Friday 30 September 2011

Papirossen

This is a Yiddish song by Herman Yablakoff (1903-1981) using a traditional Bulgarian tune.  It was originally a very sad monologue by a homeless boy selling cigarettes on the street, but for a long time it has been performed both as a slow song as and a fast klezmer dance tune (or as a slow song followed by an accelerating dance).  There are many versions of it on YouTube, some of which transform it almost beyond recognition.  Listen to a few, since adding ornamentation to it makes a huge difference, and there are many choices.

Technically this is an exercise for both the low and high E flats on a C ocarina.
MIDI

The ABC for the tune:

X:0
T:Papirossen
Z:Jack Campin, http://www.campin.me.uk
F:http://octunes.blogspot.com
M:4/4
L:1/8
Q:1/4=80
K:CMin
    zC|CEEG Gccd | eedc G3z |eddc   cBBA |   AGGF F3F|
       FGGd dcc=B|=BAAG GFFE|EFFE   GFED |[1 E6     :|\
                                          [2 C4     ||
|:zGcd|e3d  edc=B|c2 G6     |c=Bc=B c_BAG|   GA F6   |
       FGGd dcc=B|=BAAG GFFE|EFFE   GFED |[1 E4     :|\
                                          [2 C6     |]