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Nissan Blumenthal
… at the age of 21 held his first cantorial post at the local Synagogue. In 1841 he was appointed cheif hazzan at the Brody Synagogue in Odessa, a position he held until his death in … four voices. Influenced by his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the composers, Handel, …
Michele Bolaffi
… Michele Bolaffi was a distinguished musician and composer active in Livorno in the early 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be considered a turning point in … of choral and instrumental music for use in the Italian synagogue. Bolaffi held international prestige: he served as …
Mordekhai Hershman
… From an early age Hershman was a child singer in several synagogue choirs accompanying distinguished cantors. … was offered the important position as hazzan of the Great Synagogue of Vilnus (Lithuania) at the young age of 25. … El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout …
Jacob Beimel
… Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, Jewish Music , in which he published a few of his own compositions and adaptations (synagogue music, folk songs, and Hassidic melodies). … …
Israel Meyer Japhet
… began working as choir master and teacher at the Orthodox Synagogue in Frankfurt , where he remained until his death … in 1892. Japhet composed a large body of Jewish liturgical music for use in his Synagogue. His arrangements were melodically and …
Pinhas Jassinowsky
… Ukraine . Jassinowsky’s first exposure to Jewish liturgical music was as a choirboy under director Pinhas Minkowski in … where he worked as an assistant choirmaster at a local Synagogue. He immigrated to the United States in 1917, and began touring extensively, performing in Synagogues and giving public concerts. Jassinowsky was also …
Alter Yehiel Karniol
… Hungary, where he began officiating in a number of local synagogues. He left Hungary for a short while to work at the Ohab Zedek Synagogue in New York , returning to Russia to take a … York , Karniol released several recordings of liturgical music and original arrangements of Synagogue melodies. … …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… city walls and built a new home across from the Sephardic Synagogue in the newly established neighborhood of … community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a … shawl pouches, and ornamented curtains for the ark in the Synagogue. Asher was married at a young age to Rachel, a …
Eliezer S. Abinun
… book suspended from the ceiling of its former main Sephardi synagogue, now a museum. Both Hebrew and Ladino were spoken … He was an acknowledged authority on both the liturgical music and the secular Romancero tradition of the Sephardim. …
Isaac Offenbach
… He left his hometown in 1799 to travel as a wandering musician. In his travels he picked up the epithet “der … Jacques Offenbach . Offenbach was a noted composer of synagogue and secular music. The majority of his musical … of cantorial compositions and transcriptions of traditional synagogue melodies. His manuscripts were donated to The …