Lazare Saminsky
Lazare Saminsky ( Russian Лазарь Семёнович Саминский / Lazar Semyonovich Saminski * October 15 . Jul / 27. October 1882 greg. In Walegozulowo , near Ananyiv ; † the 30th June 1959 in Port Chester / New York ) was a Russian-Jewish composer.
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Saminsky studied mathematics and philosophy from 1906 to 1910 at the St. Petersburg Conservatory with Nikolai Rimski-Korsakow , Nikolai Tscherepnin and Anatoli Lyadow . While traveling through the Caucasus in 1910 and 1913, he researched the traditional liturgical music of the Jews. There he studied synagogue chants by Georgian Jews, which he got to know in the towns of Kutais and Tzhenvali in the area around Tbilisi . He laid down his findings and conclusions for a contemporary method of composition based on traditional Jewish music practice in his book Music of the Ghetto and the Bible , published in 1934 . There he writes:
“The Renaissance in Jewish music, a mighty current germinated at the beginning of the twentieth century and represented today by important creative forces, such as Ernest Bloch, Joseph Achron, Michael Gniessin, Moses Milner and Alexander Krein, is no exception to the rule of renascent craft. The direction of this Jewish musical Renaissance is a categoric and forceful return to the old Hebraic melos. The ornament of this resurrected style consists of the modal-oriental and rhythmical patterns found in the newer Jewish folksong, in its favorite melodic refrains and curves. "
On the other hand, it seems strange that Saminsky seriously considered the possibility of Richard Wagner's Jewish origin in the same book and believed that he recognized elements of the Jewish psyche and music in his music and libretti.
From 1915 to 1918 he was conductor of the symphony orchestra in Tbilisi and teacher at the city's conservatory. In 1920 he settled in New York, where he worked as music director at Temple Emanu El from 1924 .
He composed four operas, five symphonies and a symphonic triptych, the orchestral piece Nach der neue Welt , the cantata The Daughter of Jephta , a suite for violin and orchestra, sacred works, songs and piano pieces.
Web links
- Lazare Saminsky at Allmusic (English)
- Biography about Lazare Saminsky at Musica Judaica
Individual evidence
- ↑ Beate Schröder-Nauenburg : The Eastern European Jewish Music in the work of Lazare Saminsky. In: Jascha Nemtsov (ed.): Jewish art music in the 20th century - sources, history, style analyzes. Harrassowitz Verlag, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 3-447-05293-7 , p. 181.
- ^ Lazare Saminsky: Music of the Ghetto and the Bible. Bloch Publishing Company, New York 1934, p. 48.
- ^ Lazare Saminsky: Music of the Ghetto and the Bible. Bloch Publishing Company, New York 1934, pp. 96-111.
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| SURNAME | Saminsky, Lazare |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Saminski, Lasar Semjonowitsch; Саминский, Лазарь Семёнович (Russian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian-Jewish composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1882 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Walegozulowo |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 30, 1959 |
| Place of death | Port Chester |