Lefkowitz, Jacob, 1913-2009
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Cantor Jacob Lefkowitz, 1953-1954, undated
File
Identifier: B429.03.0015.0006
Abstract
Contains music and chants by Cantor Jacob Lefkowitz. File also contains a short memo strongly criticizing Rabbi Laderman's choice of a Cantata for a graduation program and a letter.
Dates:
1953-1954, undated
Hebrew and Sunday School Picnic at Sloan's Lake in Denver, CO, 1945 August
File
Identifier: B159.04.0003.00001
Abstract
Black and white photograph of the Hebrew Education Alliance’s Hebrew and Sunday School picnic at Sloan's Lake in Denver, CO in August 1945. Photo is taken in a large open grassy area with trees and a line of cars in the background and 3-5 rows of children. The man standing on the left side of the group is Canton Jacob Lefkowitz and the man standing on the far right is Mr. Dubin, a Hebrew instructor. Melvin Engbar is identified as sitting in the second row from front on a bench, 11th face in...
Dates:
1945 August
Jacob Lefkowitz Cantorial Melodies
Collection
Identifier: B177
Abstract
Cantor Jacob Lefkowitz was considered one of the preeminent American-born cantors of the 20th century and composed liturgical music for prayers, psalms, cantatas and recitatives. His first cantorial positon was at Denver's Hebrew Educational Alliance, where he was cantor from 1941-1957. Jacob Lefkowitz was born in 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio. The Cantor Jacob Lefkowitz Cantorial Melodies collection contains three 33rpm 12-inch records with "Cantorial Melodies" composed and sung by Cantor Jacob...
Dates:
circa 1950
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