Re: [Cz-L] music in Czernowitz

Dear Dr. Ben Zwi,

Your letter was quite interesting in that it shows that the interest
in the history and lives of the vanished world of Jews in the
Bukowina has endured for many generations and, hopefully, will
continue in the future.

Regretfully,there is not very much I can contribute to your research
of the history of the Halm family, especially their musical
activities, but I shall try.

I lived in Wiznitz (Romanian Vijnita) till 1939 when I moved to
Czernowitz. I remember several Halms who were related to Max Halm,
the renowned composer of Romanian music in the 1930s. Of course, I
don't know any details (first names, dates of birth). A Mrs. Halm (
born in the 1890s) owned a tailor shop, her son was a barber, her
daughter a piano teacher (her married name may have been Laufer). The
Halms were related with the leading musicians family in Wiznitz, the
Pistiners. Eli Pistiner had been the violin teacher of many young
people in town and his orchestra (which included members of his
family) played at most wedding parties, balls, etc. I don't know what
happened to all these people.

I hope this letter, which is also copied to the Czernowitz-L list,
may stimulate other former Bukowineans to contribute their
reminiscences about music and musicians in the Bukowina, a subject
that you correctly noticed has not received much attention till now.

I wish you success in your work.

Alfred (Fred) Schneider
Professor Emeritus
Georgia Tech and MIT

----- Original Message -----
From: <mailto:nu1902_at_bezeqint.net>Nurit
To: <mailto:asfred_at_comcast.net>Alfred Schneider
Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2009 6:08 PM
Subject: Re.: music in Czernowitz

Dear Alfred Schneider,

The information, in your reply to Jonny, about music in Czernowitz
between 1920-1940 is mostly valuable to me, too. That is because my
mother and her family not only were Czernowitzers but also musicians
! and since I have been involved in researching my musical ancestors
for more then a year, it's the first time that I see someone relating
to music in this list. So, first of all, thank you for the precious
musical information.
Secondly, you have mentioned Max HALM, the composer of Romanian
tangos who lived in Viznits Bukowina. This piece of information is
intriguing because my g-grandfather was also a HALM and he was a
musikant, too. Hence, I wonder whether you have some more
information about him, for example: the name of his parents, his date
of birth, professional activity, etc. So far, and despite great
efforts to discover information about my HALM's background -
especially the music one (as I am also musicologist and piano player)
- I hardly have found anything about HALM, except that my
g-grandfather's name was Reful Leib HALM.

Looking forward to hearing from you,

Thank you for any help!

Dr. Nurit Ben Zvi
Rechovot
Israel

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
This moderated discussion group is for information exchange on the subject of
 Czernowitz and Sadagora Jewish History and Genealogy. The opinions expressed
 in these posts are the opinions of the original poster only and not necessarily
 the opinions of the List Owner, the Webmaster or any other members
 or entities connected with this mailing list. The Czernowitz-L list has
 an associated web site at http://czernowitz.ehpes.com that includes a
 searchable archive of all messages posted to this list. Please post in "Plain
 Text" if possible (help available at:
<http://www.jewishgen.org/InfoFiles/PlainText.html>).

To remove your address from this e-list follow the directions at
http://www.cit.cornell.edu/computer/elist/lyris/leave.html

To receive assistance for this e-list send an e-mail message to:
owner-Czernowitz-L_at_list.cornell.edu
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Received on 2009-08-20 00:21:23