Joachim: Hebrew Melodies for Viola and Piano, Op. 9On Poems of Byron Joseph Joachim's Hebrew Melodies, Op. 9 were composed sometime in 1854 or 1855, a good 40 years after the publication of the poems that inspired them. The poet Lord Byron, in collaboration with Isaac Nathan, and English composer of Jewish heritage, published in 1815 a set of 29 songs, also entitled Hebrew Melodies, which are today better known simply as poems; the music is largely unheard and difficult to come by. Probably the most