Sheet Music

Elegie (Massenet) — עלעגיע (מאַסענעט)

Author:
Gallet, Louis
Composer:
Massenet, Jules
Genre:
Classical/Opera/Lament
Subject:
Spring/Love/Sadness
Translation:
Alb R-009(b)
Related information in folder 137:
Document type:
internet
Publisher:
Lid and Artsong Text Page
Comments:
Original text by Gallet in French and English translation.
Folder:
80
Series:
4
Arranged for:
Piano/Violin/Voice
Translator:
Dolitzky, M. M., Hebrew text
Texts:
Yiddish/Hebrew/English/
Publisher:
S. Shenker
Publisher address:
66 Canal Street, New York
Date:
1921
Provenance:
Gift of Robert Alan Friedman, 2003
First line:
O friling du bist farbay, goldene teg flien fun…
First line (Yiddish):
אָ פֿרילינג דו ביסט פֿאַרבייַ, גאָלדענע טעג פֿליען פֿון
Notes:
Cover: Yiddish and Hebrew block letters. ELEGIE "sung with great success by Cantor J. Rosenblatt" "Massenets Elegie sung in Hebrew on the Columbia Record by the Famous Cantor Joseph Rosenblatt." Price 50 cents. Photgraph of Rosenblatt on front cover. Back cover includes miniature page of sheet music of "A Yid Tsu Zayn Iz Gut" and "Mentshlekhkeyt Iz Tayerer Fun Gelt" both by Rubin Doctor