The Bartered Bride "Prodaná Nevěsta,"

Identifier

irn36373

Language of Description

English

Alt. Identifiers

2008.229.1

Dates

1 Jan 1927 - 31 Dec 1927

Level of Description

Item

Languages

Czech

Source

EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn36373

Extent and Medium

1 book,

Archival History

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Jonas Singer

Dr. Jonas Singer donated this collection to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on August 12, 2008.

Scope and Content

Consists of one pre-war operatic score, published in Czech in 1927, of "Prodaná Nevěsta," [The Bartered Bride] by Bedřich Smetana. The score was used by Alexander (Max) Singer during a production of the opera in the Theresienstadt (Terezin) ghetto and includes handwritten annotations by Raphael Schächter. The score was rebound after the war.

People

Schächter, Raphael, 1905-1945.

Subjects

Music--Czech Republic--Terezín (Severočeský kraj)
Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)

Genre

Document
Music.

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