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Richard Tucker
Richard Tucker was born in New York, U.S.A. In addition to his work as Hazzan, he was a…
Jan Peerce
Jan Peerce (birth name Jacob Pincus Perelmuth) was born in New York City in 1904.…
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
Asher Shimon Mizrahi was born in the old city of Jerusalem in 1890 to father Yitzhak…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
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Michele Bolaffi
Michele Bolaffi was a distinguished musician and composer active in Livorno in the early…
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Chosen Voices: the Story of the American Cantorate
An overview of the history and ethnography of the American cantorial as practices in…
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Voices of the People: The Story of Yiddish Folksong
The original book was published by.... New York, 1963. (from the back cover of the book…
Ottoman Hebrew Sacred Songs
This rare recording of one of the last surviving singers of the Maftirim choir (Edirne,…
Synagogue Music in the Baroque Vol. 1
Synagogal art music prior to the Emancipation (17th-18th centuries), from Italy,…
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The Reliabililty of Oral Transmission: The Case of Samaritan Music
When researching Oral traditions there are different approaches regarding the question…