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Avraham Soltes
… many cultural and educational activities that interpreted Jewish art, music, and literature. He was chairman of the National Jewish Music Council from 1963 to 1969 and a member of the Soltes was a commentator on Jewish music for American listeners in 1974-1983. He was the …
Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… end of the war. Gradually the Nazis imposed a series of ‘Jewish laws’, restricting activities and employment of Jewish Greeks. In March 1943, transports began to Auschwitz. …
Ramon Tasat
… cantor of Shirat Hanefesh (Song of the Soul), an emerging Jewish congregation in southern Montgomery County, MD. He is … also the president of Shalshelet: The Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music. (The picture was taken from Tasat's …
Victor Tunkel
… In Memoriam The Jewish Music Music Research Centre bemoans the loss of Victor Tunkel, avid collector and scholar of Jewish music, who passed away on July 28, 2019, at the age … of London. He was also a major figure in the field of Jewish liturgical music in his country in his role as a …
Viktor Ullmann
… them to H.G. Adler after the war. Ullmann’s interest in Jewish themes peaked for the first time in Terezín, …
Chemjo Vinaver
… where he also conducted the Haniggun choir. The choir sang Jewish music, and he toured Europe and Palestine with them. … The Seventh Day and for his published volume Anthology of Jewish Music . Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica , Con cise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman). … Composer, conductor, …
Esther R. Warkov
… seminal contributions to the study of Arab music and Arab-Jewish musicians in Iraq and Israel feature prominently on … website . She has also contributed biographies of Iraqi-Jewish musicians for this website. Warkov received a … she eventually focused on the contributions of Iraqi-Jewish musicians. Her dissertation centers on instrumental …
Daniel Meir Weil
… In the field of Jewish musicology, he earned a second PhD from the Hebrew …
Hirsch Weintraub
… . (Written by Ofer Ronen) Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman). Binder, A. W. Preface. 'Schire …
Albert Weisser
… Albert Weisser was Born in New York City of Russian-Jewish parentage. He attended high school in Queens and sang … the guidance of Curt Sachs , he wrote his thesis on 'The Jewish National Music in Russia', which was later published as The Modern Renaissance of Jewish Music: Events and Figures, Eastern Europe and …