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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 … publication, Haniggun vehariqud ba h assidut (Music and Dance in Hassidism, 1956), a work discussed in more detail … The author recommended that Geshuri free himself from the “folkloristic-scientific tendencies” of his radio lectures in …
Joseph Achron
… and Moses Michail Milner , he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these musicians and … 1925 and 1933, e.g., his First Violin Concerto, op. 60, the Dance of Salome, op. 62, and the song Po En-Harod. From 1925 …
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 … also made several recordings of cantorial works and Jewish folksongs. … Tenor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
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 … was with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, to … 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 …
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 … many songs that constitute an integral part of the Hebrew folksong . Many of their songs played a documentary role in …
Nurit Hirsh
… of Nurit Hirsh's songs are inalienable assets of the Hebrew Folk Song ('Zemer Ivri'). She composed more than one … kindergartens. Additionally, m any of her songs accompany folk dances. These songs came to constitute part of the …
Nahum Heiman
… the ears of thousands of Israeli singing fans. The Israeli folk song (Zemer Ivri) is the soul of our life in this … the student of the composer Matitiyahu Shalem and the dancer Tirza Hodes. He began playing in Hodes's folk dancing … 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 … with music arrived when he joined a mandolin and balalaika folk music band. This restrictive environment, together with … settling Zionists in Palestine . He composed Horas (Israeli dance) like 'Hora Medura,' with words by Natan Alterman, …