Zavel Kwartin

Zavel Kwartin

Zevulun "Zavel" Kwartin, Zavel Kwartin (March 25, 1874, Chonorod, Elisabetgrad, Russia - October 3, 1952, United States) was a Russian-born chazzan (cantor) and composer.

External links

* [http://www.chazzanut.com/articles/kwartin.html Chazzanut Online article on "Zevulun (Zavel) Kwartin"]


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Поможем написать курсовую

Look at other dictionaries:

  • KWARTIN, ZAVEL — (Zevulun; 1874–1953), ḥazzan and composer. Born in Novoarkhangelsk, Ukraine, Kwartin worked in his father s business while studying music and singing in a synagogue choir. He first officiated as a ḥazzan in 1896, on the Sabbath preceding his… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Kwartin, Zavel — (1874 1953)    American cantor and composer. He was born in the Ukraine. He served as a cantor in synagogues in Vienna, St Petersburg and Budapest, before emigrating to the US in 1919. He became cantor at Temple Emanuel in Borough Park, Brooklyn …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • First Roumanian-American congregation — First Roumanian American congregation …   Wikipedia

  • Première synagogue roumano-américaine — 40° 43′ 12″ N 73° 59′ 20″ W / 40.72, 73.9888 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • MUSIC — This article is arranged according to the following outline: introduction written sources of direct and circumstantial evidence the material relics and iconography notated sources oral tradition archives and important collections of jewish music… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Timeline of Jewish history — This is a timeline of the development of Judaism and the Jewish people. All dates are given according to the Common Era, not the Hebrew calendar.See also Jewish history which includes links to individual country histories. For the history of… …   Wikipedia

  • Hazzan — This article is about the Jewish musician. For people named Hazan or Chazan, see Hazan (disambiguation). Cantor concert in the Vienna Stadttempel synagogue …   Wikipedia

  • ḤAZZAN — (pl. Ḥazzanim) (Heb. חַזָּנִים ,חַזָּן), cantor officiating in a synagogue; used in this specific sense since the Middle Ages. History of Role and Function The word frequently occurs in talmudic sources, where it denotes various types of communal …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • RECORDS, PHONOGRAPH — The earliest talking machine was patented by Thomas A. Edison in 1878 as a vertical cylinder device. In 1887 emile berliner produced a lateral flat disc mechanism, bringing the disc gramophone into competition with the cylinder phonograph. By… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”