Re: Songs about food in Jiddisch

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

And then there's "Burikes af peysakh" by Solomon Golub.

And two different songs called "Dos lid fun broyt".

Lorele


Lori Cahan-Simon wrote:

> Sylvia, the one you are thinking of is "Lomir ale zingen a zemerl" 
> (Mir trogn a gezang, pp. 156-157).
>
> May I recommend "Burikes" from my CD, Songs My Bubbe Should Have 
> Taught Me; Volume One: Passover, which Michael Alpert and I sing, 
> about a poor couple not having enough money to buy beets or matse mehl 
> for peysakh?
>
> How about "Bublitshki bagels"?
>
> Or "Kartofl-zup mit shvomen" (Mir trogn a gezang, p. 216-218).
>
> Shvartse karshelekh mentions cherries, but the song isn't really about 
> them.
>
> Do I remember seeing a song called "goldene yoykh"?
>
> Then there's "Hop, mayne homentashn" and a variety of ditties about 
> latkes and homentashn.
>
> There's a section on food in Zemerl at
>
>  http://campuscgi.princeton.edu/~klez/zemerl/display.pl?subcategory=Food
>
> but I cant' seem to access it today to see what's in it.
>
> "Der Beker", the baker baking.
>
> "Di mume hodl" baking for shabes.
>
> And that's all I can think of for now.
>
> Lorele
>
>
> Sylvia Schildt wrote:
>
>> Shana tova.
>>
>> Three others come to mind .... the first I am sure some will 
>> recognize and help me with - it's a comparison between rich and poor. 
>> when a rich man eats meat, it's such and such, but when a poor man 
>> eats meat, it's just a something or other. That's the pattern of the 
>> song - meat, fish, bread. Help!
>>
>> The second one is a folk favorite - Varnichkes.
>>
>> The last one is a borscht belt classic aptly named Esn.  It can be 
>> found on a recent CD of Yiddish humor and it enumerates the entire 
>> typical Grossinger's type menu down to the alka-seltzer.  
>>
>>
>> Sylvia Schildt
>> Chair
>> 8th World Conference
>> International Association of Yiddish Clubs (IAYC)
>> Baltimore, MD September 4,5,6,7 2003
>>
>>
>>
>> on 9/11/02 4:29 PM, Richard Kamins at r(dot)kamins (at) snet(dot)net wrote:
>>
>>     The Adrienne Cooper songs referred to are "Borsht" (which is more
>>     of a love song than food song" and "Yontev Peysakh" - the latter
>>     song is best for food references.  Shirim recorded "Bulbes"
>>     (potatoes) on their Newport Classics Cd, "Oy, It's Good."
>>     Richard
>>
>>         From: Alex Lubet
>>         To: World music from a Jewish slant
>>         Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 4:15 PM
>>         Subject: RE: Songs about food in Jiddisch
>>
>>         Adrienne Cooper has a lovely song about holiday foods on
>>         Dreaming in Yiddish , can't recall the title.  
>>
>>         At 03:53 PM 9/11/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>>
>>             Off the top of my head I can think of Yidishe Maykholim
>>             written by Shimshon Kemelmakher and sung by Wolf
>>             Krakowski on his album Gilgul / Transmigrations.
>>
>>             G'Mar Tov
>>
>>     Mordi -----Original Message----- From:
>>     owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
>>     [mailto:owner-jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org]On Behalf Of Karin Sent:
>>     Wednesday, September 11, 2002 14:04 To: World music from a Jewish
>>     slant Subject: Songs about food in Jiddisch
>>
>>     Can anybody help me with titles, music, texts, backrgound
>>     information I'd like to make a list with as many songs as I can
>>     find with as much info as possible... Thanking all, Karin
>>
>>     Alex Lubet, Ph. D.
>>     Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Music
>>     Adjunct Professor of American and Jewish Studies
>>     University of Minnesota
>>     100 Ferguson Hall
>>     Minneapolis, MN 55455
>>     612 624-7840 (o)
>>     612 699-1097 (h)
>>     612 624-8001  ATTN:  Alex Lubet (FAX)
>>
>>
>
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>  
>
>

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