Moritz Eichberg

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Moritz Eichberg , born Moses Eichberg (born December 18, 1806 in Mergentheim , † November 21, 1892 in Stuttgart ) was a German singer and Chasan (cantor) in Stuttgart.

Life

Moritz Eichberg was born as Moses Eichberg. His father was Chasan Samuel Jonas Eichberg, born in Bechhofen, his mother's name was Pauline (Peisele), nee. Loew. She came from Affaltrach . Moritz Eichberg was the eighth child that emerged from this connection. He completed his Talmudic studies in Fürth and then assisted his father; In 1832 he passed the required teacher examination. He then worked as a teacher and cantor in Stuttgart, where in 1832 he had successfully applied for the office of cantor in the newly founded community and was finally hired in 1834. In 1837 the new synagogue was built at Langen Strasse 16. In addition to Moritz Eichberg, the court orchestra was also involved in the musical design of the inauguration. This church was used for almost 30 years and Eichberg acted as the lead singer ( tenor ). Then the new synagogue was built in the Moorish style at Hospitalstrasse 36 , in which Eichberg was also Chasan.

According to a newspaper report, Eichberg had around 60 years of service, 50 of which in Stuttgart, and was awarded the gold medal for art and science shortly before he retired. He also received an honorary gift of 2,000 marks and a pension. Moritz Eichberg was the expert to judge Mayer Levi's compendium of synagogue chants. Among other things, he objected to the retention of the vocalises and ultimately prevented Levi's collection from being printed.

family

On May 23, 1837, Moritz Eichberg married Eleonore Seligsberg (* 1811; † 1881) in Bamberg . The marriage resulted in five daughters. The family lived opposite the conservatory in Stuttgart; four of the daughters were considered musical, three made a career as musicians. Moritz Eichberg and his wife are buried in the Prague cemetery.

Pauline Eichberg , married. Weiller, the oldest daughter, became a pianist, Bertha Eichberg a harpist and the fourth daughter Julie Eichberg , married. Rosewald, became a singer. After finishing her stage career, she provided cantor services at Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco for nine years . When both the synagogue and Julie Eichberg's home in San Francisco were destroyed by the earthquake in 1906, however, she was not there, but was staying in Wildbad for a cure .

Whether Moritz Eichberg also had sons does not seem to be sufficiently clear. The tombstone of a children's grave for a Teodor Samuel Eichberg, who was born on March 19, 1843, has been preserved at the Hoppenlaufriedhof in Stuttgart. [[Joachim Hahn (Pastor) <Joachim Hahn]] among others consider it possible that Teodor Samuel Eichberg was a son of Moritz Eichberg. Furthermore, the musician and music writer Oskar Eichberg lived from 1845 to 1898 , whose date of birth January 22, 1845 could also be harmoniously matched with the documented dates of birth of Moritz Eichmann's daughters. This Oskar Eichberg is said to have been born in Berlin .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Judith S. Pinnolis, "Cantor Soprano" Julie Rosenwald: The Musical Career of a Jewish American "New Woman" (PDF, 2.3 MB)
  2. ^ Article in the Allgemeine Zeitung des Judentums from January 1, 1885
  3. ↑ Musica Judaica 17, 2004, p. 68
  4. ↑ Bertha Eichberg's curriculum vitae on sophie-drinker-institut.de ( memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sophie-drinker-institut.de
  5. ^ Julie Eichberg's résumé on jewishencyclopedia.com
  6. ↑ Pauline Eichberg's curriculum vitae on sophie-drinker-institut.de ( Memento of the original from November 13, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.sophie-drinker-institut.de
  7. ↑ George Robinson, The Forgotten Woman Cantor: Julie Rosewald Now Getting Her Due , on thejewishweek.com, March 29, 2011
  8. ↑ Family Sheet Moritz Eichberg on alemannia-judaica.de (PDF; 43 kB)
  9. ^ Joachim Hahn et al., Cemeteries in Stuttgart. Vol. 2. Hoppenlau cemetery. Israelitischer Teil , Klett-Cotta 1988, ISBN 978-3608915129, p. 40
  10. ↑ Sabine Henze-Döhring (ed.), Giacomo Meyerbeer. Correspondence and diaries . Vol. 8: 1860-1864, de Gruyter 2006, ISBN 978-3-11-019231-5, p. 656
personal data
SURNAME Eichberg, Moritz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eichberg, Moses
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German singer and chasan (cantor) in Stuttgart
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1806
PLACE OF BIRTH Mergentheim
DATE OF DEATH November 21, 1892
Place of death Stuttgart