VARIOUS JEWISH SHEET MUSIC PAMPHLETS ILLUSTRATED BY PASTERNAK, MAIMON AND OTHERS
Jewish folk songs and music pamphlets printed in 1910s in Petersburg, Moscow, Berlin, Warsaw, and Bucharest. Comprising:
a) Three sheet music pamphlets illustrated by LEONID PASTERNAK:
- Judische Volkslieder [Jewish Folk Melodies] arrangements by J. Engel; Volume I (No 1-10), Volume II (No 13), Volume III (No 21); first edition, 1912; two-color lithographs on the covers, published by J. Engel, retailed by P. Jurgenson, Moscow; 300 x 230 mm
b) Six single song sheet music pamphlets illustrated by MOISEI MAIMON:
- In Chejder, fur Stimme und Klavier [In the Cheder, for voice and piano] composed by M. Milner, 1914; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Saint Petersburg; 325 x 260 mm;
- Uber die Hojfen, fur Tenor und Bariton composed by M. Milner, 1914; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Saint Petersburg; 325 x 260 mm;
- Oi, efen mir uf, fur Tenor, Bariton und Piano composed by H. Kopit, 1914; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Saint Petersburg; 325 x 260 mm;
- Lomir sich uberbeten, fur Stimme und Klavier composed by S. Rosowsky, 1914; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Saint Petersburg; 325 x 260 mm;
- Ich bin a Bal-agole, fur Bariton und Piano composed by S. Rosowsky, 1914; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Saint Petersburg; 325 x 260 mm;
- Unter Soreles Wiegele, fur Stimme und Klavier composed by L. Ssaminsky, 1914; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Saint Petersburg; 325 x 260 mm;
c) Three single song sheet music pamphlets published by the PETROGRAD SOCIETY FOR JEWISH FOLK MUSIC:
- O, Bozhe, Bozhe!, dlya peniya i royalya [God, Oh, God!, for voice and piano] arrangements by M. Shalyt; second edition; No 13, 1917; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Petrograd; 325 x 255 mm;
- Miliye muzikanty [Darling Musicians] arrangements by M. Shalyt; No 73, 1917; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Petrograd; 325 x 255 mm;
- Molitva rebe Leivi-Itskhoka, dlya peniya i royalya [Rabbi Levi Yitzchok`s Prayer, for voice and piano] arrangements by L. Saminsky; No 67, 1917; lithograph, published by Obshestvo Yevreiskoy Narodnoy Muzyki, Saint Petersburg-Berlin; 325 x 255 mm;
d) Two sheet music pamphlets published by the SOCIETY FOR JEWISH FOLK MUSIC: Du Schejn Mejdele, 1912; lithograph, published by Gesellschaft fur judische Volksmusik in Petersburg und Leo Winz, Petersburg-Berlin; 325 x 255 mm;
e) Three single song sheet music pamphlets published in Bucharest and Warsaw; color lithographs; approx. 310 x 230 mm;
f) Memorial sheet dedicated to the date of death of parents, printed in Vilnius, 1900; color lithograph with gilding; approx. 430 x 330 mm.
LITERATURE
Ruth Apter-Gabriel, Tradition and Revolution. The Jewish Renaissance in Russian Avant-Garde Art 1912-1928 (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1987), p. 221, pl. 163, 165
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