Some of our Klezmer Repertoire
Sheet music and MIDI files

in order of date added

General Purpose Intro to the Stuff We Play...

Loadsa music now on this site - no excuse not to learn a few and come on down!

If you have a new tune that you think would go down well please come and play it at the sessions! We sessioneers can read dots reasonably well, so it's great if you can manage some sheet music for us to have a go at. Bring along a dozen or so copies to pass around, and write chords on them if you can (but you may well get different chords from the ones you wrote down - Ah Well!). If you are really advanced, transcriptions from old recordings go down well.

If you send a copy of your tune to Steve I'll see if I can post it on this site, and I can also transpose it to B flat for those clarinet people.

Bring the music to the session if you really can't play it from memory!

Paper copy of the sheet music...

We sometimes have hard copy of the tunes here to hand out at the pub sessions. A contibution to the cost of copying would be gratefully accepted but we will let you off if you are feeling poor! I will consider sending it out by post - contact Steve.

The idea of these is to give you an idea of which tunes to learn first...

	jump in - learn this fab new tune to enjoy it while it is at its best!
	meat and potatoes
	played sometimes
	an old favourite but one that can still wrench those old heart strings
	a newie but might become a happy standard
	played a few times but which never really caught our imagination and may be forgotten
	we have played this tune to death, but everyone will know it - if you are a newbie it's a grand one to learn but not a good one to overplay at sessions. It will undoubtedly be a future classic when we forget about it and then resurrect it after a few years in the tune-vaults.

 

January 2003
	Title	Download	Source	Published Version
	Yidishe Honga		Ilana	Kandel's Orchestra
	Vi Bist du Gevezn for prohibisn NOW REV 2!		Steve Landin	Rev 2 has extra bars. Throw away your old copy!
	Mazel Tov Boyberker NOW REV 2!		Steven Greenman at Klezfest	Boyberker Kapeleye Rev 2 has extra bars. Throw away your old copy!
	Mitsve Gedole Freylekhs		Deborah Strauss and Jeff Warshauer's fab master class.

December 2002
	Title	Download	Source	Published Version
	Russian Sher Traditional		Klezfest 2001. Longer version of Russian Sher (November tune) - learn this one!
	Freylekhs #1 in D minor
	Dem Monastrishter Rebn's Choisid'l		Paul Burke

October - November 2002
	Title	Download	Source	Published Version
	Bublitski		An Oldie from the tune book which could be worth a play...
	Firn di Mekhutonim Aheym		Gorgeous tune - get stuck in - but note that the part lengths might change...	Moni Ovadia CD - fab! Not quite the same as in the Kompleat Klezmer book...
	Skotshne #59 aka Frank London Klezfest tune		Another classic.
	Russian Sher		Learn Russian Sher Traditional instead! (see December)
	Sherele		Another Oldie from the tune book which could be worth a play...
	Tipsy Gypsy		A big hit amongst some of the the South Manchester musicians... bluegrass - but Andy Statman was as good on the mandolin as the clarinet...

September 2002
	Title	Download	Source	Published Version
	Autumn Leaves Sirba - ISSUE 2		This one was lurking in my music file and deserved getting out and dusting off. In Iss 2 the last part is one bar shorter than the old music...
	Der Shtiler Bulgar		Moni Ovadia CD	Not quite the same as in the Kompleat Klezmer book...
	Khusidlekh		This one was lurking in my music file and deserved getting out and dusting off.
	Shifra		Another one lurking in my music file to get out and dust off. Might go nicely after "Khassidishe Nigun"
	Ukey Tune		Chervona Kalyna (Ukrainian band from Ashton)
	Khassidishe Nigun - ISSUE 2		Steve Landin	Moni Ovadia CD - Oylem Goylem

August 2002
	Title	Download	Source	Published Version
	Deborah Strauss Tune		Debra Strauss at Klezfest - I don't have name for this WARNING - expect to SING and possibly (gulp!) DANCE this one!	?
	Bay di Toyern fun Beys Hamikdosh		Steven Greenman at Klezfest - with a "Sekund" part for fiddle	Abe Schwartz Orchestra
	Skotshne 40		Steven Greenman at Klezfest - an interesting piece played by string "Kapeleye" for listening at weddings - klezmer chamber music? I have this is mind for the big band concert.	?

