Zevulun Kwartin known as Zavel or Zevulun Kwartin (Hebrew: זבולון קוורטין; March 25, – September 22, ), known as Zavel or Savel, was a Jewish chazzan (cantor) and composer, a contemporary of Mordechai Hershman. Part of his family fled to Brazil during World War II.
As Soon As I'm Born, Zevulun (Zavel) Kwartin - By Rabbi Geoffrey Shisler. Most famous Chazanim have tenor voices. One who was endowed with a glorious high baritone, was the great Zavel Kwartin. Kwartin was born on 25th March in Chonorod, Elisabetgrad, Russia, to a wealthy Chassidic textile merchant.
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Most famous Chazanim have tenor voices. One who was endowed with a glorious high baritone, was the great Zavel Kwartin. Kwartin was born on 25th March in Chonorod, Elisabetgrad, Russia, to a wealthy Chassidic textile merchant. Zevulun "Zavel" Kwartin was a Cantor Zawel Kwartin () was one of the first international stars of Jewish music, his celebrity fueled in large part by his gramophone records. Kwartin’s autobiography, Mayn Lebn (My Life), was published in Philadelphia in , the same year as his death.
Ruth Kwartin, who I Kwartin was born in Novo-arkhangelsk, Ukraine, and was first exposed to the cantorial tradition through his involvement in the choir of a local synagogue. Kwartin went on to study hazzanut formally in Vienna, where he later received his first official cantorial post.
Russian-born cantor and composer (born Zevulun "Zavel" Kwartin (Hebrew: זבולון קוורטין; March 25, , Novoarkhanhelsk, Yelisavetgradsky Uyezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire - October 3, , United States) was a Russian-born chazzan (cantor) and composer, a contemporary of Mordechai Hershman. Part of his family fled to Brazil during World War II.
Tel Aviv: Israel Music · 1. Cantor Zavel (Zebulon) Kwartin. MY LIFE. Published by a. Community Committee. Philadelphia—New York.
Summary ; Creator: Kwartin, Most famous Chazanim have tenor voices. One who was endowed with a glorious high baritone, was the great Zavel Kwartin. Kwartin was born on 25th March in Chonorod, Elisabetgrad, Russia, to a wealthy Chassidic textile merchant. From a very early age he exhibited a beautiful voice and his father took him to the famous.