Songs
Az Aleksender Pavolitsh — אַז אַלעקסאַנדער פּאַלאָוויאש
- Genre:
- Folk/Lament/Historical
- Subject:
- Nicholas I/Misery/Conscription/Curses
- Origin:
- Brounoff.77
- Translation:
- Brounoff.77/Rubin Voi 209-10
- Music:
- Brounoff.76
- Additional song notes:
- Song refers to edict of 1827 in the reign of NicholasI imposing 25 year draft. Song charactarized as "Jewish Soldiers' Song"
- Sheet music:
- Folder:
- 808
- Series:
- 4
- Arranger:
- Brounoff, Platon
- Arranged for:
- Middle Voice/Piano
- Texts:
- Yiddish/Transliteration/Translation
- Publisher:
- Charles K. Harris
- Publisher address:
- Broadway and 47th Street, New York City
- Date:
- 1911
- Provenance:
- Gift of Robert W. and Karen Freedman, Nov 2004
- First line:
- Az aleksander pavlovitch is malekh gevorn….
- First line (Yiddish):
- אַז אַלעקסאַנדער פֿאַוולאָוויטש איז מלך געוואָרן
- Notes:
- From 'Jewish Folk Songs' compiled by Platon Brounoff