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Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… was a shochet (a ritual slaughterer), a baal-tefila (cantor), and a teacher of Gemarra. His mother, Malka, came … Coast of the United States and 'Jewish' hotels to work as a cantor during the Jewish holidays. At the same time, he also … years of Jewish song in America), etc. As a concert singer, cantor, and lecturer, Yardeni toured several countries in …
Akiva Zimmermann
… was interested in the world of hazzanut but he was never a cantor himself. Over the years, he developed a close relationship with the great cantors in Tel Aviv and around the world. He is considered a … his research and essays are prayer melodies and piyyutim , cantors, history of hazzanut , hazzanut in halakhic …
Alois Kaiser
… and composer, and considered to be the founder of American cantorate. Kaiser received his early education in the … the choir of Solomon Sulzer, and in 1859 became assistant cantor in Fünfhaus, one of the suburbs of the Austrian capital; from 1863 to 1866 he was cantor at the Neusynagoge at Prague. Kaiser arrived in New …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… Eliezer (aka “Lejzor”) was a merchant but also a cantor (Geshuri describes him in his memoire [Geshuri 1970, … prayer leader). He was a descendant of a family of cantors and singers associated with Hassidic courts in … of R. Dovidl of Tolna,” and Abrahan Ber Birnbaum, “the cantor of Čenstochová who originated in the Gur dynasty,” …
Moritz Deutsch
… however that brought him to Vienna to study music and the cantorial tradition. In 1842 Deutsch was appointed assistant Cantor under Salomon Sulzer at the Liberal temple in … was deeply influenced by Sulzer’s work to develop a new cantorial recitative style and liturgical arrangements for …
Leib Glanz
… Leib Glanz was born in Kiev in 1898. His father was the cantor at the Synagogue of the Talna Hasidim and at a young … and made periodical visits to Eretz Israel. His official cantorial career began with posts in Kishinev and Rumania. … to the United States where he was appointed chief cantor of the Ohev Shalom Synagogue in Brooklyn, N.Y. Glanz …
Samuel Naumbourg
… synagogue choir. Naumbourg’s early appointments included a cantorial post in Besançon and a position as choirmaster of … … Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanut, Hazzanim, Hazzanim – Cantors, Cantors – Hazzanim, Cantors … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
Leon Algazi
… he worked as a professor of Jewish music at the Schola Cantorum, and finally in 1961 was appointed the director of …
David Nowakowsky
… Nowakowsky learned harmony and counterpoint and studied the cantorial tradition from noted cantors Yeruham Hokoton and hazzan Spitzberg. In 1869 he … Nowakowsky’s compositional style changed; he began infusing cantorial motives and gestures into his polyphonic works—a …
Eliezer Mordecai Ben Isaac Gerovich
… Cantor and composer. Born in Ukraine . Studied music in … Odessa and St. Petersburg . In 1887 began officiating as cantor in Rostov , and stayed there for 25 years. Known for … iber ḥazones̀, ḥazonim un dirizsharn,' pages 130-133. … Cantor and composer … 0 … Eliezer Mordecai Ben Isaac Gerovich …