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Haim Louk
… to a family originally from Mogador ( Essaouira ). At the age of four, he lost his father, and his mother supported the family by working as a … (Schneider's Yeshiva), where he was introduced to Ashkenazi cantorial traditions and acquired knowledge of Yiddish. …
The Music on Comtat-Venaissin
… Revised and annotated translation from the French by Edwin Seroussi Note: This article appeared in … French and German in Musica Hebraica (1-2 [1938]: 18-20), the very short-lived journal initiated by the World Center … were in the purest Comtadin rite. Some fifty years ago, a cantor from Alsace was appointed to the temple of Aix, but …
The Liturgical Music of the Provencal Jews (old Comtat Venaissin)
… On the occasion of the renewed interest on the opera “Esther de Carpentras” by French Jewish composer … see here and here. See also the Song of the Month " A cantor’s pledge in the High Holyday’s Provençal liturgy …
Durme durme mi alma donzella
… The Ladino cantiga "Durme Durme" is performed by Hazzan … recital at Oklahoma City University, USA. Lazarus arranged the piece for cantor, violin, and guitar. This recording is likely the …
Amsterdam Concert (1975)
… 41132 … Amsterdam … This concert was held in celebration of the 300th anniversary of the Esnoga, the Portuguese Synagogue in Amsterdam. The … included performances by Hazzan Beniso as well as by cantors Abraham Lopes Cardozo and Eliezer Abinun . …
Kedusha for Kippur
… In 1974, the Sephardi Hazzanut Festival was held in Jerusalem, featuring the finest cantors and payytanim of the time, accompanied by the …
Jacob Ben-Ami
… From a young age, Ben-Ami had a profound interest in theatre. As a child, he sang with various cantors and performed behind the curtains in Russian theatre. At seventeen, Ben-Ami began …
Pinchas Borenstein
… Pinchas Borenstein was born in the small town of Jeziorna Królewska, a suburb of Warsaw, which was then part of the Kingdom of Poland under the Russian Empire … father, Yaakov Dov, was a rabbi, and his four sons became cantors. From a young age, Borenstein demonstrated a passion …
Léibele Schwartz
… Kirzner. He began his music studies as a child with his father, Yaakov, who was a cantor. He relocated to Argentine in 1938 with his mother Ana, his father and his twin sisters Clara and Frida. …
3. The Little Sister (Aḥot Qetanah)
… La nación judía recita oraciones (The Jewish nation recites prayers) This piyut belongs to the reshut ("permission") type that precedes the qadish … appears in the poem’s acrostic. He was a poet and synagogue cantor affiliated with the kabbalist circles of Gerona in …