Songs

Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym — פֿירן די מחותּנים אַהײם

Also known as:
Oriental Melody (Instr)
Also known as:
Street Song
Composer:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Genre:
Klezmer/Wedding/Instrumental/Hora/Doyna
Subject:
In Laws
Music:
Comp Klez 44
Additional song notes:
Accompaning the In-Laws Home Naftule Brandwein sometimes credited as Composer. Melody played in Shargorad (also elsewhere)/aka DerGasn Nigun- Oriental Melody

Recordings

On album:
K-026(m) (Klezmer! Jewish Music From Old World To Our World)
Track ID:
28080
Clarinet:
Brandwein, Naftule — בראַנדװײַן, נפֿתּלי
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Track comment:
Originally recorded 1923
On album:
D-004(e) (Israeli Composers/ (Side 2 & 3)/ Louis Danto, tenor)
Track ID:
11535
Composer:
Stutschewsky, Joachim
Vocal:
Danto, Cantor Louis — דאַנטאָ, חזן לואיס
Piano:
Gold, Edward
Cello:
Catell, Albert
Track comment:
From "Six Israeli Melodies" arr for Cello & Piano
On album:
K-064(a) (Jiddischkeit a concert in the Jewish Spirit Bente Kahn)
Track ID:
18702
Conductor:
Okland, Gjertrud
Artist:
Gjertrud's Gipsy Orchestra
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
G-067(b) (Di Gojim (Holland) Grine Medine)
Track ID:
21114
Artist:
Di Gojim (Netherlands) די גױעם (נידירלענדן)
Track comment:
Sirba rhythm, Rumania
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
O-009(a) (Moni Ovadia Theatre Orchestra Oylem Goylem)
Track ID:
21212
Artist:
Moni OvidaTheatre Orchestra
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-029(g) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band Thirteenth Anniversary Album)
Track ID:
21253
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Artist:
Netsky, Hankus
Track comment:
Sirba rhythm, Rumania
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
M-052(a) (The Modern Klezmer Quartet Hora & Blue Jazz - Klezmer)
Track ID:
21373
Artist:
Modern Klezmer Quartet
Piano/Arranger:
Applebaum, Bob
Tenor Sax:
Yoelin, Shelley
Bass:
Cox, Jim
Drums:
Allen, Sarah
Track comment:
Recorded under "Hora And Blue" - Modern Jazz Version
Style:
Instrumental/Jazz/Blues
Length:
7:55
On album:
O-010(a) (Oomph Intercontinental Klezmer Between Two Worlds)
Track ID:
21400
Artist:
Oomph
Track comment:
Recorded under "Driving The In Laws Home"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
R-034(c) (Brave Old World Beyond The Pale — אױף יענער זײַט תחום)
Track ID:
22214
Artist:
Brave Old World
Track comment:
Recorded under Rufn Di Kinder Aheym - Jazz Adaptation
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
L-039(a) (la'om klezmer Klezmer Music From Berlin)
Track ID:
22680
Artist:
La'om
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
B-065(a) (Folklore Yiddish D'Europe Centrale Budapester Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
22443
Artist:
Budapester Klezmer Band
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
L-041(a) (Howard Leshaw & The Golden Land Orchestra Vol I-Yiddish)
Track ID:
23118
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard & Golden Land Orch
Artist:
Leshaw, Howard, arr & clarinet
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
With "Turk"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
P-019(b) (Itzhak Perlman In The Fiddler's House)
Track ID:
23884
Artist:
Perlman, Itskhak & Klezmer Conserv
Track comment:
Sirba rhythm, Rumania
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
B-071(a) (Bagg Street Klezmer Band Go Meshuggah!)
Track ID:
24115
Artist:
Bagg Street Klezmer Band
Track comment:
Romanian Hora (Firn Di Mekhut)/Romanian Bulgar/Di Zilberne..
