Re: Lady Cantors

[Lori Cahan-Simon <l_cahan...>]

Hi Tsipele,

My dad told me about Sheindele (as it is spelled on the LP I have).  She 
was indeed popular in the Philly area.  People used to jam the Steel 
Pier in Etclentic Ceetee (Atlantic City), NJ to hear her, and my dad's 
grandmother used to listen to her on the radio all the time.  Her album 
is divine and I think she's much more interesting than Bas Sheva.

Lorele


Sylvia Schildt wrote:

>Henekh ....
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>When I was a kid in Brooklyn there was also a much-advertised  Sheyndele di
>Khaznte - if memory serves, she was daughter or kin to Moyshe Koussevitzky.
>They even displayed posters of her (and sometimes the pair) in the Strauss
>Street Shul - a khor shul - in Brownsville.
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>I don't think they were too strict about Kol Isha  - audiences were men and
>women.  This Kol Isha thing is soooo "nouveau frum."
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>Sylvia Schildt
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>on 7/24/02 3:29 PM, Sapoznik (at) aol(dot)com at Sapoznik (at) aol(dot)com 
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>>I am currently researching women who sang cantorial repertoire, or played
>>klezmer music, before it was possible to do so professionally.
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>>I think you mean "before it was possible to do so in a synagogue". These
>>"Lady Cantors" (as they were called)  were quite professional being on record
>>for years (as my reissue of Sophie Kurtzer's 1923 Pathe disc on "Mysteries of
>>the Sabbath" illustrates). Lady cantors were also staples of the air on major
>>city Jewish radio shows. Some, like Freidele Oysher  (sister of Moishe
>>Oysher) who performed on WEVD as "Friedele di Chazente" was as big a star as
>>one could be, male or female.
>>Also women klezmorim were also very much professional such as pianists Sylvia
>>Schwartz, Beverly Musiker and Dora Cherniavsky playing on klezmer bandstands
>>as early as 1917.
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>>Henry Sapoznik
>>Producer
>>Yiddish Radio Project
>>National Public Radio
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