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Hirsch Weintraub
Hirsch Weintraub was born in Dubno, Poland. He was the son of cantor-composer Solomon…
Isadore Freed
Isadore Freed was born in Brest-Litovsk, Russia on March 26, 1900. At the age of three,…
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
Kashtan (Shlomoh ben Shimshon, or Salomon, the son of Samson), aka Salomon Weintraub…
Louis Lewandowski
Louis Lewandowski was born in Wreschen, Poland in 1821. At the age of thirteen, as a…
Eduard Birnbaum
Eduard Birnbaum was born in 1855 in Cracow to a family of notable Rabbis and scholars.…
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
Idelsohn was born in Filsberg, Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study…
Schire Beth Adonai
Three volume collection of synagogue compositions: The first two volumes are liturgical…
Toldot Hachazan Hanodah Shlomo Kashtan
Biography of cantor and composer Salomon Weintraub, written by his son Hirsch Weintraub…
Hirsch Weintraub from East to West
Thesis dissertation concerning cantor-composer Hirsch Weintraub.
Review essay: Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics
Kevin C. Karnes and Emilis Melngailis, Jewish Folk Songs from the Baltics:…