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Abramo Dall' Arpa
… Italian musician. Member of the dall'Arpa family from Mantua, whose members were known as musicians and especially as harpists, hence the family name. … moneylender Abraham Levi, a prominent member of the Mantuan Jewish community. In 1542 he participated in a dramatic …
Menahem Avidom
… 1955 to the end of his life, some of the most important music institutions in Israel, such as the Israel Composers’ … pieces, including ten symphonies, two cantatas and chamber music. One of several prominent composers who wrote arrangements for the unique Jewish-Yemenite artist and singer, Bracha Zefira, and based …
Jacob Bachman
… Ukraine). As a child he studied in a Yeshiva. He began his music studies in Moshe Pasternak’s choir at the local … under Anton Rubinstein, where he studied voice and musicianship. Bachmann developed a dramatic tenor voice and … between Joshua Abrass and Jacob Bachman, in which the Jewish community in Odessa was divided into two camps: the …
Simeon Bellison
… clarinetist. Established ensembles which were dedicated to Jewish music both in Russia and in the U.S. Arranged many Jewish compositions for his ensemble in New York . …
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on … he learned general music theory, but continued to sing in a Jewish choir. In Lodz, Birnbaum studied to become a shohet … a cantors’ union in Poland; publishing articles on Jewish music in 'Hazfirah' and 'Haolam' newspapers; and …
Herman Berlinski
… and as a composer. Many of his compositions are based on Jewish themes, including liturgical as well as … (chamber, organ and vocal works). The Herman Berlinsky music collection, which contains writings and compositions by Berlinski, is housed in the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary. The collection was arranged by …
Abraham Caceres (Casseres)
… Dutch composer. Abraham Caceres (Casseres) was the leading musician in the Portuguese community of Amsterdam . Only a … 's compositions can be found in the JMRC CD's, Synagogal Music in the Baroque I and II . … Dutch composer … 0 … …
Shlomo Carlebach
… Germany. In 1939, he moved to the U.S. where he began his music career. Carlebach is considered by many to be the foremost Jewish religious songwriter. He recorded over 25 albums, … … Song … Carlibach, Carlebach, Shlomo … Songwriter … Jewish … Songs … United States … Carlebach … Shlomo Carlebach …
Davit Civita
… Italian musician. One of the group of Jewish musicians connected with the court of the Gonzagas of …
Ram Da-Oz
… and lost his eyesight. Afterward he continued to study music, including piano, oboe, theory and composition, and graduated from the Israel Academy of Music, Tel Aviv (1953). Da-Oz has written Israeli Art Music, employing modern styles and techniques of atonality …