SHIRE YEHUDAH Songs of Judah. A COLLECTION OF SACRED SONGS FOR SOLI AND CHORUSES WITH ORGAN ACCOMPANIMENT FOR SABBATH MORNING AND EVENING SERVICES. SECOND VOLUME

Kitziger, Frederick E., Organist of Touro Synagogue, new Orleans, LA.

Verlag: Kitziger, 95 Euterpe Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1891

Beschreibung

200 pages. 298 x 214 mm. Last leaf and the back board are lacking. The book has separated into its dozen plus signatures, with original, soiled, front board, detached. Includes four pieces in German. Composed and published by Fred E. Kitziger, organist of the Touro Synagogue. Singerman 3677. Second Volume, a total of four volumes were published (1888-1899). Contains front advertisement matter containing testimonials, of interest concerning the widespread use of Shire Yehudah throughout the United States. Attractive hand laid and drawn music notation. Frederick Emil Kitziger (1844?1903) "A widely known composer of liturgical music for the early Reform movement, Frederick Kitziger served as organist and musical director for multiple New Orleans-area synagogues in the late 19th century. Together, the four volumes of Shire Yehudah contain 347 settings for Sabbath and High Holy Day services. Especially in the first two volumes, Kitziger selected prayer texts from the various prayerbooks then in use among Reform and Reform-leaning synagogues in America?chiefly, Isaac Mayer Wise?s Minhag America (1856) , in which Hebrew is prominent, with English and, to a lesser extent, German playing secondary roles; and David Einhorn?s Olath Tamid (the first part also 1856) , which favors English. Kitziger may also have relied for some settings on two other prayerbooks current in American Reform services that are known to have been used in New Orleans as well: Benjamin Szold and Marcus Jastrow?s Avodath Yisrael and another by Adolph Huebsch, who also compiled a hymnal, with text in German, adapted to preexisting tunes. In some instances Kitziger even provided optional settings of prayers according to different versions or inclusions in the various prayerbooks. Obviously, this rendered his music usable by a larger number of congregations than would have been the case had it been modeled on any single prayerbook. Kitziger?s own sales records indicate that by the end of the century Shire Yehudah had been purchased by synagogues (presumably Reform) in thirty-seven states. There were apparently sales to Canada, England, and even Germany, although it is difficult to gauge the actual usage abroad. In New Orleans, Kitziger?s music enjoyed regular and extensive use, and much of it found its way into the regular repertoire of major synagogues elsewhere in the South. Certain settings became standard in Reform worship throughout the United States. " (Milken Archive) .WorldCa lists 8 copies. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009678

Bibliografische Details

Titel: SHIRE YEHUDAH Songs of Judah. A COLLECTION ...

Verlag: Kitziger, 95 Euterpe Street, New Orleans, Louisiana

Erscheinungsdatum: 1891

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Acceptable

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket

Auflage: 1st Edition