Yismekhu or Yismechu

[Cor van Sliedregt <sliedreg...>]

Hello Klezmusicians,

Sometime ago there was a discussion about the melody YISMEKHU

About which version was the discussion ?
To my knowledge there are two versions
(Or are there still other versions ?)
MELODY - 1. Yismekhu (vemalchuschoh)
    sheetmusic in Idlesohn no.84
    on CD/ LP:

date  title             band                 (re-)issue
1923  Yismekhu          Shloimke Beckerman
             Kurt Bjorling Tape: Early Dave Tarras & Shloimke Beckerman
1963/4 c.  Yism¹chu     unknown prob. Epstein Bros    Tikva T-62 #12
1988       Ot Azoy       Joel Rubin Klezmer Band        Wergo SM 1615-2, # 3
        [medley: first part (0 -2¹20²) = Yismekhu V¹malkhuskho]
1997        Yismechu     Salomon Klezmorim        Syncoop CD 218 # 12
1997        Prayer       Brave Old World           Pinorekk PRCD 3405027 # 9
1998 (rec. ?96)    Yismekhu V¹malkhuskho        The Chicago Klezmer Ens.
                    Oriente musik  RIEN CD 13 # 7
        note: from the repertoire of Shloimke Beckerman and leon Schwartz

MELODY - 2 YISMEKHU - SHPIL ZHE MIR A LIDELE IN YIDDISH
Sheetmusic: Mel Bay's Coll. (Stacy Phillips: L.Schwartz-version)
date        title                   band                 (re-)issue
1987/90     Yismekhu V¹malkhuskho  Leon Schwartz Global Village CD 109 # 23
1992        Sphiel Zhe Mir a Liedele    Giora Feidman      Pläne CD 88739
1992        Yismekhu            Brave Old World        Pinorrekk CD 5013 #9
1996        Yismekhu a.o.            Di Naye Kapelye            demo

I DON'T KNOW WHICH VERSION IS ON THE NEXT ONES
196?       Hasedic Suite(part3: Yismeh¹ou)  Kol Aviv    unknown Label
1985       Yismekhu      Emile Bruh            Global Village C. 102 #9
year??     Yismekhu      Wholesale Klezmer Band  label ??

--------------------------QUESTIONS/REMARKS---------------------------
YISMECHU

FROM: MIAdler (at) aol(dot)com / zaterdag, 29 maart 2003 02:23

This as you probably know is a prayer song often played by Klezmer groups.
Would anyone know where I could find sheet music in c or even better
an arrangement for b flat and c instrumentation.
Marc Adler, Landsman Klezmer Band

FROM: david lowther <dlowther (at) telus(dot)net>/ zaterdag, 29 maart 2003 15:48

Hi Marc,
I've got the music for Yismechu for C instruments, hand written
(and legible!) with the accompanying chords and can mail it to you.
Mary Lowther

FROM: MIAdler (at) aol(dot)com/ zaterdag, 29 maart 2003 15:59

Thanks so much. You can mail it to :
    Marc Adler
   
I really like the Wholesale Klezmer Band's version of it.
It seems to lend itself to improvisation.
As a crossover song (prayer/klezmer ) alot of people know it.
Marc

FROM: Wholesale Klezmer Band <ganeydn (at) crocker(dot)com> / maandag, 31 maart 
2003
06:12

At 9:59 AM -0500 3/29/03, MIAdler (at) aol(dot)com wrote:

>I really like the Wholesale Klezmer Band's version ...> Marc

You can find it in Velvel Pasternak's Songs of the Chassidim, #50, p 44.
And, of course, we didn't record it exactly as written.
Zayt gezunt (be healthy),

Yosl (Joe) Kurland; The Wholesale Klezmer Band
http://www.WholesaleKlezmer.com

GREETINGS
CORNELIUS VAN SLIEDREGT
Westfriese KLZMR banD
The Netherlands

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