Samuel Naumbourg (March 15, 1817, Dennenlohe, Bavaria - May 1, 1880, Saint-Mandé, near Paris), French composer. After having held the office of chazzan and reader at Besançon 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 Paris, where he became professor of liturgical music 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 (ib. 1864); "Shire Qodesh", new collection of religious songs for use in Jewish worship (ib. 1864); "Aguddat Shirim", colle