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Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika

Recorded Sound | Digitized | Accession Number: 2017.371 | RG Number: RG-91.0169

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    Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika

    Overview

    Description
    Phonograph record 2: Syreno Electro. The disc was recorded in Berlin in 1932 and originally issued on the German Semer label. Date of Polish reissue to be determined.

    Side A: Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika (Leybke fort keyn amerike), part 1. "Folk song." Pinkas Lavender, voice; Max Janowski, piano.
    Side B: Lejbke fohrt kejn Amerika (Leybke fort keyn amerike), part 2. "Folk song." Pinkas Lavender, voice; Max Janowski, piano.

    Pinkas Lavender (aka Pinchus Lawenda) (1898-1976), Polish-born actor and singer; active in interwar Germany; residing the US after 1928. Max Janowski (1912-1991), composer, conductor, pianist, born in Germany, arrived to the US via Japan in 1938. The piece touches on topical concerns of immigration, separation and betrayal.
    Credit
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, gift of Ben Shneiderman
    Format
    Phonograph record; shellac; 10 inches; 78 rpm

    Physical Details

    Language
    Yiddish
    Genre/Form
    Music.

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    You do not require further permission from the Museum to access this archival media.
    Copyright
    Copyright Undetermined
    Conditions on Use
    Owner of copyright, if any, is undetermined. It is possible this is an orphan work. It is the responsibility of anyone interested in reproducing, broadcasting, or publishing content to determine copyright holder and secure permission, or perform a diligent Fair Use analysis.

    Administrative Notes

    Recorded Sound Provenance
    The music was acquired by S.L. Shneiderman, the original editor and translator of the Mary Berg's Warsaw diary, and his son Ben Shneiderman, in 1977. They donated the five records to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 2017.
    Recorded Sound Notes
    For an interesting reflection on the song's meaning, see www.jmberlin.de/berlin-transit/orte/en/lewin.php?ansicht=historisch.
    Recorded Sound Source
    Professor Ben Shneiderman
    Record last modified:
    2024-02-21 07:27:14
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