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Samuel Alman
Samuel Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education…
Aaron Beer
Aaron Beer was born in Bamberg, Bavaria in 1739. He held his first cantorial post at the…
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Myer Leoni
Myer Leoni began his musical career as an opera singer in England. In 1767 he took a…
Nahum Nardi
Nahum Nardi was born Nahum Narodietzky in 1901 to a religious-Zionist family in Kiev,…
Sholom Secunda
Sholom Secunda was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson…
Gershon Sirota
Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village…
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Yeruham Blindman
Yeruham Blindman served as a cantor in Kishnev, Tarnopol and Berdichev. By 1834 he was…
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Nissan Blumenthal
Nissan Blumenthal was born in Berdichev, Ukraine, and at the age of 21 held his first…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
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Israel Meyer Japhet
Israel Meyer Japhet was born in Kassel, Germany. In 1853 he began working as choir…