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
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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