Lewandowsky, Manfred, 1895-1970

LC control no.	no2015061421
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Lewandowsky, Manfred, 1895-1970 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Lewandowski, Manfred, 1895-1970
Located	Königsberg (Germany) Berlin (Germany) Paris (France) New York (N.Y.) Philadelphia (Pa.)
Birth date	1895-09-01
Death date	1970
Place of birth	Hamburg (Germany)
Place of death	Philadelphia (Pa.)
Profession or occupation	Cantors (Judaism) Baritones (Singers)
Found in	Legendary cantors, ℗2000: insert (Manfred Lewandowsky; born 1895, Hamburg; high baritone; combined a career as cantor in Königsberg and Berlin with radio and concert-hall recitals of Lieder and operatic excerpts; moved to France in 1938, then to the United States just before World War II; cantor at congregations in New York and Philadelphia; died 1970, Philadelphia; great nephew of composer Louis Lewandowsky) Center for Jewish History WWW site, May 7, 2015: Guide to the papers of Manfred Lewandowsky (Manfred Lewandowsky; born September 1, 1895, Hamburg. In 1920 the cantor Eduard Birnbaum of Königsberg died and Lewandowski was selected as his successor. Three years later he was called to Berlin to be the chief cantor and music director of the newly-built Friedenstempel (Temple of Peace). In 1928 he became chief cantor of the Lindenstrasse Synagogue in Berlin, remaining there until 1938, when he was invited to Berne and then Paris, where he officiated for a time at the Temple Rue de la Victoire de la Communauté Israélite de Paris. He came to New York in 1939 and in June 1940 became cantor at the Congregation Emanu-El in Philadelphia, the city in which he resided until his death in 1970.) NUCMC data from Leo Baeck Inst. for His Papers, 1895-1971 (Manfred Lewandowski, b. Hamburg, 9-1-1895, d. Philadelphia, 9-8-1970, cantor; emigrated Paris 1938, U.S.A. 1939)
Not found in	Social Security death index, May 7, 2015
Invalid LCCN	n 85374003