Aggudat Shirim

Samuel Naumbourg

1874

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Aggudat Shirim (Collection of Songs) was one of several collections of synagogue music published by Samuel Naumbourg between 1847 and 1874. It included a scholarly article about Jewish music.

Credits

Samuel Naumbourg, from Aggudat Shirim (Recueil de Chants Religieux et Populaires des Israélites), first ed. (Paris: S. Naumbourg, n.d.[1874]). Courtesy Sacred Music Press, Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, New York.

Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 6.

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Creator Bio

Samuel Naumbourg

1815–1880

Born near Ansbach, Bavaria (now in Germany), Samuel Naumbourg was raised in a family connected to a long lineage of cantors. After receiving musical training in Munich, Naumbourg settled in Paris in 1843, establishing himself as an influential choirmaster among the city’s synagogue choirs. Over the course of his career, Naumbourg compiled and published synagogue music for a broad audience, drawing on both his southern German heritage and conventions of opera popular in France at the time to give his music wide appeal.

Related Guide

Music and Opera in Jewish Culture, 1750–1880

One of the most striking changes in European Jewish culture toward the later eighteenth century was marked by the entry of Jews into art music, opera houses, and the stage.

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