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Jehoash Hirshberg
… Professor of Musicology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Research … The musical heritage of the Karaite Jews in Israel. History of the music of the Yishuv (1880-1948). Music in migrant and refugee societies. Origins of the early classical concerto. The music of the late fourteenth …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He continued … by outside influence and change because of their migratory history and secluded geographical location. In the … overseer of kosher meat in a non-Jewish butchery. In my early childhood my parents lived next to the “Chor-schul” …
Sylvan Sholom Kalib
… immigrants, Sholom Kalib was a mainstay of Jewish music in mid-twentieth century Chicago, serving as a … University on Heinrich Schenker which would become an early pillar of English-language scholarship on Schenkerian … varying traditions. Three volumes made it to print: Vol. 1: History and Definition (2002), Vol. 2: The Weekday Services …
James W. McKinnon
… James William McKinnon was an American musicologist most known for his work in the fields of … author of five books, including Source Readings in Music History , Music in Early Christian Literature , and T he Advent Project: The …
Eleanor Gordon Mlotek
… and is a past president of the Workmen’s Circle. During her early years at YIVO, Chana was the founder of the Y. L. … and quickly gained a name for herself as a scholar of music and folklore. In 1970, she and Yosl began writing a … 20 (2013): 249–56. A video about: 'Chana Mlotek's Oral History ', On Yiddish book center. (*The photo was taken …