Meyer Posner

Title: Meyer Posner

Inclusive Dates: ca. 1918-1931

ID: RG 217

Extent Information

2'1"; 5 5"lgl

Arrangement

Organization: Folders arranged numerically

Arrangement: The collection is arranged inthe following series: I) Notebooks of Services (folders 1-6); II) Notebooks of Yiddish & Miscellaneous Songs (7-12); III) Notebooks of Posner's book on Harmony (13-14)

Creators

Posner, Meyer (1890-1931)

Administrative/Biographical History

Conductor and composer. Conductor of the Hazomir Society in London, cantor in Manor Park, and director and conductor of the Rothschild Synagogue choir in London. Conductor of the Workmen's Circle Chorus, and the Synagogue Choral Alliance in New York. Professor of music at the Master Institute of United Arts. Posner composed music for a play, an operetta, liturgical works, songs. He wrote articles on Jewish music in *Der tog* (New York), as well as textbooks in Yiddish on music theory and harmony. Born in Plock, Poland. Lived in England from about 1908 to 1919.

Subjects (links to similar collections)

England
Great Britain
Music
Musicians
Posner, Meyer
Synagogues
United States

Forms of Material (links to similar genres)

Documents - Papers

Finding Aid Information

Inventory: English, 26 pp., typed

Administrative Information

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Description: The collection consists of bound notebooks of liturgical music for cantor and choir, compiled or composed by Meyer Posner. There are also bound notebooks of Yiddish and other choral songs and notebooks of musical illustrations for his book on harmony. Liturgical music: works by about 50 composers, including Nissan Blumenthal, A. Dunayevsky, Eliezer Gorowitch, Louis Lewandowski, Pinchas Minkowsky, Samuel Naumbourg, David Nowakowski, Zeidel Rovner, Wolf Shestapol, Solomon Sulzer. Choral works in Yiddish include music by Platon Brounoff, Leo Low, Jacob Beimel.