Re: Lewandowski

[Judy Fertig <fertig...>]

There is one HUC thesis written in 1932 by Sidney Wolf. Haven't read it.
Judy.
At 02:04 PM 1/19/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Daniel:
>
>There are only two volumes of Toda w'simrah (1876-1882). There were up to
>12 editions I believe, so that's where you probably got the figure.
>
>The original sources on Lewandowski are in German and written by Aron
>Friedmann, who worked with him as cantor at the Oranienbergerstrasse
>synagoge in Berlin. Two of them are Lebensbilder der beruemter Cantoren
>and 50 [fuenfzig] Jahre in Berlin.
>
>Try the section on Lewandowski in Eric Werner's A voice still heard.
>
>To my knowledge no lengthy American bio has been written, although Neil
>Levin, professor at the cantorial school here is really the expert on
>Lewandowski and I'm sure knows several sources I don't.
>
>Hope that helps,
>
>Eliott Kahn
>Music ARchivist
>JTS Library
>New York, NY
>
>
>On Tue, 19 Jan 1999, Daniel B. Schwartz wrote:
>
>> One may wish to look at the 12 volume Todah VeZimroh, Lewandowski's magnum
>> opus of his music  for auto biographical information as well as his
views of
>> music in general.
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: robert wiener <wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com>
>> To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>> Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 1:30 PM
>> Subject: Re: Lewandowski
>> 
>> 
>> >Larry,
>> >
>> >A quick look through my library reveals that the Jewish Encyclopedia,
>> >Nulman's Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music, and Binder's Studies in
>> >Jewish Music all have entries of at least a page on Lewandowski, but I
>> >found no reference to a biography.
>> >
>> >Also, Gesange aus Der Synagoge (Chants of the Synagogue), Koch Schwann
>> >Aulos 3-1549-2 (CD), largely devoted to Lewandowski's music, has a
>> >biography.
>> >
>> >Bob
>> >-----Original Message-----
>> >From: Larry Goldfinger <l-goldfinger (at) nwu(dot)edu>
>> >To: World music from a Jewish slant. <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
>> >Date: Tuesday, January 19, 1999 12:37 PM
>> >
>> >
>> >>Actually, Idelsohn's book is where I first read about Lewandowski.
>> >>Idelsohn devotes a large portion of his chapter on Western European
>> >>chazzanim during the advent of the Reform movement to the guy,
>> >describing
>> >>how he rose from virtually no musical background or yiches, plus an
>> >>impaired nervous system, to become one of the more well-regarded
>> >composers
>> >>of modern synagogue music during his lifetime.  Unlike some of his
>> >>contemporaries who applied German Lied style tunes and Church music
>> >to
>> >>their settings of synagogue prayers, he is described as incorporating
>> >>elements of traditional Jewish music in what was then a modern style,
>> >such
>> >>as four-part singing with and without organ accompaniment. Apparently
>> >once
>> >>he reached his high position, he became despotic and squelched any
>> >>up-and-coming potential competitors.  This just seems like the stuff
>> >a
>> >>biographer interested in Jewish music might see as a worthwhile
>> >project.
>> >>So far, though, I've been unable to find anything substantial.
>> >>
>> >>-Larry
>> >>
>> >>At 05:39 PM 1/19/99 +0200, you wrote:
>> >>>Idelsohn's "Jewish Music - Its Historic Development" has several
>> >pages
>> >>>on Lewandowski.
>> >>>
>> >>>Is there an actual biography in existence?
>> >>>
>> >>>Stephen
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