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Isaac Offenbach
… Jacques Offenbach . Offenbach was a noted composer of synagogue and secular music. The majority of his musical … editor and translator. He published a Haggadah with a German translation, an appendix of original and traditional melodies (1838), and a Hebrew-German youth prayer book (1839). … Cantor & composer … …

Moritz Deutsch
… In 1844 Deutsch began working as chief cantor at the Reform Synagogue in Breslau where he formed and lead a choir. In … seminaries. He also composed choral arrangements for synagogue liturgy in the classical German style which were published in the collection, …
Aaron Beer
… on to the position of head hazzan of the Heidereutergasse Synagogue in Berlin, and continued to work there until his … into a collection of over 1,200 pieces for use in the Synagogue. Beer was known for using a varying body of tunes … Union College in Cincinnati, where it remains today. … German cantor, composer and collector … Aaron Beer …

Max Spicker
… Born in Köngisberg, Germany, and immigrated to the US in 1882. After settling in … many musical anthologies. Spicker has written music for the synagogue, as well as choral and orchestral works. Sources: … … Conductor … Choirmaster … Teacher … Editor … Schirmer … Synagogue … Music … Education … Conducting … Max Spicker …

Alfred Sendrey
… Sendrey accepted a position as the director of the Central German Radio in Berlin, and taught simultaneously at the … life, while working as the musical director of the Fairfax Synagogue and the Sinai Temple, Sendrey also composed several works for Synagogue worship. … Singer, composer & researcher … …

Erinhern für die Zukunft: Remember for the future
… and Polish. In this film they can be seen performing around Germany, learning a song by Mordechai Gebirtig, visiting synagogues and churches and performing two Yiddish songs, a … song … Children … Choir … Shibolet BaSadeh … Jewish Culture Germany … Erinhern für die Zukunft: Remember for the future …

Artur Holde
… Born in Rendsburg, Schleswig-Holstein , Germany . Began his career in Frankfurt , as a synagogue conductor and a music critic. In 1937, he …

The Cantorial Fantasia Revisited: New Perspectives on an Ashkenazic Musical Genre
… Based on MS sources of Maier Levi of Esslingen, Germany (1813–1874), the article demonstrates: (1) The genre … the vocalise in the sung liturgy of the Western Ashkenazi synagogue in the Baroque and early modern period. … 3 … …
Gershon Sirota
… assisted his father in leading services at the local synagogue. At the age of 13, Sirota went to visit his … service, Yakovkin, the choirmaster of the Shalashna Synagogue in Odessa , pursued Sirota until he agreed to join … began working as a hazzan at one of the smaller local synagogues. Sirota took advantage of the rich tradition of …

Juedische Musik
… Deals with the nature of Jewish Music (=mainly synagogue music) and with its components (recitatives, …