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Molly Picon

… A full biography available at the Jewish Women's Archive website: click here … Yiddish actress …

… an unprecedented overview of the history of religious Jewish music. Another of Naumbourg’s important contributions … … Composer, Synagogue singer, Musicologist, French Jewish reformer of synagogue music & choirmaster … Hazan, … … Composer … Hazzan … Cantor … French … Jewish … Reform … Synagogue … Music … Melodies … Salomon di …

Leon Algazi

… Paris , a position he held for many years. His interest in Jewish music and folklore was sparked by early studies with … radio program that dealt with a wide range of topics in Jewish music. In 1937 he took a position as the conductor at … his other teaching commitments he worked as a professor of Jewish music at the Schola Cantorum, and finally in 1961 was …

Sigmund Schlesinger

… recognized the need of an appropriate musical setting for Jewish congregational services and composed complete musical … Bloch: Civil War Composers and Musicians', in American Jewish Historical Quarterly , Vol. 53, No. 1 (September 1963), 70-75. Milken Archive Of Jewish Music. [1] Tuckman, 'Sigmund and Jacob Schlesinger …

David Nowakowsky

… such, David Nowakowsky was part of an influential circle of Jewish intellectuals including Saul Tchernikovsky, Chaim … Composer … Conductor … Odessa … Haskalah … Bialik … Music … Jewish … Liturgy … David Nowakowsky …

Uri Aharon

… of two books and many articles in music, plays classical, Jewish and folk music on the flute. For forty-two years he … was a music director and conducted hundreds of concerts for Jewish music with a number of choirs in Israel and abroad, …

Kurt Weill

… several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. In 1946, four years before his death, he composed the Jewish prayer ' Kiddush ,' dedicated to his father. See Kurt … Foundation . 'Kurt Weill' in Wikipedia. … A German-born Jewish composer … Hatikvah … Hatikva (The Hope, Israel's …

Darius Milhaud

… most influential composers of the 20th century. Born to a Jewish family in Marseilles and raised in Aix-en-Provence , … into his works. He also explored the music of the Jewish community in Comtat Venaissin, reflecting his own … The Music on Comtat-Venaissin . … Composer … French … Jewish composers … Jewish musical tradition … Jazz influence …