Finding aid for the Maurice Goldman Papers
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Title: |
Maurice Goldman Papers |
Repository: |
Case Western Reserve University Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections
http://library.case.edu/ksl/collections/special/index.html
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Creator: |
Goldman, Maurice 1910-1984 |
Dates: |
1933-1993 |
Quantity: |
9.18 linear feet |
Abstract: |
The Maurice Goldman Papers consist of original music compositions and arrangements, annotated commercial scores, Israeli songsters,
clippings, programs, announcements, recordings and photographs. Spanning the years 1933-1993, the collection documents his
career as a choral conductor, composer, opera director, music educator, performer and radio commentator in Cleveland, Ohio,
and Los Angeles, California.
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Identification: |
SpecColl Goldman |
Language: |
The records are in English |
Biography of Maurice Goldman
Maurice Lawrence Goldman, noted composer, arranger, conductor and performer, primarily of Yiddish and Hebraic music, was
was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on April 4, 1910 to Marcus and Sarah Goldman. Shortly thereafter, he moved with his
family to Cleveland, Ohio where his father worked as a rabbi and principal of the Knesseth Israel Hebrew School of the Knesseth
Israel Congregation. Goldman was a graduate of Glenville High School in Cleveland, and received a B.S. degree from the Western
Reserve University School of Education in 1935.
He was prominent in Cleveland and Akron, Ohio as a choral conductor, composer, arranger, performer, music educator, opera
director and radio personality in the mid 1930's until his induction into the U.S. Army in 1942. Of the many positions he
held during this time the most notable were as director of the Euclid Avenue Temple Choir, the Cleveland Jewish Singing Society,
the Western Reserve University Choir, the Opera Chorus of the WPA Federal Music Project for Cuyahoga County, and the Akron
Opera Company; as cantor at the Fairmont Temple and Temple on the Heights; as head of the Cleveland Institute of Music Opera
department and the Cleveland Music School Settlement Choral programs and as radio host for the programs "Classics in Wax"
and "Operama." In 1941, Goldman moved to Los Angeles and worked in the film industry arranging music scores for several
westerns and dramas before his induction into the Army.
From 1942-1944 he was responsible for the "Singing While Marching" program and served as director of the symphony orchestra
at the Army Air Force Training Center in Boca Raton, Florida. He was honorably discharged from the Army and returned to Cleveland
to resume several of his pre-war positions and assume such new appointments as director of the nationally broadcast black
singing group Wings Over Jerusalem. With the exception of a brief sojourn in Los Angeles, from 1948-1951, Goldman remained
in Cleveland where he resumed his multifaceted music career. A highlight of this period was his largest work to date, a cantata
entitled "The Golden Door" which was performed at the Cleveland Public Hall in 1955 as part of the national Jewish Tercentenary.
In 1957, Goldman moved permanently to Los Angeles and narrowed his professional focus to performing, teaching, directing and
composing Yiddish and Hebraic music. He served as musical director for The Bureau of Jewish Education and served as the cantor
at University Synagogue. He headed the Los Angeles Opera Company and devoted much of his time to composition and his interest
in Jewish folk songs. Despite many offers he did not return to work in the film industry.
Goldman was married to the former Ethel Mann, a talented flutist, with whom he had two children; Stuart and Althea. He died
on February 2, 1984 shortly after the premier of his most ambitious composition, "Echos of Jewish Life", a cantata including
ten original pieces.
Scope and Content
The Maurice Goldman Papers consist of original music compositions and arrangements, annotated commercial scores, clippings,
programs, announcements, recordings and photographs. Spanning the years 1933-1993, the collection documents his career as
a choral conductor, composer, opera director, music educator, performer and radio commentator in Cleveland, Ohio, and Los
Angeles, California.
Statement of Arrangement
The Maurice Goldman Papers are arranged in four series. Series 1: Original Compositions and Arrangements; Series 2: Works
by Other Composers; Series 3: Biographical Information; Series 4: Audio and Video Recordings. The file order was created for
the most part by Stuart Goldman, his son.
Restrictions on Use
There are no restrictions on use of this collection
Restrictions on Access
There are no restrictions on access to this collection.
Separated Material: Separated Material
8 linear feet of commercially published sheet music, collected by Maurice Goldman, were deposited in the Kulas Music Library
of Case Western Reserve University to be cataloged and circulated with the general collection. Catalog records will be in
the
Case and Affiliated Libraries Catalog.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Subjects:
Goldman, Maurice, 1910-1984
Jewish Music
Preferred Citation
Citations should be written as follows: [Box Number, Folder Number], The Maurice Goldman Papers in the Kelvin Smith Library
Special Collections, Case Western Reserve University.
