Arsene Okun Collection circa 1906-1914

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Arsene Okun Collection circa 1906-1914

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Handwritten manuscript to poet Arno Nadel by Adolf Kestenberg, 1914, 79 pages; typescript of opera by Ilja Jacobsen, 72 pages; photo of cantors' meeting in Berlin circa 1906-1910 DieAhasferiden

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Leo Baeck Institute Archives

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Kestenberg, Adolf

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Jacobsen, Ilja

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Okun, Arsene

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Arno Nadel was born in Vilnius in 1878, and moved to Berlin in 1895. There he was active as a cantor, and devoted much energy to collecting and publishing Jewish folk songs and cantorial music, culminating in the 7 volume Hallelujah in 1938. In 1943 he was deported and murdered at Auschwitz. From the guide to the Arsene Okun Collection, circa 1906-1914, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) ...

Nadel, Arno

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Born in Vilna on October 3, 1878, Arno Nadel emigrated to Germany in 1890 and settled in Berlin in 1895. In 1916, he became choir director of the Jewish community of Berlin. He is best known for his work as a musicologist, and for his transcriptions and adaptations of Jewish traditional and liturgical music. He also worked as a poet and an artist. He was killed in Auschwitz in 1943. From the guide to the Arno Nadel Collection, 1911-1973, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives) ...