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Abrass, Osias Joshua, 1820-1884

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Personal name headingAbrass, Osias Joshua, 1820-1884
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Variant(s)Pitsche, Osias Joshua, 1820-1884
Abrass, Joshua Osias, 1820-1884
Pitzi, Joshua Osias, 1820-1884
Field of activitySacred music
Profession or occupationCantors (Judaism)
Found inHis Sabbatt Gesàˆnge, 19--?: t.p. (Osias Abrass genannt Pitsche)
OCLC, Oct. 6, 2003 (hdg.: Abrass, Osias Joshua, 1820-1884)
Jewish Encyclopedia.com, March 13, 2017 (Abrass, Joshua (Osias), called also Pitzi; a famous hazan, or cantor, born in Austria about 1820, and died at Odessa in 1883; he was cantor in Tarnopol, 1840-42; afterward in Lemberg, 1842-60; and from 1960-83 he was chief cantor of the great synagogue of Odessa; he composed Hymns and religious songs for sabbaths and festivals of the year, Vienna, 1873; his daughter was Abrastzova, a popular Russian singer)