Acquisition Information
The Maurice Goldman Papers were acquired by the Kelvin Smith Library Special Collections between 2011 and 2014 in three gifts
from Stuart Goldman and Althea Goldman Pachulski, children of Maurice Goldman.
Detailed Description of The Collection
Series 1: Original Compositions and Arrangements, 1953-1984 and undated
Box 1 / Folder 1
A Sermon in Song. manuscript., undated
Box 1 / Folder 2
A Sermon in Song. 3 annotated copies., undated
Box 1 / Folder 3
Echoes of Yiddish Life (The Many Moods of Yiddish Song) manuscript., circa 1983
Box 1 / Folder 4
Echoes of Yiddish Life (The Many Moods of Yiddish Song) Commissioned by Temple Judea, Tarzana, California with May 6, 1983.
copy., 1983
Box 1 / Folder 5
Credo ("Not So Wild a Dream") Norman Corwin, lyrics. manuscript., February, 1974-April, 1974
Box 1 / Folder 6
A Dudele. A Chassidic chant arranged by Maurice Goldman. manuscript., undated
Box 1 / Folder 7
How Can I Sing of Day And Night. Arranged by Maurice Goldman. Commissioned by University Synagogue, Los Angeles, California,
September, 1978. manuscript and annotated copies for vocals, piano and ensemble., 1978
Box 1 / Folder 8
The Little Boy Lost, lyrics from a poem by William Blake. manuscript and two annotated copies., undated
Box 1 / Folder 9
Witchcraft . manuscript copy. Score for television show "Witchcraft in Salem", circa 1953
Box 1 / Folder 10
Fog, lyrics from a poem by Carl Sandburg. manuscript copy., undated
Box 1 / Folder 11
Eitz Chayim, Hashiveinu. manuscript, undated
Box 1 / Folder 12
Bar'chu. manuscript sketch, incomplete., undated
Box 1 / Folder 13
Kaddish, cantor solo, cello, flute and mixed choir. manuscript copy., undated
Box 1 / Folder 14
V'Shamru. Manuscript copy., undated
Box 1 / Folder 15
Celebration (Sing To The Lord A New Song), Commissioned by Fairmont Temple, Cleveland, Ohio. manuscript., undated
Box 1 / Folder 16
Incomplete pieces. A Frightened Soldier (War Hymn); Sing Me A Song. manuscript sketches, incomplete., undated
Box 1 / Folder 17
Incomplete pieces. Vaanachnu. manuscript; Boi V'sholom. manuscript.; Bar'chu closing phrase. manuscript copy; Likvat. manuscript;
MiChamocha. manuscript copy., 1978 and undated
Box 1 / Folder 18
Incomplete pieces. When You're In Love. manuscript., undated
Box 1 / Folder 19
Incomplete pieces. Background to Speech. manuscript., undated
Box 1 / Folder 20
Friday evening service. February 26th Music for Theo. . Bar'chu. manuscript copy; Hashkiveinu. manuscript copy; May The
Words. manuscript copy; Micho-mo-cho. manuscript copy; Sh'ma Yisrael. manuscript copy., 1965-1966 and undated
Box 1 / Folder 21
Sabbath evening service, commissioned by University Synagogue, Los Angeles, California. Bar'chu. 3 manuscript copies; Micho
Mocho. 2 manuscript copies; Sh'ma Yisroel. 2 manuscript copies; May The Words. manuscript and copy; Kiddush. 2 manuscript
copies; Hashkiveinu. 2 manuscript copies; L'Cha Dodi for cantor and piano. manuscript; L'Cha Dodi. 2 manuscript copies; L'Cha
Dodi for flute, cello, SATB. manuscript copy., 1965-1966
Box 2 / Folder 1
Sabbath evening service. Hashkiveinu for SATB and piano. 4 manuscript copies; Sh'ma Yisroel for cantor and piano. 3 manuscript
copies; Bar'chu. 3 manuscript copies; Micho Mocho for SATB and piano. 3 manuscript copies; May The Words for SATB and piano.
