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Emanuel Aguilar
… … London … Pianist … Spanish-Portuguese … Western Sephardi tradition … Emanuel Aguilar …
Samuel Alman
… was deeply influenced by the Eastern European cantorial tradition, specifically by the work of hazzanim Nisson …
Alexander A. Krein
… national style. Krein found inspiration in the musical traditions of the synagogue. He utilized melodic …
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
… , Ukraine, and was first exposed to the cantorial tradition through his involvement in the choir of a local … there until his death in 1953. Kwartin’s improvisations on traditional synagogue melodies were recorded and transcribed …
Marc Lavry
… metrical phrases and duple meter characteristic of the traditional folk dance. His Opera, Dan ha’shomer (1945) was …
Pinhas Minkowski
… officiated as a cantor. Minkowski studied the cantorial tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic …
Sholom Secunda
… age prevented him from officiating High Holiday Services in traditional synagogues, he was contracted to lead services …
Mordekhai Seter
… or motives derived from Mizrahi (Jewish Near-Eastern) traditions. Unlike most composers of that time, however, he …
Yehuda Sharett (Shertok)
… which he won the Engel prize ) , a piece combining Jewish tradition with modern musical elements. Also known for …
Gershon Sirota
… smaller local synagogues. Sirota took advantage of the rich tradition of hazzanut in Odessa . He attended services at …