love/Desire/Heart
Additional song notes:
O Thou Beloved from the opera Paride Ed Elena.
On album:
D-004(p)2 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 2)
Track ID:
33239
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Italian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
4:06

Myetyelitsa

Also known as:
Snow Storm
Author:
Varlamov, Alexander Yegorovich
Genre:
Folk
Subject:
Snow Storm/Sweetheart/Beauty/Obsession
Origin:
Alb D-004(o)
Transliteration:
Alb D-004(o)
Translation:
Alb D-004(o)
Additional song notes:
"Snow Storm"
On album:
D-004(p)2 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 2)
Track ID:
33231
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Russian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
1:42

Revery Of The Young Peasant

Genre:
Classical/Operatic
Subject:
Peasant/Love/Sleep/Dream
Additional song notes:
From the opera "Fair At Sorochinsk"
On album:
D-004(p)1 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 1)
Track ID:
33215
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Russian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:59

Adarim (Chajes) — עדרים

Author:
Halevi, Ossaf
Composer:
Chajes, Julius
Genre:
Classical/Pastorale
Subject:
Moutains/Israel/Place/Flocks/Sheep/Shepherds/Flutes/Joy
Transliteration:
Alb K-047(a)
Additional song notes:
"Herds" Based on Oriental folk melody
Related information in folder 691:
Comments:
1. Translation from the Internet
On album:
D-004(p)1 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 1)
Track ID:
33218
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Hebrew
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:52

Kolybel'naia Pensnia

Genre:
Classical/Lullaby
Subject:
Sleep/Nature/Protection/Wind/Sun/Nurse/Eagle/Cradle
Additional song notes:
Lullaby, Op. 16
On album:
D-004(p)1 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 1)
Track ID:
33201
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Cello:
Harry, William
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Language:
Russian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:37

Dalla Sua Pace

Genre:
Classical/Operatic
Subject:
Love/Dependancy/Life/Death
Additional song notes:
My Peace Depends On Her, from the opera "Don Giovanni"
On album:
D-004(p)1 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 1)
Track ID:
33203
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Italian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
2:20

Un'aura Amorosa

Genre:
Classical/Operatic/Love
Subject:
Love/Hope/Anticipation/Nightingale/
Additional song notes:
A Breath Of Love from the opera Cosi Fan Tutti
On album:
D-004(p)1 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 1)
Track ID:
33204
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Italian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:21

Il Lamento De Federico

Genre:
Classical/Operatic\Lament
Subject:
Love
Additional song notes:
"Lament of Federico" from the opera "L'Arlesiani"
On album:
D-004(p)1 (Russian Romantic Songs/ Louis Danto in Recital/ Vienna and New York/ CD 1)
Track ID:
33206
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Bitcliffe, Edwin
Piano:
Tetley-Kardos, Richard
Clarinet:
Selesky, Harold
Cello:
Harry, William
Oboe/English Horn:
Lucarelli, Bert
Language:
Italian
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/Art Song
Length:
3:49

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