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Joseph Shlisky
… Voivodeship, Poland, around 1894. As a child, he sang in the choir of the local synagogue. A cantor from a neighboring village heard the boy, aged …
Jacob Samuel Maragowsky (Zeidel Rovner)
… Rovner,' was born in Radomyshl, Ukraine. He officiated as a cantor in several eastern European cities, including Rovno … using an orchestra as well. In 1914 he immigrated to the U.S. where he remained until his death. Maragowsky composed many works for cantor, chorus and orchestra which won him great fame. Some …
David Putterman
… Born in New York City, USA. Studied with leading cantors of his time ( Zeidel Rovner , Josef Rosenblatt , et … 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 …
Isadore Freed
… was born in Brest-Litovsk , Russia on March 26, 1900 . At the age of three, his family immigrated to the United States and settled in Philadelphia , PA. Freed … 's Ha-shirim asher li-Shelomo arranged as a service for cantor, chorus, and organ (1954). Freed also served as the …
David Beyglman
… at a young age, studying several instruments, chiefly the clarinet and the violin. In 1912, he became the director of the Yitskhok … (wedding entertainer), klezmer (instrumental musician), cantor and meshoyrer (choirboy). During this time, …
Abraham Dunajewski
… Abraham Dunajewski was born in Russia. He wrote the book Israelitische Tempel Compositionen for Sabbath. His melody for Av Horahamim has become popular throughout the world. … Rusian cantor … Abraham Dunajewski …
Boruch Schorr
… His compositions were published by his son Israel. He was the father of Yiddish composer, lyricist, and actor Anshel Schorr . … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Moishe Oysher
… to Canada in 1921, where he joined a traveling Yiddish theater company. In 1932, he founded a Yiddish theater troupe in Buenos Aires, Argentina. After managing … periodically. His best known roles were in the films The Cantor's Son (1937), The Singing Blacksmith (1938), and The …
Leibele Waldman
… Cantor. Born in New York , USA. Officiated as cantor in Boston , Passaic , and New York , and sang on the radio. Made many recordings of both liturgical pieces …
Boris Thomashefsky
… a small town near Kiev, Ukraine in 1868. He immigrated to the United States in 1881, and settled in New York City. … to New York, Thomashefsky joined a Synagogue chorister on the Lower East Side, which brought him in contact with … on Broadway. His opening season was to include The Woman Cantor, The Broken Violin, Mozel Tov, and The Pintele …