Symphony No. 2 "David" Dedicated to Albert Einstein, with Presentation Broadside to Einstein and Original Photograph
by [Einstein, Albert. (1879 - 1955) ] Avidom, Menachem. (1908 - 1995)
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Israeli composer Menachem Avidom was born in Stanislaviv, Austria-Hungary and was apparently a cousin of Gustav Mahler. He studied in Paris, and a later four-year stint in Egypt led him to look beyond European modes on musical theory and composition. In 1939 he wrote musical arrangements for Yemenite-Jewish singer Bracha Zefira and these arrangements sparked his interest in the fusion of Middle Eastern and European music theories, in 1944 writing a series of pieces in the new style that defined the rest of his career as a composer. His compositions helped lay the groundwork for future Mizrahi and Sephardic (Middle Eastern Jewish) musicians in Israel. From 1945, he served as general secretary of the Israeli Philharmonic; in 1955 he was named director of ACUM, the Israeli Performing Rights Society. The presentation of his score to Einstein occurred during the first ever American tour of the Israel Philharmonic, during which the orchestra was conducted by Leonard Bernstein and Serge Koussevitzky and gave 53 concerts in 40 cities.
Einstein, a talented violinist, who adored Mozart and revered the music of Bach, once declared that had he not been a scientist he would have become a musician, and that the most joy in his life had come to him from his violin.
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- Title
- Symphony No. 2 "David" Dedicated to Albert Einstein, with Presentation Broadside to Einstein and Original Photograph
- Author
- [Einstein, Albert. (1879 - 1955) ] Avidom, Menachem. (1908 - 1995)
- Book Condition
- New Used; Like New
- Jacket Condition
- Used; Like New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Israeli Music Publications [Independent Music Publishers]
- Place of Publication
- Tel-Aviv, Israel [New York]
- Date Published
- [1951]
- Keywords
- Signed Document/Item :: Science & Technology :: Printed Music :: Manuscript Music :: Classical Music :: Broadside
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