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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 … …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… a close friendship with Rabbi Lieben of the Old-New Synagogue in Prague . While in Prague , Schul discovered medieval manuscripts of Hebrew chant in Leiben’s synagogue. This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish …
Mordekhai Zeira
… to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the synagogue. He also heard Hassidic music in his house that … of a H assidic niggun that he heard as a child in the Synagogue in Kiev. He saw in these elements a fruitful and …
Yosef Hadar
… entered the repertoire of liturgical prayer melodies. Many synagogues use the melody to sing the piyut, 'Lecha Dodi' …
Neil Levin
… courses on the history, development, and repertoire of synagogue music, cantorial art, Yiddish and Hebrew folksong, …