Israel Alter, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Israel Alter

Austrian-Hungarian Jewish cantor and composer, regarded as "the one Chasanim, the cantor of the cantors"

Date of Birth: 23-Sep-1901

Place of Birth: Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 16-Nov-1979

Profession: composer, singer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

Israel Alter (also: Yisra?el Alter, born September 23, 1901 in Lemberg, died November 16, 1979, in New York City) was an Austrian-Hungarian Jewish cantor and last chief cantor in Hanover, Germany.
The well traveled composer was regarded as "the one Chasanim, the cantor of the cantors".