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Albert Elias
… 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 …
Salah El Kuweiti
… reportedly preferred Iraqi style. He was very important to Baghdadi musical life – headed the Iraqi broadcasting … continued their musical activity by performing on a weekly radio show where they played and sang, and also through performances with the Arabic Orchestra of Kol Yisrael (Israeli Broadcasting Authority). …
David Menahem
… 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 …
“Eli Eliyahu:” The Havdalah Piyyut and its Melodies
… piyyut text as printed in “ Sefer ha-Shirim, ” published in Baghdad in 1906. This publication is the main source for … of the piyyut was recorded live by a children’s choir with orchestral accompaniment conducted by the composer. It seems … and arranged by Arieh Levanon for Kol Israel (Israel Radio) in the 1950’s. This is a very Westernized version of …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… provided an incredibly rich case study to investigate. In Baghdad, Jewish musicians had for generations served as the … Israeli 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 …
Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited
… 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 …
Abraham Salman
… 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 …
Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen)
… the tradition while listening to performances in homes and Baghdadi coffee houses. Shibith reportedly took the … the traditional Iraqi repertoire. Fortunately, Israel Radio arranged for Shibith (among others) to record many … Ensemble … Israel Broadcast Authority’s Oriental music orchestra … Salim Shibith (Salim Ha-Cohen) …