[Mus. 40a] Elf Hebr. Melodien aus seinen “Psalmen” in der Bearbeitung von Francesco Mirecki, Polacco.
Call Number:
Birnbaum Collection Mus. 40a
Place: Poland
Attribution: Mirecki, Franciszek; Marcello, Benedetto
Date: ca. 1820.
Physical Description:
Loose material and 1 folio; manuscript score
Subject:
Choral Music; Vocal music with instrumental accompaniment; Hallel; Hanukah
Description:
Arrangements of melodies by Benedetto Marcello to Hebrew texts by “Francesco Mirecki, Polacco,” otherwise known as Franciszek Mirecki. Some with piano accompaniment, as well as occasionally violoncello. Interestingly, the scribe has frequently written the vocal music from right to left, following the direction of the Hebrew text, which is presented using the Hebrew alphabet. Below, we find the piano accompaniment, written in the traditional Western notation form from left to right. Many pieces carry the description “Intonazione degli Ebrei Spagnoli sopra il Salmo [Hebrew title]” or “Itonazione degli Ebrei Tedesco sopra il Salmo [Hebrew title],” indicating that the melodies were meant for either the Sephardic or Ashkenazic rite. These pieces may have been published in Mirecki’s Salmi di Davide (1820).
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