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
Y-023(a) (The Yale Klezmer Band Hora With Onions)
Track ID:
24161
Artist:
Yale Klezmer Band
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
M-032(d) (Maxwell Street Klezmer Band You Should Be So Lucky)
Track ID:
24390
Artist:
Maxwell Street Klezmer Band
Artist:
Jeziorski, Jeff, clarinet
Track comment:
with "Warshaver Freylekhs"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
B-080(a) (Boiberiker Klezmorim — בױבעריקער קלעזמאָרים)
Track ID:
25641
Artist:
Boyberiker Kapelye — בױבעריק קאַפּעליע
Artist:
Mulder, Jaap
Artist:
Boiberiker Kapelye — בױבעריקער קאַפּעליע
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
B-075(a) (Odessa Express Babel Yiddish & Klezmer)
Track ID:
25414
Artist:
Babel
Track comment:
with "Ikh Gey Un Ikh Fal
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
B-075(a) (Odessa Express Babel Yiddish & Klezmer)
Track ID:
25425
Artist:
Babel
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
S-098(a) (Sabbath Hela Veckan Klez)
Track ID:
26607
Artist:
Sabbath Hela Veckan
Track comment:
Similar to "Gasn Nigun"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
T-029(g)
Track ID:
27030
Artist:
Tango & Klezmer Quartett
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-068(e) (Klezaimir Back in the Shtetl Again — צוריק אין דעם שטעטל נאָכאַמאָל)
Track ID:
27142
Artist:
Klezamir
Track comment:
Recorded under "Oriental Hora"/ Doyne, Sirba
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-026(l)2 (The Soul Of Klezmer/ Reve Et Passion/ Fantasy And Passion 2)
Track ID:
27418
Clarinet:
Brandwein, Naftule — בראַנדװײַן, נפֿתּלי
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Track comment:
From Filmscore "A Tickle In The Heart)
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
B-065(b) (Budapester Klezmer Band The Train 7.40)
Track ID:
27442
Artist:
Budapester Klezmer Band
Director:
Javori, Ferenc
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
O-012(a) (Orient Express, Moving Shnorers)
Track ID:
27211
Artist:
Orient Express Moving Schnorers
Arranger:
Wekstein, Pierre
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-029(i) (The Klezmer Conservatory Band / Dance Me To The End Of Love)
Track ID:
27794
Artist:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Tambourine:
Bressler, Judy
Clarinet:
Stahl, Ilene
Violin:
Strauss, Deborah
Flute/Piccolo:
Miller, Robin
Cornet:
Berney, Mark
Trombone:
Hamilton, Mark
Alto Saxaphone/Accordion/Piano:
Netsky, Hankus
Piano:
Bailey, Art
Mandolin/Guitar/Tenor Banjo:
Warschauer, Jeff
Drums/Percussion:
Smith, Grant
Arranger:
Klezmer Conservatory Band
Arranger:
Netsky, Hankus
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
Length:
002:50
On album:
C-041(a) (Mike Curtis Klezmer Quartet Street Song)
Track ID:
27688
Tarogoto:
Curtis, Mike
Keyboards/Accordion:
Leslie, David
Electric Bass:
Scollard, Dan
Drums:
Storrs, Dave
Artist:
Curtis, Mike Klezmer Quartet
Arranger:
Curtis, Mike Klezmer Quartet
Track comment:
Master Title is "Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym"
Style:
Instr/Klezmer/Rumanian/Contemporary/Doyne
Length:
004:47
On album:
044f (Brandwein/Schwartz/ Firn Di Mekhutonim Aheym/ Shtimen Fun Farsheydene Khayes)
Track ID:
30048
Artist:
Brandwein/Schwartz
On album:
A-035(e) (Aufwind/ inejnem/ Jiddische Lieder & Klesmermusik)
Track ID:
28721
Artist:
Aufwind
Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/Recorder:
Hermerschmidt, Jan
Violin/Viola/Arranger:
Koch, Claudia
Contrabass:
Paffrath, Thomas
Mandolin/Guitar/Arranger:
Reich, Hardy
Bandoneon (Button Accordion)/Percussion:
Rohde, Andreas
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Hora / Tanz Istanbul"
Style:
Instrumental/Hora
On album:
W-034(a) (I Remember Klezmer / The Art of Klezmer Drumming / Elaine Hoffman Watts / Susan Watts)
Track ID:
31339
Drums:
Watts, Elaine Hoffman
Trumpet/Vocal:
Watts, Susan
Drums:
Brown, Gerry
Drums:
Licht, David
Drums:
Alexander, Aaron
Trumpet:
London, Frank
Style:
Klezmer/Instgrumental/Nigun
Length:
5:46
On album:
M-095(a) (Minsker Kapelye/ A Fayer Far Dem Hartzn / A Sparkle For The Heart — מינסקער קאַפּעליע \ אַ פֿײַער פֿאַר דעם האַרצן)
Track ID:
36459
Clarinet/Arranger:
Slepovitch, Dmitri
Cymbalom:
Kukel, Tatsiana
Violin:
Sitsinskaya, Zarina
Viola:
Zebrina, Alexandra
Cello:
Koren'kova, Violetta
Bass:
Anischenko, Stanislov
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:16
On album:
M-095(b) (Minsker Kapelye / Krakow-Kielce-Warszawa)
Track ID:
36479
Artist:
Minsker Kapelye
Arranger:
Slepovitch, Dmitri
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:30
On album:
C-056(a) (Music, Russia & Chagall)
Track ID:
34455
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:50
On album:
G-126(a) (Jim Guttumann / Bessarabian Breakdown)
Track ID:
40669
Bass:
Guttmann, Jim
On album:
S-083(e) (Klezmer & Hassidic Music / The Burning Bush)
Track ID:
38643
violion:
Skeaping, Lucie
violin, viola, musical arragements:
Skeaping, Roderick
clarinet, percussion:
Harlan, Ben
accordion, trunpet:
Street, Kevin
hammer dulcimers:
Smith, Geoff
double bass:
Levy, Robert
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
2:55
On album:
L-090(a) (Lox & Vodka/Heavy Shtetl)
Track ID:
40139
gutiar, mandolin:
Cliff, Chip
lead vocals:
Dale, Caron
violin, viola, drums:
Nasta, Bruno
bass and vocals:
Nazdin, Jon
clarinet, sopran sax, flute:
Puwalski, Tom
accordion:
Racz, Zoltan
On album:
K-026(k)3 (Klezmania/Shmoozin — קלעזמאַנע)
Track ID:
42251
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer/Concert/Doyne
Length:
4:30
On album:
S-067(b) (Abe Schwartz The Klezmer King)
Track ID:
30458
Clarinet:
Brandwein, Naftule — בראַנדװײַן, נפֿתּלי
Violin/Leader:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Trombone:
Spielman, Louis
Piano:
Schwartz, Sylvia — שװאַרץ, סילװיע
Track comment:
Originally recorded New York, Feb 1923/ Columbia 9012 E
Style:
Instrumental/Klezmer
Length:
3:32
On album:
K-020(f) (The Klezmorim "Jazz Babies of the Ukraine")
Track ID:
5231
Artist:
Klezmorim — קלעזמאָרים
Arranger:
Klezmorim, arr.
