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Israel J. Katz
… of the Sephardic Jews. Katz served as editor of Ethnomusicology (1970–72); for the Yearbook of the International … ). He was a founding member of the American Society for Jewish Music (1974) and served as chairman of the board … Katz concentrated his studies on the Sephardic and Oriental Jewish communities of the Mediterranean region, and on the …
Eric Karsenti
… Unit at the Ministry of Health. Research interests in Jewish music: the musical traditions of the Algerian Jews; Written sources of …
Sylvan Sholom Kalib
… The son of Ukranian-Jewish immigrants, Sholom Kalib was a mainstay of Jewish music in mid-twentieth century Chicago, serving as a …
Robert Lachmann
… It was there that Lachmann was first exposed to non-Western music and folklore, and he began working on transcriptions … and paraliturgical musical traditions of the local Jewish community, material that served as the base for his seminal work, Jewish Cantillation and Song in the Isle of Djerba (1940). …
Leo Levi
… was the first scholar to devote research to the Italian Jewish oral musical traditions. However, his role in the field of Jewish ethnomusicology, and in particular in the development …
Peter Emanuel Gradenwitz
… founded the first publishing house. He wrote a history of Jewish Music "Hamuzika Beyisrael ." … Israeli musicologist and composer … Peter Emanuel Gradenwitz …
Eric Werner
… Born in Ludenberg (near Vienna ). Studied music and religion in several cities in Europe, receiving … (1934-1938). Immigrated to the U.S. in 1938. Began teaching Jewish music and liturgy at the Hebrew Union College in … research, Werner has conducted research in the field of Jewish music, on topics such as comparative Jewish-Christian …
Salomon Sulzer
… and imitated cantor of his time, appreciated beyond the Jewish community. As a composer and musician, Sulzer is considered by some as the father of … Solomon.' Encyclopaedia Judaica Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman) 'Sulzer, Salomon.' Jewish …
Francesco Spagnolo
… and Theories of Quotation between W. Allen and S. Sontag . Music BA from the Conservatorio di Musica 'Giuseppe Verdi,' Milan (1987), with the Honor's … at University of California, Santa Cruz . Editor of Italian Jewish Musical Traditions . Research interests: Italy; …
Louis Lewandowski
… the Arts, an institution which previously had not admitted Jewish students. While at the Academy, Lewandowski studied … introduced a new romantic style heavily influenced by the music of Felix Mendelssohn. In 1871, Lewandowski published … choirmaster, Lewandowski worked as a music teacher at the Jewish Free School, and the Jewish Teacher’s Seminary in …