Aron Friedmann
Aron Friedmann (born August 22, 1855 Schaki , Russian Poland , today Lithuania , † June 9, 1936 in Berlin ) was a Chasan and composer of synagogal music , who worked primarily in Berlin.
Life
Friedmann came to Germany in 1877 to study at the Jewish Teacher Training Institute; u. a. he was there student of the composer Louis Lewandowski . After he had received a job as Chasan at the New Synagogue in 1882 , he was able to successfully complete his studies in 1883.
As such, Friedmann continued his studies at the College for the Science of Judaism , where he founded the Academic Association for Jewish History and Literature in his first year . Friedmann made the acquaintance of David Cassel and Leopold Zunz through this association .
At the same time Friedmann worked between 1883 and 1892 (first as a pupil, later as a lecturer) at the Stern Conservatory , where he also worked with Friedrich Gernsheim . At the end of 1892 Friedmann was entrusted with a teaching position at the Royal Academy of Arts .
Through music he also made the acquaintance of the composer Martin Blumner , who brought him to the Sing-Akademie , which he directed, as an important member . As a temporary chairman of the General German Cantor Association , he was a popular advisor to the Sing-Akademie.
In 1884 Friedmann was promoted to "First Cantor" and in 1907 he was awarded the title "Royal. Music Director ". He reached the high point of his career in 1914 when he was appointed "Oberkantor". From 1923 onwards he gradually resigned and retired into private life.
His treatise "Der synagogale Gesang" (1908) is one of the first works of modern research on the music of the synagogue in the Ashkenazi region.
Individual evidence
Works (selection)
- Shir lishlomo. Chasanut for the whole liturgical year (“ Song of Solomon ”). Berlin 1901.
- Synagogal chants. A study. For the 100th birthday of Salomon Sulzer and the 10th anniversary of the death of Louis Lewandowski (1904) along with their bibliographies , presented by Aron Friedmann, Haupt-Cantor of the Jewish. Parish of Berlin and Kgl. Music director. Second, much expanded edition. Berlin, C. Boas, 1908
- Aron Friedmann 1908: The Synagogal Song: A Study . Verlag Kessinger Publishing, printed on demand, ISBN 978-1-16750-5-409
- Leo Roth, Richard Campbell and Helmut Aris (eds.): Synagogale Gesänge , photomechanical reprint of the 1908 edition with afterword and registers, Leipzig 1978, Edition Peters
- Memorandum for the 200th anniversary of the Berlin Old Synagogue . 1914.
- Life pictures of famous cantors . 1918–1928 (3 volumes).
- 50 years in Berlin. Memoirs . 1929
literature
- Walther Killy (term): German biographical encyclopedia . Saur, Munich 1990.
- Philip V. Bohlman, Jewish Folk Music - A Central European Intellectual History. Vienna u. a. 2005.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedmann, Aron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Jewish cantor and composer of synagogue music |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 22, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Shaki |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 9, 1936 |
| Place of death | Berlin |