Aviva Rosenbloom collection on cantorial music
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Scope and Contents
This small collection contains Jewish music dating from the 1920s to the 2000s collected by cantor Aviva Rosenbloom. Materials consist of published sheet music originals and 18 photocopied pieces with lyrics often in Yiddish or Hebrew (1920s-1980s), some Jewish music catalogs from the late 1980s, and Bar/Bat Mitzah booklets from the 1990s-2000s. A variety of composers and arrangers are represented by the sheet music including Abraham Ellstein, Lipa Feingold, Solomon Golub, Pinchos Jassinowsky, Henry Lefkowitch, and Solomon Secunda. There is also a Park Avenue Synagogue Musical T'Fillah Uk'Dushah booklet (2003). Box 2 contains two copies of sets of the first installment of music for Shabbat Yachad commissioned by the Cantors Assembly (2000).
Dates
- Creation: 1923 - 2007
Creator
- Rosenbloom, Aviva (Collector, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Advance notice required for access.
Conditions Governing Use
All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of the Music Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Music Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.
Biographical / Historical
Aviva Rosenbloom was cantor of the Temple Israel of Hollywood, California, from 1975 until becoming cantor emerita in 2008.
Extent
1.72 Linear Feet (2 boxes)
Language of Materials
English
Hebrew
Yiddish
Abstract
This small collection contains Jewish cantorial music dating from the 1920s to the 2000s collected by cantor Aviva Rosenbloom. Materials consist mainly of sheet music and Bar/Bat Mitzah booklets from the 1990s-2000s.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Nick Strimple, 2016 and 2023.
Processing Information
This collection is not fully processed.
- Title
- Finding aid for the Aviva Rosenbloom collection on cantorial music
- Status
- Minimally Processed
- Author
- Diann Benti
- Date
- 2021 December
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2023 October: Bo Doub updated the finding aid to include sheet music added to the collection in 2023 (accession no. 2023-001).
Repository Details
Part of the USC Libraries Music Library Repository
Doheny Memorial Library, G-24
3550 Trousdale Parkway
Los Angeles California 90089-1822 United States
music@usc.edu