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Ehud Manor
… First Channel', is a virtuoso translator of theater and musical plays. He has instilled in our bloodstream dozens of … was a member of the working youth movement and he danced folk dances. He was 15 when his father died. Along with the … songs he sang in youth movements he listened to American music on records he received from his uncle from the USA, so …
Platon Brounoff
… Conductor, arranger, and composer of Yiddish music. Born in Yelisavetgrad in Russia. In 1891, immigrated … Jewish secular choir in America. Collected over 300 Jewish folk songs, some of which he arranged for his choir. … March 2010 ). Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , Macy Nulman. Passport to Jewish Music: its History, …
Moshe Nathanson
… Nathanson immigrated to Canada, where he studied Law and Music at McGill University. Mid-degree, Nathanson decided to … in a number of projects to promote Jewish and Palestinian folk music. For example, Nathanson was the one of the main … of Jewish Education to teach 'Shirei Eretz Israel' (Israeli folk songs) to Jewish Day Schools and after-school teachers, …
Joel Walbe
… his business and his way of life. He rejected young Joel's musical interests, and considered the study of music and … with music arrived when he joined a mandolin and balalaika folk music band. This restrictive environment, together with … this kind were art songs, as opposed to his earlier Israeli folksongs. He proceeded to compose chamber music, …
Paul Ben-Haim
… The most prolific of the founding fathers of Israeli music (excluding, perhaps , Marc Lavry ), he wrote over 250 … search for couleur locale , he worked extensively with the folklore singer Bracha Zephira between 1939 and 1947; his … his colleague Peter Gradenwitz (his publisher, well-known musicologist). Among Ben-Haim’s other notable works are his …
Zalmen Mlotek
… Zalmen Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and the Artistic Director of the National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene (NYTF), the longest continuous running Yiddish … He is an internationally recognized authority on Yiddish folk and theater music and a leading figure in the Jewish …
Mark Isakovich Rabinovich
… of the Russian Empire; now Brusilov, Ukraine). He studied music under the guidance of his grandfather, the klezmer … 1937-1938 he was the head of the State Ensemble of Jewish Folk Music of the Ukrainian SSR. The ensemble performed on … and Conductor … 0 … Conductor … Violinist … Jewish music … Folk music … Klezmer … Mark Isakovich Rabinovich …
Haim Effendi
… In spite of his unparalleled fame as a singer and musician during his lifetime, very few details about the … for example, by him being mentioned as a hero in a folktale (no. 5324 at the Israel Folktale Archive, University of Haifa, recorded in 1963 from …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… fundamentals of Jewish culture. In Russia, Amiran began his music studies with Joel Engel and Prof. David Shor. In 1921, … Later, Amiran moved to Tel Aviv where he taught music at various schools and seminaries. He ended this work … and composer. His compositions include over 600 Hebrew folksongs, incidental music for theater and cinema, music …
Menahem Avidom
… 1955 to the end of his life, some of the most important music institutions in Israel, such as the Israel Composers’ … pieces, including ten symphonies, two cantatas and chamber music. One of several prominent composers who wrote … in his works such as his first three symphonies, A Folk Symphony (1945-1958), David (1949) and Mediterranean …