Klezmer Dances Alexandrovsky Valts (all around the circle of fifths, Mazel Tov Mekhutonim (congratulations for the in-law trad., Arr. WU), tutti, 1st performance 9.2.10 people, rather slow, Abe Schwartz, transcr. Jacobs) (2:39) [Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Chicago. Publ. Araber tants (Naftule Brandwein 1889-1963, arr. WU, Tara Music] extremely polyphonic), soloist Daniëlle de Jong, sopra- no sax; five clarinets, 1st performance 11.5.12 Moritzpolka (trad. Polish-Jewish, arr. WU), soloist Mo- ritz Brößler, bass clarinet / clarinet, Anke Saeger, Bulgar-Trilogy (trad., Arr. WU, unfinished), tutti Tenor sax, tutti, 3:30, 1st performance 9.11.14 Varshaver freylekhs (trad., arr. WU), soloist Claudia Oy tate / Ot azoy (Lt. Joseph Frankel‘s Orchestra 1919 Schumann, clarinet / Der heyser bulgar (the hot B., / Shloimke Beckerman and Abe Schwartz Orchestra Naftule Brandwein, Arr. WU), soloist Carsten Fette, 1923, arr. WU – two pieces during which the band sang clarinet, 1st performances 11.3.12 / 9.11.14 unexpectedly…), soloists Katharina Müller and Sabine Freylakhs-Trilogy (three dances with temperament, Pelzer, soprano recorders; tutti, 1st perf. 28.4.13 (3:51) trad., Arr. WU), tutti (4:00) Patsh Tantz (trad., arr. KlezPO), tutti, 1st perf. 10.11.09 Freylekhs fun der khupe (dance under the wedding Serba din New York (Romaneasca Orch. = Abe canopee, Kandel‘s Orchestra ca. 1920, transcr. Koff- Schwartz‘s Orchestra, transcr. Jacobs, arr. Juri Bo- man) / Kolomeike (dance from the West Ukraine, kov) / Ruski Sher (trad., arr. Yoelin) / Lebedik un trad., arr. Margolis), solo Howard Schultens, banjo freylekh (Abe Schwartz, arr. Juri Bokov / Koffman) (4:36) [Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Chicago. Publ. (4:50) [Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Chicago. Publ. Tara Music] — on CD / YouTube Tara Music] — on CD / YouTube Freyt aykh fleytelekh (aka Freyt aykh yidelekh by Varshaver Freylakhs (trad., arr. WU) Claudia Schu- Naftule Brandwein 1922, arr. WU 2/13) for two flutes mann, clarinet / Der heyser bulgar (Naftule Brand- (Bärbel Stülpnagel, Verena Kalinke) and orch., 1st wein, arr. WU), Carsten Fette, clarinet perf. 1.2.14 — Malorossiysky kozachok, Ukrainian kazachok Zol zayn gelebt (a sostenuto tune by Dave Tarras, transcr. Bokov / Koffman), soloist Dietmar Buschhaus, Freytog nokh’n tsimis (Friday after the stew (Ein- clarinet (3:12) [Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Chicago. topf?), Lt. Joseph Frank(e)l 1895-1953, arr. Sobacki Publ. Tara Music] — on CD / YouTube / Lippitz) / Odessa Bulgar (one of the Klezmer hits, Abe Schwartz 1881-1963, arr. Juri Bokov / Koffman) (3:00) [Maxwell Street Klezmer Band, Chicago. Publ. Tara Music] — YouTube Galitzianer tantz (fast! Shloimke Beckerman 1883- 1974, arr. WU) / Zhumzhe Serba („the bumblebee-ser- ba“, Dave Tarras 1895-1989, arr. WU), soloists Gerda Baars-Peters and Inge Ott-Höfer, accordions (no flutes and clarinets), 1st performance 11.3.12 (3:51) Hora / Serba (tunes trad.; the hora in a slow triple time; during the fast serba we try to find out how much Jazz is possible with Klezmer music…, arr. WU), soloist (hora) Jana Bartz, clarinet / (serba) Anke Glaeser, tenor sax, and N.N., bass, 1st performance 3.12.11— YouTube Khosidl (hassidic dance, Belfs Orkestr ca. 1912, arr. WU) / Skotshne (jumping dance from Bessarabia, Belfs Orkestr ca. 1912, arr. WU), tutti, 1st perfor- mance 24.5.08 Khozn kale mazel tov (congratulations for the newly wed couple, as dance a Bulgar, also a song, trad., arr. WU), tutti, 1st performance 9.5.10 (3:18) — on CD.