a kalte nakht a nebeldike, finster umetum,

Papirosn — פּאַפּיראָסן

Also known as:

A Kalte Nakht

Also known as:

A Kalte Nakht (Papirosn)

Also known as:

El Chiclerito

Also known as:

Freylekhe Yidelekh

Also known as:

Sigaryot

Also known as:

Kupite Papirosy

Author:

Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן

Composer:

Yablakoff, Herman — יאַבלאַקאָף, הערמאַן

Genre:

Theatre/Lament

Subject:

Occupation/Cigarette Seller/Misfortune/Family

Origin:

Levin N 90/GYF 16/Alb L-023(a)/ML PYS 267/Alb F-024(e)/Alb G-035(b)

Transliteration:

Levin N 90/Alb L-023(a)/Alb K-007(b)/GYF 19/Alb F-042(a)/Alb L-048(a)

Translation:

Alb G-013(c)/GYF 19/Alb B-046(a)/Alb L-023(a)/Alb F-036(a)/Alb A-036(a

Music:

Levin N 90/Estella 10/GYF 17/ML PYS 267

Additional song notes:

Cigarettes/Author was inspired to write song after seeing child peddlers during German occupation of Grodno in WWI. See liner notes Alb S-083(a) Ephemera 1458: See 2016 program for translat and translit. Alb P-038(e) - translate

Folder:

74

Series:

4

Arranged for:

Piano/Voice

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration

Publisher:

J. & J. Kammen Music Co., Inc.

Publisher address:

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Date:

1932

Provenance:

Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman, 1996

First line:

A kalte nakht a nebeldike, finster umetum,

First line (Yiddish):

אַ קאַלטע נאַכט אַ נעבעלדיקע, פֿינסטער אומעטום

Notes:

Cover: Photocopy of sheetmusic. Title in Yiddish and English (Cigarettes). "The Phanthom of the Air Presents The Clown." Photograph of Yablokoff in Clown costume "Der Poyatz". List of ì Big Hits by "The Clown" on front cover. For voice and piano. Price 30 cents net.