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David de Sola Pool
Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool was the foremost Sephardic rabbi in the United States…
Yehuda Ratzaby
Prof. Yehuda Ratzaby was born in the small village Sava'n in central Yemen, a two-hour…
Menashe Ravina
… From a young age, he actively participated in his father's musical pursuits, serving as a choir conductor in the … cultural life of the Yishuv. He founded the "Institute for Music Dissemination," where he published numerous books, musical scores, and monographs. His scholarly contributions …
Josef (Yossele) Rosenblatt
… that followed him. Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , Encyclopedia Judaica . … Cantor and composer … …
Joel Engel
… written by James Loeffler . … Composer, arranger, music editor, a member of the St. Petersburg School of … and one of the founders of the Society for Jewish Folk Music … Joel Engel …
Solomon Rosowsky
… Law at the University of Kiev , Rosowsky went on to study music at the St. Petersburg Imperial Conservatory under … helped to found the St. Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music in 1908 and served as the musical director of the Yiddish Art Theater . In 1920, …
Salamone Rossi
… Though much ink has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de … as the leader of an ensemble comprised mostly of Jewish musicians. While his first two works are dedicated to Duke … that Rossi enjoyed permanent office with the Gonzaga musical establishment. Rossi was employed and paid by the …
Aron Marko Rothmüller
… Indiana University. Rothmüller composed chamber and choral music, many based on traditional Sephardic and Ashkenazi … (i.e. modern Hebrew) songs. As an author he published The Music of the Jew s: An Historical Appreciation (1953 and … can accessed online . It includes published and unpublished music scores, archival material containing biographical and …
Eliyahu Schleifer
… Dr. Schleifer is Professor of Sacred Music and Director of the School of Sacred Music at HUC-JIR/Jerusalem. He began his musical training at the age of 5 as a choirboy at the …
Alfred Sendrey
… Musician, conductor and musicologist Alfred Sendrey was born in 1884 in Budapest, Hungary. He received his formal musical education at the Academy of Music in Budapest. After …