Name:
Birnbaum, Martin
Name (Yiddish):
ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
Born:
1905 (Ukraine)
Died:
1986 (New York, NY)
Note:
Emigrated to US in 1923

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.

Recording

On album:
P-004(a) (Sholem Aleichem Dir, Amerike featuring Molly Picon as Motel)
Track ID:
14098
Author:
Birnbaum, Martin — ביררנבוים, מאַרטין
Composer:
Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Audio:
Freedman Sound Archives at Penn Libraries (temporarily unavailable)
Language:
Yiddish
Style:
Operetta

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

Recording

On album:
P-004(a) (Sholem Aleichem Dir, Amerike featuring Molly Picon as Motel)
Track ID:
36690
Conductor:
Rauch, Maurice — ראַוך, משה
Vocal:
Bushkin, Beatrice
Vocal:
Fried, Howard
Vocal:
Wolff, Cantor William
Vocal:
Picon, Molly — פּיקאָן, מאָלי
Vocal:
Jewish Peoples Chorus of N. Y.
Style:
Spoken Word/Choral/Classical/Theater