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Moshe Koussevitsky
… Moshe Koussevitsky was born in Smorgon , Poland , the eldest of four brothers who all perused careers in hazzanut. Koussevitsky was … his Jewish and secular education. He received his first cantorial post at the Great Synagogue of Vilna. In 1924, …
Zawel (Zevulun) Kwartin
… in Novo-arkhangelsk , Ukraine, and was first exposed to the cantorial tradition through his involvement in the choir of a local synagogue. Kwartin went on to study …
Myer Leoni
… 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 …
Israel Lovy
… Jewish education at a Yeshiva in Glogau, where his father officiated as a hazzan. From a young age, Lovy traveled … and London before finally settling in Paris in 1818 as the chief hazzan for the newly formed Reform Synagogue, Rue … Chants religieux pour les prieres hebraique . … Cantor & composer … Hazan, Chazzan, Chazzanut, Hazzanut, …
Pinhas Minkowski
… Minkokwski was born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine, where his father officiated as a cantor. Minkowski studied the cantorial tradition with his father, and supplemented …
Arno Nadel
… and began his Jewish musical education in Koenigsberg under cantor Eduard Birnbaum , first as a participant in his all boy-choir, and then as a private cantorial student. In 1895 Nadel enrolled in the Jewish Teacher’s Institute in Berlin, and upon …
Sholom Secunda
… was born on August 23, 1894 in Alexandria, a small town in the Kherson province, to parents Abraham and Anna Secunda. He was the sixth of nine children born to the Secunda family. In … immigration. That same year, Sholom was recruited by Cantor Bezalel Brown to sing for the Synagogue choir, the …
Wolf Shestapol
… Born in Odessa , Ukraine . Officiated as cantor in Kherson and was a prolific composer, producing … in Vienna . His fluent music reading was unusual among the cantors of his day. Sources: Bayer, Bathja. 'Shestapol, …
Gershon Sirota
… Gershon Sirota was born in 1874 in Podolia, where his father officiated as the village cantor. As a boy, Sirota frequently assisted his father in …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… Novaya Ushitsa, Ukraine. As a child, Weisser was exposed to the tradition of Hassidic melodies and Hebrew zemirot through his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical … In 1909, at the age of 21, Weisser began his official cantorial career, serving as the hazzan of the Vinitsa …