Bel ts y ), ▁B ess arab ia , ▁and ▁was ▁generally ▁known ▁as ▁‘ N is n ▁B elt zer ’ . ▁Later ▁he ▁was ▁cant or ▁at ▁K ish ine v ▁( B ess arab ia ) ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 8 7 7 ▁at ▁B erd ych iv ▁( now ▁in ▁Ukraine ). ▁ ▁In ▁his ▁child hood ▁he ▁had ▁an ▁accident ▁which ▁dam aged ▁his ▁voice ▁but ▁he ▁had ▁an ▁extensive ▁reputation ▁primarily ▁as ▁a ▁composer ▁and ▁cho ir ▁conduct or . ▁It ▁was ▁his ▁vocal ▁hand ic ap ▁that ▁led ▁him ▁to ▁develop ▁original ▁syn agog ue ▁music ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁cho ir , ▁instead ▁of ▁being ▁merely ▁an ▁accompan iment ▁or ▁used ▁for ▁responses , ▁was ▁assigned ▁length y ▁ens emb les ▁- ▁with ▁sol os ▁and ▁du ets ▁- ▁reducing ▁the ▁role ▁of ▁the ▁cant or . ▁Sp iv ak ▁attract ed ▁many ▁students ▁to ▁B erd ych iv ▁and ▁took ▁his ▁cho irs ▁to ▁other ▁cent ers , ▁including ▁Has id ic ▁courts . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 8 2 4 ▁birth s ▁Category : 1 9 0 6 ▁death s ▁Category : U k rain ian ▁Jews ▁Category : B ess arab ian ▁Jews ▁Category : H azz ans ▁Category : J ew ish ▁compos ers ▁Category : Pe ople ▁from ▁B erd ych iv ▁Category : 1 9 th - century ▁sing ers <0x0A> </s> ▁I j az ▁( born ▁ 4 ▁April ▁ 2 0 0 1 ) ▁is ▁an