Naumbourg, Samuel. Zemiroth Yisrael / Chants Religieux des Israëlites

(MUSIC)

Lith de Thierry frères

Paris

1847

FIRST EDITION. Title in Hebrew and French. On title, King David depicted playing harp. Following title, full-length lithograph portrait of author. Lyrics in French transliterated Hebrew. Titles in Hebrew letters. Divisional title

Samuel Naumbourg (1815-1880) was a tenth-generation Bavarian Cantor. After a stint in Strasbourg, he was appointed first chazan at the prestigious Temple Consistorial de Paris in 1845. Naumbourg’s Zemiroth Yisrael achieved an influence comparable to the works of his senior, Solomon Sulzer, and his junior, Louis Lewandowsky. Apart from Naumbourg’s own original compositions, there are melodies by Lovy, Halevy and Meyerbeer. Roughly half the works are traditional Southern German pieces. See EJ, Vol. XII, col. 894