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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 …
Joseph Shlisky
… around 1894. As a child, he sang in the choir of the local synagogue. A cantor from a neighboring village heard the … of the 20th century, the Jewish community in Toronto grew, synagogues flourished, and hazzanut began to prosper as an art. Like elsewhere in North America, Toronto synagogues looked to Eastern Europe to recruit a cantor and …
David Putterman
… various famous composers to compose music for the synagogue. A collection of his compositions was published in …
Isadore Freed
… Israel he began to experiment with composing music for the synagogue. In 1939 he published his first liturgical work, … the Jewish modes as they have been treated by a variety of synagogue composers (e.g. Hirsch Weintraub , Abraham W. … subtle difference inherent in the Jewish treatment of the synagogue mode. He believed that the synagogue mode, unlike …
Frederick Piket
… and conductor for several decades before turning to synagogue music composition. Piket spent his childhood and … United States in 1940, at the age of 37. His interest in synagogue composition began after taking a position as an … over a collective historical approach in his synagogue compositions. He questioned strict adherence to …
Heinrich Schalit
… Studied in Vienna, and later worked as an organist in synagogues in Munich and in Rome. Immigrated to the U.S. in 1940 and held positions as a synagogue organist in various cities. As a composer, Schalit … Schalit : the man and his music . … Composer … 0 … Synagogue … Music … Heinrich Schalit …
Lazare Saminsky
… forming of new Jewish music to be performed in the Reform synagogues of America. This he achieved by composing his own …
Moishe Oysher
… a career as a Hazzan. While officiating at the Rumanian Synagogue, he continued to act periodically. His best known …
Boris Thomashefsky
… Shortly after arriving to New York, Thomashefsky joined a Synagogue chorister on the Lower East Side, which brought him in contact with Synagogue trustee, and wealthy salon-owner, Frank Wolf. With …
Max Helfman
… modern and original and yet rooted in traditional folk and synagogue melodies. Among his best known works are his … … Education … Music education … Liturgical music … Synagogue music … Conservative Judaism … Labor … Zionism … …