Dr Michael Jolles, David Prager, Cantor Yehuda Marx

Ten years in the making,British Jewish Historian, Dr Michael Jolles has produced material, never assembled in one place before, including much that is not available in any other publication. Over 800 pages long, it contains 2000 alphabetical biographies of cantors, ministers, choirmasters, composers or accompanists who have served British congregations musically over the centuries from 1656 to the present day. There is also an extensive historical introduction on the variety of roles of the chazan and their operating environment in the synagogue.

“The Jolles Encyclopaedia is an astounding accomplishment and one I will be referring to for decades, I expect. I’ve barely cracked the book and am already floored by the beautiful devotion of your research endeavour”. Dr Jeremiah Lockwood, New York.

Now well into its third edition that will soon be uploaded to the ECA Website www.cantors.eu, they will discuss the feedback they have received.

To download your free copy of the Encyclopaedia email:DownloadJollesEncyclopaedia@cantors.eu for the link.
To write to the editors, suggesting additional material, amendments, photographs, discographies, references to academic sources, and links to appropriate websites email EditorialJollesEncyclopaedia@cantors.eu.

To watch again the European Cantors Association launch event on 6 October 2021 with distinguished guest speakers from around the world including Michael Jolles himself click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilbPfCkxR0Y

David Prager studies and lectures on the music and biographies of cantors of the last centuries. He is a sought-after concert accompanist instantly transposing the most famous cantorial pieces to a key appropriate to the soloist. A Chemist by profession, he has held senior management positions in multinational corporations. He lives in Surbiton, Surrey with his wife Jill.

Dr Michael Jolles is an independent researcher and writer on Anglo-Jewish history. He is one of the authors of the Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History and compiled the Directory of Distinguished Jews 1830-1930 (published in 2002). He was a Council Member of the Jewish Historical Society of England for twenty years and is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society.

Cantor Yehuda Marx was born in Manchester and has served the Heaton Park Synagogue Community there since 1990. He was one of the revered Reverend Bryll’s students at Jews college. He has sung in services and in concerts in London and New York as well as in Israel and Sweden. He has written a book ‘In Defence of Chazzanut’.