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Rahamim Amar
… Rahamim Amar was born in 1898 in the Jewish quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. His father’s … lived in the city for twenty generations. He started his music career as a trumpet player in the British Police Band, … 132), who worked with him, Amar used to play with an Arab-Jewish ensemble during the breaks in silent movie theaters. …
Marcus Hast
… the rare items is Hast's earliest collection of synagogue music from 1878 which he edited in collaboration with the Polish Jewish composer Micha l (Michel) Bergson (1820-1898) , … renowned philosopher Henry Bergson. Online Resources The Jewish Encyclopedia offers a review of Hast's life while he …
Hanoch Jacoby
… and immigrated to Palestine in 1934. Took part in Israel's musical life as a violinist in the Israeli Philharmonic … quartets, and also as director of the Jerusalem Academy of Music. Composed in a conservative, tonal style. …
Eli Jaffe
… from The Hebrew University and the Rubin Academy of Music. Conducted all of Israel's major orchestras, as well as several orchestras abroad. Recorded many albums of Jewish music. Established several institutions for the advancement …
Tzipora Jochsberger
… to Israel in 1939, and studied in the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. Moved to the US in 1952, and received a PhD in Jewish Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary in 1972. Published several …
Leon Kornitzer
… . Tina Frühauf: Leon Kornitzer, in: Lexicon of persecuted musicians from the Nazi era , Claudia Maurer Zenck, Peter … report by Kornitzer from 1937 describes the collection of Jewish liturgical music found at the then relatively new Jewish National and University at the Hebrew University of …
Salah El Kuweiti
… 17. He played violin, sang, composed, and achieved great musical fame in Iraq together with his brother, Daoud, who … in Israel. As part of a growing interest in Arab and Jewish-Arab music in Israel, an album of Daoud and Salah … Tassa tells the story of the al-Kuwaitis ' From Israel, a Jewish Singer with Arab Roots Revives the Music of His …
Boris Levenson
… U.S. in 1921. As a composer, he had an inclination towards Jewish music, composing several works on Jewish themes, and writing arrangements of Jewish songs. … …
Yoel David Lewensohn- Strashunsky
… on Strashunsky's life. Source: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman). … Catnor and composer … …
Max Löwenstamm
… for the synagogue. Source: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor and composer … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …