Metzger Music Collection late 19th century - circa 1939

The items in this collection consist of synagogue music scores from Southwestern Germany, both cantor's manuals and choral music.The cantor's manuals are in at least two different hands and reflect two different time periods from the late 19th century onwards. The older materials contain more traditional music notations of the oral tradition. Of considerable importance are the transcriptions of local and regional traditions, especially melodies from Alsace, Salzburg and Diersburg. Three small manuals bear the name of Simon Metzger, cantor in Grossbockenheim. The more recent manuals were possibly connected with Karlsruhe, as there are two items with the same of S. Rubin, the first cantor in Karlsruhe. Two volumes are complete scores for cantor, SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass), and organ, they seem to be organist's copies.The music covers high holidays and seem to have been used in Karlsruhe.Various synopsis in fileFinding aid available onlineProcessedPublished scores were relocated to the Leo Baeck Institute Library; see links at the end of this record for detailsdigitize