Call Number:
Birnbaum Collection Mus.20

Place:
Amsterdam, Netherlands 

Date:
1738

Description:
Ink on paper; 14 leaves; 1 score; 22 x 14.5 cm; manuscript

Subject:  

Simḥat Torah

This manuscript is a cantata for Simḥat Torah. The music is by Abraham Casseres, the text is by Moshe Ḥayyim Luzzatto. The text is in five parts for "Soprano primo" and "Soprano secondo," both male voices. The parts correspond to the five strophes of the poem, and includes text-underlay. 

 שיר בית הכנסת מק''ק אמשטרדם זמר לחתן תורה ולחתן בראשית...בשנת התצ''ט לפ''ג 

Manuscript Link:
https://huc.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1061294793