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Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of five he began violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… perused careers in hazzanut. Koussevitsky was identified early on as a musical protégé and at the age of eight joined a synagogue …
Alexander A. Krein
… other siblings were taught Jewish folk and instrumental music by his father who was a well known Klezmer musician and poet. In 1908 he began his formal musical … figure in the school of modern Russian composition. Krein’s early work was deeply influenced by the music of Scriabin …
Marc Lavry
… Marc Lavry was born in Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories … under teachers Scherchen and Glazunov. Lavry’s early career included conducting posts in Riga and … one which typified the emerging Mediterranean style of early Israeli folk and art musicians, was his symphonic poem …
Mordekhai Seter
… occasions, was chosen to conclude the first Israeli Music Celebration (September 1998; an annual festival … as a 10-year old child, and at 16 he went to further his musical education in Europe (Paris, 1932-1937, studying with … among his fellow composers. Seter’s works from his early and middle periods, 1940-1968, share characteristics …
Mattityahu Shelem
… Kibbutz Ramat-Yohanan. Shelem worked as a shepherd, and his early songs include shepherd songs and songs for kibbutz … work and Yehuda Sharett 's Seder constitute the central musical pieces of the 'new ceremonies' of the secular … Judaica ; Natan Shahar . 'Shelem, Matityahu.' Grove Music Online . Oxford Music Online . … Israeli composer … …
Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… about 100 of his pieces have been published by the Israel Music Institute. He was the most distinctive among the first … of Schoenberg’s in Style and Idea : against nationalism in music that is based on folklore, and (implicitly) supporting … works at a time when that Zeitgeist was at its peak in the early 1950's, Tal became known as the pioneer of electronic …
Michele Bolaffi
… Michele Bolaffi was a distinguished musician and composer active in Livorno in the early 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco received his formal musical education at the Istituto Musicale Cherubini in Florence , with a focus of piano … with Pizzetti proved invaluable in the advancement of his early career; Pizzetti helped to bring Casetlnuovo’s work to …
Mordekhai Hershman
… free) on behalf of the 'Chernikhover Relief Fund'. From an early age Hershman was a child singer in several synagogue … El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … also heard in the screening of the film 'Shir Hashirim” an early Yiddish talkie, when it was presented at the “Metro” …