Songs written or composed
Sholem Aleykhem Dir Amerika (Part #1/2) — שלום עליכם דיר אַמעריקאַ
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Composer:
- Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה
- Genre:
- Folk Operetta
- Subject:
- Immigration/Child/Family/Ship/Immigration/Adventures
- Transliteration:
- Ale SADE
- Music:
- Ale SADE
- Additional song notes:
- Based on Sholem Aleichem's "Motl Peyse Dem Chazn's.
Birnbaum Memorial / Ven Ikh Vel Shoyn Zayn — ווען איך וועל שוין זײַן
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary Origin / Spoken Word
- Subject:
- Death/Non Existence/Unity With Nature/Continuity With Poetry
- Origin:
- LVL 48
- Additional song notes:
- When I Am No Longer
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(a) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 1)
- Track ID:
- 36631
- Spoken Word:
- Piskovitsh, Sonia — פיסקאָוויטסש, סאָניע
- First line:
- Ven Ikh vel shoyn zayn, a grezl, a volkn-pintl, a bletl -- ven ikh alts zikh...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ווען איך וועל שוין זײַן אַ גרעזל, אַ וואָלקן־פּינטל, אַ בלעטל--ווען איך אַלץ..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 1:35
Birnbaum Memorial / Dos Lid
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Spoken Word / Field Recording / English
- Subject:
- Poem/Smile/Gold/Mother/Flood/Heart/Humanity
- Origin:
- LFHUN 27
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(a) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 1)
- Track ID:
- 36634
- Vocal/English Adaptation:
- Levine, Sonia Lerner — לעווײַן, סאָניע לערנער
- First line:
- A poem is the smile of a drowsing child, a poem is heavens golden orb,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 2:13
Birnbaum Memorial / Shnayt A Shif... — שנײַט אַ שיף אויף די כוואַליעס
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Field Recording
- Subject:
- Ship/Waves/Storm
- Additional song notes:
- Shnayt a Shif Zikh Oyf Di Qvalies
A Boat Cuts Through the Waves
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(a) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 1)
- Track ID:
- 36636
- Vocal:
- Goldberg, Susan — גאָלדבערג, סוזען
- Vocal:
- Schlosser, Peter — שלאָסער, פּיטער
- Vocal:
- Schlosser, Peter — שלאָסער, פּיטער
- Vocal:
- Goldberg, Susan — גאָלדבערג, סוזען
- First line:
- Shnayt a shif zikh oyf di kvalies, un di kvalies shtygn hoykh, un es.. mit di…
- First line (Yiddish):
- שנײַנט אַ שיף אויף די כוואַליעס, און די כוואַליעס שטײַגן הויך, און עס מיט די..
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Duet
- Length:
- 3:01
Birnbaum Memorial / Kh'hob Lib Amol — כ'האָב ליב אָמאָל
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Spoken Word / Field Recording
- Subject:
- World Above/World Below/Complementary
- Origin:
- LVL 95
- Additional song notes:
- I Once Loved
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(a) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 1)
- Track ID:
- 36641
- Vocal:
- Stefini, Peter — סטעפֿעני, פיטער
- First line:
- Kh'hob lib amol dem roysh fun ibertraybn; fun shagalish flien iber dekher...
- First line:
- כ'האָב ליב אַמאָל דעם רויש פֿון איבערטרײַבן, פֿון שאַגאַליש פֿליען איבער דעכער...
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 2:35
Birnbaum Memorial / Ikh Hob A Gelibter — איך האָב אַ געליבטער
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Spoken Word / Field Recording
- Subject:
- Yiddish/Constant Gift/Being/Identity/Consolation/
- Origin:
- LFHUN 20
- Additional song notes:
- I have A Lover
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(a) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 1)
- Track ID:
- 36642
- First line:
- Ikh hob a gelibte shoyn lang, zeyer lang! Git zi mir yedn tog a geshank.
- First line (Yiddish):
- איך האָב אַ געליבטע שוין לאַנג, זייער לאַנג! גיט זי מיר יעדן טאָג אַ געשאַנק.
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 3:25
Birnbaum Memorial / Di Vor — די וואָר
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Spoken Word / Field Recording
- Subject:
- Furrier/Occupation/Reverie/Imagination/Prisoner/Wander/Road
- Additional song notes:
- The Truth
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(b) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 36648
- Vocal:
- Goldberg, Dovid — גאָלדבערג, דוד
- First line:
- Nem bruder, zak un pak, un loz zikh iber shliakh, Vayl dakh farshtelt...
- First line:
- נעם ברידער זאַק און פּאַק און נעם זיך איבערן שליאַך, ווײַל דאַך פֿאַרשטעלט...
- Language:
- Yiddish/English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 4:09
Birnbaum Memorial /Gotinu I Am Willing To Die
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Spoken Word / Field Recording/Humorous
- Subject:
- Death/No Appropriate Season/Summer/Winter/Fall/Spring
- Additional song notes:
- Translation of one of Birnbaum's Poems: Title Not Accounced
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(b) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 36651
- Vocal:
- Suhl, Yuri — סול, יורי
- First line:
- Gotinyu, I am willing to die, but not in the most beautiful season of the year,
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 4:10
Birnbaum Memorial / I Yearn
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Spoken Word / Field Recording
- Subject:
- Child/Music/Memory/Life/Redemption
- Additional song notes:
- Translations of one of Birnbaum's Poems/ Title not announced
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(b) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 36652
- Vocal:
- Suhl, Yuri — סול, יורי
- First line:
- I yearn to recognise the..in the stream of tears and in a smile the purity of..
- Language:
- English
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 3:25
Birnbaum Memorial / Ven Iz A Dikhter Modern? — ווען איז אַ דיכטער מאָדערן
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Genre:
- Literary origin / Spoken Word / Field Recording
- Subject:
- Poetry/Author/Relevance/Modernity/Definite/Critics
- Origin:
- LVL 48
- Additional song notes:
- When Is An Author Modern?
Recording
- On album:
- B-138(b) (Martin Birenbaum / Memorial Service / Disk 2)
- Track ID:
- 36653
- Vocal:
- Fein, Yoni — פֿײַן, יוני
- First line:
- Ven iz a dikhter modern -- in plonter fun verter-vervarn? Ven men horkht un...
- First line (Yiddish):
- ווען איז אַ דיכטער מאָדערן – אין פּלאָנטער פֿון ווערטער־ווערוואַרן? ווען מען...
- Language:
- Yiddish
- Style:
- Spoken Word
- Length:
- 3:06
Sholem Aleichem Dir, Amerike — שלום עליכם דיר אַמעריקע
- Author:
- Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
- Composer:
- Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה
- Genre:
- Theater/Literary Origin
- Subject:
- Child/ Adventures/Immigration
- Transliteration:
- Ale SADE
- Music:
- Ale SADE
- Additional song notes:
- Based on Sholem Aleichem's Motl Peyse's Dem Khazn
Franklin Catlg # M1501.r28 S5 1956