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