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Sigmund Schlesinger
… and choirmasters who attempted to create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform … recognized the need of an appropriate musical setting for Jewish congregational services and composed complete musical … Bloch: Civil War Composers and Musicians', in American Jewish Historical Quarterly , Vol. 53, No. 1 (September …
David Nowakowsky
… concerts comprised of his own liturgical and paraliturgical music, with instrumental accompaniment. As a result of this … such, David Nowakowsky was part of an influential circle of Jewish intellectuals including Saul Tchernikovsky, Chaim … Composer … Conductor … Odessa … Haskalah … Bialik … Music … Jewish … Liturgy … David Nowakowsky …
Uri Aharon
… researcher, author of two books and many articles in music, plays classical, Jewish and folk music on the flute. For forty-two years he … was a music director and conducted hundreds of concerts for Jewish music with a number of choirs in Israel and abroad, …
Kurt Weill
… to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of … several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. In 1946, four years before his death, he composed the Jewish prayer ' Kiddush ,' dedicated to his father. See Kurt …
Darius Milhaud
… most influential composers of the 20th century. Born to a Jewish family in Marseilles and raised in Aix-en-Provence , … group known as Les Six . He drew inspiration from diverse musical traditions, incorporating jazz, Brazilian rhythms, … into his works. He also explored the music of the Jewish community in Comtat Venaissin, reflecting his own …
Aaron Copland
… was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. In 1917 he began studying theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau School of Music in Paris. During his time in Paris, Copland traveled …
Paul Dessau
… Bertolt Brecht, for whose plays he wrote incidental music. Used some Jewish themes in his music (specifically in his oratorio, Haggadah Shel Pesach). …
Erich Walter Sternberg
… His works were later often related as “non-local,” or “more Jewish than Israeli” because of that Zeitgeist favoring … 1938. … Composer … 11807 … Composer … Israeli … Orchestra … Jewish … Biblical … Themes … Erich Walter Sternberg … רונית …
Abraham Goldfaden
… father took advantage of a new law mandating that Jewish students attending public school would be except from … he began publishing a satirical journal, Yisrolec for the Jewish community living there. The journal was in … his songs, as well as other popular Jewish and secular music. The initial performances of these musical theater …
Theodor Bikel
Born in Vienna, Austria and immigrated to Palestine with his parents at age 13. Studied…