{"id":4247,"date":"2017-07-25T13:31:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T13:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/?p=4247"},"modified":"2026-02-03T15:11:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:11:18","slug":"highlighting-voice-cantor-zvee-aroni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/collections\/judaic-collection\/highlighting-voice-cantor-zvee-aroni\/","title":{"rendered":"Highlighting the Voice of Cantor Zvee Aroni"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"296\" src=\"http:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2016-Slideshow-cantorial-songs-zvee-aroni-300x296.jpg\" alt=\"Banner graphic showing text about Cantorial Songs with a photo of Cantor Zvee Aroni.\" class=\"wp-image-4248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2016-Slideshow-cantorial-songs-zvee-aroni-300x296.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/2016-Slideshow-cantorial-songs-zvee-aroni.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>There was a \u201cjoke\u201d in the cantorial world that \u201c<em>If you can\u2019t get Koussevitzky, get Aroni!<\/em>\u201d&nbsp; Personally, I think Aroni (my dad) had a better voice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His voice instructor and many others told him that he could have been, or should be an opera singer, but he loved being a cantor too much.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His voice didn\u2019t age noticeably from his first recordings, specifically <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/36085\"><em>The Grape Song<\/em><\/a><\/strong> recorded in 1950, to his last recording <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/album\/36085\"><em>Kohanecha Yilb&#8217;shu Tzedek<\/em><\/a><\/strong> recorded in 1990.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Both recordings can be heard on the RSA website, along with 34 other recordings by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/zvee-aroni\">Cantor Zvee Aroni<\/a><\/strong>, just one of over 260 cantorial voices to choose from in the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/rsa.fau.edu\/role\/cantor\">Cantorial Voices Collection<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There was a \u201cjoke\u201d in the cantorial world that \u201cIf you can\u2019t get Koussevitzky, get Aroni!\u201d&nbsp; Personally, I think Aroni (my dad) had a better voice. His voice instructor and many others told him that he could have been, or should be an opera singer, but he loved being a cantor too much. 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