David Meldola
David de Elijasib Meldola (born around 1780 in Hamburg or Amsterdam ; died on July 13, 1861 in Hamburg) was a cantor , Hebrew teacher, community secretary and translator.
Life
Meldola was a state-sworn translator and taught as a Hebrew teacher at the Israelite Free School in Hamburg , led by Eduard Kley . In 1817 he married Angela de Abraham de Eliau Israel Baruch, and the marriage had 12 or 13 children.
In 1818 he became the first cantor at the Hamburg Temple and, through the Sephardic elements he introduced into the cult, ensured that the first official reform-oriented synagogue caused quite a stir.
He not only brought old Sephardic melodies to the temple, but also recited, prayed and sang in Sephardic pronunciation, which in Hamburg was perceived as a break with the usual Ashkenazi tradition. On the other hand, Iberian-Jewish culture was considered superior to a group of temple members until the 1880s, and Sephardic Hebrew was considered more correct. Meloda is said to have had an excellent full baritone voice . The new chorales in German based on the Protestant model and the Sephardic parish chant from Amsterdam were also special.
Since 1855 Joseph de Mose Piza shared the office of Chazzan with David Meldola. Both belonged to the Portuguese-Jewish community. In the parish constitution of 1837, however, Meldola is listed as a member of the temple community.
David Meldola died in 1861.
literature
- Andreas Brämer : Judaism and religious reform. The Hamburg Israelitische Tempel 1817–1938. Dölling and Galitz Verlag, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-933374-78-2 .
- Michael A. Meyer : Answer to the modern. Böhlau, Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-205-98363-7 .
- Michael Studemund-Halévy : Biographical Lexicon of the Hamburg Sephardic Islands . Verlag Christians, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-7672-1293-5 , pp. 624-625.
- Michael Studemund-Halévy: Meldola, David . In: Franklin Kopitzsch, Dirk Brietzke (Hrsg.): Hamburgische Biographie . tape 6 . Wallstein, Göttingen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8353-1025-4 , p. 215-216 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Andreas Brämer: Judaism and religious reform ... z. BS 72
- ^ Andreas Brämer: Judaism and religious reform ... p. 155
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meldola, David |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Meldola, David de Elijasib (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Chasan (Cantor) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1780 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg or Amsterdam |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 13, 1861 |
| Place of death | Hamburg |