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Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was … cantor and Sunday school director at the Kane Street Synagogue, and a year later also as a rabbi. He kept the … was the formation of a mixed boys and girls choir in the synagogue, which was rare at the time. In order to bring the …
Miriam Gideon
… in Greeley, Colorado. From an early age, Gideon displayed musical talents and began studying piano. Miriam continued her music studies with her uncle, Henry Gideon, an organ player and the manager of a synagogue choir in Boston. In 1926 Miriam received a …
Rahamim Amar
… lived in the city for twenty generations. He started his music career as a trumpet player in the British Police Band, … activities: composition, choral conducting (including in synagogues) and education. Most of his compositions are … tradition in which he was brought up in the Sephardic synagogues of Jerusalem’s Old City with current trends of …
Marcus Hast
… . One of the rare items is Hast's earliest collection of synagogue music from 1878 which he edited in collaboration with the … Hast claims to have published the first volume of Ashkenazi Synagogue music in England (the very first of all, [David …
Leon Kornitzer
… in 1939, he worked as choir conductor in the Central Synagogue in Haifa. A full biography of Kornitzer in … . Tina Frühauf: Leon Kornitzer, in: Lexicon of persecuted musicians from the Nazi era , Claudia Maurer Zenck, Peter … from 1937 describes the collection of Jewish liturgical music found at the then relatively new Jewish National and …
Solomon Lipschitz
… . Known for his volume Te'udat Shelomo which contains synagogue musical practices of his time and personal reminiscences. … …
Max Löwenstamm
… Munich (1847-1881). Wrote many choral compositions for the synagogue. Source: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor and composer … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
David Menahem
… absorbed the 'Yerushalmi cantorial tradition' in the Ades Synagogue . As a child, he studied at a Talmud Torah and … Moshe Havusha , taught him the secrets of the Arab Maqam musical system and Arabic musical instruments. Since childhood, along with pursuing …
Zalman Polak
… in Jerusalem. 1921: Invited to serve as cantor in The Great Synagogue, (Beit ha-Knesset ha-Gadol) of Rishon LeZion. … to Israel. 1934-1948: Served as cantor in many various synagogues throughout Israel. 1937: Was involved for many … and dictating 'nosachim.' 1960: The Institute of Sacred Music reported in the news regarding his institute for …
Fabian Ogutsch
… and choir, published ' Der Frankfurter Kantor ' containing synagogue melodies of the Frankfurt tradition. Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman), Daat website ( …