Arsene Okun Collection
Scope and Content Note
Handwritten manuscript to poet Arno Nadel by Adolf Kestenberg, 1914, 79 pages; typescript of opera Die Ahasferiden by Ilja Jacobsen, 72 pages; photo of cantors' meeting in Berlin circa 1906-1910
Dates
- Creation: circa 1906-1914
Creator
- Okun, Arsene (Person)
Language of Materials
This collection is in German.
Access Restrictions
Open to researchers.
Access Information
Collection is digitized. Follow the links in the Container List to access the digitized materials.
Use Restrictions
There may be some restrictions on the use of the collection. For more information, contact:
Leo Baeck Institute, Center for Jewish History, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011
email: lbaeck@lbi.cjh.org
Biographical Note
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.
Extent
2 Folders
Abstract
Handwritten manuscript to poet Arno Nadel by Adolf Kestenberg, 1914, 79 pages; typescript of opera Die Ahasferiden by Ilja Jacobsen, 72 pages; photo of cantors' meeting in Berlin circa 1906-1910
Other Finding Aid
An inventory is available in the folder
Bibliography
Subject
- Jacobsen, Ilja (Person)
- Kestenberg, Adolf (Person)
- Nadel, Arno, 1878-1943 (Person)
- Okun, Arsene (Person)
Genre / Form
Geographic
Occupation
- Title
- Guide to the Arsene Okun Collection, circa 1906-1914 AR 5116
- Status
- Completed
- Author
- Processed by LBI Staff and Timothy Ryan Mendenhall
- Date
- © 2009
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Revision Statements
- October 05, 2011 : Links to digital objects added in Container List.
Repository Details
Part of the Leo Baeck Institute Repository
