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Shoshana Liessmann
… Studied Jewish Studies and Musicology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, … the Hebrew University, Department of Cultural Studies. Her research topic is: “The Hebrew Lexicon and Perspectives on …
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
… Cohn Zentner is an assistant professor in the Department of Music at Bar Ilan University. She was formerly the head of the M.A. program in Jewish music at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. … Jewish Studies focusing on early Jewish Music in 2019. Her research interests lie in historical ethnomusicology, sacred …
Michael Lukin
… USSR, completed his BA degree at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and obtained the MA in Jewish Music at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In his … period until the end of the nineteenth century. He is a researcher at the Jewish Music Research Centre (JMRC) and a …
Esther Sheinberg
… Esti Sheinberg is an independent scholar. Her fields of research include Music signification, Irony and ambiguity in music, Humor in … Musical Cultural Units, Musical Space as Cultural Unit, Jewish Immigrant Musicians 1910-1950, and the Ethics of …
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 … where, as Edel relates, he could conduct his educational researches. Other jobs Edel held in Israel included: music …
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 … work. Expanded academic activity from 2000, with cultural research for Sapir Cultural Research Forum (Sderot) since …
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 … through a grant from the Leonid Nevzin Center for the Research of Russian and European Jewry. Joseph (Yussl) …
Arno Nadel
… Arno Nadel was born in Vilna, Lithuania and began his Jewish musical education in Koenigsberg under cantor Eduard … entitled, Hallelujah, for use by cantors and Jewish music researchers. In 1943, Nadel was deported to Auschwitz, where …
Naomi Shemer
… cultural consciousness through her beautiful melodies. Her musical skill was evident in her childhood, and her career … After her army service, she became well known through the musical “ Five-Five, ” essentially an arrangement of her … her death in 2004. Full biography at The Encyclopedia For Jewish Women . For list of works and publications see at …
Joseph Shlisky
… the British capital. At the turn of the 20th century, the Jewish community in Toronto grew, synagogues flourished, and … in the heart of The Ward, the city’s bustling, growing Jewish district. As a soloist in the cantor’s choir, Shlisky … a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves …