[2] Programme
of the concert on 19 October 1941
at the Great Synagogue at Tłomackie Street
1. Naumburg³⁸¹ – “Hear Our Prayer” – mixed choir.
2. Bernstein³⁸² – “Send Peaceful Sleep Upon Us, Lord” – men’s choir and
a soprano.
3. Engel³⁸³ – An old-fashioned concert – string orchestra.
4. Lewandowski³⁸⁴ – “I Shall Remember My Covenant with You” – men’s
choir.
5. Lewandowski – “Łaską Twoją utrzymujesz żywych” – men’s choir and
an alto.
6. Flesch³⁸⁵ – Prayer – a violin with an orchestra.
7. Zilberc³⁸⁶ – “Goodbye to Saturday” – mixed choir, orchestra and a soprano.
8. Nowakowski³⁸⁷ – “My Beloved’s Voice” (from “Song of Songs”) – a soprano,
orchestra, choir.
381 Samuel Naumburg (1817–80), composer, author of synagogue music, considered to be one of the artists who contributed to its revival and revolution. See Yevreyskaya Entsiklopedya, eds. A. Harkavy and J.L. Kacenelson, Petersburg, [1913], vol. 11, kol. 579.
382 Abraham Mosze Bernstein (1866–1932), a long-time cantor of the Vilna synagogue, composer of liturgical works, author of music to Hebrew and Yiddish poetry, including poems by Szymon Frug (see doc. 46), choir conductor, researcher and publisher of Jewish folk songs.
383 Joel Engel (1868–1927), composer, music critic, author of Jewish Palestinian songs, considered the ‘father of Israeli music’. He wrote stage music for Dybbuk. A prize named after him was established in Tel Aviv.
384 Louis Lewandowski (1821–94), composer, cantor and outstanding author of synagogal music. Before WWII his works were performed by the choir of the Great Synagogue on Tłomackie Street under the direction of Dawid Ajzensztadt.
385 Karl Flesch (1873–1944), well-known Hungarian violinist, composer, lecturer at the Higher Music School in Berlin, teacher of many Jewish musicians. See Encyklopedia muzyki, ed. A. Chodkowski (Warszawa 2001), p. 268.
386 Zajnwel Zilberc (1881–1941), conductor and composer, one of the first conductors of the Łódź ‘Ha-zomir’ choir (‘Nightingale’), later headed by Izrael Fajwiszys. In 1920. Zylberc emigrated to America.
387 Dawid Nowakowski (1848–1921), composer, sometimes called the ‘Jewish Bach.’ His liturgical works were performed by famous conductors of synagogue choirs, including Dawid
