Rediscovering a Sacred Superstar: The Life and Music of the Synagogue Cantor named Salomon (ca.1781-1829) and known as “Kashtan”. An Edition and Translation of the Hebrew biography written by his son, Cantor Hirsch Weintraub, with a detailed commentary an

我的项目是写一篇关于200年前欧洲最著名的犹太教堂领唱的学术研究。Cantor Salomon（英语：Cantor Salomon）1781年至1829年），绰号卡什坦，是犹太启蒙运动和解放历史上的一个独特人物。他获得了前所未有的名声--堪比今天的超级明星的地位--他周游东欧，在犹太教堂以及从里加到布达佩斯的私人场所演唱。他一直被认为是他那个时代最伟大的歌唱家。然而，他并没有得到应有的学术关注。所罗门是历史上第一位生活和音乐都有据可查的领唱者。他的儿子康托·赫希·温特劳布（Cantor Hirsch Weintraub）。1813年至1881年），写了一本希伯来文传记，出现在报纸Hamaggid在1875年的十期。萨洛蒙去世45年后，哈马吉德仍有兴趣出版他的传记，这有力地证明了他经久不衰的名望和影响力。此外，赫希还出版了一卷他父亲的音乐，并保存了他父亲的手稿。 我的项目有两个关键目标。主要的一个是介绍所罗门的传记。我将出版整个传记的英文译本，连同希伯来原文和详细的评论。在评论中，我将为所罗门的生活和旅行制定一个时间轴，并将讨论文中提到的人，历史事件，礼仪文本，宗教习俗和音乐作品。我将在他们的历史和文化背景下讨论这些问题。我将在耶路撒冷的犹太人民历史中央档案馆和纽约的犹太历史中心进行研究。这些机构拥有这一时期与所罗门有关的许多犹太社区的档案材料和主要来源。另一个资源将是辛辛那提希伯来联合学院犹太宗教研究所伯恩鲍姆收藏的档案部分。第二个目标是评估有多少所罗门的音乐藏在辛辛那提未出版的手稿中，并将其编目。赫希·温特劳布的手稿收藏，包括所罗门创作的音乐，以及一个兄弟和堂兄的几首作品，现在是巨大的伯恩鲍姆收藏的一部分。到目前为止，只有三个所罗门的作品出现在印刷目录。我的目标是定义所罗门幸存作品的语料库，并在传记旁边出版一个目录。

My project is to write a scholarly study of the best-known synagogue cantor in Europe 200 years ago. Cantor Salomon (ca. 1781-1829), known by the nickname Kashtan, is a unique figure in the history of the Jewish Enlightenment and Emancipation. He achieved unprecedented fame -- comparable to the status of a superstar today -- by traveling throughout Eastern Europe and singing in synagogues as well as private locales from Riga to Budapest. He has long been recognized as the greatest cantor of his time. However, he has not received the scholarly attention which is his due.Salomon is the first historical cantor whose life and music are well documented. His son, Cantor Hirsch Weintraub (ca. 1813-1881), wrote a biography in Hebrew, which appeared in ten installments in the newspaper Hamaggid in 1875. That Hamaggid was interested in publishing Salomon’s biography forty-five years after his death is strong testimony to his enduring fame and influence. In addition, Hirsch published a volume of his father’s music and preserved additional compositions of his father’s in manuscript. My project has two key objectives. The main one is to present Salomon’s biography. I will publish the entire biography in an English translation, together with the original Hebrew text and a detailed commentary. In the commentary I will develop a timeline for Salomon’s life and travels, and will discuss the people, historical events, liturgical texts, religious customs, and musical compositions mentioned in the text. I will situate these in their historical and cultural context. I will conduct research at the Central Archives for the History of the Jewish People in Jerusalem and the Center for Jewish History in New York. These institutions possess archival materials and primary sources from this period from many of the Jewish communities with which Salomon was associated. An additional resource will be the archival section of the Birnbaum Collection at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati. The second objective is to assess how much of Salomon’s music is hidden in unpublished manuscripts in Cincinnati and to catalog it. Hirsch Weintraub’s manuscript collection, including music composed by Salomon, as well as a couple of pieces by a brother and cousin, is now part of the enormous Birnbaum Collection. So far only three of Salomon’s compositions have appeared in a printed catalog. My goal is to define the corpus of Salomon’s surviving compositions and publish a catalog alongside the biography.