Klezmer Music 1910-1942: Recordings from the YIVO Archives

The traditional instrumental music of the Jews of Eastern Europe, referred to as "klezmer," can be traced to the Middle Ages, was brought to the U.S. by immigrants in the late 1800s–early 1900s, and is widely popular today. The primary instruments are clarinets, fiddles, various brass instruments and the tsimbl ―a variant of the hammered dulcimer.

Henry Sapoznik, an authority on klezmer music as well as a prominent klezmer musician, compiled and annotated this album. The collection consists of commercially recorded songs from 78 rpm records from New York City between 1910 and 1942, taken from the YIVO Archives. In his liner notes, Sapoznik discusses klezmer 's European background, its interaction with the American musical world (especially jazz), and the era in which the recordings were made.

Track Listing

101	Rusishe sher (1) Abe Schwartz's Orchestra	02:51
102	Rumanian doina Abe Schwartz and Daughter	03:23
103	Der glater bulgar (The Plain Bulgar) Tarras Instrumental Trio	02:45
104	Shulem's bulgarish Yenkowitz and Goldberg	03:26
105	Freylekhs fun der khupe (Freylekhs From the Wedding Canopy) Kandel's Orchestra	03:26
106	Der rebe is gegangen (The Rebe Went) Elenkrig's Orchestra	03:00
107	Vi bist du geveyzn far prohibishn? (Where Were You Before Prohibition?) Naftule Brandwein's Orchestra	03:00
201	Lebedik un freylekh tants (Lively and Happy Dance) Abe Schwartz's Orchestra	03:17
202	Doina S. (Shloimke) Kosch	02:43
203	Rusishe sher (2) I.J. Hochman's Jewish Orchestra	03:10
204	Oriental hora Abe Schwartz and Daughter	03:22
205	Di boyberiker khasene (The Wedding in Boyberiker) - 1 Di Boyberiker Kapelye	03:15
206	Di boyberiker khasene (The Wedding in Boyberiker) - 2 Di Boyberiker Kapelye	03:07
207	Firn di mekhutonim aheym (Escorting the Parents of the Bride and Groom Home) Naftule Brandwein	03:40