Abraham Zvi “AZ” IDELSOHNAge: 55 years1882–1937
- Name
- Abraham Zvi “AZ” IDELSOHN
- Given names
- Abraham Zvi
- Nickname
- AZ
- Surname
- IDELSOHN
- Hebrew
- אברהם צבי אידלסון
Birth | 1882 (5642) Felixburg, Russia (Latvia) - פליקסברג, רוסיה-לטביה |
Immigration | Eretz Israel (Palestine)
South Africa yesHebrew: ארץ ישראל Hebrew: דרום אפריקה |
Birth of a daughter #1 | Dena IDELSOHN April 14, 1909 (Nissan 23, 5669) (Age 27 years) Jerusalem, Eretz Israel (Ottoman) - ירושלים, ארץ-ישראל |
Occupation | Musicologist, Cantor between 1924 (5684) and 1934 (5694) (Age 42 years)Cincinnati, Ohio, USA - סינסינטי, ארה"ב Hebrew: מוסיקולוג, חזן Employer: Hebrew Union College |
Occupation | Cantor - Chazan Leipzig, Germany - ליפציג, גרמניה Employer: Adat Yeshurun Synagogue |
Death | January 6, 1937 (Tevet 23, 5697) (Age 55 years) Johannesburg, South Africa - יוהנסבורג, דרום אפריקה |
Burial | January 7, 1937 (Tevet 24, 5697) (1 day after death) Johannesburg, South Africa - יוהנסברג, דרום אפריקה Cemetery: Brixton Publication: Cemetery ID: SAFR-00871
Cemetery Name: Chevra Kadisha, Johannesburg
Cemetery Location: Westpark
Country: South Africa
City: Johannesburg
Number of Burials: 38083
Cemetery Description: Johannesburg Jewish Helping Hand & Burial Society Text: Site 4086
Surname Idelson
First Names Azriel (Mistake - name of father)
Age 78
Year Born 1859
Died Date 06/01/1937
Date of Burial 07/01/1937
Listing JHB Brixton Cemetery |
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Abraham Zvi “AZ” IDELSOHN אברהם צבי אידלסון Birth: 1882 (5642) — Felixburg, Russia (Latvia) Death: January 6, 1937 (Tevet 23, 5697) — Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Dena IDELSOHN דינה אידלסון Birth: April 14, 1909 (Nissan 23, 5669) 27 — Jerusalem, Eretz Israel (Ottoman) Death: November 16, 1981 (Heshvan 19, 5742) — Johannesburg, South Africa |
Burial | Chevra Kadisha, Johannesburg - Westpark Publication: Cemetery ID: SAFR-00871
Cemetery Name: Chevra Kadisha, Johannesburg
Cemetery Location: Westpark
Country: South Africa
City: Johannesburg
Number of Burials: 38083
Cemetery Description: Johannesburg Jewish Helping Hand & Burial Society Text: Site 4086
Surname Idelson
First Names Azriel (Mistake - name of father)
Age 78
Year Born 1859
Died Date 06/01/1937
Date of Burial 07/01/1937
Listing JHB Brixton Cemetery |
Source | Bernard Goffenberg - Joffe family research |
Source | Jewish Gen Family Finder - Family Tree 3702 Publication: http://www.jewishgen.org/jgff/ |
Occupation | Abraham Zvi Idelsohn began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained as a chazan (cantor). He continued his education at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin and at the Leipzig Academy. Idelsohn served as a cantor at the Adat Yeshurun Synagogue in Leipzig, in Regensburg and Johannesburg, South Africa before finally settling in Jerusalem in 1906. In Jerusalem, he began working as a cantor and music teacher at Yellins's Hebrew Teacher's college. Idelsohn embarked on a project to record their unique musical and linguistic traditionsof the Jewish community living in Palestine. In 1914, Idelsohn published the first volume of his seminal ten-volume, 'Thesaurus of Hebrew Oriental Melodies', which commenced with a comprehensive study of the Yemenite community in Palestine. Subsequent volumes of his collection surveyed the musical traditions of many Jewish communities in Palestine and throughout the Diaspora. During World War I, Idelsohn served in the Turkish Army as a bandmaster in Gaza. In 1922, he published the Hebrew song book, "Sefer Hashirim," which includes the first publication of his arrangement of the song Hava Nagila.
In 1924, Idelsohn was contracted to catalogue the Eduard Birnbaum collection of Jewish Music at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati (http://huc.edu/) and was appointed professor of Jewish music and liturgy at HUC until 1934. Idelsohn wrote extensively on the historical development of Jewish liturgical and cantorial music. He also publishe two more seminal works, Jewish Music in its Historical Development (1929) and Jewish Liturgy (1932).
Idelsohn's enormous literary output, as well as his field recordings (which number over 1,000) laid the foundation for the modern study of Jewish musicology.
See:
http://www.idelsohnsociety.com/
http://www.jewish-music.huji.ac.il/heb/thesaurus.asp?cat=32&in=32&id=53&act=view
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Zevi_Idelsohn |
Note | Oxford Encyclopaedia of Music |