Israel Alter
Israel Alter was born in 1901 at Lviv. Alter died in 1979 at New York City. Israel Alter was recorded as singer, composer and hazzan.
Israel Alter

Foto: Bernd Schwabe · CC BY-SA 3.0
- Born
- 1901 · Lviv.
- Died
- 1979 · New York City.
- Nationality
- United States · Austria
- Occupation
- singer · composer · hazzan
- Languages
- German
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Biography
The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Hanover. Residence is recorded at Mitte.

Zur Eröffnung der Ausstellung Israel Alter - der letzte Kantor von Hannover im Rahmen der Herbsttage der Jüdischen Musik führte der Ehrenpräsident der Siegmund-Seligmann-Stiftung, Andor Izsák (links, hier vor der Büste Siegmund Seligmanns), den Erbprinzen von Hannover, SKH Ernst August persönlich durch die Räumlichkeiten der Villa Seligmann...
Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover

Zwei Freunde in der Villa
Foto: Bernd Schwabe in Hannover
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Places
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Mitte
Residences
Lviv.
Birth place
New York City.
Death place
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