Collection of items from the archive of Alberto Hemsi, composer and musicologist (1898-1975), choir conductor in the Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue in Alexandria – sheet music booklets, photographs and other items. [Egypt and France, ca. 1920s-1970s]. Hebrew, Arabic and French.
• Sheet music booklets by Alberto Hemsi, with sheet music for dozens of melodies and piyyutim – Egypt and France, 1930s-1970s.
• Group photograph of the choir members of the Eliyahu HaNavi synagogue in Alexandria, with the conductor Alberto Hemsi and his assistant. [Egypt, 1939].
• Three photographs, presumably portraying the members and directors of the Egyptian Federation of Scouts in Alexandria.
• Eight copies of photographs portraying Jews in Egypt.
• Three manuscripts: two manuscripts of supplications and piyyutim [Oriental script, 20th century]; manuscript of Megillat Shir HaShirim, with Targum and Rashi [Yemen, 19th/20th century].
• Other leaves and items.
The collection also includes various items related to Dr. Rudolf Sachs, staff member in the Cairo Jewish hospital, including a certificate granted to Dr. Rudolf Sachs by the Ashkenazi community in Cairo, in appreciation for his contribution to the reconstruction of their synagogue. Cairo, 1944.
Over 30 items. Size and condition vary.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.