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Hatikvah: Conceptions, Receptions and Reflections
… legislative design. Because of the “folk” origins of its music and the re-writing of Naftali Herz Imber’s poem … of Education of Israel in 2009. This production became part of a wide public campaign by its author, presented as … recordings throughout the European, Middle Eastern and American Jewish diasporas, was a crucial component in the …
Abraham Ellstein
… Juilliard School, and later worked as an accompanist for artists like Molly Picon , Mischa Mischakoff, Michel … active on the radio and broadcasted programs about Yiddish music and Synagogue music. As a composer, he wrote 33 scores … Milken Archive. … Songwriter, composer & conductor of the American Yiddish Theater … Abraham Ellstein …
Jo Amar
… In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined ‘paytanut’ and poetry to create … and others. Amar was a leader of the emerging Mizrahi music scene in Israel, however during the early years of his career authentic Mizrahi music was completely disregarded. Amar was a rebel within …
Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was … received some musical training at the Institute of Musical Arts (later the Juilliard School). He was ordained as a … and his brother Samuel , who was head of the music department of the Bureau of Education in New York , cooperated …
Idelsohn’s trilingual autobiography and Yiska Idelsohn’s oral memoire
… appeared in 1935. The English one was published in Jewish Music Journal 2, no. 2 (1935): 8-11. The Hebrew one appeared … differ in their length and in some details. A third, partial autobiography in German was located in 2017 in a … funds for the 5th and partly for the 6th volume, but the American Council of Learned Societies decided to grant me a …
Joseph Shlisky
… synagogues flourished, and hazzanut began to prosper as an art. Like elsewhere in North America, Toronto synagogues … a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … in the five boroughs, including the First Roumanian-American Congregation on the Lower East Side, Kol Israel …

Yiddish Theater: A Love Story
… Spaisman herself, Shifra Lerer who discusses and plays music of hers and her husband, Ben Zion Vitler, who helped … the film. These songs are: 1. Margarikalach - Performed by Martha Schlamme (Zalman Schnuer) 2. My Yiddishe Momme - … (Robert S. Applebaum) 5. Tumba Tumba - Performed by Martha Schlamme 6. Rozhinkes mit Mandelen - Performed by …
Jan Peerce
… was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from … Philadelphia as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto . Conductor Arturo Toscanini was particularly impressed by Peerce’s … served as a cultural ambassador to Moscow and was the first American to perform with the Bolshoi Theatre Opera. Peerce …

Leonard Bernstein in Israel
… as the first real concert hall in Israel. Other scenes of music in the film include Bernstein singing a Yiddish song to children at Ben Shemen Children's Village, participating in a campfire sing-along with Havurat Ha-esh, a …