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Edward Stark
… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official cantorial position at Congregation Beth Elohim in Brooklyn , … of God” (1898). Stark was aligned with the South German cantorial style, a tradition he inherited from his father, …
Joseph Shlisky
… a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … next few years. Nevertheless, he never really abandoned the cantorial arts. His recital programs over his career were … and remained at that Synagogue for two years. Over his cantorial career, Shlisky served at several synagogues in …
Neil Levin
… and academic life to the scholarly study of the music of Jewish experience from historical, musicological, ethnological, Judaic, and cross-cultural … history, development, and repertoire of synagogue music, cantorial art, Yiddish and Hebrew folksong, the music of …
Uzi Hitman
… Belzen concentration camp. Hitman's father studied in a cantorial seminary with Cantor Moshe Koussevitzky and … to Hitman, his father had a great influence on his musical path, and he used to play recordings of his father's … singing whenever he had visitors. In addition to the cantorial music played in his childhood home, Hitman’s …
Jo Amar
… In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined ‘paytanut’ and poetry to create … and others. Amar was a leader of the emerging Mizrahi music scene in Israel, however during the early years of his … his career he performed throughout the world, and conducted cantorial workshops in the United States and Europe. He was …
Reuben Rinder
… United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial position at Temple Beth-El, Brooklyn, and in 1912 … Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers …
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on … Rabbis of Kutsk and Ger, where Abraham would hear Hassidic music. Although he was considered an Illui in Talmud, … (1896-7), a publication which lasted five issues; opening a cantorial school (1906), which was the first of its kind in …
Yitzchak Eshel (Friedlander)
… Hungary in 1912, and immigrated to Israel in 1949. Held cantorial positions in many cities, including Munich, … the world and taught many young cantors. Recorded albums of cantorial music and Yiddish songs, wrote articles about Jewish music, …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the exceptional musical and emotional power of his singing, he attained a … importance of Cantor Salomon in the writings of cantors and musicologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. … Community of Berlin, declared in his compendium of short cantorial biographies that Salomon was “the greatest cantor …
Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was … trained future rabbis in the basics of the cantorate. As a cantorial teacher and a prominent figure in the Society for … put much effort in promoting the establishment of a modern cantorial school. The work of the Society made possible the …