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The Cantorial manuscripts, mostly dating from the early 20th century, include music for solo and choral compositions for weekdays, Sabbath and holiday services, weddings and other occasions. The manuscripts are associated with twenty individual cantors from Europe and the United States. It was not always possible to ascertain whether the cantors were the composers, compilers or transcribers of the musical works. Anonymous compositions comprise more than half the Collection. In addition, the Collection includes a minimal amount of printed material, such as sheet music (some in Yiddish), booklets and a poster. The manuscripts are generally in Hebrew and in romanized Hebrew; some are in bound volumes and others are loose leaves.

The manuscripts were transferred to the Yeshiva University Archives from the University’s Philip and Sarah Belz School of Jewish Music. Cantor Noah Schall worked on the manuscripts, created tables of contents for many of them, and provided additional information about them for this project.

About the Cantors:

149 items found in 16 collections [showing 21 - 40]

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Cantorial Recitatives, manuscript 61

Title:

Cantorial Recitatives, manuscript 61

Collection:

Cantor Elias Schnipelisky

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Date Created/Issued:

1908 (approximate start), 1947 (approximate end)

Cantorial Recitatives, manuscript 8

Title:

Cantorial Recitatives, manuscript 8

Collection:

Cantor Emanuel Hollander

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Date Created/Issued:

1905 (approximate start), 1950 (approximate end)

Chanuko Concert, manuscript 64

Title:

Chanuko Concert, manuscript 64

Collection:

Cantor Elias Schnipelisky

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Date Created/Issued:

1908 (approximate start), 1947 (approximate end)

Choir Part Books; choral compositions and choral parts, manuscript 7

Title:

Choir Part Books; choral compositions and choral parts, manuscript 7

Collection:

Cantor Emanuel Hollander

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Date Created/Issued:

1905 (approximate start), 1950 (approximate end)

Choral 1 by Zeidel Rovner, manuscript 40

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Choral 1 by Zeidel Rovner, manuscript 40

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

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Date Created/Issued:

1890 (approximate start), 1930 (approximate end)

Choral 2 by Zeidel Rovner, manuscript 41

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Choral 2 by Zeidel Rovner, manuscript 41

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

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Date Created/Issued:

1890 (approximate start), 1930 (approximate end)

Choral Compositions and Choral Parts, manuscript 92

Title:

Choral Compositions and Choral Parts, manuscript 92

Collection:

Cantors - Unknown Authorship

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Date Created/Issued:

1899 (approximate start), 1960 (approximate end)

Choral Compositions for the High Holidays and for Concert Presentations, manuscript 94

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Choral Compositions for the High Holidays and for Concert Presentations, manuscript 94

Collection:

Cantors - Unknown Authorship

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Date Created/Issued:

1900 (approximate start), 1960 (approximate end)

Choral Compositions, manuscript 70

Title:

Choral Compositions, manuscript 70

Collection:

Cantor Elias Schnipelisky

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Date Created/Issued:

1908 (approximate start), 1947 (approximate end)

Choral I by Elias Rovner, manuscript 34

Title:

Choral I by Elias Rovner, manuscript 34

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

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Date Created/Issued:

1900 (approximate start), 1950 (approximate end)

Choral Music 4 Part, manuscript 90

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Choral Music 4 Part, manuscript 90

Collection:

Cantors - Unknown Authorship

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Date Created/Issued:

1900 (approximate start), 1960 (approximate end)

Choral Music 4 Part, manuscript 91

Title:

Choral Music 4 Part, manuscript 91

Collection:

Cantors - Unknown Authorship

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Date Created/Issued:

1900 (approximate start), 1960 (approximate end)

Choral Music for Sabbath, Festivals and High Holidays, manuscript 111

Title:

Choral Music for Sabbath, Festivals and High Holidays, manuscript 111

Collection:

Cantors - Unknown Authorship

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Date Created/Issued:

1900 (approximate start), 1950 (approximate end)

Choral Parts - Miscellaneous compositions, manuscript 89

Title:

Choral Parts - Miscellaneous compositions, manuscript 89

Collection:

Cantor Emanuel Hollander

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Date Created/Issued:

1900 (approximate start), 1950 (approximate end)

Choral Parts 1, Alto, manuscript 44

Title:

Choral Parts 1, Alto, manuscript 44

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

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Date Created/Issued:

1890 (approximate start), 1930 (approximate end)

Choral Parts 1, Bass, manuscript 46

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Choral Parts 1, Bass, manuscript 46

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

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Date Created/Issued:

1890 (approximate start), 1930 (approximate end)

Choral Parts 1, Soprano, manuscript 43

Title:

Choral Parts 1, Soprano, manuscript 43

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

Genre:

Date Created/Issued:

1890 (approximate start), 1930 (approximate end)

Choral Parts 1, Tenor, manuscript 45

Title:

Choral Parts 1, Tenor, manuscript 45

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

Genre:

Date Created/Issued:

1890 (approximate start), 1930 (approximate end)

Choral Parts 2, Alto, manuscript 48

Title:

Choral Parts 2, Alto, manuscript 48

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

Genre:

Date Created/Issued:

1890 (approximate start), 1930 (approximate end)

Choral Parts 2, Soprano, manuscript 47

Title:

Choral Parts 2, Soprano, manuscript 47

Collection:

Cantors Zeidel and Elias Rovner

Genre:

Date Created/Issued:

1890 (approximate start), 1930 (approximate end)