Abraham Singer Papers
Call Number
MSS.255
Date
1881-1961, inclusive
Creator
Singer, Abraham, b. 1876
Extent
4.34 Linear Feet in 2 manuscript boxes and 2 oversize flat boxes
Language of Materials
Materials are in English.
Abstract
Abraham Singer was born in Austria in 1876. He is mainly known as a composer of Jewish folk and popular songs. He served as cantor of Congregation Ahavath Chesed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, in 1920 and as chair of Member Committee of the Jewish Ministers Cantors' Association of America in 1936. The collection contains originals and copies of manuscript scores, published sheet music by Singer as well as others, photographs, printing plates, business cards, printed materials, and a scrapbook.
Biographical / Historical
Abraham Singer, born in Austria in 1876, is mainly known as a composer of Jewish folk and popular songs. He served as cantor of Congregation Ahavath Chesed in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, NY, in 1920 and as chair of Member Committee of the Jewish Ministers Cantors' Association of America in 1936.
Arrangement
Within each series, materials are arranged alphabetically.
Within each series, materials are arranged alphabetically.
Missing Title
- Series I: Scores
- Series II: Ephemera
Scope and Content note
The Abraham Singer Papers contains originals and copies of manuscript scores, published sheet music by Singer as well as others, photographs, photogravure and printing plates, business cards, printed material, and a scrapbook. Materials are in English and Yiddish.
Subjects
Genres
Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); The Abraham Singer Papers; MSS 255; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
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Language: Description is in English.
Repository
Fales Library and Special Collections
Series I: Scores, 1914-1949, inclusive
Subseries A: Manuscript Scores and Copies, undated
"Ah bekoshe", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A yid darf gehn in shul" 1, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A yid darf gehn in shul" 2, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Chanuko in purim" folder, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Der chazen un di shul", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Di naye velt", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Ezro Hasoifeir", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Folder of handwritten scores I, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Folder of handwritten scores II, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Installation", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mozel-tov", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mazel tov" copy, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mein zeidn's cholem", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mi shebeirach", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"No. I" folder, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Shabbos oif der nacht", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Sholom-sholom Yisroel", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Sim sholom" + copy, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Songs" folder, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"T'kah B'shofor", undated
Box: 1, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries B: Published Scores by Abraham Singer, 1930-1949, inclusive
"Bar-mizva", 1932
Box: 2, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Der Freilicher yid", 1930
Box: 2, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Die 3 Shlumiels", 1935
Box: 2, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Dos finfte gebot", 1940
Box: 2, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Dos fleshil", 1940
Box: 2, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Fun eins bis tzwelf", 1949
Box: 2, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Ganuvium amul.....un heint!", 1932
Box: 2, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"In dem nayem beis hamikdosh", 1949
Box: 2, Folder: 8 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Main zeiden's cholem", 1936
Box: 2, Folder: 9 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Seichel un mazel", 1930
Box: 2, Folder: 10 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Shabos kodesh", 1947
Box: 2, Folder: 11 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Zachrenu Lechaiyim", 1939
Box: 2, Folder: 12 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Subseries C: Published Scores by Others, 1914-1949, inclusive
"Die Letvishe Shtetle", 1923
Box: 1, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mother is you best friend", 1914
Box: 1, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Oif'n Pripetshok", 1914
Box: 1, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"And the angels sing", 1939
Box: 2, Folder: 13 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Bei mir bist du shon", 1937
Box: 2, Folder: 14 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Beim thilim", 1933
Box: 2, Folder: 15 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Der rebe gewolt keineretz yisroel fohr'n", 1929
Box: 2, Folder: 16 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The driver", 1922
Box: 2, Folder: 17 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"The house I live in", 1942
Box: 2, Folder: 18 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Mir yiden mit unzer torah", 1949
Box: 2, Folder: 19 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A shepher, a dreamer," "a prayer", 1933
Box: 2, Folder: 20 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Soldiers of Israel", 1948
Box: 2, Folder: 21 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"A story, or habein yakir li", 1934
Box: 2, Folder: 22 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Zait gebentsht choson-kaloh", 1949
Box: 2, Folder: 23 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Series II: Ephemera, 1881-1961, inclusive
Envelope of handwritten documents, undated
Box: 1, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Business cards, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 24 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cantor's Journal, 1950
Box: 2, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Cantor's Journal, 1956
Box: 2, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Chanuka concert program, 1920
Box: 2, Folder: 27 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Constitution of the first yezierzaner sick ben. ass'n, 1897
Box: 2, Folder: 28 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Constitution of the jewish ministers cantors association of america", 1926
Box: 2, Folder: 29 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Die feder--the pen", 1934
Box: 2, Folder: 30 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Handwritten list, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 31 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photographs, 1935, 1961, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 32 (Material Type: Graphic Materials)
"Prayers and blessings of Israel", 1881
Box: 2, Folder: 33 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Printed photograph of Abraham Singer, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 34 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Typescript eulogy form, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 35 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Typescript letter from rev. Seymour S. Hirschman, 1961
Box: 2, Folder: 36 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Bits and Pieces" - handwritten document in Yiddish, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 37 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Unidentified typescript document, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 38 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Wedding anniversary form, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 39 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Tablet and loose manuscripts, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 40 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Home and School Tablet, undated
Box: 2, Folder: 41 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
"Cantor chorus leader" journal, undated
Box: 3, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
First yezierzaner 35th anniversary, 1933
Box: 3, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
First yezierzaner 50th anniversary, 1947
Box: 3, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
First yezierzaner 60th anniversary, 1958
Box: 3, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jewish ministers cantors association of america fortieth anniversary journal, 1937
Box: 3, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Jewish ministers cantors' association of america, inc. golden jubilee journal, 1947
Box: 3, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Scrapbook, 1937
Box: 3, Folder: 7 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
A freilicher yid 2p metro, 1930
Box: 4, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Seichel un mazel 2p metro, 1930
Box: 4, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photogravure plate of Abraham Singer I, undated
Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photogravure plate of Abraham Singer II, undated
Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
Photogravure plate of Abraham Singer and others, undated
Box: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
