A.Z. Idelsohn. Hebraisch-Orientalischer Melodienschatz.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(MUSIC).

Place

Leipzig

Publication

1914-32

Description

FIRST EDITION. Complete, in ten volumes. Text in German and Hebrew. Musical scores.

summary

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.

Original boards, few spines loose, one lacking entirely, rubbed. Folio.

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