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Albert Weisser
… of his uncle, the renowned cantor Joshua S. Weisser . He studied piano with Isaiah Seligman and played with various … the Normandy invasion. While convalescing in England, he studied privately with composer Ralph Vaughn Williams. He … with Lazare Saminsky , who encouraged his work on the St. Petersburg School. He was music director of Temple Israel …
Eliezer Mordecai Ben Isaac Gerovich
… Cantor and composer. Born in Ukraine . Studied music in Berdichev, Odessa and St. Petersburg . In 1887 began officiating as cantor in Rostov , …
Yizhak Edel
… to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by his grandfather. When he was still a child, Edel received a violin. He taught himself to … for Jewish folk Music which were based mainly in St. Petersburg . These experiences would later lead him to deal …
Joseph Achron
… father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he studied under renowned violinist Leopold Auer, and composer …
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
… Kwartin was born in Novo-arkhangelsk , Ukraine, and was first exposed to the cantorial tradition through his … in the choir of a local synagogue. Kwartin went on to study hazzanut formally in Vienna , where he later received … career, Kwartin also served several communities in St. Petersburg, and also served at the Tabak Temple in …
Mikhail Gnesin
… Gnesin was born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar Fritch at the Rostov Technical Institute. He went on to study composition at the Petersburg Conservatory with noted teachers Liadov, Glazunov …
Pinhas Jassinowsky
… a small town outside of Kiev , Ukraine . Jassinowsky’s first exposure to Jewish liturgical music was as a choirboy … under director Pinhas Minkowski in Kherson . He went on to study music in St. Petersburg where he worked as an assistant choirmaster at a …
David Roitman
… including Zeidel Rovner . Roitman served as a cantor in St. Petersburg (1912-1917) and achieved great esteem both in the local Jewish community and across Europe. …
Isaac Schlossberg
… is a composer and conductor. He was born in 1877 in St. Petersburg to a family of hereditary cantors. His … Schlossberg (also known as Leibke Aluxter) were cantors. He studied music and the basics of hazzanut in Vilna under the …
Lazare Saminsky
… was born in Vale-Gotzulovo[-Hatzulovo], Ukraine. He studied composition at the St. Petersburg Conservatory (1906-1910). In 1908 he became a …