PIONEER:


nationality: German
occupation:

born: 23 Jan 1881, Berlin, GERMANY
died: 1945(?), .................

married to:
Elise/Elisabeth BANGEMANN (b. 8 July 1885, Beedenbostel (Celle), GERMANY - d. 2 July 1974, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GERMANY)

children:

  • Beate (b. 20 Oct 1914, Berlin-Schöneberg - .... 1965)
  • Hanns Otto Ernst (b. 8 Dec 1920, Berlin-Schöneberg)



PARENTS:


father: ................
mother: ................

children:

  • Otto (b. 12 Jan 1877, Berlin, GERMANY - d. 22 April 1945, Berlin-Steglitz, GERMANY)
  • Max (b. 23 Jan 1881, Berlin, GERMANY - d. 1945(?), ...............)



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

FAVORITE REVISITED

by Hugo Strötbaum




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




Max Birkhahn,
Bangkok, Thailand (1932)
Buddha figure and
Max Birkhahn (Ajuthia, Siam/Thailand)
Max Birkhahn and family
(Manchuria, 1933)





THANK YOU:


Wulf-Ekkehard Lucke
Axel Ebenböck





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