how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood /
Jack Gottlieb
xxi, 306 pages :
illustrations ;
30 cm +
1 sound disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)
Includes bibliographical references (p. 267-276) and index
CD: A rabbi's daughter -- Misha, Yascha, Sascha, Toscha -- Shlof zhe mayn feygele = Sleep my birdie -- My one and only -- Rozhinkes mit mandlen = Raisins with almonds -- Blue skies -- Der rebe hot geheysn freylekh zayn = The rebe has ordered us to make merry -- Dem milners trern = The miller's tears -- High noon -- Vos iz geven iz geven un nito = What used to be, was, and is no more -- Oy iz dus a rebetsn = Wow, is this a rabbi's wife -- Sha sha -- Bei mir bist du schoen = To me you're pretty -- Morgn shtern-di naye zayt = Morning star -- The song is ended -- Barbara song -- Azoy vi di bist = Just as you are -- Besamé mucho = Kiss me much -- Vi iz mayn zivig? = Where is my inteded -- Yiddle, on your fiddle, play some ragtime -- My little Yiddisha queen -- Khazn oyf shabes = Cantor on the sabbath -- Skeffington arrives -- Theme of Exodus -- For every man there's a woman -- The look of love -- Eli, Eli -- That Eli, Eli melody -- Di grine kuzine = The greenhorn cousin -- My little cousin -- I met a girl -- Wedding samba -- I feel like I'm not out of bed yet -- If I were a rich man -- Lawd, you made the nights too long -- Sam, you made the pants too long -- I'm Sam the man who made the pants too long -- Haynt iz purim = Today is purim -- Steppin' out with my baby -- Shir hashirim = Song of songs -- Come rain or come shine -- Ya got me -- Dovid un ester = David and Esther -- Goodbye, little dream, goodbye -- Magnetic rag -- Avreml der marvikher = Avreml the pickpocket -- Ot azoy neyt a shnayder = This is how a tailor sews -- The tailor's song -- A Yiddishe momme -- The new suit (zipper fly)
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Folk songs, Yiddish-- History and criticism
Jews-- United States, Music-- History and criticism
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