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Yizhak Edel
… grandfather. In his grandfather’s house, Edel received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by … He also became acquainted with the works of the Society for Jewish folk Music which were based mainly in St. Petersburg …
Ya'akov Orland
… construction of foundational national buildings like the Jewish Agency headquarters, the Yeshurun Synagogue, and the … Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of Kibbutz Naan and the … (Mitya) Zeira , who would later set many of his poems to music. One of Orland's most notable songs from this period, …
Ernest Bloch
… United States in 1916, and in 1920 was appointed the first Musical Director of the fledgling Cleveland Institute of … change in Bloch’s compositional style as he turned to Jewish material for inspiration. During this period he … in Portland, Oregon, of cancer at the age 78. … Swiss born Jewish American composer … Ernest Bloch …
Zecharia Plavin
… From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University and Music Academy (piano class of Professor Viktor Derevianko), … Authority and - in recent years - for Lithuanian Music Archive. Many thematic duo performances with violinist … Liszt, Maurice Ravel and Jean Sibelius). Numerous chamber music collaborations in Israel, Germany and Lithuania. PhD …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … Krein, and Moses Michail Milner, he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these … of Russian and European Jewry. Joseph (Yussl) Achron, Jewish violinist and composer, was born May 1/13, 1886 in …
Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … in Kishinev , Alman moved to London where he continued his musical studies at the Royal College of Music. There he … quickly, and he was hired to lead several other local Jewish choirs in London . Alman was deeply influenced by the …
Moshe Koussevitsky
… in hazzanut. Koussevitsky was identified early on as a musical protégé and at the age of eight joined a synagogue … and enrolled at the Ramailes Yeshiva to supplement his Jewish and secular education. He received his first …
Alexander A. Krein
… Moscow in 1883. He and his five other siblings were taught Jewish folk and instrumental music by his father who was a well known Klezmer musician … Ravel and Debussy. Krein’s first composition in the Jewish national style was Jewish Sketches , after which he …
Israel Lovy
… born in a town near Danzig in 1773. He received his formal Jewish education at a Yeshiva in Glogau, where his father … . In 1799, Lovy settled in Fürth were he continued his musical and secular education, becoming accomplished in …
Gustav Mahler
… Czech Republic) surrounded by a flourishing German-speaking Jewish community. Mahler's formal musical education began in 1875 at the Conservatory of Music in Vienna where he studied piano with teacher Julius …