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Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … 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 …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… in hazzanut. Koussevitsky was identified early 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 …
Alexander A. Krein
… other siblings were taught Jewish folk and instrumental music by his father who was a well known Klezmer musician and poet. In 1908 he began his formal musical … Krein found inspiration in the musical traditions of the synagogue. He utilized melodic improvisations and recitative …
Myer Leoni
… Myer Leoni began his musical career as an opera singer in England . In 1767 he took a position as cantor of the Great Synagogue in London , but continued performing in Operas, providing they didn’t conflict with his Synagogue duties. Leoni, along with collegue Giordani, …
Israel Lovy
… . In 1799, Lovy settled in Fürth were he continued his musical and secular education, becoming accomplished in … in 1818 as the chief hazzan for the newly formed Reform Synagogue, Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth. In 1822, the Rue …
Pinhas Minkowski
… tradition with his father, and supplemented his basic musical education by joining the choir of Cantor Nissan … Spivak . Minkowski took over Spivak’s post at the Choral Synagogue in Kishnev at the young age of eighteen. He … to serve as the chief cantor at the Kahal Adas Yeshurun Synagogue. In 1892, Minkowski was invited back to Odessa to …
Arno Nadel
… Arno Nadel was born in Vilna, Lithuania and began his Jewish musical education in Koenigsberg under cantor Eduard … there as an educator and choirmaster for the Kottbuser Ufer Synagogue. Nadel became increasingly interested in the … the Jewish community of Berlin to compile an anthology of Synagogue music. Nadel completed the project in 1938 and …
Sholom Secunda
… of seven Sholom was invited to join the choir of the Great Synagogue in Nicholayev under the tutelage of choirmaster … was recruited by Cantor Bezalel Brown to sing for the Synagogue choir, the largest and wealthiest congregation in … and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of …
Wolf Shestapol
… works. His works were strongly influenced by European art music to which he was exposed to while singing with Bezalel … , and studying with Salomon Sulzer in Vienna . His fluent music reading was unusual among the cantors of his day. … Cantors … Cantor … Hazzan … Composer … Classical … Synagogue … Music … Cantorate … Wolf Shestapol …
Bezalel Shulsinger
… achieved great popularity and had a strong influence on synagogue music. Sources: Olivestone, David M.L. 'Shulsinger, … … Cantor … Composer … Odessa … Synagogue … Music … Jerusalem … Bezalel Shulsinger …