Yossele Rosenblatt (dedikált példány)

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YOSSELE
ROSENBLATT*
The story of his life as told by his son
SAMUEL ROSENBLATT
Yossele (Josef) Rosenblatt was one of the most beloved and admired personalities of his time, the first third of the twentieth century. He was beloved because of his character and conduct, and admired for his art; he was a gifted vocalist who possessed a voice of unusual range and beauty and who had an exquisite sense of interpretation.
His was what must be called a natural genius, for he received little or no training in the development of his voice. A product of the ghetto of Eastern Europe and dedicated almost from the cradle to the cantorate, he captivated the great outside world, to
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which he revealed for the first time the beauties of the traditional music of the synagogue.
He refused an offer to sing (at $1,000 a performance) with the... Tovább

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YOSSELE
ROSENBLATT*
The story of his life as told by his son
SAMUEL ROSENBLATT
Yossele (Josef) Rosenblatt was one of the most beloved and admired personalities of his time, the first third of the twentieth century. He was beloved because of his character and conduct, and admired for his art; he was a gifted vocalist who possessed a voice of unusual range and beauty and who had an exquisite sense of interpretation.
His was what must be called a natural genius, for he received little or no training in the development of his voice. A product of the ghetto of Eastern Europe and dedicated almost from the cradle to the cantorate, he captivated the great outside world, to
(continued on back of jacket)
Jacket Design by Tom Ruzicka
FARRAR, STRAUS AND CUDAHY 101 Fifth Avenue New York 3, N. Y.
(continued from front flap)
which he revealed for the first time the beauties of the traditional music of the synagogue.
He refused an offer to sing (at $1,000 a performance) with the Chicago Opera Company because he felt that the life of an opera singer was not compatible with the role of a functionary of the synagogue. When his idealism forced him into bankruptcy, he consented to sing in vaudeville in order to pay his debts, but he would never appear on Friday nights or Saturday before sunset or on any of the Jewish holidays.
A friend of humanity, he was above all a lover of his people and deeply interested in its national rebirth. He died at the age of 51 while making a film in Israel, the land he loved so dearly, and was buried in Jerusalem.
Yossele Rosenblatt was considered by many the greatest cantor of his time, and a complete list of his recordings appears in the book. Here too the reader will discover the outer triumphs and inner tragedies of Cantor Rosenblatt's busy life, will learn of his devoutness, idealism and purity of heart, and will find a sensitive consideration of the man in relation to his environment.
Dr. Samuel Rosenblatt not only venerated but also understood his father and, with humor and with pathos, has written a biography that is an important contribution to Jewish cultural history.
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