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Joseph Singer
… Salomon Sulzer ). He published numerous studies on Jewish music and was among the first to investigate prayer chants scientifically, in an attempt to systemize the … Nulman, Macy. 'Singer, Joseph.' Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor … Hazzan, Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, …
Avraham Soltes
… many cultural and educational activities that interpreted Jewish art, music, and literature. He was chairman of the National Jewish Music Council from 1963 to 1969 and a member of the … as a guitar-playing singer of Italian love- songs, Ladino prayer- songs, American folksongs, Yiddish lullabies, and …
Akiva Zimmermann
… world of hazzanut presented in his research and essays are prayer melodies and piyyutim , cantors, history of hazzanut … in literature and the press and a great scholar of all Jewish and Israeli beings. He knew many of Israel's leaders … personally, particularly regarding their relationship to Jewish tradition and beliefs. Zimmerman had an immense …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … as a scholar is still a major gap in the historiography of Jewish music. Born in Myslowitz, Upper Silesia, then part of … in music and “ ba’al tefillah muvhaq ” i.e. a consummate prayer leader). He was a descendant of a family of cantors …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… recognized the need of an appropriate musical setting for Jewish congregational services and composed complete musical services according to the Union prayer book. These services were adopted by some of the … Bloch: Civil War Composers and Musicians', in American Jewish Historical Quarterly , Vol. 53, No. 1 (September …
Kurt Weill
… several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. In 1946, four years before his death, he composed the Jewish prayer ' Kiddush ,' dedicated to his father. See Kurt …
Gershon Sirota
… to lead services at the local Bet Hamedrash (small house of prayer), where his grandfather was a member. The board of … Low. Sirota and his choir starred in the grand concert of Jewish music of 1902, performed at the reception for … with such titles as, “King of the Hazzanim” and the “Jewish Caruso.” It is said that Sirota had a generous …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… also supported himself by selling embroidered “taligas,” or prayer shawl pouches, and ornamented curtains for the ark in … and Sara. During the Balkan War (1912-1913), many young Jewish residents of Jerusalem fled the city or hid in order … on a cargo boat exporting oranges to Malta . The small Jewish community of Malta wasn’t able to utilize the …
Isaac Offenbach
… synagogue melodies. His manuscripts were donated to The Jewish Institute of Religion in New York, and to the … and traditional melodies (1838), and a Hebrew-German youth prayer book (1839). … Cantor & composer … Isaac Offenbach …
Edward Stark
… in the early 1860’s. The Stark family settled in the German-Jewish community concentrated in the 'East 50’s' of New York … . Emanu-El was one of the first synagogues to use the Union Prayer Book, and as such, Stark composed musical settings …