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Abraham Goldfaden
… in Zhitomir, Ukraine, where he began writing poems, songs, ballads, and was involved in purimshpil theatrical … as a teacher, Goldfaden published a collection of early Hebrew poems in 1862 in Ha-Meliz , and several of his … thereafter. In 1865 he published his first booklet of Hebrew songs, Zizim u-Ferahim , and in 1965 an additional …
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
… the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Her Ph.D. from Hebrew University's Musicology department focused on the singing of Sabbath table songs ( zemiroth shabbat ) among Ashkenazi … in Israel. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Hebrew University’s Daat Hamakom Center for the Study of …
Michael Lukin
… in Jewish Folklore , and Shofar , explore Yiddish folk songs and Hasidic nigunim through ethnomusicological, … at Oxford, a Mandel-Scholion Postdoctoral Fellow at the Hebrew University, and a Visiting Fellow at the Katz Center … Hasidic musical thought, and Yiddish modern poetry at the Hebrew University and Bar-Ilan University. Publications: …
Yizhak Edel
… a violin. He taught himself to play, practicing by playing songs he sang at his grandfather's gatherings. The writer Y. … two years. In Moscow Edel witnessed the persecution of the Hebrew language by the communist regime, especially in the … First, he had tried to gather songs by Jewish musicians and Hebrew poets. Since the quantity did not suffice him, he …
Ya'akov Orland
… in Chisinau. While there, Orland attended the Magen David Hebrew Gymnasium. During the same period, Natan Alterman … Tahkemoni , and from 1929 to 1932, he attended the Rehavia Hebrew Gymnasium. Orland wrote his first song, "We Sing to … ("Tree in the Wind"), a work of reflective and allegorical songs inspired by his youth and homeland, dedicated to a …
Gil Aldema
… station, and in 2004 he received the Israel Prize for Hebrew folksong. Aldema has composed and written choir arrangements of numerous Hebrew folksongs, which have been widely used by many choirs and …
Joseph Achron
… best marked by one of his earliest and most famous works, A Hebrew Melody (1911). In 1913 he moved to Russia to take a … was a local merchant and a maskil, an expert on classical Hebrew and a baal-kore in the synagogue who also taught … op. 74), piano compositions for children, more than twenty songs, choral works, etc. Moreover, Achron wrote music for …
Nahum Nardi
… classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew songs. In addition to giving concerts, he also worked … project in 2009. The project included performances of Hebrew folk songs with arabic/ oriental origin, in …
Sholom Secunda
… clear that the next step was to win acceptance to the Hebrew Actors Union. It was a policy of the Union to send … was offered a short-term contract to record several of his songs with RCA-Victor (today RCA-Records) and Columbia. With … Cantors … Song … Composer … Cantor … Hazzan … Yiddish … Songs … Theater … Music … New York … Sholom Secunda …
Yehuda Sharett (Shertok)
… musical elements. Also known for composing poems of various Hebrew poets. … Isareli Composer & violinist … Song … Composer … Hebrew … Songs … Yehuda Sharett (Shertok) …