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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 … as a scholar is still a major gap in the historiography of Jewish music. Born in Myslowitz, Upper Silesia, then part of …
Fritz Rikko
… Fritz Rikko was a musicologist and conductor who was an authority on music of the Baroque era. Born in Werden, Germany, he … most closely associated was Salamone Rossi . Rossi was a Jewish composer and instrumentalist who was active in Mantua …
Leib Glanz
… gestures from many different genres, including romantic music, Israeli folk songs, and Jewish liturgical music from communities throughout the … in Tel Aviv. Glanz was also a serious composer of Jewish liturgical music, with a corpus of over 100 works as …
Samuel Naumbourg
… professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing … an unprecedented overview of the history of religious Jewish music. Another of Naumbourg’s important contributions … … Composer, Synagogue singer, Musicologist, French Jewish reformer of synagogue music & choirmaster … Composers …
Leon Algazi
… Algazi was born in Iepuresti, Romania in 1890. He studied music in Vienna and Paris and graduated from the Ecole … Paris , a position he held for many years. His interest in Jewish music and folklore was sparked by early studies with … radio program that dealt with a wide range of topics in Jewish music. In 1937 he took a position as the conductor at …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… and choirmasters who attempted to create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform … recognized the need of an appropriate musical setting for Jewish congregational services and composed complete musical … Bloch: Civil War Composers and Musicians', in American Jewish Historical Quarterly , Vol. 53, No. 1 (September …
David Nowakowsky
… concerts comprised of his own liturgical and paraliturgical music, with instrumental accompaniment. As a result of this … such, David Nowakowsky was part of an influential circle of Jewish intellectuals including Saul Tchernikovsky, Chaim … Composer … Conductor … Odessa … Haskalah … Bialik … Music … Jewish … Liturgy … David Nowakowsky …
Uri Aharon
… researcher, author of two books and many articles in music, plays classical, Jewish and folk music on the flute. For forty-two years he … was a music director and conducted hundreds of concerts for Jewish music with a number of choirs in Israel and abroad, …
Kurt Weill
… to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of … several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. In 1946, four years before his death, he composed the Jewish prayer ' Kiddush ,' dedicated to his father. See Kurt …
Darius Milhaud
… most influential composers of the 20th century. Born to a Jewish family in Marseilles and raised in Aix-en-Provence , … group known as Les Six . He drew inspiration from diverse musical traditions, incorporating jazz, Brazilian rhythms, … into his works. He also explored the music of the Jewish community in Comtat Venaissin, reflecting his own …