Moshe Koussevitzky Memorial Concert, Chapter 1, Cantor David Bagley זצ"ל

Highlights from the First Memorial Concert dedicated to the master Moshe Koussevitzky, March 14, 1982, Ocean Parkway Jewish Center, Brooklyn NY ..Cantor Bagley singing "Harninu Goyim Amo" "הרנינו גוים עמו" ...Watch the entire selection on Vimeo http://vimeo.com/8840427 ........
David Bagley was born in Vilna 1932. At the outbreak of WWII he fled with his family to Japan and then to Shanghai, where he remained for six years. In Shanghai, he studied at the Mir Yeshiva.
Upon reaching the U.S. in 1947, the young Cantor David Bagley officiated at leading synagogues in Chicago, Detroit and Indiana. His first post in the United States was in Atereth Zion Synagogue in Brooklyn. Then, the Nidchei Israel Ashkenazi Congregation of Mexico appointed him as their permanent Cantor.
After the six day war in 1967 he emigrated to Israel, where he was appointed Cantor of the Great Synagogue of Ramat Gan. He joined the Israeli armed forces, and was attached to the Air Force. During the three years he spent in Israel he often appeared in concerts as well as on radio and television. Many of these recitals were for the benefit of soldiers, the wounded and the Beit Halochem Rehabilitation Center.
The next six years were spent in South Africa at the Oxford Synagogue in Johannesburg, and the Claremont Synagogue in Cape Town.
Cantor David Bagley returned to the North American Continent. He was called and accepted to serve as Cantor of Congregation Beth Shalom, Toronto Canada.
Cantor Bagleys vocal and cantorial training was initially undertaken by the late Cantor Yehoshua Lind. He continued with Madame Charnova of the Chicago Conservatory of Music, Avery Crew of Detroit, and Arnold Fulton of Johannesburg.
.......Cantor David Bagley זצ"ל niftar
Shabbat, January 27, 2007-Yahrzeit Date: ח שבט תשס"ז

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I knew Cantor Bagley.  I actually did a documentary on him in university.