Documentary. 2 DVDs, 147 min., B&W/color, Hebrew, Yiddish & English with English subt.
Directed by Rich Pontius
Produced by Cantor Murray E. Simon
A survey of the Ashkenazi liturgical music, its history and forms.
Texts in Hebrew with translation into English and Dutch. Introductory matter in Dutch and English by H.M. Polak inserted. English title: Amsterdam chazzanut. Hebrew title: שירי חזני אמשטרדם.
The life story of cantor Yosef (Yossele) Rosenblatt as told by his son (Discography on pages 369-371).
Three volume collection of synagogue compositions: The first two volumes are liturgical choral compositions. The third volume, titled Schire Schelomo, contains chants and settings composed by Hirsch Weintraub's father, Salomon Weintraub (Kashtan).
The first edition, under the same name, which did not include "Schire Schlomo", was published in Koenigsberg in 1865.
