Biography

A na­tive of Ger­ma­ny, Kra­mer stu­died mu­sic at the Roy­al Aca­de­my of Arts in Ber­lin, and was an as­sist­ant to Lou­is Le­wan­dow­ski, mu­sic di­rect­or at the Oran­ien­ber­ger­stras­se Sy­na­gogue.

After emi­grat­ing to Am­eri­ca, he di­rect­ed Jew­ish cho­rus­es in the New York Ci­ty ar­ea in the late 19th and ear­ly 20th Cen­tu­ries. He was choir­mas­ter at Con­gre­ga­tion Shea­rith Is­ra­el, near New York Ci­ty’s Cen­tral Park, for six de­cades.