Leo Zeitlin
Lev Mordukhov Tseitlin (Лев Цейтлин 1884, in Pinsk – July 8, 1930, in New York City), billed as Leo Zeitlin, was a Russian composer.[1] In 1923, he emigrated to the United States.[2] His best-known work is Eli Zion, a paraphrase for piano and cello "on a folk theme and trope of 'Song of Songs'".[3]
Zeitlin was a violinist, violist, conductor and impresario who was active in Saint Petersburg's Society for Jewish Folk Music. In 1923, shortly after he arrived in New York City with his wife Esther from Danzig, he became the violist and arranger for the Capitol Theatre.
In 1925, he began arranging orchestral and small ensemble pieces for the Capitol's radio program on WEAF, which in 1926 became the flagship station of the NBC Red Network. Beginning in 1926, the series of light classical concerts titled Capitol Theatre was broadcast by the NBC Red Network on Sunday evenings from 7:20pm to 9:15pm. This series continued until 1929, not long before Zeitlin's death.[4][5][6]
In an article written by Pro Musica Hebraica, Zeitlin is described as "one of the most important Russian Jewish composers to resurface, after decades of neglect, as a leading figure in the history of twentieth-century Jewish art music."[7] According to this source, all of Zeitlin's known chamber works were included in a print volume in 2008.[8]
References
- ↑ "About Lev Mordukhov Tseitlin see Paula Eisenstein Baker, "Leo Zeitlin 's Eli Zion: An Attribution Chiseled in Stone"
- ↑ Yivo annual - Volume 23 - Page 249 Yivo Institute for Jewish Research - 1996 "78 My own conclusion is that Rothmuller knew (perhaps from Saminsky's article) that it was Leo Zeitlin who wrote Eli Zion, and he knew (either from Saminsky or from some other source) that Zeitlin had emigrated to the United States and died."
- ↑ Pro Musica Hebraica - Leo Zeitlin
- ↑ "Leo Zeitlin's Musical Works on Jewish Themes for New York's Capitol Theatre, 1927-1930"
- ↑ Recent Researches in the Music of the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries: Leo Zeitlin: Chamber Music.
- ↑ Howard, Aaron. "Finding Composer Leo Zeitlin,"Jewish Herald-Voice (February 26, 2009)
- ↑ "Pro Musica Hebraica - Leo Zeitlin". Retrieved 2014-06-27.
- ↑ Lyudmila Sholokhova (February 2010). "Leo Zeitlin: Chamber Music (a review)". Musica Judaica Online Reviews.
External links
- The New York Times obituary (July 9, 1930)
- Paula Eisenstein Baker, "The Mystery of Leo Zeitlin", Associated Musicians of New York Newsletter (January 2014)
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