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Shlomo Ravitz
… and Fayge in Nevhardak, Belarus. Since childhood, he had musical talents. At the age of 12, he composed cantorial pieces himself. At the age of 15, he went south to … where he graduated with honors from a high school of music. At the age of 17, he served as a cantor in the …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a … various initiatives aimed at establishing schools for the cantorial arts. He collaborated with the distinguished …
Moritz Deutsch
… vocal talent however that brought him to Vienna to study music and the cantorial tradition. In 1842 Deutsch was appointed … was deeply influenced by Sulzer’s work to develop a new cantorial recitative style and liturgical arrangements for …
Leib Glanz
… and made periodical visits to Eretz Israel. His official cantorial career began with posts in Kishinev and Rumania. … gestures from many different genres, including romantic music, Israeli folk songs, and Jewish liturgical music from … Aviv Institute of Religious Jewish Music, and headed the Cantorial Academy. … Cantor & composer … Leib Glanz …
Samuel Naumbourg
… professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing … synagogue choir. Naumbourg’s early appointments included a cantorial post in Besançon and a position as choirmaster of … and was subsequently hired as a professor of liturgical music at the Séminaire Israélite. With the support of …
David Nowakowsky
… Nowakowsky learned harmony and counterpoint and studied the cantorial tradition from noted cantors Yeruham Hokoton and … concerts comprised of his own liturgical and paraliturgical music, with instrumental accompaniment. As a result of this … Nowakowsky’s compositional style changed; he began infusing cantorial motives and gestures into his polyphonic works—a …
Michael Lukin
… The Oxford Handbook of Slavic and East European Folklore , Musica Judaica , Yuval , Musik Traditionen , Jerusalem … explore Yiddish folk songs and Hasidic nigunim through ethnomusicological, folkloristic, and historical lenses. He has … such as Yiddish carnivalesque, folk theater melodies, cantorial improvisation, and the legacy of M. Beregovski’s …
Amit Klein
… from Bar-Ilan University, primarily focusing on Ashkenazi Cantorial recitatives and performance practice. He has … journals and books, covering topics such as Cantor Glantz’s Musical Agenda, Carlebach Nusah vs. Cantorial Recitatives, and the performance styles of …
Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … in Kishinev , Alman moved to London where he continued his musical studies at the Royal College of Music. There he … . Alman was deeply influenced by the Eastern European cantorial tradition, specifically by the work of hazzanim …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… in hazzanut. Koussevitsky was identified early on as a musical protégé and at the age of eight joined a synagogue … his Jewish and secular education. He received his first cantorial post at the Great Synagogue of Vilna. In 1924, …