Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica

A Treasury of Sacred Melodies. An Exhibition of Rare Vocal Scores and Manuscripts from the Eduard Birnbaum Collection of the Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
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Curator

Mark Kligman.

Collection

HUC-JIR Klau Library, Cincinnati.

Imprint

New York City, USA, 1998. Booklet, 12 pp., illustrations: 15 b&w, 22.9 × 18 cm. English.

Location

HUC-JIR Museum, New York (22 November 1998–12 February 1999)

Description

Eduard Birnbaum and his vast collection of materials related to Jewish liturgical music. With brief texts on the birth of European Jewish music, the beginning of Jewish music in the Enlightenment, secular influences on synagogue music, synagogue music in Munich, Paris, Königsberg, Eastern Europe and Italy, and the legacy of European Jewish music. No itemized listing.

main keywords

MUSIC
MUSIC, SYNAGOGUE

minor keywords

Europe
Hebrew illuminated manuscripts, Italy, 17th–19th C
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Cite this page
“A Treasury of Sacred Melodies. An Exhibition of Rare Vocal Scores and Manuscripts from the Eduard Birnbaum Collection of the Klau Library Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion”, in: Catalog of Catalogs Online, A Bibliography of Temporary Exhibition Catalogs Since 1876 that Contain Items of Judaica. Consulted online on 30 May 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004444522_COCO_CC1526>
First published online: 2019



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