# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/israel-alter
# Generated: 2026-08-13T19:29:53.625Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/israel-alter"
name: "Israel Alter"
slug: "israel-alter"
description: "Israel Alter was an Austrian-Hungarian Jewish cantor and last chief cantor in Hanover, Germany. The well traveled composer was regarded as \"the one Chasanim, the cantor of the cantors\"."
tagline: "Austrian-Hungarian Jewish cantor and composer, regarded as \"the one Chasanim, the cantor of the cantors\" (1901–1975)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1901-09-23"
deathDate: "1979-11-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           38.79
  momentum:             5.625
  historical:           6.336681333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/7efcd89f-c5fe-46d5-baa9-5533fefef545"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A3%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "إزرائيل ألتر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B2%D8%B1%D8%A7%D8%A6%D9%8A%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AA%D8%B1"
    title: "ازرائيل التر"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Alter"
    title: "Israel Alter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel_Alter"
    title: "Israel Alter"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%9C%D7%98%D7%A8_(%D7%97%D7%96%D7%9F)"
    title: "ישראל אלטר (חזן)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%86%D0%B7%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%97%D0%BB%D1%8C_%D0%90%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%82%D0%B5%D1%80"
    title: "Ізраїль Альтер"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15668839"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump