Songs

A Khazndl Af Shabos — אַ חזנדל אױף שבּת

Also known as:
A Khazn Oyf Shabos
Also known as:
A Khazndl Oyf Shabes
Genre:
Folk/Humorous
Subject:
Khazunim/Cantors/Audition/Occupation/Shtetl
Origin:
ML MTAG 108/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 77
Transliteration:
ML MTAG 108/Alb J-020(b)/Alb B-007(b)/Vinkov 3 4/CD A-005(e)/Silverman YSB 77
Translation:
Silverman YSB 76/Alb B-007(b)/Alb J-020(b)/Vinkov 3 4/A-005(e)
Music:
ML MTAG 108/Vinkov 3 4/Silverman YSB 76
Additional song notes:
Tansliteration and Translation also published in Gottlieb p. 22
Sheet music:
Folder:
32
Series:
4
Arranger:
Low, Leo
Arranged for:
Piano/Voice
Texts:
Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher:
Jos. P. Katz
Publisher address:
181 E. Broadway, New York, NY
Date:
1921
Provenance:
Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996
First line:
Iz gekumen tsu forn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ קליין שטעטעלע, דאַווענען..
Notes:
Cover: Black and white cover in Yiddish. From the series of folksongs collected and arranged by Leo Low. Photograph of Leo Low and Cantor Hershman (as sung by). List of other songs in English. Price 30cents. Rubber stamp: Freedman's Music Store, Victrolas, Records & Piano Rolls, Classical Teaching Music. All ì kinds of musical instruments. N. E. Cor. 6th & Morris Sts. Phila. PA. 2nd similar copy published by Metro Music Price 85 cents. Photo of Hershman omitted. Copyright assigned to Henry Lefkowitz 1927. 3rd copy published by Metro Music with gum lable from "Ceshinsky's Book Store" covering the Metro Music logo.

Recordings

On album:
B-107(a) (M. Ben-Sachar, Bariton / Yidishe Lider 1 — מרדכי בן־שחר \ ייִדישע לידער 1)
Track ID:
37084
Vocal:
Ben-Shachar, Mordechai — בן־שחר, מרדכי
First line:
Iz gekumen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele, davenen a shabos, oy davenen a shabos,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:43
On album:
J-020(b) (Jacinta Autres Chansons Yiddish (Other Yiddish Songs))
Track ID:
19171
Vocal:
Jacinta
Orchestrations:
Grynszpan, Laurent
First line:
Iz gekomen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a shabos,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-055(a) (Radio Compilation by David Goldenberg 1930-1960)
Track ID:
20567
Artist:
Jolson, Al
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Track comment:
Recorded Dec 20, 1932
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-055(a) (Lekhaim Yidn/Budte Zdravi Zide/Jewish Folk Songs/Yakov Magid — לחיים ייִדן !)
Track ID:
22737
Artist:
Magid, Yakov & Ensemble — מאַגיד, יעקבֿ מיט אַנסאַמבל
First line:
Iz gekomen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Track comment:
Recorded in Czech Republic
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-053(a) (Meredith chante les tresores du folklore yiddish — מערעדיט זינגט די אוצרות פֿון ייִדישן פֿאָלקלאָר)
Track ID:
21676
Artist:
Meredith — מערעדיט
Artist:
Biota, Pablo, arr & piano
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-042(e) (Moshe Ganchoff Encore)
Track ID:
24413
Vocal:
Ganchoff, Cantor Moyshe — גאַנשאַף, חזן משה
Artist:
Green, Harold, piano
Arranger:
Low, Leo — ליאָװ (משה לײב), לעאָ
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-077(a) (Klezmer Pow Wow)
Track ID:
24745
Artist:
Klezmer Pow Wow
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Vocal:
Zaugg, Freddy
Bass:
Cesar, Laura
Accordion/Piano/Swiss Cymbalon:
Walker, Ranier
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn in a kleyn shtetele a khazndl, davenen...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע אַ חזנדל דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-022(b) (Nizza Thobi: Geboyrn In A Zaydn Hemdl — ניצה טובי: געבױרן אין אַ זייִדן העמדל)
Track ID:
30836
Vocal:
Thobi, Nizza
Guitar/Arranger:
Seifinger, Andreas
First line:
Iz gekumen in a kleyn shtetl a khazn davenen a shabes
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעל דאַװענען אַ שבּת
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
3:05
On album:
J-029(a) (Max Janowski & Friends Hebrew & Yiddish Songs)
Track ID:
25180
Artist:
Brindell, Harold & Moshe Levy
Conductor:
Janowski, Max — יאַנאָװסקי, מאַקס
Artist:
Slavensky, Pavel (b. 1909)
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn in a kleyn shtetele a khazndl, davenen...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע אַ חזנדל דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-070(c) (Arkady Gendler (c), Field Recording)
Track ID:
28771
Vocal:
Gendler, Arkady — גענדלער, אַרקאַדי
First line:
S'iz arufgekumen a khazendl in a kleyn shtetele davenen, hobn im geshtelt..
