thumb|Nachum Sternheim, 1930 '''Nachum Shternheim''' or '''Nochem Sternheim''' ({{langx|yi|נחום שטרנהיים}}; December 7, 1876 - 1942)<ref name=jala>Jakub Lang, [https://chidusz.com/nachum-sternheim-zapomniana-legenda-muzyki-zydowskiej/ Nachum Sternheim. Zapomniana legenda muzyki żydowskiej], November 11, 2018</ref> was Jewish poet, composer, and songwriter who wrote in Yiddish.<ref name=mafro>Manes Frommer, "The Violin of Nachum Sternheim", In: ''Rzeszow Community Memorial Book'', [https://www.jewishgen.org/yizkor/rzeszow/rze253.html pp. 253-256]</ref><ref name=bizy>''Biuletyn Żydowskiego Instytutu Historycznego'', Issues 129-132. 1984, [https://books.google.com/books?id=VIghAQAAMAAJ&q=%22Nachum+Sternheim%22 p. 102] :Quote (Googe snippet): "Nachum Sternheim był znanym poetą ludowym , kompozytorem i pieśniarzem, wychowawcą wielu pokoleń żydowskich . Mieszkał w Rzeszowie przy ul . Lwowskiej nr 9 wraz z żoną i dwojgiem małych dzieci..."</ref> == Biography == Nachum Sternheim was born in Rzeszów, Austrian partition of Poland.<ref name=mafro/> to the family of Jehaj Natan Sternheim and Chaja {{nee}} Bilder.<ref name=jala/> Some sources claim the family was Hasidic,<ref name=eba/> but there is no evidence that he was raised in Hasidic tradition.<ref name=jala/> He became a Zionist<ref name=eba>Ester-Basya Vaisman, "'Hold on Tightly to Tradition': Generational Differences in Yiddish Song Repertoires among Contemporary Hasidic Women", In: ''Choosing Yiddish: New Frontiers of Language and Culture'', 2012, [https://books.google.com/books?id=woXXrHrjGsYC&pg=PT545 p. 545]</ref> and was an activist of Poale Zion in Rzeszów. In 1908 he moved to the United States and worked at a factory in New York. After some time he moved to the West Coast and started writing as a musician and composer in the emerging film industry. For unknown reasons, in 1912 he returned to Rzeszów.<ref name=jala/> Upon return lectured on Jewish national poetry, wrote songs and performed in Jewish communities of Galicia. His first songs were published in the ''Wachenblatt'' newspaper, later by Goldberg printing house, Rzeszów.<ref name=mafro/>

The circumstances and even year of his death is uncertain: 1942 or 1943.<ref name=jala/>

Gila Flam and Dov Noy published a collection of Shternheim's works, ''Hobn Mir a Nigndl (We Have a Little Tune). The song of the Yiddish „Troubadour” Nokhem Shternheim'', which includes a short biographical notice.<ref name=jala/>

==Known songs== *''Onzer Nigundel'' ({{langx|yi|אונדזער ניגונדל}} "Our Little Nigun"); for a long time considered to be a folk song.<ref>[https://www.nli.org.il/he/items/NNL_MUSIC_AL990026721040205171/NLI אונדזער ניגונדל .[ביצוע מוקלט]] (''Onzer Nigundel'' ("Our Little Nigun") [Recorded performance])</ref> *''Friday Night'' ({{lang|he|פֿרײַטיק אױף דער נאַכט}}).<ref>{{wikisource-inline|yi:קאַטעגאָריע:נחום שטרנהיים}}</ref> It may be heard on the 1993 album ''Ałef-Bejs'' by Sława Przybylska<ref name=jala/> *Gila Flam found that Shternheim published two songs, "Dos Redl" (The wheel) and "Di Parodye Zum Redl" (Parody on the wheel), to the same tune as ''Papirosn'' (which was a contrafact itself).<ref name=":2">{{Cite journal |last1=Flam |first1=Gila|date=1993 |title=משמעות הקונטרפקט בשירים ביידיש מימי השואה / The Meaning of Contrafact in Yiddish Songs of the Holocaust |journal=Proceedings of the World Congress of Jewish Studies / דברי הקונגרס העולמי למדעי היהדות |volume=יא |pages=267–274 |jstor=23537932}}</ref> *"Malkele" or "Tayere Malkele" ({{lang|yi|טײַערע מלכּהלע}}) ("Dear Malkele")<ref>[https://yiddishsongs.org/tayere-malkele/ Tayere Malkele], lyrics from ''Pearls of Yiddish Song: Favorite Folk, Art and Theatre Songs'', 1988 anthology; Sheet music can be found at pp. 46-48 of the collection [https://digipres.cjh.org/delivery/DeliveryManagerServlet?dps_pid=IE11072673 Various songs, 1913-1935] of the Center for Jewish History</ref> (Malkele is a diminutive of Malka) *"Legionen Marsch" (לעגיונען מארש) <ref>Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, https://collections.milev.hu/items/show/39178</ref>

==Family== Nachum had brother, Efraim, born on July 14, 1879, and a sister, Riwa, born on November 1, 1891. On March 21, 1926, Nachum Sternheim married Ernestyna {{nee}} Rabb, and despite lack of children and him being over 20 years older than his wife, the marriage was successful.<ref name=jala/>

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== *[https://www.discogs.com/artist/3838090-Nochem-Sternheim Nochem Sternheim] at discogs *Gila Flam, Dov Noy, [https://jgaliciabukovina.net/he/node/224023 האבן מיר א ניגונדל הנה לנו ניגון יש: שירי ה'טרובדור' היהודי נחום שטרנהיים (יובל, סדרת מוסיקה, 7), .] *[https://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/freedman/lookupartist?hr=&what=8790 Shternheim, Nokhem], Robert and Molly Freedman Jewish Sound Archive

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