Look up artist Brounoff, Platon

Name: Brounoff, Platon

Songs written or composed

Title: Di Altinke Fidele -- די אַלטינקע פֿידעלע
Author: Sharkansky, A. M. -- שאַרקאַנסקי, אַ. מ.
Composer: Brounoff, Platon
Genre: Literary Origin
Subject: Fiddle/Violin/Lyre/Bow/Emotion/Memory/Home/Melody

Sheet music:

Folder: 616
Series: 4
Arranged for: Voice/Piano
Texts: Yiddish Transliteration
Publisher: Metro Music Co.
Publisher address: 58 Second Ave, New York, NY
Date: 1928
Provenance: Schper-Rosenthal Sheet Music Collection, Gift of Faye & Jerry Rosenthal
Mel & Shrifra Gold Project, NYBC Catlg #: 365
First line: Au altinke fidele, hengt of der vand, sder spiler a yidele..
First line (Yiddish): ...אַן אַלטינקע פֿידעלע הענגט אויף דער וואַמט, דער שפּילער אַ ייִדעלע
Notes: Small folder, black lettering, English. "The Ancient Lyre" Listing of 23 "Other Choruses" on front cover. Price 25 cents. Publishers note on back cover asking to cooperatate with them by obeying the copyright law prohibiting copying and mimeographing.

Title: Dos Lid Fun'm Loyn-Shklaf -- דאָס ליד פֿונעם לוין־שקלאַף
Author: Winchevsky, Morris -- װינטשעװסקי, מאָריס
Composer: Brounoff, Platon
Genre: Literary Origin/Lament
Subject: Class Differences/Exploitation/Education/Rich/Poor/Crumbs
Additional song notes: The Song of a Wage Slave

Sheet music:

Folder: 875
Series: 4
Arranged for: Voice/Piano
Texts: Yiddish/Transliteration
Publisher: Platon Brunoff
Publisher address: 251 East Broadway, New York
Date: 1906
Provenance: Gift of Robert & Molly Freedman/ Purchased from Sal Kluger, KlezKamp 2005
First line: Der himl gehert tsum reboynu shel olam, tsum prits gehert…
Notes: "Gewidemt dem Yidishn Proletariat" Front cover stamped "Property of WEVD"

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