Leib Glantz
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Leib Glantz
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Leib Glantz was a lyrical tenor cantor (chazzan), composer, musicologist of Jewish music, writer, educator, and Zionist leader. He was born in 1898 in Kiev, Russian Empire. His father and both grandfathers were important cantors with Chassidic backgrounds. Leibele, as he was fondly nicknamed, was eight years old when he first appeared as a cantor in Kyiv. Word spread swiftly about the child prodigy, and he was engaged to appear in concerts all over Europe. In his teens he organized and conducted
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American musician (1898–1964)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leib_Glantz
date created:
2009-08-12T16:44:14Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T19:05:53Z
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