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Eliezer Mordecai Ben Isaac Gerovich
Cantor and composer. Born in Ukraine. Studied music in Berdichev, Odessa and St.…
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his…
Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro…
Hugo Adler
Hugo Adler was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He sang in the choir of Yossele Roenblatt in…
Hadass Pal-Yarden
Hadass Pal-Yarden is an Israeli singer, musicologist, lecturer, Hazzan and cantor. She…
Samuel Alman
Samuel Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education…
Aaron Beer
Aaron Beer was born in Bamberg, Bavaria in 1739. He held his first cantorial post at the…
Moshe Koussevitsky
Moshe Koussevitsky was born in Smorgon, Poland, the eldest of four brothers who all…
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
Kwartin was born in Novo-arkhangelsk, Ukraine, and was first exposed to the…
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Myer Leoni
Myer Leoni began his musical career as an opera singer in England. In 1767 he took a…