Salomon Sulzer

There he reorganized the song service of the synagogue, retaining the traditional chants and melodies, but harmonizing them in accordance with modern views.

Sulzer published also a small volume of songs for the Sabbath-school, entitled "Duda'im"; and a number of separate compositions, both secular and sacred.

Sulzer, who was widely famed as a singer and as an interpreter of Schubert, was a professor at the imperial conservatorium of Vienna, a knight of the Order of Francis Joseph and a maestro of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.

The Jewish Museum in Hohenems in western Austria (www.jm-hohenems.at) houses a documentation of Sulzer's career in its permanent exhibition and an extensive genealogy on www.hohenemsgenealogy.at.

Sulzer had several children: Marie (1828–1892) was an operatic soprano, appearing in France, Spain Italy and Vienna; Julius (1830–1891) was a composer and conductor in opera houses; Henriette (1832–1907) and Sophie (1840–1885) were also singers; Joseph (1850–1926) was a cellist and composer, a member of the orchestra at the Hofburgtheater in Vienna and of the Hellmesberger Quartet.