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Samuel Naumbourg
… de Rossi’s Ha-Shirim Asher li-Shelomo. Naumbourg went to great lengths to collect all of the parts of Rossi’s score …
David Nowakowsky
… conducting the choir at the Brody Synagogue taught him a great deal about vocal arrangement and choral composition. … Conservatory of Odessa. Odessa was one of the great centers of the Haskalah Movement, and as such, David …
Abraham Goldfaden
… for his plays were originally folk songs, and gained even greater popularity after their use on the stage. Perhaps the …
Albert Elias
… the nay with a Syrian teacher. He played with some of the greatest stars of Iraqi music, including Nazem al-Ghazali, … the more widespread Egyptian style of tarab music, which he greatly enjoyed. He also studied law for two years, but had …
Joseph Achron
… Achron, now a student of Professor Isidor Lotto, gave with great success concerts in various cities of the European … later the Third Violin Concerto was commissioned by the great violinist). In America , Achron still continued to … in Palestine . The heavy economic conditions caused by the Great Depression forced him to move to the West coast in …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… education. He received his first cantorial post at the Great Synagogue of Vilna. In 1924, Koussevitsky was chosen … Africa and Israel , gaining wide recognition as one of the greatest cantors of his time. … Cantor … 0 … Moshe …
Myer Leoni
… in England . In 1767 he took a position as cantor of the Great Synagogue in London , but continued performing in … only ran for a short time. In 1787, Leoni left the Great Synagogue and moved to Jamaica where he was hired as … … Cantor … Composer … Opera … Singer … London … Great … Synagogue … Yigdal … Myer Leoni …
Gustav Mahler
… Opera, a post that cemented his reputation as one of the greatest conductors of his time. Mahler remained at the … of Mahler’s corpus consists of his ten symphonies and his great output of vocal music, including song-symphonies, …
Sholom Secunda
… age of seven Sholom was invited to join the choir of the Great Synagogue in Nicholayev under the tutelage of … fee of 30 rubles a month—while meager, his salary was a great help to his family. Sholom’s reputation spread quickly … was 175 miles away from Nicholayev and it was with great trepidation that Sholom’s mother Anna sent him to …
Bezalel Shulsinger
… . His compositions (notated by his students) achieved great popularity and had a strong influence on synagogue …