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Isaac Offenbach
… He left his hometown in 1799 to travel as a wandering musician. In his travels he picked up the epithet “der … settled in Duetz where he worked for many years as a saloon musician. Offenbach moved to Cologne in 1816 where he was employed as a music teacher, and later as a local hazzan. He retained his …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical prodigy early on, and at the age of four he began to … Julius (age nineteen) to Paris to continue their formal musical education and to search for employment. Jacques was …
Moshe Zacuto
… See Edwin Seroussi's article (in Hebrew): The Musical World of Moses Zacuto in Light of his Sacred Poetry …
Morton Shanok
… discharged from the army, he attended Manhattan School of Music and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Music. Shanok was one of a group of cantors who established … the H.L. Miller Cantorial School and the College of Jewish Music of the Jewish Theological Seminary, New York. He was a …
Jan Peerce
… was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from regular radio broadcasts of Radio City Music Hall performances won him recognition as a gifted … Theatre Opera. Peerce was also involved in NYC Jewish musical life, making regular appearances as a guest cantor …
Lazar Weiner
… For full biography at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music click here … Composer of Yiddish and Hebrew art songs …
Eitan Avitzur
… Born in Jerusalem, 1941. Avitzur started his musical career as a conductor of high school ensembles and … his professional education at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem and at the Mozarteum of Salzburg where he … performing with it programs of mainly Israeli contemporary music. He was also the permanent conductor of Tel-Aviv …
David Zehavi
… the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older sister, Leah Goldis, pushed him to get a musical education and playing the violin. But Zehavi … in the kibbutz as an electrician, he organized a choir and music events in which he also began composing. Slowly he …
Dudu Barak
… of Dudu Barak are Hebrew lyrics written in a variety of musical styles. He writes mostly Hebrew lyrics to …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… A prolific composer who published both liturgical works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published … can be heard here . … Cantor & composer … 0 … American art music … Aleppo … Al Adamot Moreshet … Abraham Moshe Bernstein …