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Abraham Goldfaden
… eclectic; he drew from a wide range of sources including synagogue melodies, Jewish folksongs, Eastern European folk and popular music, and Italian and French opera arias. Many of the songs arranged …
Israel Lovy
… violin, cello, piano, and becoming proficient in French and Italian. Lovy served as a hazzan in Mainz , Strasbourg and … in 1818 as the chief hazzan for the newly formed Reform Synagogue, Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth. In 1822, the Rue …
Michele Bolaffi
… 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be considered a turning point in … development of choral and instrumental music for use in the Italian synagogue. Bolaffi held international prestige: he … death of Haydn (1809) and many other short vocal pieces. … Italian musician & composer … Michele Bolaffi …
Joseph Shlisky
… around 1894. As a child, he sang in the choir of the local synagogue. A cantor from a neighboring village heard the … of the 20th century, the Jewish community in Toronto grew, synagogues flourished, and hazzanut began to prosper as an … he performed operatic arias from a variety of schools—Italian, Russian, and German. He also performed his …
Elio Piattelli
… by Pasquale Troia Choirmaster of the Tempio Maggiore (Great Synagogue) in Rome from 1948 to 1984, Elio Piatelli enhanced … of the oral traditions of cantors from the various Italian Jewish rites and traditions. Piattelli transcribed … the cultural, liturgical and musical heritage of the Italian Jewish communities. He transliterated the Hebrew …
Israel Adler
… was the compilation of all manuscript music sources of synagogue music prior to 1840, which were published in 1989 … hand panoramic view into the oldest recorded music of the synagogue. The oldest of these sources, and a source of … and Renaissance Italy (e.g. “The Rise of Art Music in the Italian Ghetto,” Jewish Medieval and Renaissance Studies, …
Leo Levi
… Leo Levi was the first scholar to devote research to the Italian Jewish oral musical traditions. However, his role in … interests. His plan to devote a dissertation to the Italian synagogue song was frustrated by the rise of Fascism …
Francesco Spagnolo
… with the Honor's Thesis Jews, Memory and the Present. Synagogue Song in the Works of E. Bloch, D. Milhaud and A. … Scholar at University of California, Santa Cruz . Editor of Italian Jewish Musical Traditions . Research interests: …
Salamone Rossi
… spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de Rossi, not much is known about … and sway to grant legitimacy to his proposed reforms of synagogue music. He wanted to introduce polyphony into the … utilized the style of polyphonic counterpoint prevalent in Italian art music as the base for these new settings. Rabbi …
Italian Jewish Musical Traditions from the Leo Levi Collection (1954-1961)
… Jewish communities in Italy, recorded originally by the Italian Jewish ethnomusicologist Leo Levi (1912-1982) from … … Hanukkah … Festivals … Hymns … Purim … Songs … Synagogue … Brith Milah … Italian … Leo Levi … Francesco Spagnolo … Italian Jewish …