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Kurt Weill
… Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his mother had rabbinical roots. After …
Abraham Goldfaden
… building a cast of performers, recruiting actors, singers, cantors, and wandering minstrels to be involved in the …
Hugo Adler
… in the choir of Yossele Roenblatt in Hamburg, officiated as cantor in the Haupt-Synagoge in Mannheim, Germany … 1939, he immigrated to the US, and there he officiated as cantor at Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts from … Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica ; ' Hugo Adler Compositor y Cantor de Sinagoga ' ( Blog Classico , Spanish). See also: …
Amit Klein
… from Bar-Ilan University, primarily focusing on Ashkenazi Cantorial recitatives and performance practice. He has … articles in journals and books, covering topics such as Cantor Glantz’s Musical Agenda, Carlebach Nusah vs. Cantorial Recitatives, and the performance styles of …
Hadass Pal-Yarden
… is an Israeli singer, musicologist, lecturer, Hazzan and cantor. She sings mainly in Ladino, Turkish and also …
Samuel Alman
… . Alman was deeply influenced by the Eastern European cantorial tradition, specifically by the work of hazzanim …
Aaron Beer
… was born in Bamberg, Bavaria in 1739. He held his first cantorial post at the Paderborn congregation. Beer was known … once a year, it will be impossible for him to sing with the cantor during the service, and therefore he will not be able … on to each of Beer's successors, finally making it to cantor Eduard Birnbaum who donated it to the library of …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… his Jewish and secular education. He received his first cantorial post at the Great Synagogue of Vilna. In 1924, … Israel , gaining wide recognition as one of the greatest cantors of his time. … Cantor … 0 … Moshe Koussevitsky …
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
… Novo-arkhangelsk , Ukraine, and was first exposed to the cantorial tradition through his involvement in the choir of … in Vienna , where he later received his first official cantorial post. In his early career, Kwartin also served … in Borough Park , Brooklyn where he served as the head cantor at Temple Emanuel . It was also during this time that …
Myer Leoni
… an opera singer in England . In 1767 he took a position as cantor of the Great Synagogue in London , but continued … compositions are included in Aaron Beer’s collection of cantorial music, the best known being Leoni's arrangement … Praise” by Methodist minister Thomas Olivers. … English cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …