Looking for music to celebrate the High Holy Days this year? Look no further, the Recorded Sound Archives has a collection of over 40 recordings for you to choose from and share and enjoy with your family. Looking for more music to celebrate the High Holy Days this year? Look no further, the Recorded Sound Archives has a collection of over 40 recordings for you to choose from and share and enjoy with your family.īy Recorded Sound Archives, Septem2:05 pm Listen to the voice of Cantor Moshe Schwimmerĭiscover the voice of Cantor Moshe Schwimmer this High Holy Days by visiting the Recorded Sound Archives website and listening to his album High Holy Days in a Conservative Synagogue ( ). He was just always striving for perfection.” He told us about his brother, “He never made any commercial recordings. Sydney), personally hand-carried his brother’s private tape recordings (along with some memorabilia and biographical information) to the Wimberly Library on Florida Atlantic University’s Boca Raton campus. Yet, his voice might have been lost forever were it not for one man’s strong desire to cherish his brother’s memory and protect his legacy. Moshe Schwimmer was a cantor whose beautiful voice and soulful singing touched audiences for decades. This wonderful recording was created by the JSA from the private recordings of Cantor Moshe Schwimmer and can only be heard on this website. Soon he had his own hour-long weekly radio program which was broadcast all over Europe. He was invited to sing for the state-run radio station in Munich. He fled to Budapest where he continued to study, created the OMIKE performance group, and gave concerts, until the Hungarians sent him to a forced labor camp and then to a concentration camp.Īfter his liberation in 1944, he appeared throughout Eastern Europe, but it was not until his travels took him to Germany that his talents were truly recognized. Moshe was determined to increase his skills. Sadly, the synagogue in Brunn was torched and burned by the Nazis. Outside the conservatory Hitler was on a rampage. His knowledge of liturgical music grew and his rich baritone voice became polished and more defined. Inside the conservatory he was welcomed into the cantor’s choir. And so, at the age of 18, he set out to study music and liturgy at the Brunn Music Conservatory in Czechoslovakia (now Austria). But, being a serious and studious young man, he desired to develop his talents through study and hard work. As a child his singing delighted all who heard him. Moshe Schwimmer was born with the gift of a beautiful singing voice. This High Holy days we wanted to highlight the voice of Cantor Moshe Schwimmer. By Recorded Sound Archives, Septem2:31 pm
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