Robert Lachmann

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Robert Lachmann

Robert Lachmann (born November 28, 1892 in Berlin , † May 8, 1939 in Jerusalem ) was a German ethnomusicologist , librarian and orientalist . He is one of the co-founders of the Berlin School for Comparative Musicology .

Life

During the First World War he was an interpreter in a POW camp with soldiers from Africa. From 1927 to 1933 he worked in the music department of the Prussian State Library and during this time undertook research trips to the Middle East. In 1929 he researched the music of the Arabized Muslim Berbers and the local Jewish community on the Tunisian island of Djerba . Lachmann was a student of Johannes Wolf .

After the National Socialists came to power, Lachmann, who was of Jewish origin, lost his position at the Prussian State Library and finally emigrated to Palestine in April 1935 . At the invitation of Judah Leon Magnes , he took up a position at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , where he founded the Center and Archive for Oriental Music, which was particularly dedicated to Jewish music.

Works

  • Music in the Tunisian cities in 1922
  • The Schubert autographs of the Berlin State Library , in: Zeitschrift für Musikwissenschaft , vol. 11 (1928/29), pp. 109–119 ( digitized version )
  • Music of the Orient , 1929 ( digitized version )
  • As editor: Journal for Comparative Musicology . Society for the Research of the Music of the Orient, 1933–1935 (the magazine had to be discontinued in 1935)
  • Together with Erich Moritz von Hornbostel : Asiatic Parallels to Berber Music , in: Journal for Comparative Musicology , Volume 1, 1933, pp. 4–11
  • Jewish Cantillation and Song in the Isle of Djerba. (Archives of Oriental Music) Hebrew University, Jerusalem 1940
    • Original German text: Songs of the Jews on the island of Djerba. Magnes Press, Jerusalem 1978

literature

  • Edith Gerson-Kiwi:  Lachmann, Robert. In: New German Biography (NDB). Volume 13, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin 1982, ISBN 3-428-00194-X , p. 374 f. ( Digitized version ).
  • Ruth F. Davis: Ethnomusicology and Political Ideology in Mandatory Palestine: Robert Lachmann's "Oriental Music" Projects , in: Music & Politics 4, Number 2 (Summer 2010), pages 1–15.
  • Peter Wackernagel : From the happy times of the Prussian State Library. Memories of colleagues and friends of yore , in: Festschrift for Friedrich Smend on his 70th birthday, presented by friends and students .- Berlin (1963), pp. 61–65

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personal data
SURNAME Lachmann, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ethnomusicologist, librarian and orientalist
DATE OF BIRTH November 28, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH May 8, 1939
Place of death Jerusalem