Shalom
Creator(s)
- Shony A. Braun (Performer)
Biographical History
Shony (Sandor) Alex Braun (b. Cristuru-Secuiesc, Romania, 1930-d. Los Angeles, 2002): musician, ghetto and camp survivor. Braun performed popular repertoire in virtuoso "Hungarian Gypsy"-style arrangements, and composed a commemorative work, "Symphony of the Holocaust." Refer to his oral history here: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn504540; his memoir here: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib27791; his other memoir here: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib143792; his "gypsy violin" recordings here https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib125464, and here https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib66028, and here: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib143792 -- includes excerpts from Braun's "Symphony of the Holocaust"; the manuscript score to "Symphony of the Holocaust" here: https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn502323.
Scope and Content
Shony Alex Braun Violinist-Composer Side One 1. Bel Mir Bistu Shein 2. At The Fireplace: A- My Naive Cousins B- Before Nightfall 3. Raisins and Almonds 4. As Beautiful As The Moon: A- Joseph, Joseph B- Let Peace Come 5. A Jewish Mother 6. Jerusalem of Gold
Note(s)
Musicologist's file contains: Letter to Gila Flam; two brochures of Shony Alex Braun's performances; description of the music by the artist; photocopy of newspaper article on Shony Braun and Curtis Whiteway; Braun's resume; program from Braun's concert
Genre
- Music.
- Recorded Sound