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LOT 120:
Cantorship and Poetry. Melodies of Yemenite Jews. Leipzig, 1914
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Cantorship and Poetry. Melodies of Yemenite Jews. Leipzig, 1914
"The first collection of melodies of Yemenite Jews with elucidations", by A. Z. Idelsohn. Music notes. Leipzig, 1914
The book is in German, with eleven pages of introduction and indexes of hundreds of prayer passages in Hebrew. Pages 1-50 feature an explanation of the character and style of the melodies of Yemenite Jews. Pages 51 – 158 [end] feature melodies- music notes for the weekday and Shabbat, holidays, elegies, selichot, high holidays. Melodies for weddings on p. 123. 30 cm. Idelsohn had a strong affinity to the melodies of Oriental Jewry and published a number of works on the subject.
Original, rubbed binding. Very fine condition.
