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Israel Meyer Japhet
… began working as choir master and teacher at the Orthodox Synagogue in Frankfurt , where he remained until his death … a large body of Jewish liturgical music for use in his Synagogue. His arrangements were melodically and … Jeschurun (1922), a three-volume collection of over 100 synagogue melodies for cantor and choir, covering the …
Pinhas Jassinowsky
… where he worked as an assistant choirmaster at a local Synagogue. He immigrated to the United States in 1917, and began touring extensively, performing in Synagogues and giving public concerts. Jassinowsky was also …
Alter Yehiel Karniol
… Hungary, where he began officiating in a number of local synagogues. He left Hungary for a short while to work at the Ohab Zedek Synagogue in New York , returning to Russia to take a position of chief hazzan at the Great Synagogue in Odessa in 1889. With the onslaught of pogroms …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… city walls and built a new home across from the Sephardic Synagogue in the newly established neighborhood of … shawl pouches, and ornamented curtains for the ark in the Synagogue. Asher was married at a young age to Rachel of the … the career. In 1926, he was invited to perform at the great Synagogue Eliyahu Ha’Navi in Alexandria , Egypt . In awe of …
Eliezer S. Abinun
… book suspended from the ceiling of its former main Sephardi synagogue, now a museum. Both Hebrew and Ladino were spoken …
Isaac Offenbach
… Jacques Offenbach . Offenbach was a noted composer of synagogue and secular music. The majority of his musical … of cantorial compositions and transcriptions of traditional synagogue melodies. His manuscripts were donated to The …
Jacques Offenbach
… and both boys earned their keep by singing in a local synagogue choir. Due to financial difficulties, Jacques was …
Jan Peerce
… life, making regular appearances as a guest cantor in local synagogues and in cantorial concerts. Peerce also made …
David Roitman
… in New York, officiating as a cantor at the Sha'arey Tzedek Synagogue from 1924 until his death. As a cantor, he had a …
Isaac Schlossberg
… tenor) and Edelman (later cantor in one of the Viennese synagogues). At the age of 13, Schlossberg became an … first time conducted the Grand Choir of the Vilna Choral Synagogue. Later he entered the Warsaw Conservatory. In … he was for a short time choir director of the Great Warsaw Synagogue. His wife, Sonya, and two daughters, Manya and …