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Leon Algazi
… Algazi was born in Iepuresti, Romania in 1890. He studied music in Vienna and Paris and graduated from the Ecole … , a position he held for many years. His interest in Jewish music and folklore was sparked by early studies with … 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 and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform … … 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 … concerts comprised of his own liturgical and paraliturgical music, with instrumental accompaniment. As a result of this …
Abraham Goldfaden
… his songs, as well as other popular Jewish and secular music. The initial performances of these musical theater pieces created movement to establish a … 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 … Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of Kibbutz Naan and the … (Mitya) Zeira , who would later set many of his poems to music. One of Orland's most notable songs from this period, …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … 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
… Grace Aguilar, was born in London in 1824. He received his musical education in Piano Performance and Composition in … three symphonies, three cantatas and a number of chamber music and solo piano works. Aguilar is best known for his … of close work with de Sola and the Spanish-Portuguese synagogue of Bevis Marks in London. … 44132 … British …
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 …