Born in Hamburg, Germany. Immigrated from Germany in 1933 and returned in 1948 (to East…

… Uman, also know as 'Bezalel Odesser.' Served as cantor in Odessa for about thirty-five years, later moving to … … Composers … Cantor … Composer … Odessa … Synagogue … Music … Jerusalem … Bezalel Shulsinger …

… a child prodigy, and studied with Bezalel Schulsinger in Odessa. Joshua officiated as a cantor in Tarnopol … (1840-1842) and in Lvov (1842-1858), and as chief cantor in Odessa (1858-1884). He published one work, Simrat Joh (ca. … Minkowski relates the story of the “cantors’ battle” in Odessa between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman , during …

… extensively, serving communities in Kherson, Lemberg, and Odessa, finally settling in New York to serve as the chief … Yeshurun Synagogue. In 1892, Minkowski was invited back to Odessa to take office as the chief cantor at the Brody … also deeply involved in Bialik’s intellectual movement in Odessa. He lectured at the Jewish Conservatory and was the …

… Alexander Olshanetsky was born in Odessa, Ukraine. He played with the Odessa Opera orchestra and toured Russia and Siberia, and …

A niggun for Psalm 121 composed by R. Ben-Zion Halberstam of Bobov (1873-1941).…

… he was appointed cheif hazzan at the Brody Synagogue in Odessa, a position he held until his death in 1903. During … his time there, he established the first  Chor-Schul  in Odessa where he developed choral singing for four voices. …

… Born in Odessa , Ukraine . Officiated as cantor in Kherson and was a … he was exposed to while singing with Bezalel Shulsinger in Odessa , and studying with Salomon Sulzer in Vienna . His …

… later established his reputation in Lemberg (1868-1864), Odessa (1884-1885) and Budapest (1885-1905), where he … Minkowski relates the story of the “cantors’ battle” in Odessa between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman, in which the Jewish community in Odessa was divided into two camps: the Pitsists (plural of …

… to hazzan  Nissan Blumenthal  at the Brody Synagogue in Odessa. Nowakowsky was deeply influenced by Blumenthal’s … of music theory and harmony at the People’s Conservatory of Odessa.           Odessa was one of the great centers of the  Haskalah …