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Momele
''Momele'' ( yi, Mama) is a studio album by Georgian and Russian singer Tamara Gverdtsiteli released on 26 May 2017 by Universal Music Group. The album features the most popular Jewish songs in Yiddish. The Moscow Jewish Men's Choir and the Moscow Symphony Orchestra took part in the recording of the album. Overview Tamara Gverdtsiteli spent her childhood in Odessa in a Jewish environment (her grandfather was a rabbi). According to her, many of the songs presented on the album were played at her home, so she wanted to remember them and convey the warm home atmosphere, and at the same time to remember the tragedy of the lives of Jewish people who were forced to leave Odessa during the war in 1941. The singer dedicated this album to her mother, and, according to her, this work is very dear to her. Gverdtsiteli selected the material for the album together with the artistic director of the Moscow Jewish Men's Chapel, Alexander Tsalyuk. The songs from the album were presented a yea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamara Gverdtsiteli
Tamara Mikhailovna Gverdtsiteli ( ka, თამარ გვერდწითელი}, russian: Тамара Михайловна Гвердцители; born 18 January 1962) is a Georgian-Russian singer and actress. Early life and education Gverdtsiteli was born on 18 January 1962 in Tbilisi, in the Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic. Her father came from a Georgian aristocratic family, and her mother was Inna Kofman, a Jewish woman and granddaughter of a rabbi from Odessa. Gverdtsiteli graduated from the music school at the piano department of the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. In the early 1970s, she became a soloist of a children's music group called Mziuri, with which she toured the countries of Soviet Union. The singer sang in this formation for the next seven years. Career At the age of 19, Gverdtsiteli finished in second place at the All-Union Festival in Dnepropetrovsk and won the international competition "Red Carnation" in Sochi. The songs "Music" (V. Azarashvi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Yellen
Jack Selig Yellen (Jacek Jeleń; July 6, 1892 – April 17, 1991) was an American lyricist and screenwriter. He is best remembered for writing the lyrics to the songs "Happy Days Are Here Again", which was used by Franklin Roosevelt as the theme song for his successful 1932 presidential campaign, and "Ain't She Sweet", a Tin Pan Alley standard. Early life and education Born to a Jewish family in Poland, Yellen emigrated with his family to the United States when he was five years old. The oldest of seven children, he was raised in Buffalo, New York and began writing songs in high school. He graduated with honors from the University of Michigan in 1913 where he was a member of the Pi Lambda Phi fraternity. After graduating he became a reporter for the ''Buffalo Courier'', continuing to write songs on the side. Career Yellen's first collaborator on a song was George L. Cobb, with whom he wrote a number of Dixie songs including " Alabama Jubilee", " Are You From Dixie?", and "All Abo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Universal Music Group Albums
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2017 Albums
The following is a list of albums, EPs, and mixtapes released in 2017. These albums are (1) original, i.e. excluding reissues, remasters, and compilations of previously released recordings, and (2) notable, defined as having received significant coverage from reliable sources independent of the subject. For additional information about bands formed, reformed, disbanded, or on hiatus, for deaths of musicians, and for links to musical awards, see 2017 in music. First quarter January February March Second quarter April May June Third quarter July August September Fourth quarter October November December References {{Albums by release date Albums An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual 78 rpm records coll ... 2017 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abe Schwartz
Abe Schwartz (Yiddish: אבּ שװארץ or אייב שווארץ) (1881 near Bucharest, Romania – 1963 in Bronx, New York City) was a well-known klezmer violinist, composer, Yiddish theater and ethnic recordings bandleader from the 1910s to the 1940s. In his various orchestras, he recorded many of the leading klezmer musicians of the early twentieth century, including Naftule Brandwein and Dave Tarras. Biography Schwartz was born outside of Bucharest, Romania on April 15, 1881. In immigration documents he gave his birthplace as "Mihaleni" ( Mihăileni). It is unclear what musical education he received there, but according to klezmer researcher Henry Sapoznik, his father was a tinsmith who tried to discourage Abe from becoming a musician. Schwartz emigrated to the United States with his parents sometime between 1900 and 1902. In the US he eventually married his wife Rose and had a son Louis, as well as four daughters: Mary, Ida, Bebe, and Sylvia, who recorded a few times acc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tumbalalaika
"Tumbalalaika" ( yi, טום־באַלאַלײַקע) is a Russian Jewish folk and love song in the Yiddish language. () is the Yiddish word for 'noise' and a balalaika is a stringed musical instrument of Russian origin. Lyrics Meaning While most versions use ('a stone') as the answer to "what can grow without rain", some versions use ('understanding'). Cultural references and covers * The song ''Over and Over'' by Nana Mouskouri uses this melody. It followed the singer's french version "Roule s'enroule" (lyrics by Michel Jourdan). * The song, "Tumbalalaika (The Riddle)" by Natalia Zukerman is a poetic adaptation of this to English, with the chorus remaining in Yiddish. * Benny Hill adapted the melody for one of his own compositions, ''Anna Marie,'' which he performed on his first special for Thames Television on November 19, 1969. * The film Khrustalyov, My Car! shows a young Jewish boy singing the song in Russian. * The song is used in the film ''Swing'' by Tony Gatlif. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mitchell Parish
