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Avraham Soltes
… life: Judica; the struggle in Palestine to forge an Israel; Music, in all shapes and forms. Even as a rabbinical student … from 1946 to 1949. He subsequently served as rabbi at Temple Sharey Tefilo in East Orange and Temple Emanuel in Great Neck. He began his service at West …
Albert Weisser
… Upon graduating in 1948, he entered the master's program in musicology. Under the guidance of Curt Sachs , he wrote his thesis on 'The Jewish National Music in Russia', which was later published as The Modern … work on the St. Petersburg School. He was music director of Temple Israel (Great Neck) until 1960. He taught at Brooklyn …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a … Hebrew music from before the destruction [of the Jerusalem Temple], and from them we can assume with certainty about …
Moritz Deutsch
… vocal talent however that brought him to Vienna to study music and the cantorial tradition. In 1842 Deutsch was … assistant Cantor under Salomon Sulzer at the Liberal temple in Vienna. Deutsch was deeply influenced by Sulzer’s … the Breslau Theological Seminary, where he taught cantorial music for over 30 years. In 1859, Deutsch helped to found …
Leon Algazi
… Algazi was born in Iepuresti, Romania in 1890. He studied music in Vienna and Paris and graduated from the Ecole … , a position he held for many years. His interest in Jewish music and folklore was sparked by early studies with … and finally in 1961 was appointed the director of the Temples of the Paris Consistoire. … Composer, Conductor …
Hugo Adler
… immigrated to the US, and there he officiated as cantor at Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts from 1940 until … (1949). Adler replaced much of the 19th century liturgical music with new and modern musical settings. In 1942 he was awarded first prize by the …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he … commissioned to compose Evening Service for the Shabbat by Temple Emanu-El in San Francisco , which gained him …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… in hazzanut. Koussevitsky was identified early on as a musical protégé and at the age of eight joined a synagogue … to the United States , where he received a post at Temple Beth El in Brooklyn , NY . While living in New York , …
Gershon Sirota
… grandfather was a member. The board of trustees, and other music professionals in attendance, were taken aback by the … styles. Yakovkin encouraged Sirota to consider studying music formally at the Odessa Conservatory of Music. Based on … , the successor of Salomon Sulzer at the Seitenshteten Temple. Singer was greatly impressed by the young man’s …
Mordekhai Hershman
… During his time at Beth El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … which he did in 1920 where he was appointed Chazan at the Temple Beth-El in Boro Park, Brooklyn. Hershman toured and …