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Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… a close friendship with Rabbi Lieben of the Old-New Synagogue in Prague . While in Prague , Schul discovered medieval manuscripts of Hebrew chant in Leiben’s synagogue. This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish …
Mordekhai Zeira
… to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the synagogue. He also heard Hassidic music in his house that … of a H assidic niggun that he heard as a child in the Synagogue in Kiev. He saw in these elements a fruitful and …
Yosef Hadar
… entered the repertoire of liturgical prayer melodies. Many synagogues use the melody to sing the piyut, 'Lecha Dodi' …
Neil Levin
… courses on the history, development, and repertoire of synagogue music, cantorial art, Yiddish and Hebrew folksong, …
Richard Newman
… of the Jewish Centers in Hillcrest, Long Island, various synagogues in New York, and Philadelphia. From 1972-1984 he …
Elio Piattelli
… by Pasquale Troia Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in Rome from 1948 to 1984, Elio Piatelli enhanced the liturgical life of the synagogue (and beyond) with a choir that sang melodies from … inspiration. They are not foreign to the spirit of the synagogue. This remarkable heritage of original compositions …
Jo Amar
… away, he continued to perform, singing piyutim in various synagogues. Around the early 2000’s, Amar, father of four …
Sigmund Mogulesko
… on December 16, 1858. As a young boy, he sang in the local Synagogue choir and apprenticed with several well-known …
Leon Blank
… family moved to Romania, where he began singing in a local Synagogue choir. Even from an early age, Blank felt an …
Abraham Ellstein
… in 1907 (d. 1963), Ellstein sang as a chorister at local synagogue and also for the Metropolitan Opera Children's … the radio and broadcasted programs about Yiddish music and Synagogue music. As a composer, he wrote 33 scores for …