o eli eli lomo azavtoni, eli eli lomo azavtoni…

Eli Eli (Sandler) — אלי אלי (סאַנדלער)

Author:

Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל

Composer:

Sandler, Jacob Koppel — סאַנדלער, יעקב קאָפּעל

Genre:

Theatre/Lament/Religious

Subject:

Plea/Persecution/Faith/Torture/Abandonment/Question

Origin:

ML PYS 220/Ephemera 598/Metro Scher 31

Transliteration:

Ausabel 676/Alb K-047(a)/ML PYS 220/Alb K-047(a)/Alb P-028(a)/L-048(a)/

Translation:

Alb L-048(a)/Ausubel Folk 676/Alb K-047(a)/Alb R-009(b)/Vorbei 233

Music:

Ausubel Folk 676/ML PYS 221/Metro Scher 31

Additional song notes:

Cited in Nulman 74 Written For the play "Brokhe, Oder - DerYidisher Kenig Fun Poyln Oyf Eyn Nakht. - 1896. In Sheetmusic # 58 there are indications that the song was heard in various parts of Europe as a folk song, but then claimed by Sandler and Tomoshevsky because it was sung in their operetta "Brokha or The Jewish King of Poland for a Night". See Heskes entry 1194. Also transliteration and translation Published in Gottlieb 290 Org, Translit & Translt on Alb B-211(a) Ephemera 1458 See 2012 program for translat and trqqnslit. Alb V0290-- What's Not To Like -- 2012

Related information in folder 991:

Comments:

1. Article from Internet, by Clay Willis, titled "Why did Jesus on the cross say "Eli Eli Lama sabachtani?)

Folder:

502

Series:

4

Arranger:

Teres, A.

Arranged for:

Voice/Piano

Texts:

Yiddish/Transliteration

Publisher:

A. Teres

Publisher address:

159 Delancey St. New York, NY

Date:

1914

Provenance:

Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal

Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #:

243

First line:

O eli eli lomo azavtoni, eli eli lomo azavtoni…

First line (Yiddish):

,אָ אלי אלי למה עזבתני, אלי אלי למה עזבתני

Notes:

Black lettering, Yiddish/English. "Joseph Rosenblatt sings at all his concerts exclusively as adapted and arranged in this edition". Large photo of Joseph Rosenblatt, Cantor on cover. "Special permission to use this photograph on this composition obtained from J. Rosenblatt.