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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 …
David Abikzer
… in Casablanca, Morocco, and it was there that he began his musical education. His vocal talent was evident from a young … later, he was offered a position as cantor of the Sephardic Temple of Cedarhurst , New York. As a result, Hazzan Abikzer … in Israel. Sources: 'Cantor Abikzer Says Goodbye to the Temple of Cedarhurst.' Jewish Image . September 10, 2008. …
Morton Shanok
… World War II. Afterward he began to serve as a cantor at Temple Beth-El in Rockaway Park, New York. With outbreak of … discharged from the army, he attended Manhattan School of Music and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. … the cantorial profession. His first cantorial post was at Temple Beth El in Rockaway Park, Long Island New York, where …
Isadore Freed
… States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed studied music formally at the University of Pennsylvania, where he … education. Starting in 1937, he joined the music faculty at Temple University and accepted a post as organist and choirmaster at Temple Keneseth Israel in Philadelphia . In 1944, Freed …
Lazare Saminsky
… he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During this period … cantillations, prayer chants, melodies, and other sacred musical traditions of the Georgian and Persian Jews in … became the musical director of the reform congregation of Temple Emanu-El, where he worked until the end of his life. …
Elio Piattelli
… from the University of Rome in 1931, he pursued his innate musicality studying in Rome with Maestro Cesare Dobici … (Liturgical Chants of the Sephardic Rite of the Israelite Temple in Florence), transcribed and commented by E. … by anti-Semitic hatred after praying in front of the Temple on 9 October 1982, Sheminì Atzeret 5743' (terrorist …
Nahum Heiman
… has won the right to become one of the priests of Hebrew music.' It is not for nothing that Natan Yonatan calls Nahum … says that the families of Heiman, Asaf and Yedoton were the musicians of the first and second temple.' Nahum Heiman composed hundreds of songs. Many of …
Reuben Rinder
… United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial position at Temple Beth-El, Brooklyn, and in 1912 he became the cantor … Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers …
Jacob Bauer
… teacher. Born in Szenice, Hungary. Cantor and adaptor of music in the Turkish-Israelite temple in Vienna . Founder and first editor of the …