Call Number: Birnbaum Collection Mus. 93.11

Attribution: Carl Schauer

Place: Germany

Date: ca. 1831-1835

Physical Description: Ink on paper; 4 leaves ; 1 score ; 20 x 24 cm; autograph manuscript

Subject: Rosh Chodesh,

 Description:

This manuscript (Mus. 93) is a collection of Hebrew compositions, numbered I-XV. As in the manuscript, each set of items will be given separately. The pieces were composed between 1831 and 1835, for various occasions at the Berlin Jüdische Gemeindeschule Talmud Torah and the Auerbach'sche Waisenhaus für jüdische Knaben. The initiation of the compositions is attributed to Baruch Auerbach. Mus.93 VI-VII are missing from the collection.

This manuscript contains a setting of Birkat ha-ḥodesh, the blessing of the new month. For four voice choir (SSAB), with full-text underlay in Romanized Hebrew. Last page blank.

Link to Manuscript record in the HUC Library Catalog