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Samuel Adler
… Massachusetts. There the young Samuel Adler displayed his musical talents at an early age. He became his father’s … abroad. (According to: 'Samuel Adler' in Milken Archive of Jewish Music. For the full biography click here ) … … Composer … Conductor … Author … Jewish music … Cantor … American composers … Samuel Adler …
Max Brod
… Also supported couleurlocale. In his book about Israeli music (in German) titled Die Musik Israels (1951), he coined … Seter Online biography of Brod with special emphasis on his musical activities, can be found here . Published Biography: …
Francis Lyon Cohen
… and studied at Jews’ College in London with a focus on Jewish liturgy. Cohen also had a great interest in Jewish music, and supplemented his studies with courses in the Arts …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… Already at a young age Melamed showed interest in music. He used to visit the various synagogues in his area and listen to Jewish cantillation. After some time he began singing with … at last performed as a soloist. His father encouraged his musical interests, making him memorize the weekly Parasha. …
Joseph Dorfman
… at the Odessa Academy (1958-1965), and later studied Musicology and Composition at the Gnessin Musical Institute … as artistic director of the International Festivals of Jewish Art Music, initiated in 1992. As a composer, … works, cantatas and oratorios. Dorfman researched the Jewish musical tradition of Eastern Europe, focusing on the …
Marsha Bryan Edelman
… Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman is professor emerita of music and education at Gratz College. A graduate of Columbia University and the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, she holds degrees in music, Jewish music education, Jewish music and Jewish studies. Her …
Judith Kaplan Eisenstein
… American author, musicologist and composer. Born in New York , U.S.A. Studied at Columbia University, the Jewish Theological Seminary of America and the Hebrew Union … at both of these two institutions. Published studies in Jewish music, Jewish songbooks, and her own compositions. A …
Artur Holde
… his career in Frankfurt , as a synagogue conductor and a music critic. In 1937, he imigrated to the U.S. and settled … in New York . There he worked as a choirmaster and as a music critic. His important publication is: Jews in Music: From the Age of Enlightenment to the Mid-Twentieth …
Nikolai Kaufman
… Musicologist, folklorist and composer Nikolay (or Nikolaï) … unfailing efforts to the documentation and study of the Jewish traditions of Bulgaria. Although his publications on … full evaluation of Kaufman’s contributions to the study of Jewish musical traditions is a desideratum because many of …
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
… Anita Lasker was born into a German Jewish family in Breslau, then Germany (present day …