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Sholom Secunda
… of thirteen, Sholom was able to charge $100 for a Shabbat service. Sholom got his start in Yiddish theater shortly … While his age prevented him from officiating High Holiday Services in traditional synagogues, he was contracted to lead services at the Thalia Theater on the Lower East Side. It …
Yehuda Sharett (Shertok)
… Kibbutz Yagur where he composed the Yagur Passover Seder Service (for which he won the Engel prize ) , a piece …
Gershon Sirota
… As a boy, Sirota frequently assisted his father in leading services at the local synagogue. At the age of 13, Sirota … to visit his grandparents in Odessa and was hired to lead services at the local Bet Hamedrash (small house of prayer), … aback by the young boy’s talent. After hearing Sirota’s service, Yakovkin, the choirmaster of the Shalashna …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… and he incorporated many of his original works into his services. In 1914, at the onset of WWI, he immigrated to the … Weisser took many short-term positions officiating holiday services. In 1923, he was appointed hazzan of the Allen … 1944-1950, when he officiated High Holiday and Passover services at the Flager Hotel in New York's Catskill …
Michele Bolaffi
… in Germany with singer Angelica Catalani; and was in the service if Louis XVIII as a church musician in France. Many …
Mordekhai Hershman
… the socialist Worker’s Union, advertised morning liturgical services at the Ohel Shem theater led by the famous cantor … hahazanut vehashirah ha’ivrit betel aviv ) sponsored the service for which tickets of different prices were sold, … impressed with his singing, that he was released from army service and returned to his Synagogue. (This, and similar …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… small Jewish community of Malta wasn’t able to utilize the services of a hazzan of Mizrahi’s level, and therefore he … to make a final recording of several songs and the Avodah service for Yom Kippur, as 'payment' to Sharel Hadad for …
Naomi Shemer
… of the Nahal military youth organization. After her army service, she became well known through the musical “ …
Edward Stark
… composed musical settings for most of the liturgy for their service. Many of these early arrangements were later … instruments, aside from the organ, into the synagogue service. Only two of his works for choir and instruments … preservation of traditional nusach in the American Reform service. Most of his compositions included in Anim Zmirot …
Isadore Freed
… In 1939 he published his first liturgical work, the ‘Sacred Service for Shabbat Morning.’ In 1951, Freed was hired as a … His later synagogue compositions include the Hasidic Service (1954), Psalm settings, and a selection from … de Rossi 's Ha-shirim asher li-Shelomo arranged as a service for cantor, chorus, and organ (1954). Freed also …