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Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … in Kishinev , Alman moved to London where he continued his musical studies at the Royal College of Music. There he … Alman also wrote and published several arrangements of popular Yiddish folk songs. … Composer of Synagogue and …
Marc Lavry
… Marc Lavry was born in Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories … Lavry was also a prolific composer of Israeli art music, with a large corpus of oratorios, chamber and orchestral works, popular songs, and theater music. Perhaps his most well …
Wolf Shestapol
… in Kherson and was a prolific composer, producing many popular works. His works were strongly influenced by European art music to which he was exposed to while singing with Bezalel … , and studying with Salomon Sulzer in Vienna . His fluent music reading was unusual among the cantors of his day. …
Bezalel Shulsinger
… . His compositions (notated by his students) achieved great popularity and had a strong influence on synagogue music. Sources: Olivestone, David M.L. 'Shulsinger, … Bezalel.' Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Mordekhai Hershman
… El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … entered the repertoire of other cantors and have remained popular to this day, due to their beautiful cantabile … other singers, most notably Jan Peerce . While the immense popularity of his recordings can be attributed to his …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a local hazzan and as an ud musician. He also supported himself by selling embroidered … your mouth, God how beautiful you are”), which became very popular and remained on the lips of all who heard it. …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical … in 1864. The 1870’s marked a period of decline in the popularity of Offenbach’s works as public taste shifted … Théâtre de la Gaîté, where he re-released two of his most popular operettas, Orphée aux enfers and Geneviève de …
David Zehavi
… the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older sister, Leah Goldis, pushed him to get a musical education and playing the violin. But Zehavi … melodies all over the country and became one of the most popular composers of his time. He was the first composer …
David Putterman
… time ( Zeidel Rovner , Josef Rosenblatt , et al.) and was a popular cantor who performed in concerts and on the radio. … 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 – …
Hans Krása
… spent their summer vacations. Hans studied at the German Music Academy in Prague , after which he accepted a position … George Szell. Rather than associating with fellow Czech musicians, Krása often preferred to socialize and work in … for performance in Terezín. The opera was overwhelmingly popular and was performed over 50 times during the years …