Moses R. Rogoff synagogue choir part book, Alto, between 1890 and 1925?

Format:

Book

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Rogoff, Moses R., 1852-1925?

Contributor:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- donor.

Kaplan, Deanne, donor.

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Modern American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

Hebrew

Italian

Subjects (All):

Synagogue music--United States.

Synagogue music.

United States.

Genre:

Part books.

Music books.

Penn Provenance:

Presented to the Penn Libraries in 2012 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan.

Physical Description:

1 volume (51 leaves) ; 190 x 235 mm

Place of Publication:

between 1890 and 1925?

Language Note:

In romanized Hebrew, with Italian tempo markings.

Biography/History:

Russian-born cantor; studied music in Odessa and Königsberg (Brandenburg, Germany); while holding a position in Riga, Latvia, his son Julius Moses Rogoff was born in 1884; emigrating to the United States at some time after that, he held positions in New York City, Cleveland, and Pittsburgh before becoming the cantor at Congregation Shaarey Zedek in Detroit no later than 1903. Identify with the author of Musical compositions, held at Brandeis University, based on the 1954 copyright application by Julius M. Rogoff, editor, author cataloged as Rosoff, Moses, 1851-1925.

Summary:

One of a set of six part books for synagogue choir, one of which (Alto no. 2) has a pencil note inside the back cover reading, "All music in this book was composed by Rev. Moses R. Rogoff." Label on front cover with Allto [sic] in ink. Partial table of contents in pencil inside the front cover. A few songs have titles written in Hebrew characters in addition to romanized titles. Pagination in pencil, upper outer corners, 1-100, [101-102]. Occasional markings for cantor and solos (for example, p. 49, 56).

Notes:

One of a set of six with MS 56, Codex 038.1, Codex 038.2, Codex 038.4, Codex 038.5, and Codex 038.6; purchased in a single lot with another set of four part books, MS 56, Codex 039.1, Codex 039.2, Codex 039.3, and Codex 039.4, all at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania

OCLC:

1143617262