(172 results found)
Samuel Naumbourg
… in Munich where he was recruited to sing in Maier Kohn ’s synagogue choir. Naumbourg’s early appointments included a … re-released in 1864. Though Naumbourg comes from the South German tradition, a large percentage of his arrangements … Agudat Shirim, which combined pieces from the South German tradition with melodies from the Western Sephardi …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… among the group of mid- to late-19th-century American synagogue organists and choirmasters who attempted to create … official movement. He was born in Uhlen, Württemberg (later Germany), and received his musical education at a Munich … American composers … Reform Judaism … Organ … Choirmaster … German Jews … Synagogue music … Sigmund Schlesinger …
David Nowakowsky
… where he was recruited as a choirboy for the local choral Synagogue. While in Berditchev, Nowakowsky learned harmony … was deeply influenced by Blumenthal’s heavy use of the Germanic idiom, and by his adaptations of German classics for the synagogue service. Nowakowky’s …
Joseph Achron
… an expert on classical Hebrew and a baal-kore in the synagogue who also taught himself mathematics, medicine, … he spent mostly in Berlin and gave concerts in different German cities. His playing was praised by Joseph Joachim, … house “Jibneh,” taught violin and toured throughout Germany and abroad ( Latvia , Austria , Italy and Egypt ). …
Aaron Beer
… on to the position of head hazzan of the Heidereutergasse Synagogue in Berlin, and continued to work there until his … into a collection of over 1,200 pieces for use in the Synagogue. Beer was known for using a varying body of tunes … Union College in Cincinnati, where it remains today. … German cantor, composer and collector … Aaron Beer …
Arno Nadel
… there as an educator and choirmaster for the Kottbuser Ufer Synagogue. Nadel became increasingly interested in the … Jewish music, written for the Juedisches Lexicon and the German Encyclopedia Judaica. A full biography can be found here on the 'Music and the Holocaust' website. … German poet & liturgical musicologist … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
Nissan Blumenthal
… at the age of 21 held his first cantorial post at the local Synagogue. In 1841 he was appointed cheif hazzan at the Brody Synagogue in Odessa, a position he held until his death in … choral singing for four voices. Influenced by his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the …
Michele Bolaffi
… 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be considered a turning point in … of choral and instrumental music for use in the Italian synagogue. Bolaffi held international prestige: he served as the musical director to the Duke of Cambridge; toured in Germany with singer Angelica Catalani; and was in the …
Israel Meyer Japhet
… Israel Meyer Japhet was born in Kassel , Germany . In 1853 he began working as choir master and teacher at the Orthodox Synagogue in Frankfurt , where he remained until his death … and harmonically simple and were heavily influenced by German Leid and Protestant hymns. He also published a wide …
Eliezer S. Abinun
… in Croatian concentration camps and in Auschwitz during the German occupation of Yugoslavia in the Second World War. … book suspended from the ceiling of its former main Sephardi synagogue, now a museum. Both Hebrew and Ladino were spoken …