Kol Nidre Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt


Kol Nidre Cantor Yossele Rosenblatt






Rosenblatt, born on May 9, 1882, in Bila Tserkva, Russian Empire followed in a long line of cantors. 
Quickly lauded as a "wunderkind", or child prodigy, Rosenblatt's solo career began a seven years of age. When he was 17 years old, Rosenblatt went to Vienna for several months, during which he officiated in the largest synagogues of the city. He informally studied with Jacob Maerz, an accomplished singer and musician as well as a wealthy merchant. Rosenblatt's stay in Vienna was followed by an extensive tour of the communities of the Austro-Hungarian empire including Budapest.
After stints in  Munkacs, Hungary, Bratislava and Hamburg, Germany,  In 1912, he moved to New York to become the Cantor at Ohab Zedek orthodox congregation.. From 1927, he appeared Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis, Seattle, Indianapolis, Columbus, Milwaukee, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C.

Rosenblatt's fame extended beyond the Jewish world earning him large concert fees, a singing role in the 1927 film The Jazz Singer, and the sobriquet "The Jewish Caruso.”



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