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Abraham Ber Birnbaum

… (1896-7), a publication which lasted five issues; opening a cantorial school (1906), which was the first of its kind in …

… Hungary in 1912, and immigrated to Israel in 1949. Held cantorial positions in many cities, including Munich, … the world and taught many young cantors. Recorded albums of cantorial music and Yiddish songs, wrote articles about …

Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan

… Community of Berlin, declared in his compendium of short cantorial biographies that Salomon was “the greatest cantor …

Israel Goldfarb

… trained future rabbis in the basics of the cantorate. As a cantorial teacher and a prominent figure in the Society for … put much effort in promoting the establishment of a modern cantorial school. The work of the Society made possible the opening of three cantorial schools: the School of Sacred Music at the Hebrew …

Naftali Herstik

… a long line of cantors and Rabbis, and was recognized as a cantorial prodigy from his early childhood, singing as a …

Eli Jaffe

… of cantorate (Hazzanut) in Israel. Composing and arranging cantorial works, in addition to art music. … Israeli …

David Menahem

… child, he grew up in Jerusalem and absorbed the 'Yerushalmi cantorial tradition' in the Ades Synagogue . As a child, he …

Zalman Polak

… and to complete his training as a cantor. He finished his cantorial education with cantor Yehuda Lieb Miller in … Music reported in the news regarding his institute for cantorial training and regarding his manuscripts. During this time he was active in cantorial organizations and taught in Tel Aviv and in …

Jacob Rappaport

… to the United stated in 1920. There he held different cantorial positions, and devoted himself to composing, most notably cantorial recitatives. … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …

Israel Alter

… across Europe, and became a significant figure in the cantorial scene in Europe. He undertook an important tour of … range. He mastered both the Eastern European and Western cantorial styles and incorporated both emotional and … intellectual elements in his compositions. Alter composed cantorial works and musical settings to Yiddish poems. His …