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The Making of a Reform Jewish Cantor: Musical Authority, Cultural Investment.
… Examines the office of the modern Amrican cantor through a detailed ethnography of the School of … University Press … … 2009 … The Making of a Reform Jewish Cantor: Musical Authority, Cultural Investment. …
8. Instrumental Maqam Siga on Santur
Instrumental rendition of the sung Maqam Siga on santur, performed by Khaduri Bassun,…
Israel Alter
… family with many rabbis. He studied music in Vienna with cantors and teachers of singing and composition, including Cantor Yehuda Leib Miller . At the age of 20, he began serving as the cantor of the Brigittenauer Synagogue in Vienna. In 1925, he …
Moshe Taube
… holocaust, he immigrated to Palestine, where he worked as a cantor in Tel- Aviv. He immigrated to the U.S. in 1957, and officiated as cantor in New York and later in Pittsburg. Taube developed a unique style as a cantor and composed original melodies for prayers. Sources: …
Moshe Preis
… professor, at age 19, he was offered the major position of Cantor at the prestigious Kazinczy Street Synagogue in … Jew. Subsequently, he officiated for Passover 1939 as guest cantor at Manchester Central Synagogue. Upon hearing him … the services there, he was offered a permanent position as Cantor. With the threat of WWII in his mind, Chazan Preis …
62. Cantes amargos (Isac Haim)
Considering its substantial documentation, it is evident that this song was very popular…

Joshua (Osias) Abrass
… with Bezalel Schulsinger in Odessa. Joshua officiated as a cantor in Tarnopol (1840-1842) and in Lvov (1842-1858), and as chief cantor in Odessa (1858-1884). He published one work, Simrat Joh (ca. 1884). In his memoirs, Cantor Pinchas Minkowski relates the story of the “cantors’ …

The great cantor of Baghdad : the liturgical poems of Joseph Ben Hayyim al-Baradani
… … Baghdadi … Tova Beeri … Joseph Albaradani … The great cantor of Baghdad : the liturgical poems of Joseph Ben …