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Jason Schwartzman stars as a recent widower, unable to fulfill his duties as a cantor at an upstate New York synagogue.
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Jason Bailey, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
While gathering some of their things, Grater called Ruth Berman Harris, the cantor at Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center (PJTC), where Grater, 54, had served as rabbi for 12 years before leaving in 2015 and becoming a congregant.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Jason Schwartzman gives one of the best performances of his career as a cantor in a crisis of faith who reunites with an old teacher named Carla (played wonderfully by the legendary Carol Kane) who asks him to help her prepare for a late-in-life bat mitzvah.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
They were married by a Jewish cantor and a Bible-church elder.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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Jason Bailey, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025
While gathering some of their things, Grater called Ruth Berman Harris, the cantor at Pasadena Jewish Temple and Center (PJTC), where Grater, 54, had served as rabbi for 12 years before leaving in 2015 and becoming a congregant.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Jason Schwartzman gives one of the best performances of his career as a cantor in a crisis of faith who reunites with an old teacher named Carla (played wonderfully by the legendary Carol Kane) who asks him to help her prepare for a late-in-life bat mitzvah.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2025
They were married by a Jewish cantor and a Bible-church elder.
—Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantor
Noun
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The weight of the sound—incorporating five vocal soloists, thirty choristers, and thirty-three instrumentalists—harks back to lumbering mid-twentieth-century accounts by Otto Klemperer and Hermann Scherchen, before the original-instrument movement dictated light textures and fleet tempos.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
23 June 2025
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The voices of the opera’s chorus are being provided by a choir which John conducts, the Pacific Coast Chorale, supplemented by two onstage choristers.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
25 May 2025
Noun
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Neil Young’s on-off relationship with the BBC and Glastonbury appears to have been resolved, for now, and the singer’s set will be shown live tonight on the national broadcaster.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
28 June 2025
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The schedule for the day-long Hartford Bonanza includes DJ Connie Carmona from 4 to 6 p.m., acoustic folk/hip-hop singer/songwriter Bodhi at 6 p.m., DJ Eric Otero at 7 p.m. amd the soul/hip-hop/jazz fusion of Dwayne Keith & Friends at 8:45 p.m.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
28 June 2025
Noun
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The main chanter was Obsidian Tiburon, a Taino representative of the American Indian Movement who came down from Orlando to attend the protest.—
Milena Malaver,
Miami Herald,
29 Mar. 2025
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On a separate platform to the right of the action, three male chanters sit in a neat row, next to men playing the shamisen, a stringed instrument with a raw and piercing tone which is often used in vocal accompaniment.—
Jennifer Homans,
The New Yorker,
28 Oct. 2024
Noun
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This bears pointing out as many legacy bands and even modern bands these days go back and forth between tunings for songs to accommodate their vocalist, which of course is completely fine.—
Quentin Thane Singer,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Adding former King Crimson bassist/vocalist Boz Burrell and drummer Simon Kirke, the band was complete.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
24 June 2025
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Musicians including psych rocker Damon Krukowski and power pop songster Ted Leo have taken to X to blast out their support.—
Caitlin Harrington,
WIRED,
6 Oct. 2023
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Nevertheless, the songster’s rise to stardom is mystifying.—
Quartz,
Quartz,
25 Nov. 2022
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“Cantor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cantor. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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