cantor

Example Sentences

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Laurence Harris, a longtime member and wife of the temple’s cantor, Ruth, who both helped save saved multiple Torahs from burning last year, said that the community has grown in the year since.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 7, 2026

They were also performed for the first time in 320 years at the St Thomas Church in Leipzig, where Bach is buried and served as a cantor for 27 years.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

In Grades IV and V, they perform tests at a walk, trot, cantor and do lateral work.

From BBC • Aug. 25, 2024

Born Sidney Liebowitz in New York City’s borough of Brooklyn, Lawrence was the son of a Jewish cantor who worked as a house painter.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 7, 2024

A bracing example of how the landscape was changing can be seen in the unfolding career of the classically trained son of an orthodox Jewish cantor, Kurt Weill.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall