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Jan Peerce
… was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from … the Bolshoi Theatre Opera. Peerce was also involved in NYC Jewish musical life, making regular appearances as a guest … Peerce also made several recordings of cantorial works and Jewish folksongs. … Tenor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
Lazar Weiner
… For full biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music click here … Composer of Yiddish and Hebrew art songs …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… A prolific composer who published both liturgical works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published a collection of Eastern European Jewish folk melodies (1927). Two comprehensive biographies … can be heard here . … Cantor & composer … 0 … American art music … Aleppo … Al Adamot Moreshet … Abraham Moshe Bernstein …
Menachem Kipnis
… Full biography from Issachar Fater's Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars , pp. 182-189, in …
Isaac Schlossberg
… (also known as Leibke Aluxter) were cantors. He studied music and the basics of hazzanut in Vilna under the … ('The Destruction of Jerusalem') by the troupe of the Jewish theater Avrum-Olter Fishzon. Later, for several … where he worked as a composer and conductor of the leading Jewish theaters: 'The Rock', 'Novosti', and the Kaminsky …
Naomi Shemer
… cultural consciousness through her beautiful melodies. Her musical skill was evident in her childhood, and her career … After her army service, she became well known through the musical “ Five-Five, ” essentially an arrangement of her … her death in 2004. Full biography at The Encyclopedia For Jewish Women . For list of works and publications see at …
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 … years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … of 1885 traveled to Vienna and to Leipzig to study music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official …
Joseph Shlisky
… the British capital. At the turn of the 20th century, the Jewish community in Toronto grew, synagogues flourished, and … in the heart of The Ward, the city’s bustling, growing Jewish district. As a soloist in the cantor’s choir, Shlisky … a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves …
Jacob Samuel Maragowsky (Zeidel Rovner)
… are still performed today. Source: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
David Putterman
… of commissioning various famous composers to compose music for the synagogue. A collection of his compositions … Encyclopedia Judaica . (*The photo is taken from yiddishmusic website) … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …