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Solomon Rosowsky
Solomon Rosowky, son of prominent cantor Baruch Leib Rosowsky, was born in Riga in 1878…
Nikolai Kaufman
Musicologist, folklorist and composer Nikolay (or Nikolaï) Yankov Kaufman (or Kauffman,…
Max Brod
Max Brod (Prague, 1884 – Tel-Aviv, 1968, immigrated in 1938). Czech writer, poet,…
Simha Arom
A French-Israeli ethnomusicologist who is recognized as a world expert on the music of…
Eric Mandell
Born on February 14, 1902 in Gronau (North Rhine-Westphalia) as Erich Mendel, Mandell…
Boaz Tarsi
Boaz Tarsi is a composer, theorist, and a singer. His compositions for…
Josef (Yossele) Rosenblatt
Born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine, immigrated to the U.S. in 1912. Widely considered the…
Abraham Wolf Binder
Abraham Binder was born in New York to a family of cantors and into a world enriched…
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Parallels Between the Old–French and the Jewish Song
A somewhat controversial article in which Idelsohn tries to show traces of Jewish music…
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The Mogen Ovos Mode: a Study in Folklore
Singing the prayer magen avot, the abbreviated repetition of Sabbath-eve amidah, is an…