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Hirsch Weintraub
… in Berlin. He also studied counterpoint in Königsberg . From 1829 to 1834 Weintraub succeeded his father as cantor in … Hirsch Weintraub. Further bibliography: Hirsch Weintraub From East to West . … Cantor and composer … Hazzanut,Hazzanim …
Albert Weisser
… (Great Neck) until 1960. He taught at Brooklyn College from 1959 to 1969 and at the Jewish Theological Seminary (New … he taught the history of Jewish music and music theory from 1970 until his death. While serving as first president …
Efraim Yaakov
… was born in 1953 and raised in Nahariya, to a family from Hogeriya in Yemen. He completed his academic degrees in … and publishing the literature and poetry of the Jews from Hogeriya in Israel. Efraim Yaakov can be seen as an … 31, 2015, Efraim Yaakov passed away at the age of 62. From the words of Tom Fogel in his memory: (translated from …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… and a teacher of Gemarra. His mother, Malka, came from a family of wealthy contractors. In 1922 his family … with a repertoire of 'Israelian' songs and Jewish liturgy. From 1940 he began to accept offers from various synagogues on the East Coast of the United …
Akiva Zimmermann
… Tel Aviv, a city where hazzanut flourished at that time. From a young age, Zimmerman was interested in the world of … had an immense memory and distinct self-discipline. From a very young age, at the age of six, he gained the … years. He has written articles on a variety of topics - from hazzanut and Jewish music to current affairs in …
Alois Kaiser
… Teachers' Seminary and Conservatory of Music in Vienna. From the age of ten he sang in the choir of Solomon Sulzer, … in Fünfhaus, one of the suburbs of the Austrian capital; from 1863 to 1866 he was cantor at the Neusynagoge at Prague. … years president of the Society of American Cantors. From 1895, he was honorary member of the Central Conference …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… Empire (now Mysłowice, Poland), Geshuri (a name derived from the Hebrew for “bridge,” an equivalent of the German … Geshuri acknowledges the Hassidic background of his youth: From the Tzaddik Rabbi Haim-Shmuel Halevy Horwitz of … Bruckner and my grandfather R. Abraham Mordecai Bruckner from Skała-Wolbrom [i.e. his grandfather had immigrated from …
Fritz Rikko
… the free summer concerts it gave in Washington Square Park from 1956 through 1974 with Rikko as conductor. Rikko had …
Moritz Deutsch
… The support for the new institute marked a shift away from the meshorerim tradition of cantorial apprenticeships …
Leib Glanz
… to diversify the tradition, Glanz incorporated gestures from many different genres, including romantic music, Israeli folk songs, and Jewish liturgical music from communities throughout the Diaspora. While working at …