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Nissan Blumenthal
… he was appointed cheif hazzan at the Brody Synagogue in Odessa, a position he held until his death in 1903. During … his time there, he established the first Chor-Schul in Odessa where he developed choral singing for four voices. …
Alter Yehiel Karniol
… take a position of chief hazzan at the Great Synagogue in Odessa in 1889. With the onslaught of pogroms in 1905, Karniol left Odessa for New York , where he was re-hired at the Ohab …
Joseph Kaminski
… Born in Odessa, (toady in Ukraine). Studied music in Warsaw, Berlin …
Sigmund Mogulesko
… theater. In 1880 Mogulesko formed a theater troupe in Odessa, and in 1881 published a collection of verse, …
Alexander Olshanetsky
… Alexander Olshanetsky was born in Odessa, Ukraine. He played with the Odessa Opera orchestra and toured Russia and Siberia, and …
Harry Kandel
… Ziggy Elman as 'Fralich in Swing'. Kandel studied at the Odessa Conservatory of Music and served in army band of the …
Joshua (Osias) Abrass
… a child prodigy, and studied with Bezalel Schulsinger in Odessa. Joshua officiated as a cantor in Tarnopol … (1840-1842) and in Lvov (1842-1858), and as chief cantor in Odessa (1858-1884). He published one work, Simrat Joh (ca. … Minkowski relates the story of the “cantors’ battle” in Odessa between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman , during …
Jacob Bachman
… later established his reputation in Lemberg (1868-1864), Odessa (1884-1885) and Budapest (1885-1905), where he … Minkowski relates the story of the “cantors’ battle” in Odessa between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman, in which the Jewish community in Odessa was divided into two camps: the Pitsists (plural of …
Moshe Rudinow
… the Brodski Synagogue choir. Around 1913, Rudinow left for Odessa where he studied and graduated from the Odessa conservatory in 1918, after having taken a break in … as a soloist member and conductor at Hazomir Society of Odessa and Kherson. While working there, he translated …
Herman Svet
… In 1920 he joined the Faculty of History and Philology of Odessa University. He married Yehudith Wahl, from Berlin. In …