Löw singer

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Löw singer (* 1781 in Oberdorf near Ederheim , † 1843 in Munich ) was Chasan in Munich.

Life

Löw singer was Chasan at the Great Synagogue in Munich. He was the source for Samuel Naumbourg's musicological work Semiroth Israel: chants religieux des Israélites, contenant la liturgie complète de la synagogue, des temps les plus reculés jusqu'à nos jours , which appeared in Paris in 1847 . Naumbourg recorded the singer's melodies in 1840. They were republished by Abraham Zvi Idelsohn in 1932.

literature

  • Abraham Zvi Idelsohn , The traditional songs of the southern German Jews (Hebrew-oriental treasure of melodies, Vol. 7), Leipzig 1932, pp. 121–181
  • Marshall Jay Kapell, Analysis of Eastern and Western European melodies from the Ne'ilah service , Thesis (MSM), Jewish Theological Seminary of America, HL Miller Cantorial School and College of Jewish Music, 2002
  • Emanuel Kirschner, The liturgical development , in: Leo Baerwald and Ludwig Feuchtwanger (eds.), Festgabe 50 Jahre Hauptsynagoge München 1887-1937 , München 1937, p. 63

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Geoffrey Goldberg, Mayer Levi. Ein Esslinger Chasan (Kantor) , in: Esslinger Studien 47, 2009/10, pp. 111–148, here p. 117
  2. ↑ Baierischer Eilbote 79, July 2, 1843, p. 824
  3. ^ Edwin Seroussi, Music: The “Jew” of Jewish Studies , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, p. 18, note 9
  4. ↑ Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, The traditional songs of the southern German Jews (Hebräisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz Vol. 7), Leipzig 1932, pp. 121-181, quoted from: Geoffrey Goldberg, Mayer Levi. Ein Esslinger Chasan (Kantor) , in: Esslinger Studien 47, 2009/10, pp. 111–148, here p. 117
personal data
SURNAME Singer, Löw
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Chasan in Munich
DATE OF BIRTH 1781
PLACE OF BIRTH Oberdorf near Ederheim
DATE OF DEATH before July 2, 1843
Place of death Munich