Blessed Scheuermann

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Excerpt from The worship chants of the Israelites

Selig Scheuermann (born October 27, 1873 or March 13, 1874 in Binau , † March 21, 1935 in Frankfurt am Main ) was a German chasan (cantor), singer and teacher.

Life

From 1902 Selig Scheuermann taught future chasanim at the Karlsruhe teachers' seminar, and from 1903 to 1906 he was also an instructor for cantor training courses. Selig Scheuermann became the first cantor at the new Westend synagogue in Frankfurt in 1910 and sang at its inauguration. In 1926 he became chief cantor there.

Scheuermann published a compilation of synagogal music. It was entitled The Divine Chants of the Israelites for the Year and was published by J. Kauffmann in Frankfurt in 1912 and 1926 . It is a textbook for aspiring cantors. In his own words, Scheuermann endeavored to "convey the venerable Chasonus in a way that [...] meets all the requirements of our modern times in musical and aesthetic terms." possible. The chants are notated for a single voice, the Hebrew text is given in Latin script.

Selig Scheuermann married Pauline Hobach around 1899; the marriage resulted in two daughters and a son. Son Siegfried was born on December 20, 1910 in Frankfurt. The son was a rabbi in Freiburg im Breisgau from 1936 to 1938 and from 1937 also in Bühl (Offenburg) . In 1938 he was imprisoned in the Dachau concentration camp . Later he was able to emigrate to the USA and died soon after in North Carolina .

Publications

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographical data and bibliography at lexm.uni-hamburg.de
  2. ^ The Westend Synagogue on alemannia-judaica.de
  3. ↑ Selig Scheuermann on alemannia-judaica.de
  4. ↑ Sholom Kalib, The Musical Tradition of the Eastern European Synagogue (Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music, and Art) , Syracuse University Press 2002, ISBN 978-0-8156-2966-5 , p. 19
  5. ↑ Selig Scheuermann, The worship chants of the Israelites for the whole year , Frankfurt 1912, p. II
  6. ↑ Family on sallysfamilyplace.com ( Memento of the original dated February 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was 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.sallysfamilyplace.com
  7. ↑ Siegfried Scheuermann, The Struggle of the Frankfurt Jews for Equal Rights , Dissertation Würzburg 1933, p. 125.
  8. ↑ Rabbis in the area of ​​Baden-Württemberg on alemannia-judaica.de .
personal data
SURNAME Scheuermann, blessed
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German Jewish teacher and Chasan
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1873 or March 13, 1874
PLACE OF BIRTH Binau
DATE OF DEATH March 13, 1935
Place of death Frankfurt am Main