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Gershon Ephros
… In 1911, he moved to the U.S., where he continued his studies with Herman Spielter and Joseph Achron in New York. … in 1957. Apart fom his cantorial career, Ephros taught Jewish music in Hebrew schools in New York and at the Hebrew Union College. He officiated as president of the Jewish Music Forum and was a member of the executive board …
Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi
… Gerson-Kiwi was born in Berlin and completed her formative studies in piano and harpsichord performance under teacher … dealing with the correlation and mutual influence found in Jewish, Christian and Muslim musical traditions. To view her biography on the Jewish Women's Archive Website, click here . … Musicologist …
Andre Hajdu
… 5 March 1932 to a characteristically assimilated Hungarian-Jewish family and having survived the Holocaust (a subject … favored by many Hungarian dissidents, and continued his studies at the Paris Conservatoire under illustrious … immersed himself in Judaism and started to observe Jewish religious practices. At the same time, he mingled in …
Rivka Havassy
… An independent researcher in the field of Sephardic studies, with a focus on Ladino traditional oral poetry; … 2007). Participated in various research projects in the Jewish Music Research Center, among them: Incipitario …
Irene Heskes
… New York. Was a Music researcher who specialized in Jewish music. Her research included the compilation of a … many articles and books concerning secular and sacred Jewish music. Among her books are Studies in Jewish Music , Jews in Music , The Resource …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He … Idelsohn was greatly impacted by the diversity of the Jewish community living in Palestine, and embarked on a … with the immoral conduct of the players, I gave up my studies and, influenced by Tolstoy’s ideas, I became a …
Mark Kligman
… Mark L. Kligman is the Mickey Katz Chair Professor of Jewish Music at the Herb Alpert School of Music, University … libraries. He is also a board member of the Association for Jewish Studies and is the editor of the association's …
Israel J. Katz
… ). He was a founding member of the American Society for Jewish Music (1974) and served as chairman of the board (until 1988). Katz concentrated his studies on the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities of the Mediterranean region, and on the …
Francesco Spagnolo
… at University of California, Santa Cruz . Editor of Italian Jewish Musical Traditions . Research interests: Italy; …
Louis Lewandowski
… the Arts, an institution which previously had not admitted Jewish students. While at the Academy, Lewandowski studied … two of the foremost composition teachers of his time. His studies at the Academy were interrupted by a debilitating … choirmaster, Lewandowski worked as a music teacher at the Jewish Free School, and the Jewish Teacher’s Seminary in …