Ne'im Zemiroth Yisrael / The Sacred Musical Compositions of the Late Israel Lazarus Mombach

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Ne'im Zemiroth Yisrael / The Sacred Musical Compositions of the Late Israel Lazarus Mombach

Title in Hebrew and English. Musical notes with English only. Opposite title, lithograph portrait of Mombach pp. 6, (4), 273. Crisp, clean copy. Original gilt pictorial boards, still brilliant and unfaded. Folio

London: Henderson and Rait 1881

Est: $300 - $400

Israel L. (Julius) Mombach (1813-80) served as the choir-master of the Great and New Synagogues of London. Mombach was born in Pfungstadt, Germany, where his father served as Chazan. (See Introduction). Included in this collection is the Choral Wedding Service sung at the marriage of Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild to his bride Evelina on June 7th, 1865.