Samuel Naumbourg (15 March 1817 – 1 May 1880) was a French composer.

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Naumbourg was born in Dennenlohe,

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. After having held the office of

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and reader at

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and directed the choir of the synagogue at Strasburg, he was called, in 1845, to officiate in the synagogue of the rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth at

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, where he became professor of

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at the Séminaire Israélite. Shortly before his death he was elected Officier d'Académie. The more important of his compositions are: "Chants Liturgicals des Grandes Fêtes" (Paris, 1847); "Zemirot Yisrael", comprising psalms, hymns, and the complete liturgy, from the most remote times to the present day (1864); "Shire Qodesh", new collection of religious songs for use in Jewish worship (1864); "Aguddat Shirim", collection of religious and popular Hebrew songs, from the most ancient times to the present day (1874); " Shir ha-Shirim Asher li-Shelomoh" (1877), with an essay on the life and works of Solomon de Rossi. The last-mentioned work is dedicated to Baron

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, who discovered a portion of the songs of Rossi and who encouraged Naumbourg in his efforts to revive the musical productions of the old master. He died in

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, near

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* Arch. 1sr. vol. xli. *

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, ''Souvenirs et Regrets'' * Winter and Wünsche, ''Jüdische Litteratur'', iii. 527 * Eliyahu Schleifer (ed.): ''Samuel Naumbourg. The Cantor of French Jewish Emancipation" (Berlin: Hentrich & Hentrich, 2012); by

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, Jacques Kahn

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