5 manuscript copies; Kiddush for cantor, SATB and piano. 4 manuscript copies; Sabbath Evening Service, L'Cho Dodi, Hisor'ri
Hisor'ri, Boi V'Sholom. 4 manuscript copies., 1965-1966
Box 2 / Folder 2
Sabbath evening service, commissioned by University Synagogue, Los Angeles, California. 1 annotated copy; 1 annotated original
pencil draft., circa 1978
Box 2 / Folder 3
Friday evening service I. Conductors' scores for Friday Evening Service. L'Cha Dodi, Hisor'ri, Boi' V'sholom, Bar'Chu, Sh'ma
Yisrael, Micho Mocho, Hashkiveinu, V'sham'ru, Kiddush. Manuscripts; May The Words. manuscript copy; Sh'ma Yisrael. 4 manuscript
copies; May The Words. 2 manuscript copies; Bar'chu. 2 manuscript copies; V'Shom'Ru. manuscript copy; L'Cho Dodi, Hisor'ri.
manuscript copies; Kiddush. 3 manuscript copies; Mi Chamocha (arranger unknown) manuscript copy; Maoz Tzur. manuscript copy;
Eitz Chayim, Hashiveinu. 3 manuscript copies. L'Cho Dodi, Hisor'ri, Hisor'ri, Boi V'Sholom. manuscript copy; Bar'Chu. manuscript
copy; May The Words. 3 manuscript copies; V'Shom'Ru. manuscript copy;. Celebration (Sing To The Lord A New Song). manuscript
copy; Kiddush. 4 manuscript copies; Sh'Ma Yisrael. manuscript copy; Vaanachnu. manuscript copy; R'tzeh Vimnuchatenu. 3 manuscript
copies; Ahavat Olam. Manuscript; Micha Mocho. manuscript copy. Commissioned by University Synagogue, Los Angeles, California
inscribed on several items., 1965-1966
Box 2 / Folder 4
Friday evening service II. Bar' Chu. 3 manuscript copies; Sh'ma Yisrael. 3 manuscript copies; L'Cho Dodi; Hisor'ri. 3 manuscript
copies; Kiddush. 3 manuscript copies; May the Words. 3 manuscript copies; Hashkiveinu. 3 manuscript copies; Micha Mocha. 3
manuscript copies., 1965-1966
Box 2 / Folder 5
Friday evening service III. 1978. Avot. 2 manuscript copies; Ahavat Olam. manuscript copy; Bar'Chu. 2 manuscript copies; Vaanachnu.
manuscript copy; Sh'Ma Yisrael. manuscript copy; L'Cha Dodi; Boi V'sholom. 2 manuscript copies; How Can I Sing of Day and
Night. manuscript copy; Mi Chamocha. manuscript copy. All pieces commissioned by University Synagogue, Los Angeles, California., 1978
Box 3 / Folder 1
Sabbath Eve Service. All pieces commissioned by Doctor and Mrs. Bernard Davidson in honor of the Bat-Mitzvah of their daughter
Kirbie and dedicated to Cantor Allan Michelson. Composed during the Spring of 1966. Psalm 117, V'Shom'Ru, Hashkiveinu, May
The Words, Sh'ma Yisrael, Kiddush, L'Cho Dodi; Hisor'ri, Michamocha, Kaddish, Sh'ma. manuscript copies, 1966
Box 3 / Folder 2
Assorted Sketches I. Sh'ma No. 2. manuscript; A Brief Tzum Lia de Reben. manuscript; Mein Yingele, manuscript; La Rosa Enflorece
(The Rose Flower). manuscript copy; Music Background To "The Musician's Promise". manuscript.; Untitled sketch. manuscript;
Music Background To "Departure Of The Besht". Manuscript; Yaba. manuscript; The Lord My Shepherd Shalom Rav. Lyrics from a
poem by James L. Bain. manuscript; Conversation between a Chassid and the Almighty. manuscript, 1968
Box 3 / Folder 3
Assorted Sketches II. Flute parts for Friday evening service, traditional arrangement of L'cho Dodi, Hisor'ri, Bar'chu, Sh'ma,
Hash Kiveinu, V'Shomeru, Kiddush. all pieces manuscript; Cello Parts for Friday evening service, traditional arrangement.
all pieces manuscript; L'cho Dodi, Hisor'ri, Bar'chu, Sh'ma, Hash Kiveinu, V'Shomeru, Kiddush, Shma; Kiddush, traditional
arrangement. manuscript; Anachnu. Bick arrangement. manuscript; A Dudele. Traditional arrangement. manuscript, undated
Box 3 / Folder 4
Assorted sketches III. Lam' Matzeyach. Finale for two part choir. manuscript and print copy; Adon Olam. manuscript.; V'Shomeru.
manuscript; Hashkiveynu. manuscript; Hora. (revised) manuscript; Baroque Tune. manuscript; Hora Goeshet. Versions 1 and 2.
