RE: Shmuel Lehman

[Reyzl Kalifowicz-Waletzky <reyzl...>]

YUP, YUP.  And how about Lehman's badkhan songs.   (Of course the best 
versions would have to be selected among the many he offers, not such an 
easy task.)

I just heard that Green Linnett/Xenophile is going out of business.  They 
produced Chava Alberstein/The Klezmatics record The Well.   What will 
happen to distributions of records like that?   The German company which 
produced Adrienne Cooper's last record also went belly-up about two years 
ago.   I constantly hear complaints about record companies or record 
distributors, including from the biggest names in the klezmer scene.  I saw 
Ari's list of current record labels on his web site, but does anyone have 
really good stories to tell about their tried-and-true record company?   Or 
is everyone going for independent, self-distribution?   My husband Josh 
Waletzky should have a record master finished by the end of next month and 
will have to make some important decisions soon.


Shira,

Lehman's collection is in a very, very rare Yiddish book called "Bay Undz 
Yidn" by Udovin (forgot Yudovin's first name) published in 1938, which is 
in the YIVO library.  Because the paper is so cheap and brittle, it is not 
easy to copy or scan it.   (The book is an extraordinary treasure that by 
now should be touched only with gloves.)


Reyzl




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From:  Itzik Gottesman [SMTP:itzik (at) mail(dot)utexas(dot)edu]
Sent:  Monday, January 24, 2000 11:23 AM
To:  World music from a Jewish slant
Subject:  Shmuel Lehman

I haven't heard of a reisuue of "Ganovim Lider", but if it is done, perhaps
they could also reproduce another great work by Shmuel Lehman, "Arbet un
Frayhayt"(Warsaw 1921), a collection of Yiddish revolutionary songs of
1905. Both are of course hard to find and should be made available by
reproduction if someone has the money. - Itzik Gottesman



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