Re: Tsena, Tsena
I don't know the song's history - except to add that it appeared on an LP which my grandmother used to play -- "Sing Along In Yiddish Vol. 1." Also The Smothers Brothers were among the artists who recorded Tsena Tsena, only on their album the song is entitled "Swiss Christmas." -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
Re: Tsena, Tsena
Seems to have been written as an Israeli hit song around 1950. Text by Yehiel Hagiz, music by Issachar Miron and Julius Grossman. Later attributions list Mitchell Parish instead of Grossman. More recent attributions simply list Issachar Miron. (shades of Goldfarb/Gelbart...?) Summer 1998 of Sing Out (Volume 43 #1) has an article on it, which I have not seen. At 05:30 PM 8/15/03, Eleanor Shapiro wrote: Can anyone provide me with background on the Israeli song Tsena, Tsena BEFORE it became a hit with the Weavers? -- who wrote it, when, where it was sung; how popular was it in Israel; was the history of the lyrics different from that of the melody--if so, background on both would be helpful. _ Cantor Sam Weiss === Jewish Community Center of Paramus, NJ -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
Tsena, Tsena
Can anyone provide me with background on the Israeli song Tsena, Tsena BEFORE it became a hit with the Weavers? -- who wrote it, when, where it was sung; how popular was it in Israel; was the history of the lyrics different from that of the melody--if so, background on both would be helpful. Thanks in advance for any information or leads! Ellie Shapiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] 510-848-0237, x134 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
moscow?
Could anyone tell me whether there's any klezmer movement currently in Moscow, Russia? Any groups in particular? Any leads whatsoever? Thank you, Michael Michael Bernstein The Moscow Times Tel. 7 (095) 937-3399 Fax 7 (095) 937-3393 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
klezmer power without power
from Cleveland . . . YIDDISHE CUP KLEZMER BAND PLAYS THROUGH POWER BLACK-OUT Klezmer Power without Power by Bert Stratton Klezmer "like it was a hundred years ago." said Bert Stratton, Yiddishe Cup Klezmer Band leader, to the audience at Wiley Middle School, University Heights, Ohio. "The only thing working right now is this band and the stop signs," Stratton said Thursday night. A crowd of 100 people showed up for klezmer unplugged -- "mishugenners," (crazy people) Stratton jokingly called them. He said, "Don't you people listen to the radio. It said don't go out tonight!" One person said there was nothing on TV, and another commented the price was right -- free. Stratton had previously told phone callers the show was canceled, but he instructed the band to show up anyway. "We'll show up and look professional when it's canceled," he told his fellow musicians. The band milled around the outdoor bandstand. One elderly couple showed up an hour early with longue chairs. The school's groundskeeper told the band to go home. He said, "This black-out better last a while, because my new girlfriend lives on the sixth floor of an elevator building, and I invited her to spend the night at my house." University Heights community coordinator, Walter Stinson, showed up with a sign. "Cancelled" maybe? No. "Concert Sponsored by University Heights." Stinson said, "Does McDonald's have golden arches? The show is on." With all the trimmings -- meaning free Klondike ice cream bars, courtesy the city. Stratton announced the band would end early, at 8:30 p.m. "So you can get out of here in the light," he told the crowd. Yiddishe Cup's singer, Irwin Weinberger, said to Stratton, "We have to do a lot of instrumentals, because nobody is going to hear me sing." A trombone can play pretty loud, but the human voice has its limits. Weinberger owned a battery-operated amplifier. "But I forgot it at Menorah Park last night," he said. "And it's probably locked up somewhere." Just then Shawn Fink, an Orthodox wedding singer and employee of Menorah Park Home for the Elderly, showed up and volunteered to get the amp. The band played a lot of instrumentals. The keyboard player played an upright string bass. The guitarist played acoustically. When Fink returned up with the vocal amp, the band teamed up with him to do a couple Shlomo Carlebach yeshiva songs. After that, it was the usual Yiddishe Cup repertoire: Yiddish vocals, comedy and klezmer. Afterward, as the band was packing up, the community coordinator said to Stratton, "Good show as always, but you cut it a little short." Stratton said, "There are no street lights, no traffic lights. Do these people want to go home in the pitch black?" The community coordinator agreed. In 30 minutes it was candlelighting time -- also known as flashlight time. http://.yiddishecup.com -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -+ Hosted by Shamash: The Jewish Network http://shamash.org A service of Hebrew College, which offers online courses and an online MA in Jewish Studies, http://hebrewcollege.edu/online/ * * FREE JEWISH LEARNING * * Shamash invites you to join MyJewishLearning.com, a comprehensive, objective, authoritative and interactive learning resource in all areas of Judaism. Free membership via http://www.myjewishlearning.com/shamash -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=
