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Israel Alter
… elements in his compositions. Alter composed cantorial works and musical settings to Yiddish poems. His collections … of transcriptions of nusach are considered standard works in the field. Alter is known for his meticulous … … German Synagogue … Tenor … Yiddish songs … Ashkenazi liturgical music … American cantors … Composer … Israel Alter …
Eduard Birnbaum
… interviewed prominent hazzanim in order to document the liturgical and para-liturgical musical practices of the major European Jewish … less well known, Birnbaum also composed several liturgical works, a number of which were published posthumously. His …
Mordechai Breuer
… very fond of music (he had already written and composed works), it is not enough to make a career out of it. … Jerusalem. Over the years, Mordechai Breuer composed many liturgical and para-liturgical works for a variety of events. As an educator for …
Gershon Ephros
… Jewish Music Council. As a composer, Ephros composed many liturgical works, in addition to other vocal and instrumental … Jewish cultural groups, from ancient to contemporary works. Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica ; The music of Gershon …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… wrote extensively on the historical development of Jewish liturgical and cantorial music. During his time at HUC, he … of Hebrew Oriental Melodies as well as two other seminal works, Jewish Music in its Historical Development (1929) and … with his work on the ties between Jewish and Christian liturgical music. Though less well known, Idelsohn also …
Eric Werner
… liturgy, and more. His compositions include mainly Jewish liturgical works, in addition to choral compositions, songs, and … … Musicologist and composer … Composer … Musicologist … Liturgical … Music … Comparative … Musicology … Jewish … …
Salamone Rossi
… comprised mostly of Jewish musicians. While his first two works are dedicated to Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga and his third … of Savoy. Salamone de Rossi also took great interest in liturgical music composition. He called upon Leone da … likely would not have been able to continue his reforms of liturgical music. Rossi’s work culminated in a collection of …
Max Wohlberg
… As a composer, Wholberg mainly wrote modern melodies to liturgical texts. Wohlberg assembled an impressive … Legacy of an American Hazzan: Max Wohlberg, His Life and Works. Doctoral dissertation, The Jewish Theological … Synagogue Music 1 (January 1968) : 49-52. … Hungarian-born liturgical scholar, composer and cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… music in Tel Aviv released a recording of Melamed singing liturgical works arranged by Yehezkel Braun. Nissan Cohen Melamed died …
Neglected sources for the Study of Nineteenth-Century Synagogue Music: The Prefaces to Louis Lewandowski's Kol Rinnah U't'fillah and Todah W'simrah. Annotated Translations
… from the German of Lewandowski’s prefaces to his major works of synagogue music. Unfortunately omitted from the … provide invaluable material on the evolution of these works, the aims of the composer, and his ideas on synagogue … Century … Composers … Lewandowski, Louis … Compositions … Liturgical music … Composer … Western Ashkenazi … Geoffrey …