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Yehiel 'Adaki
… of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … portion), performed with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with … transcriptions of Yemenite singing, a portion of 'Adaki's lifetime work of collecting and recording Yemenite singing. …
Israel Adler
… Institut de Musicologie at the Sorbonne where he combined Jewish and musical studies. During his thirteen-year sojourn … on the diffusion of art music in certain Western European Jewish communities prior to the 19th century, published a … that could never be realized to its fullness but during his lifetime Adler was able to complete two substantial sections …
Israel Alter
… of the School of Sacred Music at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where he had an enormous … click here . A lecture by Cantor Joseph Malovany, about the life and work of Israel Alter (including performances of …
Avner Bahat
… on the recorder which would become very important in his life and more than once he was called 'Avner with the … of Musicology. In 1981, he established the Center for Jewish Music at Beit Hatfutsot, and from 1984 he began producing records, and later CDs, of Jewish music. Among the many CDs he recorded are Piyyutim …
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 … of the personal and professional details of Beregovski’s life from 1930-1948. The Encyclopedia Judaica (1971:600) …
Eduard Birnbaum
… but decided to remain in Koenigsberg where he was offered a life contract and comfortable salary. Birnbaum was an avid … and para-liturgical musical practices of the major European Jewish communities. To supplement the material that he … collection … Hebrew Union College … Cantor … Collector … Jewish Liturgy … Eduard Birnbaum …
Abraham Baer
… and Samuel Naumbourg , covering the liturgy of the entire Jewish calendar year. This major anthology by Baer, cantor … until his death), a minor corner of the German-speaking Jewish world by all accounts, had everlasting effects. Four … more sweeping. For additional information about the life of Baer, see Hammarlund, Anders. A Prayer for …
Yehezkiel Braun
… attraction for folklore is consistent throughout his life, although he wrote a few serial works as well. His work … 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 … …
Andre Hajdu
… 5 March 1932 to a characteristically assimilated Hungarian-Jewish family and having survived the Holocaust (a subject … immersed himself in Judaism and started to observe Jewish religious practices. At the same time, he mingled in … children's choir and orchestra (1984), the cantata Eternal Life (1984), the opera The Story of Jonah (1987), Job and …
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 … foundation for the modern study of Jewish musicology. My Life: A Sketch by A.Z. Idelsohn First published in Jewish …