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Isadore Freed
… expanded his course offerings to include a class devoted to Jewish modes. In 1958, Freed published the treatise, Harmonizing the Jewish Modes , in which he offers a systematic harmonic language by which to understand the Jewish modes as they have been treated by a variety of …
Frederick Piket
… as an organist and as music director of the White Plains Jewish Community center in the early 1950’s. Subsequently, … style. … Composer of synagogue music … Composer … Jewish … Synagogue … Music … Frederick Piket …
David Beyglman
… 1940, Begylman along with approximately 230,000 other Jewish residents were deported to the Lodz ghetto in the …
Heinrich Schalit
… Hebrew poetry for some of his compositions, and composed Jewish liturgical music. Sources: Nulman, Macy. 'Schalit, Heinrich.' Concise Encycloedia of Jewish Music ; 'Schalit, Heinrich.' Encyclopaedia Judaica ; …
Lazare Saminsky
… In 1908 he became a founding member of the Society for Jewish Folk Music , working as its first secretary. During … this office, he played a crucial role in the forming of new Jewish music to be performed in the Reform synagogues of … works, changing the existing repertoire, and encouraging Jewish composers to compose Jewish liturgical works. He …
Boris Thomashefsky
… produced and starred in a wide variety of productions: Jewish versions of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Goethe’s Faust, …
Gideon Klein
… Klein relocated his performances to the private homes of Jewish colleagues and friends. Klein’s commitment to the …
Max Helfman
… Max Helfman was a Polish-born American Jewish composer, choral conductor, pianist, singer, and … He had a long career arranging both secular and religious Jewish music and was considered to have a gift for writing … & educator … Yiddish songs … Communism … Socialism … Jewish socialists … Education … Music education … Liturgical …
Emanuel Zamir
… he wrote in reference to the pioneering spirit of the young Jewish ' H alutzim' who were settling Palestine and working …
Rafael Schächter
… chorus; and Siegmund Subak formed a chorus specializing in Jewish liturgical music, Yiddish folk songs, and new …