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Karel Reiner
… 27, 1910 in Žatec (Western Bohemia). Reiner studied law and musicology at the Charles University in Prague, and … a talented pianist, dedicated to propagating contemporary music throughout Europe. Reiner concertized regularly and … for the music periodical Rytmus , and began to publish articles in a number of international music journals. …
Karel Ančerl
… conducting and composition at the Prague Conservatory of Music. After graduating in 1929, Ančerl worked for Hermann … State Prize for conducting and was named the National Artist in 1966. In 1969, Ančerl left Czechoslovakia for … extensive, covering a wide range of composers, such as Mozart, Rachmaninov, Janacek, Smetana, Dvorak and others. … …
Aleksander Kulisiewicz
… and preserved the largest collection in existence of music composed in the Nazi camps. Because this extraordinary … touches on a variety of issues relevant not only to music scholarship but also contemporary European history, it … of the ghettos, concentration camps, and World War II partisan outposts: Aleksander Kulisiewicz ' United States …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… he helped hide Jewish cultural works with Sutzkever as part of the Paper Brigade and joined the United Partisans Organisation, participating in the failed Vilna … for Jewish Research website ' Shmerke Kaczerginski ' in Music during the Holocaust website. Other sources: Werb, …
Neil Levin
… Artistic Director of the Milken Archive since 1993, Neil W. … and academic life to the scholarly study of the music of Jewish experience from historical, musicological, … subjects spanning a broad spectrum of traditions, his particular areas of focus embrace comparative considerations …
Nurit Hirsh
… 'Bashana Haba'a,' and 'Lalehet Shevi Ahare'a.' She composed music for poems by Hayim Nahman Bialik, Natan Alterman, Lea … in Tel Aviv. She spent her military service in the Shiryon (Artillery division) Band as a Clarinet and as an Accordion … 'Habima' theatre, and she accompanied the 'Theater's Club Quartet.' Her songs participated in many festivals, and she …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… by Ascap Today as, 'a major force in today's liturgical music.' Issachar Miron has made a name for himself … old. His father, Shlomo Michrowski, an owner of a local department store, a rabbi, and a violinist by education, … story. May their memory be blessed forever and their martyrdom live on as the never-to-be-forgotten testimony of …
Avraham Slep
… It is not known where he was born or where he received his musical education. Slep began his career as a singing … a professor of solfege at the Vilna Institute of Jewish Music, among whose teachers was Eliyahu Malkin, the teacher … symbol of the 'Lithuanian Jerusalem'. Slep also took part in the publication of collections of Jewish songs. So, …
Moshe Wilensky
… Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … and Yedidya Admon . In 1937, he formed the " Gilali " quartet, which performed his arrangements of Hebrew songs, Chassidic music, and jazz. The quartet, with Wilensky on piano, was featured on Israel Radio. …
Richard Newman
… and received a master's degree from the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1937 he emigrated with his family to the United … Later, as a composer, he collaborated with the UN Film Department. In the 1950s and 1960s he conducted the choirs of … Council for Jewish Education. He is the author of numerous articles and books on Jewish music and Jewish musical …