manuscript; Iz Gekumen Der Yid. manuscript; Bar'chu (organ). manuscript; Sh'ma. Number 2. manuscript; Idea for Massenet "Noel"
- Werther . manuscript; L'Cha Dodi/Hisor'I (score). manuscript; L'Cha Dodi/Hisor'ri (organ). manuscript; Hudu Ladonai (Round).
manuscript; Lift The Hammers, Lift (Al Ha-selah Hach!) Israeli-Chassidic Tune. manuscript; Kiddush (score). Manuscript; Shalom.
manuscript; Girl With the Flaxen Hair (score) Debussy. manuscript, 1968
Box 3 / Folder 5
Rough/partial sketches. Development of idea: Shalom; Shalom Rav; Do a 'Hine'; Avadim Hayinu/Bikel;/AB minor idea/amalgam;
unknown compositions; Israel Round/Early Hymn/Al Hasela; Introduction to Wedding Song; Hinach Yafa/Ki Tin Am; Idea for L'dor?;
To add to Shalom Idea (in 'Service in Song'); unknown composition "Haleluyah"?; Shalom idea; Chob Farges; idea for V'No Mar;
Shepard's Shake Off; Evermore Let Us His Praises Sing. manuscript, undated
Box 3 / Folder 6
Lyrics. All manuscript. Moses Struck The Rock; Noel Noel, etc.; Verse 6 Then God Sent An Angel From Heaven...; An Die Musik;
Oyfn Yam; Round and round my wheel is whirling; Pick The Cherries Ripe ii. The Miller's Tears; Kune Echa; Medley Oh Sing
To The Lord; Composer's notes on various works; Geese and Swans Flew; Composers notes on various works Scarborough Fair and
For Us A Child Is Born; Son of Mary. manuscript, undated
Box 3 / Folder 7
Printed music with some annotation and miscellaneous notes. Rojinkes Mit Manalen; D'ror Y'krah/Shalom L'voh Shabbat; Adon
Olam; Catch That Catch Can: One Hundred English Rounds and Catches / ed. Mary Catherine Taylor, Margaretia Windham, Claude
Simpson; Cuando El Rey Nimrod, Let The Song Be Begun; Southern Music Publishing Company 1973 Vocal/Choral Catalog; Editions
Salabert Choral Catalog; Source Material for Jewish Song / The Reality-The Fantasy, 1973, undated
Box 3 / Folder 8
Theme and variations for solo flute and piano accompaniment based on a Spanish folk tune. Composed for his wife, Ethel Goldman.
anuscript sections, complete copy, notes., circa 1949
Box 3 / Folder 9
The Lovely Lass of Inverness. manuscript, undated
Box 3 / Folder 10
Jerusalem. "A Rejoicing Unto the Nations" Composed in Los Angeles, California. August-November, 1967. Commissioned by the
Fund for the Annual Concert of the Cleveland Jewish Singing Society at Kulas Hall on May 26, 1968. print edition., 1967-1968
Box 3 / Folder 11
Anachnu. Music composed by Bick, arranged by Maurice Goldman. copy, undated
Box 3 / Folder 12
I Am My Beloved's: A Wedding Song. Manuscript and two annotated copies. Music composed by Maurice Goldman for daughter Althea, July, 1981-August, 1981
Box 3 / Folder 13
Hi-Nay-Ma-Tov (How Good It Is). Manuscript. Hebrew folk tune arranged by Maurice Goldman, undated
Box 3 / Folder 14
R'Tseh Vimnuchatenu. Manuscript first and second draft. Arranged by Maurice Goldman, undated
Box 3 / Folder 15
Tower in the Sky. Manuscript copy. Music composed by Maurice Goldman, lyrics from Kahlil Gibran, undated
Box 4 / Folder 1
Song of Ruth. manuscript; copy (score), 1950
Box 4 / Folder 2
Kol Nidre manuscript; copy: i. score; ii. prologue (for piano, cello, Bb clarinet), 1977
Box 4 / Folder 3
Wedding Dance. manuscript, undated
Box 4 / Folder 4
Friday evening service. February 26th . Program, Bar'chu, Rtzeh Vimnuchatenu, Sh'ma Yisrael, Vaanachnu, Avot, Ahavat Olam,
Micho-mocho, Mi Chamocha, L'Cha Dodi and Boi V'Sholom, Hashkiveinu. manuscript, undated
Box 4 / Folder 5
Miscellaneous works, La m'na tzey ach finale, Tvi Ey Nu, Plorate Filii Israel, A Dudele, Yam Lied, Shir Hashirim, Tower in
the Sky, Maoz Tzur, undated
Box 4 / Folder 6
Mordecai's Song ("The Golden Door") manuscript copy, undated
