Klezmer: Early Yiddish Instrumental Music 1908-1927

by Klezmer - Early Yiddish Instrum

Overview

Arhoolie and its affiliated labels have reissued this material, largely taken from the collection of the collector Dr. Martin Schwartz, several times over the years (first as a 16-track LP, then later as a 24-track CD), but the 1997 CD has the most informative notes and the best sound. (For songs painstakingly transferred from fragile 78 RPM records, many of them clearly damaged, this is an important consideration.) This music is of vital historical importance, being the first known recordings of klezmer, the instrumental music of Eastern European Jews, but it's at least as musically impressive as it is historically valuable. The earliest tracks, recorded in Europe in the first decade of the 20th century, owe much to gypsy music and Eastern European folk forms, but as the record (which is not in strict chronological order) progresses, klezmer's own sound, heavy on the minor-key melodies and speedy tempos, becomes more obvious. Interestingly, the latest recordings, made in New York in the '20s, have introduced distinctive clarinet solos that don't sound that far removed from the classic early jazz records being made at the same time and place. Dr. Schwartz's informative notes are excellent for placing this music into its proper historical, social, and musical context. ~ Stewart Mason

Product Details

Release Date:	03/25/1997
Label:	Arhoolie
UPC:	0096297703427
Rank:	92581

Tracks

1. Do¿¿na and Hora  - Jacob Hoffman  -  Kandel's Orchestra
2. Sirba  -  Orchestra Orfeon
3. Mechutonim Tantz  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra
4. Kalliarash  - Naftule Brandwein
5. Yiddish Chusedel  - Phil Friedmann  - Max Leibowitz  - Philip Friedman
6. Kleftico Vlachiko  -  Orchestra Goldberg
7. Fihren Die Mechutonim Aheim (Tanz)  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra  - Naftule Brandwein  - Naftule Brandwine
8. Koilen (Dance)  - Mishka Ziganoff
9. Ch'sidishe Nigunim  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra  - Boibriker Kapelle
10. Haneros Haluli  - H. Steiner
11. Sadigurer-Chusid  - Joseph Moskowitz
12. Doina, Pt. 1  - S. Kosch
13. Doina, Pt. 2  - S. Kosch
14. Turkische Yalle Vey Uve (Tanz)  - Naftule Brandwein
15. Sadegurer Chused'l  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra  -  Traditional
16. Biem Reben's Sideh  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra
17. Oi, Tate, S'Is Gut  - Naftule Brandwein
18. Schweir und Schwiger Tanz  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra
19. Rum¿¿nische Fantasien, Pt. 1  - Joseph Solinski
20. Khosidl  -  Belf's Rumanian Orchestra
21. Der Shtiller Bulgar  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra
22. A Mitzve Tenzel  -  Hochman
23. National Hora, Pt. 2  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra
24. Sher, Pt. 2  -  Abe Schwartz's Yidisher Orchestra

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Philip Friedman   Primary Artist
Belf's Rumanian Orchestra   Primary Artist
Naftule Brandwine   Primary Artist
Orchestra Orfeon   Primary Artist
Max Leibowitz   Primary Artist
Hochman Orchestra   Primary Artist
Orchestra Goldberg   Primary Artist
S. Kosch   Primary Artist
H. Steiner   Primary Artist
Naftule Brandwein   Primary Artist
Boibriker Kapelle   Primary Artist
Mishka Ziganoff   Primary Artist,Accordion
Joseph Solinski   Primary Artist,Violin,Cymbalom
Jacob Hoffman   Primary Artist,Xylophone
Phil Friedmann   Primary Artist,Piano
Joseph Moskowitz   Primary Artist,Cymbalom
Abe Schwartz's Orchestra   Primary Artist
Kandel's Orchestra   Primary Artist
Max Yussim   Piano
Herb Steiner   Cymbalom,Violin
Dave Tarras   Clarinet
Abe Schwartz   Tuba,Violin,Trombone

Technical Credits

Joseph Moskowitz   Performer
Kandel's Orchestra   Performer
Traditional   Composer
Elizabeth Weil   Cover Art
Leticia del Toro   Editing
David Julian Gray   Restoration
Naftule Brandwein   Performer
Chris Strachwitz   Producer,Editing
Boibriker Kapelle   Performer
Mishka Ziganoff   Performer
Abe Schwartz   Performer