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז אַרופֿגעקומען אַ חזנדל אין אַ קליין שטעטעלע דאַװענען, האָבן אים געשטעלט…
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Folk/Acapella/Humerous
On album:
A-005(e) (Misha Alexandrovich, Yiddish Songs of a Perished World/ Un Dokh Zing Ikh! — און דאָך זינג איך)
Track ID:
28649
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Conductor:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
Artist:
Chamber Music Ensemble
First line:
Iz gekumen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele, davenen a shabos, oy davenen a shabos,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Track comment:
O. Lichtenstein credited with music. Probably arranger.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
5' 30
On album:
039e (Rothstein, Khazn Shloymele/ A Khazndl Oyf Shabes/ Vi Lang Nokh ?)
Track ID:
29921
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a…
First line:
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
On album:
Z-025(a) (Las Canciones Del Zeide)
Track ID:
32649
Vocal:
Jolson, Al
First line:
S'iz gekumen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele, tsu davenen a shabos,
First line (Yiddish):
ס'איז געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ קליין שטעטעלע צו דאַווענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Concert
Length:
4:05
On album:
A-005(g) (Mikhail Alexandrovich / Jewish Folk Songs / Instrumental ensemble conducted by Lev Kogan)
Track ID:
33263
Vocal:
Alexandrovitsh, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Artist:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
Conductor:
Instrumental Ensemble
First line:
Iz gekomen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a shabos,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
W-033(a) (The Art of Josef Winogradoff/ Famed Baritone of the Russian Empire)
Track ID:
28312
Vocal:
Winogradoff, Josef
Ensemble Conductor:
Shilkret, Nathaniel
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a shabos, davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צופֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Bel Canto/Concert/
On album:
H-004(a) (Cantor Mordecai Hershman Sings Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
318
Vocal:
Hershman, Cantor Mordecai — הערשמאַן, חזן מרדכי
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
H-004(b) (Mordecai Hershman Sings Yiddish Folk Songs Volume 6)
Track ID:
319
Vocal:
Hershman, Cantor Mordecai — הערשמאַן, חזן מרדכי
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
J-007(a) (The Jolson Story Memories)
Track ID:
320
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Bring, Lou, Orch Cond
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
K-032(a) (David Kusevitzky / World Famous Cantor — דוד קוסובֿיצקי דער װעלט באַרימטער חזן)
Track ID:
321
Artist:
Kusevitzky, Cantor Dovid — קוסעװיצקי, חזן דוד
Artist:
Winternitz, Dr. Khanan — וינטרניץ, ד"ר חנן
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
P-002(c) (Jan Peerce Sings Hebrew Melodies)
Track ID:
322
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Artist:
RCA Victor Orch, A. Ellstein, cond
Arranger:
Bass, Werner S.
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn in a kleyn shtetele a khazndl, davenen...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע אַ חזנדל דאַװאַנען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Operatic/Concert
On album:
P-002(f) (Jan Peerce Sings Hebrew Melodies Werner Bass, conductor)
Track ID:
323
Vocal:
Peerce, Jan
Artist:
RCA Victor Orch, A. Ellstein, cond
Arranger:
Bass, Werner S.
