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Souvenirs de Montmartre pour Orchestre

By Israel Olman

genre
Orchestra
instrumentation
Orchestra (2fl fl(picc) 2ob eh 2cl 2bn 4hn 3tpt 3tbn tba timp perc hp str)
year
1949

Details

November 1949

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About Israel Olman

(08/17/1883 - 05/08/1968)
Israel Olman

Up until World War II, Israel J. Olman had been a celebrated choral conductor and composer. He wrote synagogal music and also music for socialist choirs, to be performed at major singing competitions. His fame, in addition to the fact that he was married to a Catholic woman, offered him some protection during the war. In the post-war years his reputation as a composer diminished rapidly, creating financial difficulties. The world had changed and his musical idiom had become outdated.

by Pauline Micheels