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Abraham Baer

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20: 154: 85:— an almost complete collection of Jewish traditional melodies, of which a second revised and enlarged edition (358 pp. folio) appeared in 1883. The work contains fifteen hundred and five melodies, in German, Polish, and Portuguese ( 124:, but this seems to be his own composition or that of other contemporaneous cantors. Cantors can find therein all traditional tunes of the synagogue — most of which were theretofore to be acquired orally from older 81:
His researches were especially directed to the field of Jewish traditional melodies, then but little explored. In 1871, after fifteen years of hard work, he published his work,
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The collection is more complete in German and Polish melodies than in Portuguese. Occasionally a fourth version is appended, called by the compiler
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and Hirsch Weintraub; and melody No. 714, p. 160, is found even in a work published in the eighteenth century by
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learning, he applied himself to the acquisition of secular knowledge and the science and art of music.
74:, and at the age of twenty-three (in 1857) was called to Gothenburg. Well equipped with Hebrew and 172: 62:; but his love for music and the song of the synagogue caused him to choose to become a Cantor ( 167: 194: 189: 70:
prepared himself for his sacred calling. He officiated for a time at Pakosh and Schwetz in
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alone. Many of the more familiar melodies had been collected and published before Baer by
8: 133: 89:) versions, and is divided into four parts: (1) for the services on week-days; (2) for 66:). At an early age he emigrated to Germany, and there under the tutelage of eminent 224: 113:; together with an appendix containing notes on the liturgy, the reading of the 163: 129: 183: 158: 106: 117:, and directions and formulas for writing betrothal and marriage contracts. 71: 19: 157: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 110: 39: 86: 55: 51: 98: 90: 35: 31: 102: 94: 75: 63: 47: 43: 114: 59: 181: 83:Bā'al Tefillah, oder der Practische Vorbeter 162: 140:, in which it appears under the head of 18: 182: 200:People from Czarnków-Trzcianka County 16:German cantor, musician, and composer 205:People from the Grand Duchy of Posen 13: 105:; (4) for the two great holidays, 58:. His father destined him for the 14: 246: 166:; et al., eds. (1901–1906). 142:Intonazione degli Ebrei Spagnuoli 230:19th-century German male singers 176:. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. 152: 93:; (3) for the three festivals 46:, March 7, 1894) was a German 1: 215:19th-century German composers 38:, December 26, 1834; died at 7: 10: 251: 235:German emigrants to Sweden 147: 210:19th-century German Jews 173:The Jewish Encyclopedia 138:Estro Poetico Armonico 24: 220:German male composers 22: 134:Benedetto Marcello 25: 242: 177: 156: 155: 250: 249: 245: 244: 243: 241: 240: 239: 180: 179: 168:"Baer, Abraham" 164:Singer, Isidore 153: 150: 17: 12: 11: 5: 248: 238: 237: 232: 227: 222: 217: 212: 207: 202: 197: 192: 149: 146: 130:Solomon Sulzer 15: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 247: 236: 233: 231: 228: 226: 223: 221: 218: 216: 213: 211: 208: 206: 203: 201: 198: 196: 193: 191: 188: 187: 185: 178: 175: 174: 169: 165: 160: 159:public domain 145: 143: 139: 135: 131: 127: 123: 118: 116: 112: 108: 107:Rosh Hashanah 104: 100: 96: 92: 88: 84: 79: 77: 73: 69: 65: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 41: 37: 33: 29: 21: 171: 151: 141: 137: 125: 121: 119: 82: 80: 72:West Prussia 67: 28:Abraham Baer 27: 26: 23:Abraham Baer 195:1894 deaths 190:1834 births 184:Categories 122:Neue Weise 111:Yom Kippur 40:Gothenburg 136:, called 87:Sephardic 60:rabbinate 30:(born in 99:Shabu'ot 76:Talmudic 56:composer 52:musician 225:Hazzans 161::  148:Sources 126:ḥazanim 91:Shabbat 68:ḥazanim 36:Prussia 32:Filehne 103:Sukkot 101:, and 64:Hazzan 54:, and 48:cantor 44:Sweden 115:Torah 95:Pesaḥ 109:and 186:: 170:. 144:. 97:, 50:, 42:, 34:,

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Filehne
Prussia
Gothenburg
Sweden
cantor
musician
composer
rabbinate
Hazzan
West Prussia
Talmudic
Sephardic
Shabbat
Pesaḥ
Shabu'ot
Sukkot
Rosh Hashanah
Yom Kippur
Torah
Solomon Sulzer
Benedetto Marcello
public domain
Singer, Isidore
"Baer, Abraham"
The Jewish Encyclopedia
Categories
1834 births
1894 deaths
People from Czarnków-Trzcianka County

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