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Leo Levi
… almost fifty informants, professional hazzanim (synagogue cantors) and other culture-bearers. In over eighty recording …
Salomon Sulzer
… Born in Hohenemes, Austria, Sulzer officiated as a cantor in his hometown, and was later appointed cantor at the Seitenstettengasse Synagogue in Vienna, where … stayed for fifty-five years. He was an admired and imitated cantor of his time, appreciated beyond the Jewish community. …
Louis Lewandowski
… poverty, Lewandowski moved to Berlin to work as a singer in cantor Ascher Lion’s choir. During his time in Berlin, … in Berlin. He also served as honorary president of the Cantors’ Association and was appointed the Royal Music Director of Berlin. … Cantor & composer … Berlin … Conductor … Choir … Composer … …
Yehoshu'a Leib Ne'eman
… Studied under Solomon Rosowsky , later becoming a popular cantor in many of Jerusalem's synagogues, while also … of Music. Ne'eman wrote extensively on subjects such as cantorial education, biblical cantillation, etc. … Cantor & teacher … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Menashe Ravina
… was born in Pereyaslav , now part of Ukraine, to Elazar, a cantor and candy factory owner, and Brina. When he was two … to Novogrudok , where his father took on the role of chief cantor, leading a synagogue choir. Ravina received his early …
Josef (Yossele) Rosenblatt
… to the U.S. in 1912. Widely considered the most popular cantor of his time, Rosenblatt composed and arranged … numerous religious works and had a major influence on the cantorial world that followed him. Sources: Concise … Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , Encyclopedia Judaica . … Cantor and composer … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Solomon Rosowsky
… Solomon Rosowky, son of prominent cantor Baruch Leib Rosowsky , was born in Riga in 1878. … analysis of the scalar basis of Shabbat cantillation. … cantor and composer … Musicologist … Scholar … Biblical … …
Salamone Rossi
… of Szegedin (Hungary). Following this publication, Parisian cantor and composer Samuel Naumbourg became increasingly …
Eliyahu Schleifer
… Tel Aviv University. Ph.D., University of Chicago (1970) … Cantor, teacher & researcher (HU, HUC) … Eliyahu Schleifer …
Geoffrey Goldberg
… A Small-Town Hazzan in the Time of the Emancipation and his Cantorial Compendium (2001). Research interests: Historical …