Abraham Binder
Abraham Wolfe Binder (born January 13, 1895 in New York City , † October 9, 1966 ) was an American composer.
Binder was the son of a cantor and began singing in his father's choir when he was five. At the age of 14 he led his first own choir in the Kamenetz synagogue. Binder graduated from Columbia University . He went on several study trips to Palestine . From 1921 he was a teacher and from 1937 professor at the Jewish Institute of Religion in New York. In 1932 Binder founded the Jewish Music Forum . In addition, from 1922 he was musical director of the Stephen Wise Synagogue in New York.
He composed an opera , several orchestral suites and choral works. He also collected and edited Jewish folk songs , many of which he brought back from his research trips to Palestine and presented for the first time in America.
Abraham Binder was married and had two daughters.
Web links
- Biography (English)
- Biography in the American Jewish archives (English)
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| SURNAME | Binder, Abraham |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Binder, Abraham Wolfe |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 13, 1895 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , New York , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 9, 1966 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York , United States |