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Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… in 1556, and frequently later. It exerted great influence on the Jews of central Europe, being largely … 'Bi'urim' to Yoreh De'ah, is extant in manuscript. Source: Jewish Encyclopedia. … Rabbi and teacher of Mayence, cantor …
Israel Alter
… of the School of Sacred Music at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where he had an enormous influence on a generation of American cantors. Between 1961 …
Moses Beregovski
… early age through his father who was a teacher at the Kiev Jewish Music School and a ba’al kore (official who reads the … established and directed the musical division of the Jewish Culture League in Kiev and served as the director … a uniquely Jewish perspective. Beregovski recognized the influence of Diaspora culture as an integral part of Jewish …
Yehezkiel Braun
… some Ashkenazi ones and Israeli folklore (Russian-French influenced) – which he compared with Gregorian chant, led … that there is common basis, a certain pentatonic scale, for Jewish cantilation – Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, and Yemenite alike, … here for an additional biography on the Milken Archive of Jewish Music website. … 44134 … Israeli composer … Yehezkel …
Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi
… of publications dealing with the correlation and mutual influence found in Jewish, Christian and Muslim musical traditions. See also … The Edith Gerson-Kiwi Legacy. To view her biography on the Jewish Women's Archive Website, click here . … Musicologist …
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 … traditions were relatively uninterrupted by outside influence and change because of their migratory history and …
Louis Lewandowski
… the Arts, an institution which previously had not admitted Jewish students. While at the Academy, Lewandowski studied … compositions. He introduced a new romantic style heavily influenced by the music of Felix Mendelssohn. In 1871, … choirmaster, Lewandowski worked as a music teacher at the Jewish Free School, and the Jewish Teacher’s Seminary in …
Josef (Yossele) Rosenblatt
… and arranged numerous religious works and had a major influence on the cantorial world that followed him. Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , Encyclopedia Judaica . … Cantor and …
Salamone Rossi
… has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de Rossi, not much is known … speculated that Salamone de Rossi was the son of renowned Jewish historian Azariah de’ Rossi, but this seems unlikely … figures were comparatively marginal in their power and influence and could only offer Rossi temporary employment …
Geoffrey Goldberg
… Historical development of Ashkenazi Liturgical Music; the influence of minhag in the development of liturgical music; … Minhag Ashkenaz . Yuval Music Series, vol. 12. Jerusalem: Jewish Music Research Centre - Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2019. … Researcher, visiting lecturer in Jewish Musicology at HUC-JIR, New York … Geoffrey Goldberg …