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Meir Shimon Geshuri
… 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … as a scholar is still a major gap in the historiography of Jewish music. Born in Myslowitz, Upper Silesia, then part of … Academy of Arts and the Technikum in Vienna. Following his studies abroad, Geshuri returned for a short but productive …
Leon Algazi
… Paris , a position he held for many years. His interest in Jewish music and folklore was sparked by early studies with musicologist Abraham Zvi Idelsohn. One of his … radio program that dealt with a wide range of topics in Jewish music. In 1937 he took a position as the conductor at …
Aaron Copland
… was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. In 1917 he began studying theory and … and exposing himself to new music. Copland continued his studies with Boulanger long after he left the Fontainebleau …
Albert Elias
… He also studied law for two years, but had to quit his studies upon immigrating to Israel in 1951. In Israel he … maqam Ajam , 1995. Haki Ovadiya and Elias . More sources: Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited …
Bence Szabolcsi
… son of Miksa Szabolcsi (1856-1915), editor of the Hungarian Jewish weekly Egyenlőség . He studied musicology at Leipzig … Bence. ' The 'Proclamation Style' in Hebrew music ' in Studies of the Jewish Music Research Centre, ed. Israel Adler. Jerusalem: …
Shoshana Liessmann
… Studied Jewish Studies and Musicology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, graduated in Jewish Civilization at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. … student at the Hebrew University, Department of Cultural Studies. Her research topic is: “The Hebrew Lexicon and …
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
… She was formerly the head of the M.A. program in Jewish music at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Her Ph.D. from Hebrew University's Musicology …
Yizhak Edel
… grandfather. In his grandfather’s house, Edel received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while … He also became acquainted with the works of the Society for Jewish folk Music which were based mainly in St. Petersburg … In 1922, Edel returned to Warsaw and completed his musical studies between 1922-1927. He studied theory and …
Ya'akov Orland
… construction of foundational national buildings like the Jewish Agency headquarters, the Yeshurun Synagogue, and the National Library. In 1928, Yaacob began his studies at Tahkemoni , and from 1929 to 1932, he attended … 1939, Orland resided in England, where he pursued theater studies at the Royal Academy of Drama in London. During this …
Joseph Achron
… Krein, and Moses Michail Milner, he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these … of Russian and European Jewry. Joseph (Yussl) Achron, Jewish violinist and composer, was born May 1/13, 1886 in … family moved to Warsaw where Joseph continued his violin studies with B. Michalovich and for the first time at the …