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Firen"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-026(c) (The Compleat Klezmer Excerpts of 78 Recordings...)
Track ID:
5232
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Cassetted compiled and mastered by Henry Supoznik
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-043(a) (Chicago Klezmer Ensemble)
Track ID:
5233
Artist:
Chicago Klezmer Ensemble
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Sounds like a variant of Shargroder tune
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
Z-011(b) (Ben Zimet et ses musiciens au Theatre de la Ville)
Track ID:
5234
Vocal/Arranger:
Zimet, Ben
Director:
Delaistier, Maurice
Artist:
Zimet, Ben
Track comment:
Recorded in France
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-026(e)1 (Musique Des Klezmorim Vol 1 Duo Peylet-Cuniot)
Track ID:
5235
Artist:
Peylet, Nano & Denis Cuniot
Arranger:
Cuniot, Denis
Track comment:
Part of medley with Improvization & Odessa Bulgar
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
M-044(a) (Machaya Klezmer Band)
Track ID:
5236
Artist:
Machaya Klezmer Band
Director:
McCrensky, Jay, dir
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-026(a)
Track ID:
5239
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Piano:
Schwartz, Sylvia — שװאַרץ, סילװיע
Track comment:
Recorded under title "Oriental Hora" From 78 Columbia 86886
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-026(b) (Klezmer Music The First Recordings: 1910-1927)
Track ID:
5240
Violin:
Schwartz, Abe — שװאַרץ, אײב
Piano:
Schwartz, Sylvia — שװאַרץ, סילװיע
Track comment:
Recorded under title "National Hora (Part II)"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
O-007(b) (Old World Folk Band Hot Tracks)
Track ID:
5242
Artist:
Old World Folk Band
Vocal:
Leviton, Susan
Track comment:
Recorded under "Oriental Hora" with Freylekhe Yidn
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
D-001(a) (Jewish Wedding Dances)
Track ID:
5243
Artist:
Jewish Wedding Dances Ensemble
Arranger:
Musiker/ Frey, arr
Track comment:
Recorded under Wolachl
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
B-059(a) (Akiva Ben-Horin and Rashit/Jewish Music Ensemble — עקיבא בּן-הורין ראשית קבוצת עבודה למוסיקה יהודית)
Track ID:
5244
Flute:
Ben-Horin, Akiva — בּן־חרין, עקיבא
Arranger:
Hajdu, Andre — היידו, אנדרה
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Recorded under "Nigun Alshteyn" with "Omar Rabi Meir"
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-030(c) (Kapelye's טשיקען Chicken)
Track ID:
5246
Artist:
Kapelye — קאַפּעליע
Track comment:
Part of "Badkhunes", recicitive, dialogue and music.
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Klezmer/Humorous
On album:
K-020(b) (The Klezmorim "Streets of Gold")
Track ID:
5247
Artist:
Klezmorim — קלעזמאָרים
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Sirba rhythm, Rumania
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-037(a) (Klezmer V'od KLEZ ENCOUNTERS OF THE YIDDISH KIND)
Track ID:
5248
Artist:
Klezmer V'od
Artist:
Brandt, Ted, clarinet
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Track comment:
Sirba rhythm, Rumania
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
K-026(a)
Track ID:
5249
Clarinet:
Brandwein, Naftule — בראַנדװײַן, נפֿתּלי
Artist:
Abe Schwartz Orchestra — אײב שװאַרץ אָרקעסטער
Track comment:
Sirba rhythm, Rumania
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental
On album:
S-048(a) (Andy Statman Zev Feldman Jewish Klezmer Music — ייִדיש קלעזמער מוזיק)
Track ID:
5250
Clarinet/Mandolin:
Statman, Andy
Cimbal:
Feldman, Walter Zev
Bowed Bass:
Confurius, Marty
Style:
Klezmer/Instrumental