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Jacob Koppel Sandler
… the Yiddish theater and was the choral director for several cantors. He composed several Jewish themed operettas, one of …
Herman Svet
… Ukraine). His father, Menachem Mendel Sveta, was the local cantor. He studied at the 'cheder' (religious elementary …
Joseph Papernikoff
… the Tlomacka Synagogue in Warsaw under the direction of the cantor Gershon Sirota and conducted by the young Leo Liov …
Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… beg bread and received food from them. Maharil served as a cantor in his community, and he advocated an attitude that … Jewish Encyclopedia. … Rabbi and teacher of Mayence, cantor and composer … Niggun … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… was always invited to sing at weddings. 'Adaki also learned cantorate from his visits to the synagogue. In 1920 'Adaki … acquaintance of Rabbi Kahalani, with whom he continued his cantorate studies. From Asmara he went through Port Said and … he stayed for a year and a half, and studied Sephardic cantorate in the H anan synagogue. In 1926, 'Adaki arrived …
Israel Adler
… in Paris . In 1984 he obtained the “Kavod” Award of the Cantors’ Assembly (U.S.A) and in 1994 he was awarded an …
Israel Alter
… family with many rabbis. He studied music in Vienna with cantors and teachers of singing and composition, including Cantor Yehuda Leib Miller . At the age of 20, he began serving as the cantor of the Brigittenauer Synagogue in Vienna. In 1925, he …
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 …