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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. …
Sylvan Sholom Kalib
… serving as a well-regarded hazzan, choirmaster, and cantorial pedagogue. There he also began his life’s work notating the great heritage of Eastern European cantorial tradition, transcribing and publishing the cantorial compositions of his teachers Cantors Joshua Lind …
Leo Levi
… almost fifty informants, professional hazzanim (synagogue cantors) and other culture-bearers. In over eighty recording …
Salomon Sulzer
… Born in Hohenemes, Austria, Sulzer officiated as a cantor in his hometown, and was later appointed cantor at the Seitenstettengasse Synagogue in Vienna, where … stayed for fifty-five years. He was an admired and imitated cantor of his time, appreciated beyond the Jewish community. …
Louis Lewandowski
… poverty, Lewandowski moved to Berlin to work as a singer in cantor Ascher Lion’s choir. During his time in Berlin, … in Berlin. He also served as honorary president of the Cantors’ Association and was appointed the Royal Music Director of Berlin. … Cantor & composer … Composers … Berlin … Conductor … Choir … …
Yehoshu'a Leib Ne'eman
… Studied under Solomon Rosowsky , later becoming a popular cantor in many of Jerusalem's synagogues, while also … of Music. Ne'eman wrote extensively on subjects such as cantorial education, biblical cantillation, etc. … Cantor & teacher … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …