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Moses Pergament
… as a composer, conductor, and music critic. His musical influences range from German Expressionism and French Impressionism to Jewish themes and Biblical cantillation. Sources: …
Alexander Tansman
… the US, but returned to Paris in 1946. Tansman incorporated Jewish elements into his works and was influenced by the neo-classical style. Sources: Abravanel, …
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. … Israeli composer … Idelsohn … …
Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi
… of publications 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 …
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 …