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Abraham Wolf Binder
… Abraham Binder was born in New York to a family of cantors and into a world enriched by synagogue music and … and in 1948 helped to found its School of Sacred Music . … Cantor & teacher … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Eduard Birnbaum
… In 1872, he received an offer to officiate as the cantor for the Magdeburg community, where he served for two years. In 1874, he moved on to a position as the chief cantor in Beuthen, taking a short two month break between … 1879, Birnbaum replaced Zvi Hirsch Weintraub as the chief cantor of Koenigsberg, a position he held until his death in …
Abraham Baer
… Abraham Baer was born in Wielen , Poland . He worked as a cantor and teacher in several communities throughout western Prussia before settling as a cantor at the Goteborg Synagogue in Sweden in 1857. During … entire Jewish calendar year. This major anthology by Baer, cantor in Göthenburg, Sweden (where he served from 1857 …
Mordechai Breuer
… Adat Yisrael congregation in Frankfurt am Main, poetry and cantorship occupied a significant place. As a musical child, … members had arranged rehearsals and classes. The chief cantor was Peshowitz and he affectionately called Mordechai, … an orderly pursuit of music. For many years he served as a cantor at the Horev Synagogue in Rehavia in Jerusalem. Over …
Gershon Ephros
… Cantor and composer. Gershon Ephros was born in Serotsk, … he was ten, and Ephros moved to live with his grandfather, Cantor Moses Fromberg. He received his first musical … and Joseph Achron in New York. In 1918, he was appointed cantor of Congregation Beth El in Norfolk, Virginia, and …
Andre Hajdu
… and arranger. Or Haganuz , a collection of lieder for cantor and piano based on traditional pieces of Ashkenazi hazzanut and Yiddish songs, performed by cantor Asher Hainovitz with Hajdu on the piano, was launched …
Aron Friedmann
… In 1901, he published Shir li-Shelomoh , a collection of cantorial music in traditional style for the prayers of the … containing biographies of 19th century hazzanim . … Cantor … Aron Friedmann …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He continued his education at the Stern Conservatory … in Berlin and at the Leipzig Academy. Idelsohn served as a cantor at the Adat Jeshurun Synagogue in Leipzig, and in … in Jerusalem in 1906. In Jerusalem, he began working as a cantor and music teacher at the Hebrew Teacher’s college. …
Sholom Kalib
… Sholom Kalib was born in Dallas, Texas, U.S.A. He worked as cantor and conductor of Synagogue choirs. As a composer, … taken from the Milken archive of Jewish Music website. … Cantor and musicolgist … Sholom Kalib …
Leo Levi
… almost fifty informants, professional hazzanim (synagogue cantors) and other culture-bearers. In over eighty recording …