PIONEERRESPOND
Carl August Max BIRCKHAHN 1881 - 1945
aka | M. Birckhahn, Max Birkhahn, M. Birkhahn |
nationality | German |
occupation | |
birth | 23 Jan 1881, Berlin, GERMANY |
baptism | |
death | 1945(?), ................. |
burial | |
marriage |
Elise/Elisabeth BANGEMANN b. 8 July 1885, Beedenbostel (Celle), GERMANY |
children |
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PARENTS
father | Friedrich Wilhelm BIRCKHAHN b. ..........., ......... |
mother | Auguste Ottilie Ernestine FIEBIG b. ........., .......... |
children |
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LIFE
recorder FAVORITE (n/o/p; Bn), ODEON
recorded for HMV in INDIA in 1932
Recordings taken at Dum Dum in 1932 (using the register of James Edmund George
mtx OEB 2645 / 80-7101* (* indicates: Carl Lindström AG recording machine and process used)
Discography: K.C. Dey Songs
(Kürzel/Monogram: Bhn/Bn)
pp. 260 in: Geschichte der schweizerischen Schallplattenaufnahmen Teil 5: Das Schallplattenunternehmen ODEON in der Schweiz (1929-1956) seine Privatsammlung zu besitzen
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NOTES
- Favorite: the story of an independent German record company (1904-1914) by Hugo Strötbaum (in: The Lindström Project. Contributions to the history of the record industry / Beiträge zur Geschichte der Schallplattenindustrie. Vol. 2 (editors: Pekka Gronow & Christiane Hofer). Gesellschaft für Historische Tonträger, Wien 2010. ISBN 978-3-9500502-1-9
- Seventy-eight Revolutions Per Minute in the Levant. A Discography of Favorite's Oriental Recordings by Hugo Strötbaum (in: De Turcicis Aliisque Rebus, Commentarii Henry Hofman dedicati, M. Vandamme (ed.). Utrecht 1992, 227 pages (ISBN 90-393-0291-x))
- Favorite: 1904-1914. Oftewel het relaas van de ongrijpbare q-serie. by Hugo Strötbaum (in: De Weergever, 17e jaargang No. 6 - november-december 1995, pp. 243-265)
- De Geschiedenis van Favorite: 1904-1914, deel 2. De opbouw van het katalogusnummer (=facenumber); achtergrondinformatie over de firma 'Favorite' by Hugo Strötbaum (in: De Weergever, 18e jaargang No. 1 - januari-februari 1996, pp. 2-22)
- De Geschiedenis van Favorite: 1904-1914, deel 3 (slot). Voorlopig overzicht van de opnamesessies van Favorite, 1904-1914 by Hugo Strötbaum (in: De Weergever, 18e jaargang No. 2 - maart-april 1996, pp. 51-71)
- Favorite Revisited by Hugo Strötbaum
- Favorite: Grammofoninnspillingene og artistene by Vidar Vanberg (Norsk grammofonplatehistorie 17. Eget forlag, Oslo 2007. ISBN 978-82-91962-03-0)
- Favorite Records: A Discography by Frank Andrews and Bill Dean-Myatt (CLPGS Reference Series No. 8, 2010 with CD-ROM entitled Favorite Records in the United Kingdom: A history and catalogue reonstruction.
- Schallplatten-Fabrikation by Otto Birckhahn (in: Berliner Tageblatt: Technische Rundschau of 24 Feb 1909, p. ?)
- Deutsche Schallplatten in Amerika (in: Zeitschrift für Instrumentenbau of 21 Mar 1906, p. ?)
- Als Linden noch Zentrum der Weltmusik war by Simon Benne (in: Hannoversche Allgemeine of 14 November 2015)
COMPANIES & LABELS
PHOTOS
Max Birckhahn, Bangkok, Thailand (1932) |
Buddha figure and Max Birckhahn (Ajuthia, Siam/Thailand) |
Max Birckhahn and family (Manchuria, 1933) |
THANK YOU
Wulf-Ekkehard Lucke
Axel Ebenböck
Christian Zwarg