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Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… on January 11, 1916 in Kassell , Germany . Schul studied composition with Paul Hindemith, until he fled to Prague to … musical themes, which he began to incorporate into his compositions. Upon Hába’s insistence, the task of … interest in Jewish themes and Hebrew chant as a source for composition. However, Schul did not exclusively compose …
Joachim Stutschewsky
… [9] He recognized, though, that to write original compositions would require a more sophisticated methodology … with Viennese composers, the detailed learning of their […] compositional techniques, brought doubts and non-confidence … ve-Yetzirotehem (‘Klezmorim: Their History, Folklore and Compositions’) [21] was the first serious musicological …
Samuel Alman
… at the Royal College of Music. There he focused on opera composition, and debuted his first biblical opera, King Ahaz … composer Claude Debussy. In 1925 he published Synagogue Compositions, a collection of liturgical arrangements for …
Aaron Copland
… Jewish descent. In 1917 he began studying theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical … Center in Tangelwood where he served as the head of the composition department for 25 years. During his time in … during this period that Copland took a new direction in his compositional style. His second period, also known as his …
Gideon Klein
… enrolled at the Master School in Prague, studying piano and composition under Professor Vilém Kurz. That same year, he … studies ended abruptly, at which time he began studying composition privately with of Professor Alois Hába. Until … in the early months of his imprisonment, he focused on composition and collaborated on a myriad of projects …
Miriam Gideon
… University, and in 1970 she completed her Doctorate in Composition and Sacred Music from the Jewish Theological … School of Music (1967-1991). She composed more than 50 compositions, including works for: orchestra; voice; chamber … of Esther; and Sacred Service (for the Sabbath) (1971), a composition for Sabbath morning based off reform liturgy and …
Jacques Offenbach
… solo instrument in his early performance career. His first composition teachers in Cologne were Joseph Alexander and …
Samuel Adler
… Boston University (B.M.) and Harvard (M.A.). He studied composition with Aaron Copland , Paul Hindemith, Walter … he held from 1953 until 1966. He was also a professor of composition at the University of North Texas, and director … years. Between 1966 and 1995, Adler served as Professor of Composition at the University of Rochester's Eastman School …
Yizhak Edel
… became more and more attracted to the fields of theory and composition. Under the pressures of the Bolshevik revolution … musical studies between 1922-1927. He studied theory and composition in the Royal Academy of Music, Warsaw 's … connected to what were considered 'oriental' themes. In his compositional style he always remained connected to Western …


