… as the founder of Persian-language broadcasting on Israeli radio ( Kol Israel ). Netzer immigrated to Israel in 1950. … as “obvious”, particularly in the so-called Oriental "orchestra" that Spira planned to showcase as the main … Abad. … [14]  Babylonian Rite, the rite of the Jews of Baghdad. … [15]  Beth Knesset Mashed is the synagogue of the …

… career Yossef (Yusuf) Zaarur (يوسف زعرور) was born in Baghdad in either 1902 or 1896—per Israeli immigration … first time during October-November 1932, accompanied by her orchestra. She was invited by producer Meir Zaarur, Yossef … this time, Zaarur was the head of the Music Department of Radio Baghdad (see below) and he invited Umm Kulthum to …

… Blind from the age of two, he studied music as a child in Baghdad’s school for blind Jewish children. The school was … their livelihood.  Salman became a member of the Baghdad Radio Orchestra and a favored accompanist of some of Iraqi's …

… provided an incredibly rich case study to investigate. In Baghdad, Jewish musicians had for generations served as the … Broadcast Authority (IBA) —supported an Arabic music orchestra on its ‘Voice of Israel in Arabic’ channel, which … technologies of mass dissemination (78 rpm records, films, radio stations, LPs and more). Its development was entwined …

… Academy of Sciences, grants 786/21 (2021-2024: Between Baghdad and Jerusalem: Migration, Cosmopolitanization and … in his employment on the newly created Israeli state radio—Kol Israel—which replaced the PBS station and offered … colleagues. The eventual establishment of the Arab Music Orchestra of Kol Israel was a prominent achievement for …

… musicians, members of the Voice of Israel in the Arabic Radio Orchestra. He also performed as a soloist with the … He also composed from the piyyutim of Rabbi Yosef Chaim of Baghdad and Rabbi Yosef Mesas. He also composed many …

… a virtuoso nay player, composer and instrument maker. In Baghdad Elias studied law as well as the nay with a Syrian … brothers Salah and Daoud al-Kuwaiti. He joined the Baghdad Radio Orchestra in 1947. Elias specialized in both Iraqi maqam and …