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Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a … accompanying his father to the synagogue. He also heard Hassidic music in his house that was 'full of Jews who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as …
Moshe Wilensky
… Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … Israeli songs. Within the movement was a choir led by the musician Yitzhak Edel, who greatly influenced Wilensky's … quartet, which performed his arrangements of Hebrew songs, Chassidic music, and jazz. The quartet, with Wilensky on …
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… cantor and composer. Abraham Ber Birnbaum was born to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on … of the Rabbis of Kutsk and Ger, where Abraham would hear Hassidic music. Although he was considered an Illui in …
Shalom Friede
… his melodies added to the knowledege of Polish cantoral and Hassidic music. … Cantor … Shalom Friede …
Bacon Family
… Born in Kolbuszow , Poland . Established a choir that sang Hassidic melodies and Psalms in Nowy Sacz, and later … cantor in Chryzanow. He composed many pieces of liturgical music. Israel Bacon (1910-1943) Cantor Born in Chryzanow, …
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
… style combines reggae, rock, and rap, and is inspired by Hassidic music (primarily by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach ). His lyrics … click here . … Singer, songwriter … Singer … Songwriter … Hassidic … Orthodox … Jewish … Reggae … Pop … Rap … Mathew …
Avner Bahat
… where he was introduced to a recorder and discovered his musical talent. Over time he developed a great skill on the … kibbutz, he traveled one day a week to Tel Aviv to study music: piano, oboe, harmony, and later on, a one-week course … Yamim Noraim in the Koenigsberg community tradition , Hassidic melodies , a CD including Maurice Ravel's Jewish …
Andre Hajdu
… after the war at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. There he studied under Endre Szervánszky … He worked jointly with Yaacov Mazor in the research of Hassidic and klezmer music in Israel, a fruitful … was Kulmus Hanefesh , an original presentation based on Hassidic niggunim of the Habad dynasty. This work launched …
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 … in 1906. In Jerusalem, he began working as a cantor and music teacher at the Hebrew Teacher’s college. Idelsohn was … Oriental Sephardi, Moroccan, German, Eastern European and Hassidic Jewish communities in Palestine and throughout the …
Joachim Stutschewsky
… a founder of the Society for the Development of Jewish Music in Vienna, and a cellist in the famous Viennese … As for himself, he favored Ashkenazi, East-European Hassidic melodies, which he often performed and arranged … … Cellist … Composer … Arranger … Writer … Jewish … Music … Hassidic … Melodies … Ashkenazi … Joachim Stutschewsky … …