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Auction 27 · Lot 184

(MUSIC).

Estimate
$600–$900
Hammer price
$700

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

Description

ROSENBLATT, JOSEPH (“YOSSELE”). Memorabilia of the celebrated Cantor (1882-1933). Including group of ten books of sheet-music composed by Rosenblatt. * Five tickets to Rosenblatt's concert at Edison Theater in Jerusalem scheduled for 21st June 1933 (see below). * A photograph of Cantor Rosenblatt and his son Leo (Nov. 1st, 1926). * Two transparencies of the Cantor, being greeted at the train station by dignitaries prior to his concert at the Pantages Theater, Hollywood, California

summary

Ironically, the tickets for the projected June 21st, 1933 concert at Jerusalem's Edison Theater were never used. Cantor Rosenblatt died three days earlier on June 18th. See S. Rosenblatt, Yossele Rosenblatt (1954) p. 353; EJ, Vol. XIV, col. 282
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