Cantor Gershon Sirota - Hoshana Rabbah from The Dybbuk 1937 Yiddish film

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From the 1937 Yiddish film, directed by Michal Waszynski, original music by Henoch Kon. When Caruso heard Gershon Sirota sing 'Celeste Aïda' in a concert, he reportedly thanked God the cantor had chosen 'to employ his heavenly gift in a different field.' Sirota, born in Russia in 1874, officiated as cantor in Odessa, Vilna and Warsaw. He made cantorial recordings, beginning in 1903. From 1927-35, he sang concerts throughout Europe and in the US He and his family perished in the Warsaw ghetto ...