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Leon Algazi
… a position as the conductor at the grand Rue de la Victoire Synagogue in Paris . Algazi helped to establish the “Mizmor” …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… among the group of mid- to late-19th-century American synagogue organists and choirmasters who attempted to create … … Reform Judaism … Organ … Choirmaster … German Jews … Synagogue music … Sigmund Schlesinger …
David Nowakowsky
… where he was recruited as a choirboy for the local choral Synagogue. While in Berditchev, Nowakowsky learned harmony … and as assistant to hazzan Nissan Blumenthal at the Brody Synagogue in Odessa. Nowakowsky was deeply influenced by … idiom, and by his adaptations of German classics for the synagogue service. Nowakowky’s experience conducting the …
Abraham Goldfaden
… eclectic; he drew from a wide range of sources including synagogue melodies, Jewish folksongs, Eastern European folk …
Ya'akov Orland
… buildings like the Jewish Agency headquarters, the Yeshurun Synagogue, and the National Library. In 1928, Yaacob began …
Joseph Achron
… an expert on classical Hebrew and a baal-kore in the synagogue who also taught himself mathematics, medicine, … music for Maurice Schwarz’s Yiddish Art Theatre and for synagogue services. In New York , Achron joined the …
Emanuel Aguilar
… of close work with de Sola and the Spanish-Portuguese synagogue of Bevis Marks in London. … 44132 … British …
Samuel Alman
… In 1916 he was appointed the choirmaster at the Hampstead Synagogue in London . Alman's reputation spread quickly, and … of French composer Claude Debussy. In 1925 he published Synagogue Compositions, a collection of liturgical … for Sabbath and weekday services. In addition to composing synagogue music, Alman also wrote and published several …
Aaron Beer
… on to the position of head hazzan of the Heidereutergasse Synagogue in Berlin, and continued to work there until his … into a collection of over 1,200 pieces for use in the Synagogue. Beer was known for using a varying body of tunes …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… on as a musical protégé and at the age of eight joined a synagogue choir in Smorgon under the direction of Hazzan … He received his first cantorial post at the Great Synagogue of Vilna. In 1924, Koussevitsky was chosen to replace Hazzan Gershon Sirota at the Tlomackie Street synagogue in Warsaw , an appointment which catapulted his …