ARC.2019.07 Goldstein, Lee Papers 1984
| Abstract/Description: | This collection consists of the piano score for an opera titled "Miriam and the Angel of Death," composed by Lee Goldstein with a libretto by Raymond P. Scheindlin in 1984, and includes both a bound volume and several loose pages. Due to budgetary limitations and physical constraints of the performance venue, the piano score was not developed into a full orchestra score but rather into a two-piano arrangement, which is reflected in the loose pages. |
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| Subject(s): | Goldstein, Lee Scheindlin, Raymond Music by Jewish composers |
| Date Issued: | 1984 |
| Title: | ARC.2019.07 Goldstein, Lee Papers 1984. | |
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| Name(s): |
Goldstein, Lee, Composer (cmp) Scheindlin, Raymond, Librettist (lbt) |
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| Type of Resource: | mixed material | |
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Opera Scores Sheet music. |
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| Issuance: | monographic | |
| Date Issued: | 1984 | |
| Extent: | 1.4 Linear feet | |
| Abstract/Description: | This collection consists of the piano score for an opera titled "Miriam and the Angel of Death," composed by Lee Goldstein with a libretto by Raymond P. Scheindlin in 1984, and includes both a bound volume and several loose pages. Due to budgetary limitations and physical constraints of the performance venue, the piano score was not developed into a full orchestra score but rather into a two-piano arrangement, which is reflected in the loose pages. | |
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Location of resource: Materials are available (by appointment only) at The Special Collections Reading Room, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, 3080 Broadway, New York, NY 10027. Phone: 212.678.8973 or via E-mail: archives@jtsa.edu. Lee Goldstein Papers, The Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York, N.Y., ARC.2019.07, (Box #, Folder #). Lee Goldstein was a composer of vocal, dance, and theater music, as well as a vocal coach and lecturer. Born in 1953 in Woodbury, New Jersey, Lee Goldstein held degrees in composition from Baldwin-Wallace College in Berea, Ohio, and Queens College, City University of New York, where he studied with composer Hugo Weisgall. He was appointed to the position of composer-in-residence at the Lyric Opera in Chicago in 1987, though he was only able to produce one opera there before his death at age 37 in 1990. Hugo Weisgall, who also served as chairman of the faculty of the Cantors Institute at JTS, hired Goldstein as a music instructor around 1984. It was through this connection that Goldstein came to collaborate with Raymond Scheindlin, then an associate professor of medieval Hebrew literature at JTS, on ''Miriam and the Angel of Death." Scheindlin wrote the libretto, based on I.L. Peretz's short story "Mesires nefesh" ("Devotion Without End," 1904) and Goldstein composed the music. The opera was produced by JTS in conjunction with the new Library opening on campus, and was performed twice at the Feinberg Auditorium in June 1984. Goldstein's other compositions include the comic opera that resulted from his residency at the Lyric titled ''The Fan,'' based on Carlo Goldoni's farce, ''Il Ventaglio';' and ''An Idiot Dance,'' based on Euripides' ''The Trojan Women,'' produced in Ohio in 1976. Sources: Belfer, B. “A New Jewish Opera: ‘Miriam and the Angel of Death.’” Journal of Synagogue Music, vol. 14, no. 1, June 1984/Sivan 5744, pp. 3-6. von Rhein, John. "Lee Goldstein, Former Lyric Opera Composer." Chicago Tribune, January 14, 1990. English and Yiddish The libretto for "Miriam and the Angel of Death" is held by the National Library of Israel, catalog number 990052679300205171. |
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| Subject(s): |
Goldstein, Lee Scheindlin, Raymond Music by Jewish composers |
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| Held by: | Special Collections, The Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary | |
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