[Mus. 79 Cantor’s manual]
Call Number: Birnbaum Collection Mus.79
Attribution: Israel Fürth
Place: Unknown
Date: ca. first half of 19th century
Physical Description: Ink on paper; 68 pages; 1 score ; 34 x 22 cm; autograph manuscript
Subject: Hazzan & Meshorerim, Shabbat, Pesach, Shavuot, Sukkot, Purim
Description:
This manuscript contains fifty-seven items for various occasions throughout the Jewish year for one voice, sometimes two. The pieces have ḥazzan/meshorerim designations. No text-underlay.
The manuscript has some dark brown staining.
While many of the pieces are by Israel Lovy, it is unclear who the compiler/scribe of the pieces was, as the thirtieth item that "up to here [are compositions] by R. Israel Fürth". The fifty-seventh item is by R. Meir Metz.