Cantors (Judaism)
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 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
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