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Jan 29, 1912 Berlin Died on 01 Jan 1991 (aged 78)
German composer
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About Max Janowski
- Max Janowski (1912–1991), was a composer of Jewish liturgical music, a conductor, choir director, and voice teacher.
- Born in Berlin, in the early 1930s he became head of the piano department at the Musashino Academy of Music, Tokyo, Japan.
- He emigrated to the United States in 1937 and served in the U.S.
- Navy during World War II. Max Janowski's choral works include the traditional Jewish prayers "Avinu Malkeinu" ("Our Father, Our King," a hymn for the High Holy Days), "Sim Shalom" ("Song of Peace," which was dedicated to the American diplomat Ralph Bunche), "Yismehu," and "ve-Shomeru". Janowski was the longtime music director at KAM Isaiah Israel Congregation in Hyde Park in Chicago.
- On January 29, 2012, the centennial of his birth, a Gala Concert featuring several cantors, cantorial soloists, and area chorales was held at K.A.M.
- Isaiah Israel to celebrate Janowski's life and music. Baritone Sherrill Milnes and mezzo-soprano Isola Jones studied with him.
