cantor

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They were performed at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach is buried and where he worked as a cantor for 27 years.

From BBC • Nov. 17, 2025

They were also performed for the first time in 320 years at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach is buried and served as a cantor for 27 years.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

“There’s a lot of joy and sadness,” said cantor Marcus Feldman, who oversees the musical department at Sinai Temple and sang at the event, which included performances in both Hebrew and English.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2023

The synagogue is named after German-born composer Kurt Weill, who fled Nazi Germany in 1933, and his father Albert Weill, who was a cantor in Dessau.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 22, 2023

A bracing example of how the landscape was changing can be seen in the unfolding career of the classically trained son of an orthodox Jewish cantor, Kurt Weill.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall