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Yom Yom Odeh: Towards the Biography of a Hebrew Baidaphon Record
… of the above-mentioned repertoires. [3] Moreover, synagogue cantors, ḥazzanim, often tended to structure new … grandfather was a ḥazzan and had received part of his cantorial training in Aleppo, a city that continues to …
Stefanie Mockert
… currently writing her dissertation, provisionally titled “Cantor Emanuel Kirschner (1857-1938) - A Biographical …
Ben-Zion (Yisrael Noach) Kapov-Kagan
… a period of time as president of the Jewish Ministers and Cantors Association. Kapov-Kagan was well renowned for his … … Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanut, Hazzanim, Hazzanim – Cantors, Cantors – Hazzanim, Cantors … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzanut, …
The Fall of Jerusalem in Song: The Ashkenazi Melody She’eh ne’esar
… liturgical melodies in the modern era. Gershon Efros in his Cantorial Anthology (vol. V, p. 54) replicates Sulzer’s … it down from his own personal memory (in his youth he was cantor in Germany). Notice also that Idelsohn provided two … Breuer (from Frankfurt am Main; Sound example 1 below); Cantor Michel Heymann (from Strasbourg, Alsace, later cantor …
Bore ‘ad ana – A Dirge for the Ninth of Av and its Geographical Distribution
… by Mr. Hocha, here are some remarks about this notable cantor. Nehemiah Hocha, cantor and scholar, was born in Zakho , in the Kurdish … Synagogue of the Aleppan Jews. For many years, Nehemiah was cantor and preacher at the Zekhut Avot Synagogue in …
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
… 1920s) and by Josef Spindel (1934). Another recording by cantor Ephraim Di-Zahav (at 1:24) was broadcast for many …
Elohim hashivenu: A liturgical insertion for the High Holidays in Salamone Rossi's version in Italy and beyond
… of three verses from Psalm 80 which is recited by the cantor before the reading from the second Torah scroll … four versions of Elohim hashivenu , three from Italian cantors and one from a cantor from Salonika. Considering the time and material …
Maoz Tzur: The Mystifying Wandering of a Hanukkah Anthem
… … Hanukkah … Chanukkah … Piyyut … Ashkenaz … Ashkenazi cantorate … Hazzanut … Maoz Tzur: The Mystifying Wandering …
Purim Lanu, Pesah a la Mano: Celebrating Flory Jagoda (1923-2021)
… in Amsterdam around 1614, invited to serve as hazzan (cantor) of the new, flourishing Portuguese Jewish community. …
Moshe Cordova
… from Izmir, moved to Istanbul to become the ḥ azzan (cantor) of the Italian synagogue, a position he held until … in public, but taught Turkish ma ka m to a handful of cantors and appeared in selected radio broadcasts. Most notable among his disciples was the Jerusalem-born cantor Refael Yair Elnadav (1921-2012). Elnadav, half …