Re: Regina Prager

[Bob Wiener <wiener...>]

Lorin,

Thanks.  Some of the selections (particularly "Shma Koileini") sound as
though they might be cantorial.  Is this another example of a "lady cantor"?
Or is it all Yiddish theater?

Bob

----- Original Message -----
From: "Lorin Sklamberg" <lsklamberg (at) yivo(dot)cjh(dot)org>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 9:56 AM
Subject: RE: Regina Prager


> Hello, list!
>
> The YIVO Sound Archives has the following recordings by Mme. Prager:
>
> Die Schwie: Duet with Kalmen Juvelier
> Von die Zweigen die Fidelach: Duet with Kalmen Juvelier
> A Mensch Soll Man Sein: Duet with Kalmen Juvelier
> Shulmes [Gekumen iz di tsayt]: Duet with Kalmen Juvelier
> A Mensch Soll Men Zein: Aria
> Schenkt A Neduwe
> Dzingra
> Tsigayner Lied
> Polonaise
> Shma Koileini
> Shir Hashirim
> Liebes Duet: Duet with Kalmen Juvelier
> Ben Hamelech
> Nahr Ihm Alein
> Gekumen iz di tsayt
> Ariye fun Tsvey Tnoim
>
> This last is not the Edison cylinder  that appears in Spottswood, but a
> Zonophone recording.
>
> Mr. Lorin Sklamberg, Sound Archivist
> YIVO Institute for Jewish Research
>
> 15 West 16th Street
> New York, NY 10011
> Tel. (212) 294-6169
> Fax (212) 292-1892
> lsklamberg (at) yivo(dot)cjh(dot)org
> http://www.yivoinstitute.org
>
> > ----------
> > From: Bob Wiener
> > Reply To: jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 1, 2003 5:54 PM
> > To: World music from a Jewish slant
> > Subject: Regina Prager
> >
> > Can anyone give me information on Regina Prager?  (It seems that she's
> > included in the recording -- 32 World Famous Artists Sing Oldies Of The
> > Yiddish Theatre.  And I have an LP (w/o notes) including a selection
from
> > Bar Kochba.)
> >
> > Among other things she apparently made a 78rpm recording of a piece
> > loosely translated (from Yiddish?) as "Aria of 2 T'noyim".  Does anyone
> > recognize this title?
> >
> > Bob
> >
>
>
>


---------------------- jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org ---------------------+