Mitchell Parish (born Michael Hyman Pashelinsky; July 10, 1900 – March 31, 1993) was an American lyricist, notably as a writer of songs for stage and screen. Biography Parish was born to a Jewish family in Lithuania, Russian Empire in July 1900 His family emigrated to the United States, arriving on February 3, 1901, aboard the '' SS Dresden'' when he was less than a year old. They settled first in Louisiana where his paternal grandmother had relatives, but later moved to New York City, where he grew up on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and received his education in the public schools. He attended Columbia University and N.Y.U. and was a member of Phi Beta Kappa. He eventually abandoned the notion of practicing law to become a songwriter. He served his apprenticeship as a writer of special material for vaudeville acts, and later established himself as a writer of songs for stage, screen and numerous musical revues. By the late 1920s, Parish was a well-regarded Tin Pan Alley ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al Goodhart
Al Goodhart (January 26, 1905 – November 30, 1955) a member of ASCAP, was born in New York City and attended DeWitt Clinton High School. During his lifetime he was a radio announcer, vaudeville pianist and special materials writer. He also owned a theatrical agency. Following his 1931 hit " I Apologize", he concentrated on composing music, being most prolific during the 1930s. He traveled to England and wrote music there from 1934 to 1937. With collaborators Al Hoffman and Maurice Sigler, Goodhart scored music for the stage and screen, particularly musical films starring Jessie Matthews. During WWII, Goodhart travelled with the USO, entertaining troops in the United States and abroad. His other chief collaborators included Mann Curtis, Sammy Lerner, Ed Nelson, Kay Twomey and Allan Roberts. He died in 1955, aged 50. Songs 1930: *Dangerous Nan McGrew (movie) 1931: * I Apologize (written with Al Hoffman and Ed G. Nelson) 1932: *Auf Wiedersehen, My Dear (written with Milton Ager ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moshe Oysher
Moishe Oysher () (March 8, 1906 – November 27, 1958) was an American cantor, recording artist, and film and Yiddish theatre actor.Zalmen Zylbercweig, ''Leksikon fun Yidishn teater'', Book 3, 2407. During the 1940s and 1950s he was one of the top Hazzans and his recordings continue to be appreciated due to his rich, powerful voice and creative arrangements. Biography Early life Oysher was born in Lipcani, Bessarabia Governorate, Russian Empire on March 8, 1906. He was born to a Jewish family that traced six generations of . He told writer Khaver-Paver that his grandfather sang folk songs and workers' songs to his students when Moyshe was young, and the heartfelt tunes were ''in my blood,'' and that it was from his other grandfather "" and his father "" that he inherited his gift as a . Oysher's father departed for America when Moyshe was young, leaving him with his grandfather. He started acting in school and played a few roles in the poet Eliezer Steinberg's ''Der Berditche ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Olshanetsky
Alexander Olshanetsky (1892–1946) was a Jewish-American composer, conductor, and violinist. He was a major figure within the Yiddish theatre scene in New York City from the mid-1920s until his death in 1946. Life and career Was born in Odessa, of Lithuanian Jewish descent, Olshanetsky began studying the violin at the age of 6. While a teenager he became a member of the orchestra at the Odessa Opera and Ballet Theater; notably touring with the ensemble throughout Imperial Russia. He then worked as chorusmaster for a touring operetta troupe in Russia. During World War I, he served as a regimental bandmaster in the Russian Army. With the army band he traveled to Harbin, Manchuria, and to Northeast China. In Harbin he began working as a composer and conductor for a Yiddish theater group. In 1922 Olshanetsky emigrated to the United States. In 1937, his extended family members finally began to come to United States. He quickly became a major presence in the Yiddish theatre scen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib
"Ikh Hob Dikh Tsu Fil Lib" ( yi, איך האָב דיך צו פֿיל ליב, "I love you so much") is one of the most popular love songs written in Yiddish. History The musical piece "Ich hob dikh tsu fil lib" was written by composer Alexander Olshanetsky and lyricist Chaim Towber for the musical comedy Der Katerinshtshik (The Organ-grinder). The play premiered during the 1933-1934 theatrical season at David Kessler (actor), David Kessler's Second Avenue Theater. The troupe was struggling financially, and the producers tried to rely on an entertainment production, in the words of one critic, "a return to the good old hokum", that would avoid financial risk in the event of a more serious Yiddish drama. The Organ-Grinder opened with a star cast, which included Julius Nathanson, Annie Tomashevsky (Boris Thomashefsky, Boris Tomashevsky's sister) and Luba Kadison, who performed this song in the play. Kadison was known for her performance in serious classical Yiddish productions, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden (Yiddish: אַבֿרהם גאָלדפֿאַדען; born Avrum Goldnfoden; 24 July 1840 – 9 January 1908), also known as Avram Goldfaden, was a Russian-born Jewish poet, playwright, stage director and actor in the languages Yiddish and Hebrew, author of some 40 plays. Goldfaden is considered the father of modern Jewish theatre. In 1876 he founded in Romania what is generally credited as the world's first professional Yiddish-language theater troupe. He was also responsible for the first Hebrew-language play performed in the United States. The Avram Goldfaden Festival of Iaşi, Romania, is named and held in his honour. Jacob Sternberg called him "the Prince Charming who woke up the lethargic Romanian Jewish culture." Israil Bercovici wrote of his works: "we find points in common with what we now call 'total theater'. In many of his plays he alternates prose and verse, pantomime and dance, moments of acrobatics and some of ''jonglerie'', and even of spirituali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
