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Abraham Wolf Binder
… of cantors and into a world enriched by synagogue music and Jewish folklore. He was a member of his father’s synagogue … (prayer melodies). He continued his involvement in Jewish choral music, forming the Hadassah Choral Union in … Wise Synagogue, eventually moving from a focus on Shabbat liturgy to that of the High Holidays and Shlosh Regalim. He …
Eduard Birnbaum
… and para-liturgical musical practices of the major European Jewish communities. To supplement the material that he … collection … Hebrew Union College … Cantor … Collector … Jewish Liturgy … Eduard Birnbaum …
Abraham Baer
… , Louis Lewandowski and Samuel Naumbourg , covering the liturgy of the entire Jewish calendar year. This major anthology by Baer, cantor … until his death), a minor corner of the German-speaking Jewish world by all accounts, had everlasting effects. Four …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He … Idelsohn was greatly impacted by the diversity of the Jewish community living in Palestine, and embarked on a … thereafter he was appointed professor of Jewish music and liturgy at HUC, a position he held until his health began to …
Eric Werner
… (1934-1938). Immigrated to the U.S. in 1938. Began teaching Jewish music and liturgy at the Hebrew Union College in 1939, becoming the … research, Werner has conducted research in the field of Jewish music, on topics such as comparative Jewish-Christian …
Essica Marks
… Lecturer at Safed college. Main topics of interest: The liturgy of Sepharad-Jerusalem tradition, the liturgy of the western-Sephardi tradition, Jewish paraliturgical traditions, Arab music. … …
Salamone Rossi
… has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de Rossi, not much is known … speculated that Salamone de Rossi was the son of renowned Jewish historian Azariah de’ Rossi, but this seems unlikely … significant break from traditional monophonic melodies for liturgy and the reading of scriptures. He utilized the style …
Max Wohlberg
… several positions as cantor. From 1952 he was professor of liturgy at the Cantors' School of the Jewish Theological Seminary in New York (now the H. L. … Wohlberg, His Life and Works. Doctoral dissertation, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Seminary College of …
Francis Lyon Cohen
… and studied at Jews’ College in London with a focus on Jewish liturgy. Cohen also had a great interest in Jewish music, and supplemented his studies with courses in …