cantor

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Recent Examples of cantor They were married by a Jewish cantor and a Bible-church elder. Jonathan M. Pitts, Baltimore Sun, 25 Dec. 2024 The film centers around a grieving cantor (Jason Schwartzman) helping his former educator study for her Bat Mitzvah, but to define the plot so plainly does a disservice to the true idiosyncratic nature of the piece. Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 19 Dec. 2024 The piece invokes the singing style of a synagogue’s cantor, who often sings many notes over a single syllable. Jane Levere, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025 Jason Schwartzman stars as a recent widower, unable to fulfill his duties as a cantor at an upstate New York synagogue. Jason Bailey, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for cantor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for cantor
Noun
  • Possessing perfect pitch, Voigt joined the Chicago Symphony Chorus as a soprano, and the chorus’ famed conductor and director, Margaret Hillis, enlisted Voigt to teach sight singing, or reading a piece of music vocally to fellow choristers.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 1 Apr. 2025
  • Performed by an orchestra of 23 musicians and eight choristers under the direction of conductor Mathieu Bonnin, the piece was appreciated with respect by the audience.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 10 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • In the meantime, a forgotten gem from the singer’s discography is finding a new audience overseas, as one of her most beautiful and often overlooked compositions returns to a pair of rankings in the United Kingdom.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025
  • The show, which features the singer’s Cowboy Carter live debut, marked Netflix‘s inaugural NFL Christmas Gameday.
    Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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
  • Alongside vocalist and guitarist Billy Gibbons, Mitchell and bassist Lanier Greig had founded the band that same year.
    Tyler Jenke, Billboard, 25 Apr. 2025
  • Professionally, Geddy Lee is known almost exclusively as the lead vocalist, bassist, and keyboardist of the beloved Canadian rock outfit Rush.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025
Noun
  • 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
  • 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 11 May. 2025.

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