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Michele Bolaffi
… 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be considered a turning point in … of choral and instrumental music for use in the Italian synagogue. Bolaffi held international prestige: he served as … if Louis XVIII as a church musician in France. Many of his synagogue compositions are preserved in two related …
Salamone Rossi
… and sway to grant legitimacy to his proposed reforms of synagogue music. He wanted to introduce polyphony into the synagogue service, representing a significant break from … in 1605 on the legitimacy of introducing polyphony into the synagogue service, without which Rossi likely would not have …
Edward Stark
… he was offered a position at Emanu-El, the largest Reform Synagogue in San Francisco . Emanu-El was one of the first synagogues to use the Union Prayer Book, and as such, Stark … to introduce instruments, aside from the organ, into the synagogue service. Only two of his works for choir and …
Moshe Preis
… major position of Cantor at the prestigious Kazinczy Street Synagogue in Budapest (the largest Orthodox synagogue in Budapest at that time). There, young Moshe … leaders of the Jewish community. Since the Kazinczy Street Synagogue was orthodox, the fact that Chazan Preis wasn't …
Samuel Naumbourg
… in Munich where he was recruited to sing in Maier Kohn ’s synagogue choir. Naumbourg’s early appointments included a … post in Besançon and a position as choirmaster of the Synagogue in Strasburg. In 1845 Naumbourg was invited to officiate as hazzan of the Rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth Synagogue in Paris, and was subsequently hired as a …
Nissan Blumenthal
… at the age of 21 held his first cantorial post at the local Synagogue. In 1841 he was appointed cheif hazzan at the Brody Synagogue in Odessa, a position he held until his death in … to propel the use of choir music and performance in the Synagogue. Though very few of Blumenthal’s arrangements were …
Israel Meyer Japhet
… began working as choir master and teacher at the Orthodox Synagogue in Frankfurt , where he remained until his death … a large body of Jewish liturgical music for use in his Synagogue. His arrangements were melodically and … Jeschurun (1922), a three-volume collection of over 100 synagogue melodies for cantor and choir, covering the …
Beautifying Worship: Music in Early Reform Synagoges of Northern Germany (ca. 1810-1840)
… … Koeln, Wien … … Choirs, Choral music … Music … Liturgy … Synagogue … Art Music … Art … Reform … Decorum … …
Schir-Hakawod
… … Verlag der Herausgeber … … 1889 … Shabbat … Sabbath … Synagogue … Synagogue music … Sephardi music … Sephardi … Sephardi … …
Herbert Fromm
… Composer of synagogue music See article on Fromm: … … Composer of synagogue music … Herbert Fromm …