Minkowski Pinchos (Born April 1859 Biała Cerkiew near Kiev – February 4, 1924 Boston) – a singer, a synagogue cantor. He was the son of Mordechai, cantor, brother of Abraham. He became acquainted with the principles of music as a chorister at Nissima Belzer in Chisinau. He also studied singing with Ernest Taliabue in Canning. Ces. Ros. Tow. Muses. in Moscow, and then Victor Rokitański in Canning. Tow. Friends of Music in Vienna. There he also studied theory with Robert Fuchs. From 1875 he was a cantor in Biała Cerkiew, from 1877 in Berdyczów, from 1878 in Chisinau, from 1882 in Kherson. In 1885-1886 he was a cantor in the Choral Synagogue in Lviv. Then, after a one-year stay in Odessa, where he studied harmony with Dawid Nowakowski, he went to New York for 5 years, from where he was appointed to Odessa in place of N. Belzer to the famous Synagogue of Brodzka. He remained in this position for 30 years. In 1922 he moved to Paris and then to the United States. He gained great recognition there and the nickname “king of money changers.” He combined the “enlightened” style of S. Sulzer with the “Volyn” style of N. Belzer. He wrote a lot about Jewish music, especially about vocal music. He published, among others Die Entwicklung der Synagogalen Lithurgie bis nach die Reformation des 19. Jahrhunderts (Odessa 1902), Moderne Liturgies in unsere Synagogen in Russland (part I-II, ibid. 1910) and collective work Geschichte von Chasanut (New York 1924).
Rozen, Di geshikhte; Friedmann, Lebensbilder III; Wininger, National Biographie IV; Brückner, Rock, Judentum; Stengel, Gerigk, Juden; M. Nulman, Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music, New York 1975.
9 thoughts on “Kaminos”
Was Nicholas related to Alexander Saslavsky who married Celeste Izolee Todd?
Anyone have a contact email for Yair Klinger or link to score for Ha-Bayta?
wish to have homeland concert video played on the big screen throughout North America.
can organize here in Santa Barbara California.
contacts for this needed and any ideas or suggestions welcomed.
Nat farber is my great grandpa 😊
Are there any movies or photos of max kletter? His wife’s sister was my stepmother, so I’m interested in seeing them and sharing them with his wife’s daughter.
The article says Sheb recorded his last song just 4 days before he died, but does not tell us the name of it. I be curious what it was. I’d like to hear it.
Would anyone happen to know where I can find a copy of the sheet music for a Gil Aldema Choral (SATB) arrangement for Naomi Shemer’s “Sheleg Al Iri”. (Snow on my Village)?
Joseph Smith
Kol Ram Community Choir, NYC
שלום שמעון!
לא שכחתי אותך. עזבתי את ישראל בפברואר 1998 כדי להביא את בני האוטיסט לקבל את העזרה המקצועית שלא הייתה קיימת אז בישראל. זה סיפור מאוד עצוב וטרגי, אבל אני הייתי היחיד עם ביצים שהביא אותו והייתי הורה יחיד בשבילו במשך חמישה חודשים. הוא היה אז בן 9. כעת הוא בן 36 ומתפקד באופן עצמאי. נתתי לו הזדמנות לעתיד נורמלי. בטח, אבות כולם חרא, אומרים הפמינציות, אבל כולם צריכים לעבוד כמטרות במטווחי רובה!
משה קונג
(Maurice King)
Thank you for this wonderful remembrance of Herman Zalis. My late father, Henry Wahrman, was one of his students. Note the correct spelling of his name for future reference. Thank you again for sharing this.
Tirza Wahrman (Mitlak)