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Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… of Hirsch Weintraub, Salomon was one of the earliest synagogue cantors whose musical compositions are extant … at the Martin Buber Institute of the University of Cologne, Germany. Its objective is to publish the Hebrew text of … with an English translation, a commentary, the original German text of Hirsch’s brief autobiography (essentially a …
Marcus Hast
… (near Warsaw). After serving as a cantor in Poland and Germany, he moved to London, and worked there as a cantor … . One of the rare items is Hast's earliest collection of synagogue music from 1878 which he edited in collaboration … Hast claims to have published the first volume of Ashkenazi Synagogue music in England (the very first of all, [David …
Maier Kohn
… Born in Schwabach, Bavaria (today Germany). Worked as a cantor and as an educator in Munich. … in Muenchen , is considered the first modern collection of synagogue melodies. It includes his own compositions, as …
Solomon Lipschitz
… Born in Furth , Germany . Worked as cantor in various cities in Europe, … . Known for his volume Te'udat Shelomo which contains synagogue musical practices of his time and personal … … Cantor … Writer … Germany … Solomon Lipschitz …
Max Spicker
… Born in Köngisberg, Germany, and immigrated to the US in 1882. After settling in … many musical anthologies. Spicker has written music for the synagogue, as well as choral and orchestral works. Sources: … … Conductor … Choirmaster … Teacher … Editor … Schirmer … Synagogue … Music … Education … Conducting … Max Spicker …
Joseph Papernikoff
… was accepted at the age of 8 to the choir of the Tlomacka Synagogue in Warsaw under the direction of the cantor … First World War, he ended up in Lithuania, occupied by the Germans, and was mobilized by them in the order of labor …
Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… to institute a general season of fasting and prayer. The German communities, obeying the call, fasted for seven days … of religious observances and rites within and without the synagogue, and outlines, therefore, a faithful picture of the life of the German Jews. It was first published, with various additions, …
Israel Alter
… of 20, he began serving as the cantor of the Brigittenauer Synagogue in Vienna. In 1925, he moved to Hanover , where he … Hazzanim – Cantors, Cantors … Cantors - Hazzanim … German Synagogue … Tenor … Yiddish songs … Ashkenazi liturgical …
Abraham Baer
… western Prussia before settling as a cantor at the Goteborg Synagogue in Sweden in 1857. During his tenure there, along … he served from 1857 until his death), a minor corner of the German-speaking Jewish world by all accounts, had …
Mordechai Breuer
… school, an institution founded by Haredi immigrants from Germany. In 1942, Breuer studied in a course for music … of research were mainly the history of Orthodox Judaism in Germany (Neo-Orthodoxy), and the world of yeshivot and their … development. Mordechai Breuer's Musical Education: In the synagogue of the Kahal Adat Yisrael congregation in …