A.Z. Idelsohn. Hebraisch-Orientalischer Melodienschatz.

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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(MUSIC).

A.Z. Idelsohn. Hebraisch-Orientalischer Melodienschatz.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Complete, in ten volumes. Text in German and Hebrew. Musical scores. Original boards, few spines loose, one lacking entirely, rubbed. Folio.

Leipzig: 1914-32

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

This landmark work is the first comprehensive study of Jewish liturgical music. Abraham Zvi Idelsohn (1882-1938) was a cantor, composer and most significantly, a first-class ethnomusicologist, the founder of the modern study of the history of Jewish music.