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Jacob Bachman
… Ukraine). As a child he studied in a Yeshiva. He began his music studies in Moshe Pasternak’s choir at the local synagogue. When he was eighteen, Bachmann went to study at … Bachman composed collections of compositions for the synagogue. His musical style in these pieces was influenced …
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on … Rabbis of Kutsk and Ger, where Abraham would hear Hassidic music. Although he was considered an Illui in Talmud, … a music career at a young age; he began by singing in the synagogue choir of the local cantor Leizerke, as well as by …
Herman Berlinski
… U.S. in 1941. Was known as an organist (which he played in synagogues and on tours) and as a composer. Many of his … (chamber, organ and vocal works). The Herman Berlinsky music collection, which contains writings and compositions … can be found here via the Miliken Archive of Jewish Music. An additional biography can be found here , on the …
Jacob Blanes
… About the cantors of the Portugese Synagogue of Amsterdam see Israel Adler's monograph, Musical Life and Traditions of the Portuguese Jewish … in the XVIIIth Century . … Cantor of the Portuguese Synagogue of Amsterdam, Holland … Jacob Blanes …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the exceptional musical and emotional power of his singing, he attained a … of Hirsch Weintraub, Salomon was one of the earliest synagogue cantors whose musical compositions are extant … and a Pack of Lions: A Shabbos in Płock with a Popular Synagogue Singer in the Early Nineteenth Century.” Polin: …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … career began in the 1960's, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. … her music into the mainstream of Jewish life and into their synagogues, where many worshippers were seeking more …
Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was … cantor and Sunday school director at the Kane Street Synagogue, and a year later also as a rabbi. He kept the … was the formation of a mixed boys and girls choir in the synagogue, which was rare at the time. In order to bring the …
Miriam Gideon
… in Greeley, Colorado. From an early age, Gideon displayed musical talents and began studying piano. Miriam continued her music studies with her uncle, Henry Gideon, an organ player and the manager of a synagogue choir in Boston. In 1926 Miriam received a …
Rahamim Amar
… and was the 20th generation in Jerusalem. He started his music career when he served as a trumpet player in the … his release from the army, he began to specialize in other musical instruments. He especially loved plucked string … Jerusalem choirs that performed his own compositions in synagogues and various events. They even participated …
Marcus Hast
… . One of the rare items is Hast's earliest collection of synagogue music from 1878 which he edited in collaboration with the … Hast claims to have published the first volume of Ashkenazi Synagogue music in England (the very first of all, [David …