July 2002
	Title	Download	Source	Published Version
	Sol Sayn Gelebt		Adrian Dobson	?
	Trec Tiganii		Steve Landin	CD - Gypsies of Romania
	Odessa Bulgarish - Version 2		Steve Landin	CD - Traditional Yiddish Song and dance

June 2002
	Title	Download	Source	Published Version
	On Sabbath Day		Ray Kohn's master class	?
	Silver Wedding - There are two versions for you to download - first is Ray's arrangement and second is a simplified version	Ray's arrangement Original	Ray Kohn's master class	Written out by Ray - An oldie but a new chance to learn a good tune
	Skocne		Ray Kohn's master class with a "sekund" part for viola	Written out by Ray
	Fishmonger		Ray Kohn's master class	Written out by Ray
	Tzigane - The Balatonia Gypsy Orchestra		Steve Landin	CD - Hungaria vs Romania
	Papirossen		Sheffield Spielers
	Baym Rebin in Palestrina		Ray Kohn's master class	The Compleat Klezmer - see below

Tried and Trusted Oldies, some with music
	Title	Download	Source (GF & CK are two of the music books noted below)
	7:40 A.M.		GF
	A Nakht in Gan Eydn		CK
N	Adir Hu		Gordon Geekie
	Ale Brider		Russell Jenkins
	Araber Tanz		CK
	Beckerman's Hora		Gordon Geekie
	Bulgarski Zhok		Gordon Geekie
	Chava		GF
	Chusen Kala Mazel Tov		Dave Tarras LP
	Dance Dance Jew #2 (in A)		Stan
	Dance Dance Jew Tantz, Tantz, Yideklekh (in E)		CK
	Dave Merrit Waltz		Recorded
	Der Gasn Nigun		CK
	Der Heyser Bulgar		CK
	Der Yid in Yerusholayim		CK
	Devotedly Bouyant at Abo's		GF
	Five Years In Prison (Greek tune)		Gordon Geekie
	Flatbush Waltz		Russell Jenkins
	Fon der Choope - see Silver Wedding		New Mills
	Freylekhs Funder Khupe
	Fun Tashlikh		Klezmatics / Naftule Brandwein
	Gut Morgen		Steven Greenman at Klezfest and also Gordon Geekie (with minor differences)
	Happy Nigun in Dm		CK - but we play in Dm
	Hoisen in der Veg		John Bone
	Hopke
	Hora Lazbar		Adrian Dobson
	Hora Mintita		Klezmik
	Kandel's Hora		CK
	Katerina (Finnish)		Jeff Hughes
	Klezma from Zumzeaux (C min)		Steve Landin
	Koketka Polka		Chervona Kalyna (Ukey Band from Ashton)
	Lebedik un Freylach
	Long Live the Nigun		GF
	Moldavian Hora - do in G> aka Bulgarski Zhok		Gordon Geekie
	Money Waltz (aka Departure)		Steve Landin
	Newilynyk waltz (Am, E) Chordsheet only		Steve Landin
	Odessa Bulgarish #1		CK
	Oi Tate		CK
	Oriental Hora - play this before Yiddishe Freilach		Kroke CD
	Ot Azoi		New Mills
	Silver Wedding		New Mills
	Sher
	Sher Budapest
	Terk in America		CK
	Valodya's Farewell to Odessa aka Bei mir bist du sheyn		Zumzeaux LP
	Varshaver Freylekhs		CK
	Yiddishe Freilekhs - play this after Oriental Hora		Kroke CD

 

Klezmer Music Books

See also our music book library page.

	We have garnered a good few tunes from these two:A classic! "The Compleat Klezmer" - Henry Sapoznik - Tara Publications - ISBN 0-933676-10-7
	"From the repertoire of Giora Fiedman" - Rom Productions - can't see an ISBN on this one

 

A good shop in Manchester is Music Exchange Manchester Ltd, 12 St Peters Square, M2 3DE tel: 0161 236 1766. They also have a wholesale business so they can get hold of things quickly. They do mail order - see our links page.

Also check out american sites www.jewishmusic.com and www.hatikvahmusic.com - see our links page. Might be cheaper than UK if you are buying enough to be worth the postage.

If you have trouble printing sheet music...

18/09/02 - I have a had a report that the Acrobat files come out with funny symbols instead of notes.

• First, remember that you have to click the Print button in the Acrobat window, not File > Print in your browser.



• If you still have problems you could try downloading the special Mozart font (download mozart6.ttf) here. Save it to your disc, then click Start > Settings > Control Panel > Fonts > File > Install New Font and point to the file you have saved.

 

Good luck (and please email Steve to let me know if it helps).

I think it's better this way, otherwise I would have to embed the font in all the tune files and this would make downloads much longer. Alternatively, you could download the Mozart reader (see above).

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