Maier Kohn
Maier Kohn , also Meir Kohn (born April 9, 1802 in Schwabach , † October 9, 1875 in Munich ) was a German chasan , singer (baritone), musicologist and teacher.
Life
Maier Kohn received thorough musical training from the Munich court organist Kaspar Ett. From 1832 he directed the synagogue choir of the synagogue on Westenriederstrasse , which he founded, and was employed there as the parish cantor in 1843. He was the driving force behind the creation and publication of the Munich Chants of 1839, the first modern collection of synagogue chants .
literature
- Jakob Klatzkin , Ismar Elbogen (ed.): Encyclopaedia Judaica , Volume 10, Page 189, Verlag Eschkol excerpt
- Salomon Wininger : Great Jewish National Biography. Volume III, page 493.
Web links
- Maier Kohn at Operissimo on the basis of the Great Singer Lexicon
- The work of the Synagogue Choir Committee
- Isidore Singer, Alois Kaiser: KOHN, MAIER. In: Isidore Singer (Ed.): Jewish Encyclopedia . Funk and Wagnalls, New York 1901-1906.
Individual evidence
- ↑ ( Page no longer available , search in web archives: manuscripts in the Jewish Museum Munich (PDF; 1.0 MB) )
- ^ Philip Vilas Bohlman ( Philip V. Bohlman ): Jüdische Volksmusik. A Central European Intellectual History. In: Schriften zur Volksmusik , page 283, Verlag Böhlau 2005. ISBN 3205771192 ( excerpt )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kohn, Maier |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kohn, Meir |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German Chasan, singer (baritone), musicologist and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 9, 1802 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schwabach |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1875 |
| Place of death | Munich |