Box 5 / Folder 1
The Golden Door, A Mosaic. Cantata score. manuscript, circa 1955
Box 5 / Folder 2
The Golden Door, A Mosaic. Cantata lyrics. typescript, circa 1955
Box 5 / Folder 3
The Golden Door, A Mosaic. Cantata miscellaneous scores. manuscript copy, circa 1955
Box 5 / Folder 4
The Golden Door, A Mosaic. Cantata ochestral parts. manuscript and copies, circa 1955
Series 2: Works by Other Composers, undated
Box 6 / Folder 1
Miscellaneous works, transcribed or annotated by Maurice Goldman. Blue Symphony, Song of Dedication, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav,
untitled piece, Hiney Ma Tov, Sharm A Shech, Psalm 150, Shir Hashirim, Agamedes Song, Al Hasela Hora, Der Nayer Sher, The
Lords Servant, In the Days of the Maccabees, Mi Sheberach, Kol Nidre, The Lord is My Shepherd, undated
Box 6 / Folder 2
Miscellaneous works transcribed or annotated by Maurice Goldman. The Palatine, Oedipus Cradle Song, Said Lao Tze, Fed By My
Labors, Service of All Dead, Voices of Jerusalem, To Everything There is a Season, The Flight, All Foxes., undated
Box 6 / Folder 3
Miscellaneous works transcribed or annotated by Maurice Goldman. Five Songs for Five People to Sing, Shalom Aleichem, Low
Barometer, American Psalm, No Man is an Island, De Profundis, Memorial Song, Tzor Te,vdah, untitled piece, Songs of the Shulamite, undated
Box 7 / Folder 1
Miscellaneous works transcribed or annotated by Maurice Goldman. Toccanta, King Davids Lyre, Simchu Na, Ari Ara, Vihuda Anachnu
Etele un Motele, Sacred Dialogue, Motet II Thou Oh Jehovah Abideth Forever, Motet IV Sing Ye Praises to Our King, Bim Bam,
Ki K shimcho, Tears, Mentre Ti Lascio, Halleluja, Vocalise, To Song, This Bread I Break, The Time that is Lovely, Play Us
a Tune, By the Waters of Life., undated
Box 7 / Folder 2
Manuscripts by other composers transcribed by Maurice Goldman I. Music I Heard, White Gulls, Della Guerra Amorosa, American
Psalm, David Mourns for Absolom, Tancredi and Clorinda, De Profundis, How Do I Love Thee, La Lune Blanche, Night is Young,
Evening, A Nigun, La Cloche Felee, Flos Florum, And Ruth Said. manuscripts and copies, undated
Box 7 / Folder 3
Manuscripts by other composers transcribed by Maurice Goldman. Shir Hashirim, Psalm 119, V'hoer Eney nu, Palestine, Eugen
Onegin, The Lord's Prayer, Song of the Flea, Itene O Miei Susperi, Old American Songs. manuscript and annotated print copies, undated
Box 12
Israeli Songsters, undated
Series 3: Biographical Material, 1933-1993
Box 8 / Folder 1
Clippings, 1933-1949
Box 8 / Folder 2
Clippings, 1950-1959
Box 8 / Folder 3
Clippings, 1960-1983
Box 8 / Folder 4
Performance Announcements, 1935-1990, undated
Box 8 / Folder 5
Performance Programs, 1933-1949
Box 8 / Folder 6
Performance Programs, 1940-1949
Box 9 / Folder 1
Performance Programs, 1951-1959
Box 9 / Folder 2
Performance Programs, 1960-1969
Box 9 / Folder 3
Performance Programs, 1970-1979
Box 9 / Folder 4
Performance Programs, 1980-1989
Box 9 / Folder 5
Performance Programs, 1990-1993, undated
Box 9 / Folder 6
Photographs, 1935-1955
Box 9 / Folder 7
The Golden Door, 1955, 1975
Box 9 / Folder 8
Memorial Tributes, circa 1984
Box 9 / Folder 9
Music Groups, Competitions, Congratulations, 1939-1979, undated
Box 9 / Folder 10
Music Instruction, 1933-1980
Box 9 / Folder 11
Music Publishing, 1933-1984
Box 9 / Folder 12
United States Army Induction Orders, October 1, 1942
Box 10 / Folder 1
Honors and Awards, 1984
Box 10 / Folder 2
Scrapbook pages, circa 1928-1946
Series 4: Audio and Video Recordings, 1974, 1984, undated
Box 11
All known recordings of Maurice Goldman works and Goldman Memorial Service, 1955, 1974, 1984, undated