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Meir Shimon Geshuri
… Skała-Wolbrom [i.e. his grandfather had immigrated from northern to southern Poland] with six of his sons and his … final volume was intended to include Hassidic music from America and the Land of Israel. In volume II he did not … Hassidic music (“Haneginah haḥasidit,” Sefer Hashanah: The American Hebrew Yearbook 1 [1931], 74–87). Geshuri dismissed …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… figures among the group of mid- to late-19th-century American synagogue organists and choirmasters who attempted … create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform congregations — before and especially after … took creditable part in the singing festivals of the North American Saengerbund in New Orleans, Cleveland, and …
Abigail Wood
… of Haifa. Completed her PhD on Yiddish song in contemporary North America at Cambridge University, UK in 2004, supervised by … we're all brothers': Singing in Yiddish in contemporary North America' has been published. Current research …
Mordekhai Hershman
… the fact that he will be the highest paid cantor in America. … music, record commercial records and tour throughout America, Europe and Palestine after 1930. An announcement of … Choir Director Leo Low heard him and invited him to go to America which he did in 1920 where he was appointed Chazan …
Morton Shanok
… cantor and as chaplain to build the cantorial profession in North America into what it is today. Shanok was born in New Haven, …
Joseph Shlisky
… and hazzanut began to prosper as an art. Like elsewhere in North America, Toronto synagogues looked to Eastern Europe to … in the five boroughs, including the First Roumanian-American Congregation on the Lower East Side, Kol Israel …
Karel Ančerl
… during which time he toured extensively throughout Europe, North America and Asia as a guest conductor. In 1958, Ančerl was …
Alhambra
… Alhambra has toured extensively throughout Europe, North and South America. Most notably, they have participated in the "First …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… Deborah Lynn Friedman was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played … of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. Friedman’s compositional career began in the … singer songwriter … 0 … Singer … Songwriter … Jewish … North America … Children's Songs … Folk music … Liturgy … …
Betty Olivero
… in Israel, Betty Olivero was granted scholarships from the America-Israel-Cultural-Foundation . Olivero's works are … Feidman , Trio Mediaeval, and at many major European, North American and Asian festivals. … Israeli composer … Composer …