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn in a kleyn shtetele a khazndl, davenen...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע אַ חזנדל דאַװאַנען אַ שבּת,
Track comment:
Ellstein not credited on album notes. See Album P-02(c)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Operatic/Concert
On album:
S-039(a) (Cantor Eleazer Shulman Yiddish & Israeli)
Track ID:
324
Artist:
Shulman, Khazn Eleazer
Organ:
Reisenman, Bob
Arranger:
Low, Leo — ליאָװ (משה לײב), לעאָ
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn in a kleyn shtetele a khazndl, davenen...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע אַ חזנדל דאַװאַנען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
G-013(d)5 (Song of the Golden Land Lectures 09 and 10)
Track ID:
325
Vocal:
Hershman, Cantor Mordecai — הערשמאַן, חזן מרדכי
Narration:
Katzman, Dr. Jacob
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Lecture 9, Song of the Golden Land, Golden Age of Khazonim
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
Z-010(a) (Brothers Zim Presents Sol Zim singing Great Jewish Melodies)
Track ID:
326
Arranger:
Kingsley, Gershon
Artist:
Zim, Sol
Artist:
Vienna Symphony, G. Kingsley cond
Arranger:
DeCormier, Robert
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
A-005(c) (A Khazendl Oyf Shabos & Other..Songs Mikhail Alexandrovitch)
Track ID:
327
Vocal:
Alexandrovitch, Cantor Misha — אַלעקסאַנדראָװיטש, חזן מישאַ
Conductor/Arranger:
Kogan, Lev — קאָגאַן, לעװ
First line:
Iz gekomen a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a shabos,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
B-007(b) (Theodore Bikel Sings Jewish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
328
Vocal:
Bikel, Theodore
First line:
Iz a mol gekumen a khazn in a shtetl davenen a shabos,
First line (Yiddish):
איז אַ מאָל געקומען אַ חזן אין אַ שטעטל דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
R-016(d) (Seymour Rexite sings Folk Songs)
Track ID:
329
Vocal:
Rechtzeit, Seymour — רעכצײַט, סימאָר
First line:
Ir megt...zogn, a khazn bin ikh nit, ober a maven oyf a...
First line (Yiddish):
איר מעגט...זאָגן, אַ חזן בין איך ניט, אָבער אַ מבֿין אױף אַ חזן..
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
S-047(a) (Shalom Music of the Jewish People)
Track ID:
330
Artist:
Jolson, Al
Artist:
Bring, Lou, Orch Cond
Arranger:
Binder, Abraham Wolf
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...,
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
T-023(a) (Those Were The Days)
Track ID:
331
Artist:
Mlotek, Zalmen — מלאָטעק, זלמן, (1951)
Vocal:
Abelson, Cantor Robert Paul
Artist:
Golden Land Orchestra
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
C-010(a) (Cantors Tevele & Jordan Cohen Joint Recital)
Track ID:
332
Artist:
Cohen, Khazn Tevele
Piano:
Miller, Arnold
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
F-006(a) (An Evening With Nico Feldman Israeli & Yiddish Folk Songs)
Track ID:
333
Vocal:
Feldman, Cantor Nico
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line (Yiddish):
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Language:
Yiddish
On album:
M-034(c) (The Mazeltones Meshugge For You)
Track ID:
334
Artist:
Mazeltones
First line:
Iz gekomen tsuforn a khazn in a kleyn shtetele davenen a...
First line:
איז געקומען צו פֿאָרן אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן שטעטעלע דאַװענען אַ שבּת,
Track comment:
Once a traveling cantor came in to a small town looking...
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
B-028(i) (The Barry Sisters)
Track ID:
335
Vocal:
Barry Sisters — שװעסטער באַרי
First line:
Once a traveling cantor came into a small town looking for..
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
English/Yiddish
On album:
Z-011(a) (Ben Zimet chants et contes Yiddish)
Track ID:
336
Accordion:
Schaff, Eddy
Vocal:
Zimet, Ben
Violin:
Karachevsky, Ben
Clarinet:
Lasry, Teddy
First line:
Iz a mol gekumen a khazn in a kleyn yidishe shtetl davenen..
First line:
איז געקומען אַ מאָל אַ חזן אין אַ קלײן ייִדישע שטעטל דאַװענען אַ שבּת
Track comment:
Recording made in France, unusual arrangement
Language:
French/Yiddish
On album:
Z-016(c) (Shteitle of Gold Israel Zohar with Zurich Symphony Orch — עיירה של זהב ישׂראל זוהר \ נועם שריף \ התזמורת הסיפונית ציריך)
Track ID:
337
Clarinet:
Zohar, Israel — זוהר, ישׂראל
Artist:
Zurich Symphony Orchestra
Arranger:
Sheriff, Noam — שריף, נעום,
Style:
Instrumental