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Neglected sources for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Synagogue Music: The Prefaces to Louis Lewandowski's Kol Rinnah U't'fillah and Todah W'simrah. Annotated Translations
… The core of the article is a translation from the German of Lewandowski’s prefaces to his major works of synagogue music. Unfortunately omitted from the editions … … Synagogue … Synagogue music … Manuscripts … Reform … Germany … Ninteenth (19th) Century … Composers … …

Hebraeisch-orientalischer Melodienschatz, 06[G]: Der Synagogengesang der deutschen Juden im 18. Jahrhundert
… Also exists in English. Synagogue music of the German Jews in the 18th century, …

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 … choral singing for four voices. Influenced by his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the …

David Nowakowsky
… where he was recruited as a choirboy for the local choral Synagogue. While in Berditchev, Nowakowsky learned harmony … was deeply influenced by Blumenthal’s heavy use of the Germanic idiom, and by his adaptations of German classics for the synagogue service. Nowakowky’s …

Heinrich Schalit and Paul Ben-Haim in Munich
… Emanuel Kirschner’s attempt to find the ancient elements of Synagogue chant and eliminating Jwish music's foreign … “Kabalat Shabbat” his last important piece written in Germany. Schalit believed in the significance of Jewish …

A Voice Still Heard: the Sacred Songs of the Ashkenazic Jews
… A survey of the history of Western Ashkenazi (German) liturgical music. The book contains some insight into the development of the synagogue chants and their relation to non Jewish sources. …

A Cantor on Trial
… three different parts: an old world Eastern European then a German auditioning to be the synagogue cantor. Displeased with what they've heard and unable to agree, the synagogue committee is visited by Leibele's agent who offers …

Solomon Lipschitz
… Born in Furth , Germany . Worked as cantor in various cities in Europe, … . Known for his volume Te'udat Shelomo which contains synagogue musical practices of his time and personal … … Cantor … Writer … Germany … Solomon Lipschitz …
Eric Mandell
… it enjoyed a revival in early 21st century Bochum, the German city in whose synagogue Mandell served as cantor and from which he was … funding from the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. Cover of book on Mandel: See also: The Re-discovery …

The Mogen Ovos Mode: a Study in Folklore
… of Jewish folk song' and is also the foundation of various synagogue melodies (e.g. Leoni's yigdal). The mode is not … found in Arabic, 'Syrian-Maronite,' Old French and Catholic-German song. Idelsohn traces it in several European cultures … by the French from the Jews of France and penetrated German song and Gregorian chant. Since, however, the motives …