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James Loeffler
… Ph.D. Columbia University, (2006), Dissertation: 'The Most Musical Nation: Jews, Culture and Nationalism in the Late … (1996); Founding Director, Vice-academic co-chair, Jewish Music Forum of the American Society for Jewish Music (New York); Research Director, Pro Musica Hebraica (Washington, DC). …
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 … Melamed - Autobiography . Tazlil 9\4, 1969. … Cantor and researcher … Nissan Cohen-Melamed …
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, … ballet, orchestral works, cantatas and oratorios. Dorfman researched the Jewish musical tradition of Eastern Europe, …
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 … she is the editor of the Journal of Synagogue Music . … Researcher and Educator … Marsha Bryan Edelman …
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 … She was an important source of information for Kaufman’s research on Ashkenazi song and may have been also an …
Ivan Lipaev
… from 1924–31. He was also dedicated to the modernization of music pedagogy in the Russian empire and advocated for … Artist of the RSFSR in 1925. Lipaev was also interested in Jewish music, was a friend of pioneering ethnomusicologist … advocate, pedagogue, and trombonist … Klezmer … Music research … Critic … Ethnomusicology … Russian music … Ivan …
Eric Mandell
… Mandell passed away in Philadelphia on February 6, 1988. Musically gifted since his youth, he trained under prominent cantors of his time. At the age of twenty, the Jewish community of Bochum engaged him as cantor, choir … Mandell's centennial (2002) with a publication. During his research, he came across two valuable resources. One was …
Eleanor Gordon Mlotek
… to Max Weinreich , co-founder of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (then known as the Yiddish Scientific Institute). … and quickly gained a name for herself as a scholar of music and folklore. In 1970, she and Yosl began writing a …
Joseph Mlotek
… of 7. As a young man, he was active in the Bund and other Jewish labor and socialist organizations. He also published … E. Wiener Oral History Library of the American Jewish Committee at 'New York Public Library'. Joseph …
Musica Judaica: Journal of the American Society for Jewish Music
… 101 … Online … 4 … New York … The American Society for Jewish Music … … 1975 - … Liturgy … Paraliturgy … Research … USA … Israel J. Katz … Musica Judaica: Journal of …