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Jacob Beimel
… in the U.S. (New York and Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, Jewish Music , in which he published a few of his own compositions …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a … with green eyes, and a pleasing voice that captured one's heart. Unlike other musicians whose dress was sloppy, Ashriko … 1930’s he was accepted as member of the French Union of Artists and Composers. In 1946, Asher Mizrahi released a …
Eliezer S. Abinun
… his training with the congregation in London at the start of his second visit to Britain, in 1936. Three years … continuing their journeys north. Sarajevo thus became part of the heartland of Sephardi Jewry, soon after the first … He was an acknowledged authority on both the liturgical music and the secular Romancero tradition of the Sephardim. …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical … His opéras bouffes gained international acclaim, particularly in Vienna, where his romantic opera Die … in the last years of his life with the debut of Madame Favart (1878) in London and La fille du tambour-major (1879) …
Moshe Zacuto
… See Edwin Seroussi's article (in Hebrew): The Musical World of Moses Zacuto in Light of his Sacred Poetry . Seroussi's article can also be found here through JSTOR. … Kabbalist …
Morton Shanok
… discharged from the army, he attended Manhattan School of Music and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. Shanok was one of a group of cantors who established …
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 vocal talent, and shortly …
Lazar Weiner
… For full biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music click here … Composer of Yiddish and Hebrew art songs … Song … 0 … Composer … Hebrew … Yiddish … Art … Songs … Lazar Weiner …
Eitan Avitzur
… Born in Jerusalem, 1941. Avitzur started his musical career as a conductor of high school ensembles and … at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg where he specialized in advaced …
David Zehavi
… father's side immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1877 as part of the first Aliyah. They came to Tiberias and later … he would be a cantor. Zehavi studied in the Hebrew kindergarten in Jaffa and continued his studies at the Tachkemoni … the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older …