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Joseph Michael Gusikow
… as King Leopold of Belgium. Guzikow was highly praised by musicians such as as Felix Mendelssohn, and met with him … of all time, and he is one of the first known Klezmer musicians to appear before a Western audience. For an … Judaica Rainlore's World of Music Website . Biography, Jewish Encyclopedia. Additional bibliographical sources can …
Rahamim Amar
… and their graduates are considered great cantors and musicians. One of them is Itzik Kala. Great musicians defined Amar as "the greatest musician and creator …
Leon Kornitzer
… . Tina Frühauf: Leon Kornitzer, in: Lexicon of persecuted musicians from the Nazi era , Claudia Maurer Zenck, Peter … report by Kornitzer from 1937 describes the collection of Jewish liturgical music found at the then relatively new Jewish National and University at the Hebrew University of …
Salah El Kuweiti
… their songs were titled 'folksongs' or ascribed to other musicians. In Israel, they continued their musical activity … in Israel. As part of a growing interest in Arab and Jewish-Arab music in Israel, an album of Daoud and Salah … Tassa tells the story of the al-Kuwaitis ' From Israel, a Jewish Singer with Arab Roots Revives the Music of His …
Betty Olivero
… son. Adapted from the New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians: BETTY OLIVERO was born in Tel-Aviv, Israel. She … contemporary compositional form, yet is inspired by ancient Jewish and other early musical traditions. Folk material …
Pnina Salzman
… invited for a concert in China—the first time that Israeli musicians appeared in that country. The two trio's and the … to repeat favorites. Unlike other locally-educated musicians such as Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman and … “Salzman, Pnina.” in The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, edited by Stanley Sadie, vol. 16, 445. London, …
Ezra Aharon ("Azuri")
… a radio programmer mostly in the 1950's-1960's, when most musicians considered only Western music as “high art.” … listeners among Mizrahi communities (nearing 50% of the Jewish population), many leading composers listened to and … לחן: עזרא אהרון) Articles: The Urban Arabic Repertoire of Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel: …
David Menahem
… pursuing his Torah studies, he has performed with Iraqi musicians, members of the Voice of Israel in the Arabic …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… 17, 1859. His father, Rabbi Eliyahu Navon, was one of the Jewish intellectuals and public figures in Adrianpole, a … urban centers of the Ottoman Empire in the 1860s: Haskalah (Jewish enlightenment) and Jewish nationalism. Educated Jews … from youth to old age.' Judging by the long list of musicians who were in contact with Navon in Israel, it can …
Ray Musiker
… Ray is the fourth generation in a family of Klezmer musicians. As a child, Ray learned to play Klezmer dance music at Jewish weddings. His parents immigrants to America from … his parents, Ray inhererited a love of Eastern European Jewish music from Russia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and …