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Israel Adler
… revised previous paradigms in the study of music of early modern Jewish communities. In 1963, Adler returned to … of the Israel Musicological Society which he chaired in several tenures. He was founder and co-director of YUVAL-France … music, any music, in Hebrew characters until the early modern period, a project that was published as Hebrew …
Abraham Baer
… Wielen , Poland . He worked as a cantor and teacher in several communities throughout western Prussia before settling … Liturgy , published by the Sacred Music Press (an operation of the Hebrew Union College) in 1953 (and again in … the life of Baer, see Hammarlund, Anders. A Prayer for Modernity: Politics and Culture in the World of Abraham Baer …
Abraham Eilam-Amzallag
… works and songs, and worked as a flutist and composer in several institutions. As a master's thesis he submitted a … he studied Hebrew medieval poetry, Arabic and English literature. Avraham Amzallag (Eilam) served as a musicology … techniques. His works fuse Oriental Jewish melisma and modern techniques. In 1994 he participated in the …
Andre Hajdu
… in a research project about Gypsy music and published several articles in Hungarian on this subject. His Gypsy … instrumental works in which he followed the romantic and modern European tradition of “pure” music. Examples of this … was basically tonal, he was an outsider during the peak of modernism. In a way, his music prophesied what was going to …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… Maqamen der arabischen Musik (1913). Idelsohn’s enormous literary output, as well as his field recordings (which number over 1,000) laid the foundation for the modern study of Jewish musicology. My Life: A Sketch by A.Z. … visited old-fashioned “Chadorim,” although there were many modern ones in Libau; my father wanted to implant within me …
Aron Marko Rothmüller
… in Zagreb and Vienna (1928-1932), was a distinguished opera singer, and performed across Europe. Following Nazi … songs as well as arrangements of 'Palestinian' (i.e. modern Hebrew) songs. As an author he published The Music of … The Lexicon of Persecuted Musicians from the Nazi Era includes a comprehensive bibliography about Rothmüller, …
Amnon Shiloah
… the Hebrew University where he studied Hebrew and Arabic Literature as well as Bible, graduating in 1951. He continued … his long career at the Hebrew University he filled several administrative posts such as Director of Misgav … uncover an intellectual universe that is well beyond the modern Western concept of “music theory.” These treatises, …
Boaz Tarsi
… Among his scholarly publications are contributions to “Modern Judaism,” “Asian Music,” “Indiana Theory Review,” … work, Mr. Tarsi has an active career as a singer in opera, the concert stage, and cantorial music. He has … Marriner, the Prague Philharmonic orchestra and chorus, Gerard Schwartz, The BBC Singers, The Vienna Boys Choir, …
Max Wohlberg
… in 1923, where he sang in the choir of the Metropolitan Opera and held several positions as cantor. From 1952 he was … Cantorial School). As a composer, Wholberg mainly wrote modern melodies to liturgical texts. Wohlberg assembled … … Cantor … Composer … Modern … Melodies … Liturgical … Scholar … Collector … …
Nikolai Kaufman
… to the study of Jewish musical traditions is a desideratum because many of his materials (recordings and musical … studies. In fact, his work is one of the pillars of modern Bulgarian ethnomusicology. About his contribution … were still in Bulgaria functioning synagogues, including modernizing ones, and a vibrant Jewish community. However, …