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Singer, Josef
The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia
or Austrian cantor; born in Galicia Oct. 15, 1842. His father, an itinerant ?azzan, destined him for a theatrical career, but the boy evinced an inclination for study, and after taking a four-year course at the Conservatorium at Prague he accepted a position as cantor in Beuthen, Prussian Silesia. In 1873 he was called to Nuremberg as "Oberkantor," and in 1881, when Salomon Sulzer retired from active service, Singer succeeded him as chief cantor of the Wiener Cultusgemeinde, which position he still (1905) occupies.
Singer, who is an ardent student and investigator in the domain of synagogal music, is the author of "Die Tonarten des Traditionellen Synagogengesanges im Verh�ltniss zu den Kirchentonarten und den Tonarten der Vorchristlichen Musikperiode" (Vienna, 1886, ed. E. Wetzler), a critical study of the forms of melodious intonation (see ?AZZANUT). He has published also numerous articles in "Der J�dische Kantor" (Bromberg) and in the "Oesterreichisch-Ungarische Kantoren-Zeitung" (Vienna); of his contributions to the latter periodical may bementioned "Biographien Ber�hmter Fachgenossen Aelterer Periode" (1881-82) and "Ueber Entwickelung des Synagogengesanges" (1883-90).
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Singer, Josef'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tje/s/singer-josef.html. 1901.
