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178:, and where they raised three sons and remained for the rest of their lives. As music director, Samuel directed multiple choirs, played the organ, coached singers, composed and arranged music, wrote and directed Chanukah shows, and taught Hebrew School classes until his retirement in 1968. To complement the adult choirs, he built up three children's choirs at the temple (Junior, Intermediate, and Senior), some of whose members went on to become famous singers, including
243:" and "Oh, Once There Was a Wicked Wicked Man". Although the bulk of his compositions consisted of Jewish songs and choral works for the Sabbath and holiday liturgies, he also composed secular Yiddish and English and vocal music, sacred and secular instrumental music. In addition, he composed several dramatic works, including biblical operettas such as his 1926
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186:. Outside the Temple, he also directed the Halevy Singers, the Sephardic Men's Choir, and the Seattle Hillel Student Choir. When accompanying the choir on the organ, he was said to โconduct with his eyebrowsโ.
239:, which was used in Jewish schools throughout the US and underwent many editions from 1918 to 1929. These works earned him the epithet "the father of Jewish music in America". Among his best-known songs are "
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