Amazing Old Russian Jewish Music Video

Posted by genglish on June 19th, 2010 and filed under Jewish Music | 25 Comments »

http://rebshaya.com – A medley of songs from Reb Shaya’s new album of rare old Russian Jewish songs and dances, with a video of pictures from life in Russia 100-200 years ago. Beautiful stuff here.

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25 Responses

  1. rebshaya2 Says:

    @maggotfrom1993 …
    @maggotfrom1993 There are a lot of reciprocal influences between the gypsies and klezmer musicians; some even participated in bands together. That’s usually associated with the Carpathians, Hungary and Rumania where there were more gypsies – I’m not sure how many were in the Ukraine and Belorus, where most of this music was heard, but Jewish music migrates around. In any case, the Eastern European flavor is always there, albeit with a strong Middle East flavor in much of it.

  2. maggotfrom1993 Says:

    this sounds a lot …
    this sounds a lot like the gypsy’s music. no offence, where I live traditional gypsy music is like this

  3. poseuresque Says:

    @Balloonlove2004 …
    @Balloonlove2004 ppl haven’t ever treated each other as brothers out of arms, comrades without rifles pointed the same direction. a brotherhood forged from violence is a false, treacherous brotherhood. ppl have insulted each other with violence since time immemorial. doesn’t make it right. it sure as doesn’t justify further violence. when you pick up a rifle against your fellow man you’re a poor soul, indeed. only the righteous stand up without arms.

  4. Balloonlove2004 Says:

    @seaklingon57 We …
    @seaklingon57 We all have our own perspective, you have yours and I have mine. The problem in Gaza started with Nasser in 1967 and has never ended, if you are interested look it up.

  5. seaklingon57 Says:

    @Balloonlove2004 I …
    @Balloonlove2004 I disagree, with respect… Just look at Gaza…..
    But of course religions can drive to Heaven or to Hell…. according to choices one makes…
    A true hug….

  6. leninakan1986 Says:

    @Balloonlove2004 …
    @Balloonlove2004 Can you stfu you idiot jew, you are the evil ppl in the world, Masonic bitaches ,Jews mother founded masonic brothers evil organization ,which now i am very happy some people now realize whats going on .

  7. 183088 Says:

    q hermosa musica
    q hermosa musica

  8. radurambo Says:

    boring
    boring

  9. wildwestwillie Says:

    nice music
    nice music

  10. AndyBoy63 Says:

    the beginings of …
    the beginings of Klezmer ; )

  11. basicband Says:

    …beautiful!!!
    …beautiful!!!

  12. billytheoldhippy Says:

    very nice!!! this …
    very nice!!! this music brings me back when i was a little boy my grandfather & grandmother wood play this music thanks for posting it shalom

  13. rebshaya2 Says:

    Got to rebshaya. …
    Got to rebshaya. com. The mp3 is available there for download.

  14. WatchThis12admin Says:

    is there any way i …
    is there any way i can download these songs anywhere? im doing a project on russian jews and their music….

  15. nounever Says:

    @ModernBunny you …
    @ModernBunny you mean before the 21st century

  16. BABBCOM Says:

    America is much …
    America is much more beautiful.

  17. nounever Says:

    @rebshaya2 i know …
    @rebshaya2 i know thats how it identifies but i heard it played before

  18. rebshaya2 Says:

    @nounever Most of …
    @nounever Most of these dance tunes have no specific name, and are identified more by type (freilach, bulgar, etc), unless there were specific lyrics, which in most cases there aren’t. This particular melody is more likely to be Chassidic than standard “klezmer”, which is kind of a generic term which also includes more secular music. This song has appeared on recent Chassidic recordings, but is not well known.

  19. nounever Says:

    @rebshaya2 but it …
    @rebshaya2 but it involves a fiddler so it is Klezmer

  20. nounever Says:

    @rebshaya2 some of …
    @rebshaya2 some of the band were Jewish some were just Russian I only remember hearing it but what is the actual specific name of it?

  21. rebshaya2 Says:

    @nounever Just …
    @nounever Just curious: you remember if it was a Jewish band or a non-Jewish one? (Not that it says much about the origin of the tune; they were pretty freely exchanged from Jews to non-Jews and vice versa)

  22. nounever Says:

    @rebshaya2 thank …
    @rebshaya2 thank you because i heard it before when i was a child visiting Dneiper Petrovsk

  23. markrothenstein Says:

    @nounever That …
    @nounever That theory has been disproved by DNA testing, by the way.

  24. rebshaya2 Says:

    @megaswenson Don’t …
    @megaswenson Don’t forget to check out the full CD at RebShaya. com. These are only a few short selections from the full CD.

  25. rebshaya2 Says:

    @nounever This is a …
    @nounever This is a “freilachs” transcribed in Kiev in 1915. I believe it has been used as a melody for the dancing on the festival of Simchas Torah (called a “Hakafah Nigun”) and/or a melody used for the “Mitzvah Tanz” at Jewish weddings.

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