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His future programs were
engaged for the concert bureau of the Jewish Welfare
Board.
Besides the concerts, Brody
performed in the camps of the "Arbeiter Ring," in
Philadelphia's camp "Hope," in "Yugenvelt" in Canada,
and in "Unzer Camp" of the Farband.
About his concerts, Y.
Rabinovitsh writes:
"Maxim Brody owns a
brilliant tenor voice, and is a skilled and tasteful
singer.
As it looks, Brody stands close to the Yiddish
literature, and he has made for his task to
bafliglen with singing a part chosen songs from
our best poets. His repertoire consists of entirely new
songs, and all of them of a secular character. I mean to
say that these songs can be translated into any other
language and may have the same interest for other
peoples as for us. Because almost all of them are based
on universal themes, and some of them, for example,
Zishe Landau's song, 'In der finster (In the Dark?),'
were from the standpoint of true, literary pearls.
Maxim Brody sings with a lot
of warmth and musical feeling. He gives the impression,
how he endeavors with a very special love for Yiddish
poetry. There are very few of us. He deserves praise and
recognition for his tasteful selection of songs, and for
[his] artistic exchange. Such a genuine artistic
approach to the Yiddish song is not too common for us."
Israel Emiot writes:
"Maxim Brody has for two
hours time kept in suspense a large audience with his
serious program of Yiddish songs, stories and singing.
The audience did not stop applauding, and the concert
seemed like a beautiful demonstration of our Yiddish
culture."
As a member of the Yiddish
[Hebrew] Actors' Union, B. was also a member of its
Executive Board.
B. is the national director
of the Jewish Music Association in New York.
B. issued many records in
various languages, including in Yiddish:
(Through the
Stinson Record Company): "A zemerl" by Aaron Zeitlin,
music-Bugatsh; "Nachtidilye" by Dylan, music-Gelbart;
"A mazeldike sheh" by Schachter; "Yosl ber" by Manger,
music-Kipnis; "Volechl," folk song -- music-Volovitsh.
(Through international records): "Di nakht" by Peretz
Hirshbein, music--Lew Steff;"A tenh" (Chasidic); "In der finster" by Zishe Landau, music -- Brody; "Yosl
Klezmer" by Naftali Gross, music--Feingold.
(Through
Stinson Record Company): "Aleyn" by H. Rosenblatt.
Music--Gelbart; "Partizanen-lid" by Hirsh Glick, music--Prokras;
"Der hon" by Leib Kvitko, music--Mandelbaum; "Der tate
hot di mame genumen" (Broder Singer).
(Through
international): "Baym greg yom" by Elizah Greenblatt.
Music arranged by Brody; the Israeli songs "Hora," "S'veltl
iz nit azoy ey ey," music arranged by Brody; "Lid fun an altn bokhur (Ukrainian), and five Russian folk songs.
(Through Columbia Records) a number of opera arias.
B. also recorded four
long-playing records of Leivick's poems, issued for the
blind through the Braille Institute.
Sh.E.
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