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Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… by Ascap Today as, 'a major force in today's liturgical music.' Issachar Miron has made a name for himself … the first Nazi death camp of the “final solution of the Jewish question.” Their holy remains were buried in the … most horrible crime of crimes. After his discharge from the Jewish Brigade of the British Army, where Issachar Miron …
Avraham Slep
… It is not known where he was born or where he received his musical education. Slep began his career as a singing teacher at the Vilna Jewish School. There he conducted a choir that brought him … became a professor of solfege at the Vilna Institute of Jewish Music, among whose teachers was Eliyahu Malkin, the …
Moshe Wilensky
… returned to Warsaw. In his youth, Wilensky attended the Jewish " Eskela " Gymnasium, which offered Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … stage. He also composed music for films produced by the Jewish National Fund ('Hakeren Hakayemet') and for "Yomani …
Richard Newman
… and received a master's degree from the Vienna Academy of Music. In 1937 he emigrated with his family to the United … In the 1950s and 1960s he conducted the choirs of the Jewish Centers in Hillcrest, Long Island, various synagogues … the music program of the Greater New York Council for Jewish Education. He is the author of numerous articles and …
Elio Piattelli
… from the oral traditions of the various rites of the Roman Jewish community as well as original compositions for … from the University of Rome in 1931, he pursued his innate musicality studying in Rome with Maestro Cesare Dobici … of the oral traditions of cantors from the various Italian Jewish rites and traditions. Piattelli transcribed not only …
Henech Kon
… A composer of musical theatre, Henech Kon was an important member of the thriving inter-war Polish-Jewish cultural scene. He wrote popular songs, and … participated in a wide variety of cultural activities for Jewish and non-Jewish Poles. Full biographies: Neil W. …
Nahum Heiman
… has won the right to become one of the priests of Hebrew music.' It is not for nothing that Natan Yonatan calls Nahum … says that the families of Heiman, Asaf and Yedoton were the musicians of the first and second temple.' Nahum Heiman … subscribed to the Academy of Cinema. There he worked in the Jewish Agency. After a few years, Heiman met with a Swiss …
Bienvenida "Berta" Aguado
… Tikva, where she continued to share her rich Sephardic musical heritage. Berta Aguado made significant contributions to the study of Ladino music through the many recordings and interviews conducted … in the National Sound Archive and published by the Jewish Music Research Centre, are invaluable resources for …
Moses Michail Milner (Melnikoff)
… He sang with famous cantors in Kiev, later studying music in Kiev and in St. Petersburg, where he participated in the founding of the Society for Jewish Folk Music (1908). He composed many works based on Jewish themes, as well as Jewish liturgical works. Apart …
Daniel Akiva
… and is the most prominent arranger in the sepharadic jewish music area. also, he compuses original works that are affcted from the jewish sephardic music style. … composer, guitarist & …