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Israel Lovy
Israel Lovy (31 August 1773 – 7 January 1832), also known as Israel Glogauer and Israel Fürth, was a ''Hazzan, ḥazzan'' and composer. Biography Israel Lovy was born in Schottland, near Gdańsk, Danzig, into a lineage of ''ḥazzanim'' from Poland and Pomerania. He received a Talmudic and secular education at Głogów, Glogau, where his father was ''ḥazzan''. From the age of 13, he acted as assistant ''ḥazzan'' in various communities of Moravia, Bohemia, Saxony, and Bavaria. Lovy travelled extensively, visiting the greatest cantors of the time, and studying the works of the greatest masters, especially those of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. From 1799 to 1806, Lovy was employed in Fürth, where he continued his secular and musical education, becoming accomplished in violin, violoncello, and piano, and becoming proficient in French language, French, Italian language, Italian, and Hebrew language, Hebrew. At the request of Duke of Bavaria Maximilian I Joseph of B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Synagogue De Nazareth
The Synagogue de Nazareth ( en, Nazareth Synagogue) is situated on the Rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth, in the 3rd arrondissement of Paris, and is the oldest of the 'great' synagogues of Paris. It is normally known as ''Synagogue Nazareth'' rather than ''Synagogue de la rue Nazareth'', its official name. History In 1810, the Ashkenazi Jews of Paris, had two synagogues, one on rue Sainte-Avoye (today: rue du Temple) and another on rue du Chaulme (today: rue des Archives). Expelled from the synagogue on Saint-Avoye by the landlord in 1818, the community bought a plot of land in 1819 situated between 14 rue Neuve-Saint-Laurent (today: rue du Vertbois) and 15 rue Notre-Dame-de-Nazareth. After having received permission from the King, Louis XVIII of France, Louis XVIII through the ordinance of 29 June 1819, the Assembly of the Jews of Paris, construction began under the direction of architect Sandrié de Jouy, and ended in 1822. The synagogue was built to accommodate a Church (congregation), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |