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Lazar Weiner
… For full biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music click here … Composer of Yiddish and Hebrew …
David Roitman
… David Roitman was born in Dorozhinki, Russia, and was one of the leading cantors of his time. He was apprenticed with … Petersburg (1912-1917) and achieved great esteem both in the local Jewish community and across Europe. In 1923 he immigrated to …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… Yiddish songs. Published a collection of Eastern European Jewish folk melodies (1927). Two comprehensive biographies covering the life and works of Abraham Moshe Bernstein can be found …
Menachem Kipnis
… Full biography from Issachar Fater's Jewish Music in Poland between the World Wars , pp. 182-189, in Zchor website. … Singer, …
Isaac Schlossberg
… Petersburg to a family of hereditary cantors. His grandfather, Nathan Schlossberg, and his father, Arie-Leib Schlossberg (also known as Leibke Aluxter) … ('The Destruction of Jerusalem') by the troupe of the Jewish theater Avrum-Olter Fishzon. Later, for several …
Naomi Shemer
… skill was evident in her childhood, and her career began in the cultural department of the Nahal military youth organization. After her army … her death in 2004. Full biography at The Encyclopedia For Jewish Women . For list of works and publications see at …
Edward Stark
… Edward Stark was born in 1856 in Hohenems , Austria to father Josef Stark, a local cantor and butcher. As a young boy, Edward sang in his father’s choir along with his three older brothers. In 1871, … in the early 1860’s. The Stark family settled in the German-Jewish community concentrated in the 'East 50’s' of New York …
Joseph Shlisky
… Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he sang in the choir of the local synagogue. A cantor from a neighboring village … the British capital. At the turn of the 20th century, the Jewish community in Toronto grew, synagogues flourished, and …
Jacob Samuel Maragowsky (Zeidel Rovner)
… using an orchestra as well. In 1914 he immigrated to the U.S. where he remained until his death. Maragowsky … are still performed today. Source: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
David Putterman
… and was a popular cantor who performed in concerts and on the radio. Founded a project which consisted of … commissioning various famous composers to compose music for the synagogue. A collection of his compositions was published in 1979. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . (*The photo is taken from yiddishmusic website) … Cantor … …