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Edward Stark
… the first cantors to introduce instruments, aside from the organ, into the synagogue service. Only two of his works for …
Joseph Shlisky
… at fundraisers and benefit concerts for charitable organizations. In remembering his difficult journey to …
Isadore Freed
… music faculty at Temple University and accepted a post as organist and choirmaster at Temple Keneseth Israel in … li-Shelomo arranged as a service for cantor, chorus, and organ (1954). Freed also served as the president of the …
Frederick Piket
… synagogue composition began after taking a position as an organist and as music director of the White Plains Jewish …
Heinrich Schalit
… Vienna, Austria. Studied in Vienna, and later worked as an organist in synagogues in Munich and in Rome. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1940 and held positions as a synagogue organist in various cities. As a composer, Schalit wrote …
Gideon Klein
… and war. In the first year of his internment, Klein organized clandestine rehearsals and small scale …
Rafael Schächter
… of communal singing in the barracks. By 1942, Schächter's organized choral activities began to take shape. In … ensemble. Schächter's efforts inspired other musicians to organize singing groups: Karel Berman formed a girls chorus; … folk songs, and new Palestinian music. In addition to organizing choral activities, Schächter produced several …
Yosef Hadar
… and men's choirs, as well as an orchestra. In addition, he organized practice and performance venues for his groups, …
Karel Reiner
… Reiner worked for the Jewish Community office in Prague, organizing musical activities. Reiner’s compositional output …
Karel Ančerl
… Although instruments were scarce in Terezín, he managed to organize an ensemble comprised of sixteen first violins, …