Songs of the Synagogue: Cantor Norman Atkins
odd: label: Local Numbers
content: FW-ASCH-10RR-0014
label: Date/Time and Place of an Event Note
content: Recorded in: New York (N.Y.), United States, New York, June 12, 1960.
label: General
content: CDR copy Tapes FW-ASCH-0001 through FW-ASCH-10RR-0018 are (primarily) from a weekly radio show series entitled Songs of the Synagogue, aired every Sunday afternoon at 2:00 over WEVD in New York City. The tapes are all from 1960 and 1961. Each week, a different cantor is featured along with the Winston Choir, singing synagogue music, and usually a Yiddish song or Israeli song. The series is a Joseph Jacobs production, directed by Sholom Rubinstein, with music arranged and conducted by Abe Ellstein. The show is hosted by Zvee Scooler, and is sponsored primarily by Winston cigarettes. An ad for Conn Electronic Organs sometimes concludes the show. Shows begin with a steady tone for which, usually, "zero level at 400 CY" is indicated. Henry Sapoznik, Yiddish radio and klezmer music authority, provided some of the above information. It is not known how or why Folkways obtained these tapes,but in 1960, Sholom Rubenstein also wrote and directed a Folkways album concerning Theordore Herzl. The tapes in our possession represent a small fraction of the programs broadcast. FW-ASCH-10RR-0014 features Cantor Norman Atkins of the Metropolitan Synagoue of Manhattan, NY. This program is devoted entirely to excerpts from the Friday evening service. Cantor Atkins is a baritone, whereas all preceding cantors in the series have been tenors. The program was broadcast on June 12, 1960.
name: label: Artist
content: Atkins, Norman (vocalist)
label: Producer
content: Rubenstein, Sholom
label: Performer
content: Summers, Norman, 1927-
label: Collection Creator
content: Asch, Moses
label: Collection Creator
content: Distler, Marian, 1919-1964
label: Collection Creator
content: Folkways Records
place: label: Place
content: New York
label: Place
content: United States
label: Place
content: New York (N.Y.)
topic: label: Topic
content: Religious
label: Topic
content: Jewish
label: Topic
content: Judaism
label: Topic
content: Religion
label: Topic
content: Religious services
creator: label: Artist
content: Atkins, Norman (vocalist)
label: Producer
content: Rubenstein, Sholom
label: Performer
content: Summers, Norman, 1927-
culture: label: Culture
content: Americans
label: Culture
content: Jews
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection
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content: Moses and Frances Asch Collection / Series 9: Audio Recordings / Open Reel Tapes
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 1 Sound recording (sound-tape reel, analog, 10 in.)
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Ralph Rinzler Folklife Archives and Collections
identifier: label: Identifier
content: CFCH.ASCH, Item FW-ASCH-10RR-0014
objectType: label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Contents
content: Opening--ad--L'cha dodi--Yishmeychu v'malchuscho--Ad--Mi khamocha and avos--Adon olam--ad--V'shomru B'ney Yisroel es HaShabbos--Hash kaveynu--conclusion--organ ad