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Pinhas Minkowski
… Minkokwski was born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine, where his father officiated as a cantor. Minkowski studied the cantorial tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic musical education by …
Arno Nadel
… Birnbaum , first as a participant in his all boy-choir, and then as a private cantorial student. In 1895 Nadel enrolled in the Jewish Teacher’s Institute in Berlin, and upon graduation settled there as an educator and choirmaster for the Kottbuser Ufer …
Nahum Nardi
… He was named after his uncle Dudu 'Noyhem,' who was the court rabbi of the community. He began his piano studies at age seven, further pursuing them at the Kiev Conservatory, where he …
Sholom Secunda
… was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson province, to parents Abraham and Anna Secunda. He was the sixth of nine children born to the Secunda family. In 1896 the Secunda’s moved to …
Mordekhai Seter
… – Tel-Aviv, 1994, immigrated to Palestine in 1926) received the Israel Prize in 1965 for his Midnight Vigil ( Tikkun … an oratorio for tenor, three choirs and orchestra depicting the redemption of the Jewish people. This oratorio has been considered since …
Yehuda Sharett (Shertok)
… in 1906. Was a member of Kibbutz Yagur where he composed the Yagur Passover Seder Service (for which he won the Engel prize ) , a piece combining Jewish tradition with …
Mattityahu Shelem
… His most renowned work is Havaʼat haʻomer , composed for the Omer festival of Ramat Yohanan. This work and Yehuda Sharett 's Seder constitute the central musical pieces of the 'new ceremonies' of the secular Kibbutz movement. Shelem …
Wolf Shestapol
… in Vienna . His fluent music reading was unusual among the cantors of his day. Sources: Bayer, Bathja. 'Shestapol, …
Gershon Sirota
… Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village cantor. As a boy, Sirota frequently assisted his father in leading services at the local synagogue. At the age …
Johanna L. Spector
… in various concentration camps, and in 1947 immigrated to the United States. Spector collected many recordings of … Persian, Yemenite, and Indian cultures. She documented these cultures on camera and on film, producing several … documentaries , and she published many articles concerning these cultures. Spector also assembled a collection of …