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Jan Peerce
… beginning his performance career as a violinist for an NYC dance band. In 1933, he was offered a long-term contract as … the Bolshoi Theatre Opera. Peerce was also involved in NYC Jewish musical life, making regular appearances as a guest … Peerce also made several recordings of cantorial works and Jewish folksongs. … Tenor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
Isaac Schlossberg
… music and the basics of hazzanut in Vilna under the guidance of cantor Kogan and choirmaster Moshe Dorguzhansky, in … ('The Destruction of Jerusalem') by the troupe of the Jewish theater Avrum-Olter Fishzon. Later, for several … where he worked as a composer and conductor of the leading Jewish theaters: 'The Rock', 'Novosti', and the Kaminsky …
Gideon Klein
… Klein relocated his performances to the private homes of Jewish colleagues and friends. Klein’s commitment to the … talented musicians, composers, and conductors were in abundance. Klein immediately recognized the potential to …
Emanuel Zamir
… he wrote in reference to the pioneering spirit of the young Jewish ' H alutzim' who were settling Palestine and working … an active role in the development of the Israeli folk dance. Zamir had a sense of mission, which he brought into … foundation of his country. He was overtaken by the Debka dance, immersed himself in its rhythm, meter, intricate …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… synagogue. This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish musical themes, which he began to incorporate into … entrusted to Schul by the authorities at the offices of the Jewish community in Prague . Schul was deported to Terezín … to Terezín, he completed the first of Two Chassidic Dances for viola and cello. He finished a three-part boys …
Mordekhai Zeira
… and through his sister's playing. He was also exposed to Jewish melodies, while accompanying his father to the … Adonai ), composed in the style of Yemenite music, in accordance to the theater's request. From 1930 to 1933 he worked … In his songs, Zeira transmits a vast narrative of the [Jewish] people in Israel: Lemoladeti , Havo Lebanim , 'Al …
Nurit Hirsh
… Additionally, m any of her songs accompany folk dances. These songs came to constitute part of the …
Nahum Heiman
… the student of the composer Matitiyahu Shalem and the dancer Tirza Hodes. He began playing in Hodes's folk dancing … later, Nitzanim, a song that later became a hit and a folk dance, was composed. Nahche ran back to the dance class, and … subscribed to the Academy of Cinema. There he worked in the Jewish Agency. After a few years, Heiman met with a Swiss …
Ehud Manor
… Manor was a member of the working youth movement and he danced folk dances. He was 15 when his father died. Along with the songs …
Joel Walbe
… Ukraine ). As a boy, his education was standard for wealthy Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the … teachers. Shalom Walbe, Joel's father, was a wealthy Jewish merchant and a Gabbai. He kept a secluded Jewish … settling Zionists in Palestine . He composed Horas (Israeli dance) like 'Hora Medura,' with words by Natan Alterman, …