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cantor

[kan-ter, -tawr] / ˈkæn tər, -tɔr /


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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

Have you heard the one about the cantor who can’t sing and the retired music teacher who walk into a bar?

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 23, 2024

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

Then the cantor and Danny’s father stood over him and blessed him.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt



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