Alter Chudnover
Alter Chudnover (
Biography
Yehiel Goyzman was born in
Yehiel soon became famous as a lead violinist and teacher, and gained a reputation as a very modern instructor who required his students to be able to read sheet music and to learn modern musical technique.[1][3][7] He also became popular among Russian aristocrats, as was his contemporary Pedotser; and would travel to distant parts of the Russian Empire, Romania and Austria-Hungary to perform at weddings or other events.[2][6] There was also a competing klezmer ensemble in Chudniv led by Baruch Beckerman, father of the American klezmer Shloimke Beckerman.[8]
He tried emigrating to the United States in around 1902, accepting the invitation of his brother who had been there since 1888.[1] But he soon returned to Europe when he found his status was much lower in America.[9]
Although some sources say he died in 1912, it seems he actually died on 27 March, 1913.[2][6]
Legacy
Some of Alter Chudnover's sons, who were also professional musicians, met with Soviet ethnomusicologist Moisei Beregovsky in Kyiv in 1934.[1] They donated some manuscripts of his compositions to Beregovsky, which ended up in the collection of the Vernadsky National Library of Ukraine.[1] Other manuscripts apparently survived in Chudniv in Goyzman's former house until they were destroyed during World War II.[6] Beregovski included one extended composition by Alter Chudnover in his Jewish Instrumental Folk Music volume.[10][11]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Sholokhova, Lyudmila (2013). "Yehiel Goyzman (Alter Chudnover, 1849-1913): A Klezmer Violinist in Transition From Folk Music To Classical Style Performance.". In Nemtsov, Jascha (ed.). Jüdische Musik als Dialog der Kulturen (Jüdische Musik Band 12) (PDF). Weisbaden: Harraswitz Verlag. pp. 43–58.
- ^ a b c d Stutchewsky, Joachim (1959). הכליזמרים : תולדותיהם, אורח-חיים ויצירותיהם (in Hebrew). Jerusalem: Bialik Institute. pp. 112–3.
- ^ ISBN 9780028645742.
- ^ Feldman, Walter Zev. "Music: Traditional and Instrumental Music". YIVO Encyclopedia. YIVO. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
- ISBN 081227833X.
- ^ ISBN 9785041227975.
- ^ a b Elman, Saul (1933). Memoirs of Mischa Elman's father. New York: S. Elman. pp. 39–41.
- ^ Rubin, Joel; Wollock, Jeffrey (2020). "Wandering Stars". Pakn Treger: Magazine of the Yiddish Book Center. Summer (81): 28–37.
- ISBN 9781580465984.
- ISBN 9783631539057.
- ISBN 9780190244514.