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Menashe Ravina
… was born in Pereyaslav , now part of Ukraine, to Elazar, a cantor and candy factory owner, and Brina. When he was two … years old, his family relocated to Novogrudok , where his father took on the role of chief cantor, leading a synagogue choir. Ravina …
Josef (Yossele) Rosenblatt
… Born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine, immigrated to the U.S. in 1912. Widely considered the most popular cantor of his time, Rosenblatt composed and arranged …
Solomon Rosowsky
… Solomon Rosowky, son of prominent cantor Baruch Leib Rosowsky , was born in Riga in 1878. After completing his first degree in Law at the University of Kiev , Rosowsky went on to study music at the St. Petersburg Imperial Conservatory under teachers …
Salamone Rossi
… Though much ink has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer … Salamone de Rossi, not much is known about his life. The little information that we do know has been gleaned from … of Szegedin (Hungary). Following this publication, Parisian cantor and composer Samuel Naumbourg became increasingly …
Eliyahu Schleifer
… Dr. Schleifer is Professor of Sacred Music and Director of the School of Sacred Music at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem. He began his musical training at the age of 5 as a choirboy at the synagogue choir of Shirat … Tel Aviv University. Ph.D., University of Chicago (1970) … Cantor, teacher & researcher (HU, HUC) … Eliyahu Schleifer …
Geoffrey Goldberg
… Maier Levi of Esslingen: A Small-Town Hazzan in the Time of the Emancipation and his Cantorial Compendium (2001). Research interests: Historical …
Boaz Tarsi
… Boaz Tarsi is a composer, theorist, and a singer. His compositions for chamber … instruments have been performed and broadcast throughout the United States, Israel and Europe, hosted by institutions … setting for Psalm 1 (Ashrei Ha’ish) was released on “Cantorial Highlights of the Synagogue: Masterpieces of …
Max Wohlberg
… was born in Humene (today in Ukraine). He immigrated to the U.S. in 1923, where he sang in the choir of the Metropolitan Opera and held several positions as cantor. From 1952 he was professor of liturgy at the …
Samuel Adler
… Samuel Adler was born in Mannheim, Germany (1928). His father was Hugo Chaim Adler , a cantor and composer. The family came to the United States in 1939, where Hugo …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… born in Shiraz, Persia, in 1906. His parents, who promised themselves to immigrate to Palestine upon the birth of their son, took him at the age of two to … experiences, Melamed sang as a child in the choirs of cantor Shlomo Rivlin , and later in the choirs of cantor …