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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 … to Novogrudok , where his father took on the role of chief cantor, leading a synagogue choir. Ravina received his early …
Josef (Yossele) Rosenblatt
… to the U.S. in 1912. Widely considered the most popular cantor of his time, Rosenblatt composed and arranged … numerous religious works and had a major influence on the cantorial world that followed him. Sources: Concise … Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , Encyclopedia Judaica . … Cantor and composer … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Solomon Rosowsky
… Solomon Rosowky, son of prominent cantor Baruch Leib Rosowsky , was born in Riga in 1878. … analysis of the scalar basis of Shabbat cantillation. … cantor and composer … Musicologist … Scholar … Biblical … …
Salamone Rossi
… of Szegedin (Hungary). Following this publication, Parisian cantor and composer Samuel Naumbourg became increasingly …
Eliyahu Schleifer
… Tel Aviv University. Ph.D., University of Chicago (1970) … Cantor, teacher & researcher (HU, HUC) … Eliyahu Schleifer …
Geoffrey Goldberg
… A Small-Town Hazzan in the Time of the Emancipation and his Cantorial Compendium (2001). Research interests: Historical …
Boaz Tarsi
… setting for Psalm 1 (Ashrei Ha’ish) was released on “Cantorial Highlights of the Synagogue: Masterpieces of … active career as a singer in opera, the concert stage, and cantorial music. He has coached and supervised recordings …
Max Wohlberg
… of the Metropolitan Opera and held several positions as cantor. From 1952 he was professor of liturgy at the Cantors' School of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York (now the H. L. Miller Cantorial School). As a composer, Wholberg mainly wrote …
Samuel Adler
… Germany (1928). His father was Hugo Chaim Adler , a cantor and composer. The family came to the United States in 1939, where Hugo became the cantor of Temple Emanuel in Worcester, Massachusetts. There … author, and professor … Composers … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… experiences, Melamed sang as a child in the choirs of cantor Shlomo Rivlin , and later in the choirs of cantor Vardimon. From 1925 to 1926 Melamed studied cantorate and note reading at the Jerusalem conservatory …