Posters. Three Posters promoting Cantorial Concerts.

AUCTION 27 | Tuesday, February 08th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 383

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Posters. Three Posters promoting Cantorial Concerts.

Tears and stains

Jerusalem, 1930’s.:

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

These posters from the heyday of chazanuth (cantorial arts) promote concerts by the all-time greats: Mordechai Herschman (1888-1940), who at age 25 was appointed chief chazan of Vilna; Moshe Steinberg, former cantor of the Great Synagogue of Odessa; and Zevulun (Zavel) Kwartin (1874-1953). Whereas Herschman and Steinberg resided in the United States, Kwartin was then residing in Eretz Israel