Chaim adler biography

He was one of eight sons born to his parents, Emma Dahl and Simon Adler.
Belgian-born cantor and composer Hugo Chaim Adler was cantor of the Haupt-Synagoge in Mannheim, Germany, from 1922 until his emigration to the United States.
Grapevine: Happy 80th birthday, Cantor Chaim Adler.

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Adler, Hugo Chaim

ADLER, HUGO CHAIM (1894–1955), cantor and composer. Born in Antwerp, Adler served as a chorister to Yossele *Rosenblatt in Hamburg. He officiated as cantor in Mannheim, 1921–39, studied composition with Ernst *Toch, and was strongly influenced by the modern musical idiom. The Juedisches Lehrhaus of Franz *Rosenzweig in Frankfurt helped to shape his thoughts and he set to music some of Rosenzweig's Hebrew hymns. Adler adopted the idea of the musical Lehrstueck, an ethical-political cantata first realized by Brecht and Hindemith, and composed a Maccabean cantata Licht und Volk (performed in 1931) and Balak und Bileam (1934). The performance of his Akedah was prevented by the Kristallnacht pogrom of November 1938. After his escape to the U.S. he was appointed cantor in Worcester, Massachusetts. There he reshaped the music of the service and composed music for complete liturgies as well as many short pieces and the cantatas Parable of Persecution (1946), Behold the Jew, and Jona (1943). Adler's importance rests upon his skill in replacing 19^th-c

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Hugo Chaim Adler

Belgian composer

Hugo Chaim Adler (17 January 1894 – 24 December 1955), was a Belgiancantor, composer, and choir conductor. He is primarily recognized for creating and popularizing contemporary versions of 19th-century Jewishcantorial music. He is the father of Samuel Adler, a prominent American composer of contemporary classical music.

Personal life

Hugo Chaim Adler was born in Antwerp, Belgium, while his Jewish-German parents were on holiday on January 17, 1894. He was one of eight sons born to his parents, Emma Dahl and Simon Adler.

Raised in Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, he studied music composition at the Hochschule für Musik Köln from 1912-1915 and played piano. In 1915 he was drafted into the German Army as an infantryman and was injured at the Argonne in 1918.^[1] All seven of his brothers served in the war, and all survived. After returning home, Adler began his tenure at the Haupt-Synagogue in Mannheim and met his wife Selma Rothschild. They had two children, Marianne and Samuel Adler. He participated in the Mannheim H

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Grapevine: Happy 80th birthday, Cantor Chaim Adler

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

By GREER FAY CASHMAN

Depleted congregations are to be expected in most synagogues after the holidays – certainly after Simhat Torah, which attracts many more people than regular Sabbath services. One of the exceptions will be Jerusalem’s Great Synagogue, which is dedicating the first Bible reading from the Book of Genesis to Chief Cantor Chaim Adler and his wife, Shoshana. Adler who is celebrating his 80th birthday and who is retiring from professional life, will remain Chief Cantor Emeritus. He may occasionally lead services in the future, but certainly not on a regular basis. He is not the only member of his family with a wonderful singing voice, and rumor has it that one or two others may raise their voices during Sabbath services at the Great Synagogue this weekend.■ ALTHOUGH THE Philippines was the only Asian nation that was among the 33 nations that voted in favor of UN Resolution 181 that paved the way for the establishment of the State of Israel, and before that was