Volume 7, Number 3 - Cantors Assembly

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We know that Max Wohlberg is the acknowledged master of
nusah, and that is what most students appreciate. However, beyond
nusah, Wohlberg has a wide range of knowledge and great depth in
various Jewish and general studies. He is a remarkably well-educated
person with deep roots in the Jewish traditon and a fantastic
knowledge of the liturgy of our faith. He is the yeshiva bochur who
blends traditional learning with broad general knowledge of Eastern
European traditions and Western European training, as well as a
thoroughly American approach to the problems which he and his colleagues
face.
It is a privilege to salute Max Wohlberg on his seventieth birthday.
All of us in the Cantors Institute look forward to his continued
musical productivity, teaching and guidance.
GREETINGSTO MAX WOHLBERG
HUGO W EISGALL
ALBERT WEISSER
We greet our friend and colleague, Max Wohlberg, on this happy
juncture of a long and productive career. His scholarly contributions
to hazzanut and Jewish music have been many, and not least must be
the grateful appreciation owed to him by his many students for
demonstrating to them the highest ideals for which a hazzan must continually
strive. We wish him many long years of creativity and
devotion to Jewish music.
Dr. Hugo Weisgall is Chairman of Faculty and Albert Weisser is Assistant Professor in
the Department of Music of the Cantors Institute of the Jewish Theological Seminary
of America.