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Solomon Rosowsky
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “famous cantor and composer in his own right”. Today it says “cantor”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Latvian cantor and composer File”. It now reads “Latvian cantor and composer (1878–1962)”.
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The opening as it read in 2010
Solomon Rosowsky (1878–1962) was a famous cantor and composer in his own right, and son of the renowned cantor of Riga , Baruch Leib Rosowsky . It is likely that Rosowsky's family is related to the Rasofsky branch of the Barney Ross family.1
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “famous cantor and composer in his own right”. Today it says “cantor”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Latvian cantor and composer File”. It now reads “Latvian cantor and composer (1878–1962)”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
famous cantor and composer in his own right
Now
cantor
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