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Abraham Wolf Binder
… a family of cantors and into a world enriched by synagogue music and Jewish folklore. He was a member of his father’s … melodies). He continued his involvement in Jewish choral music, forming the Hadassah Choral Union in 1916 and the music department at the 92nd Street YMCA in 1917. In 1921 he …
Eduard Birnbaum
… in Bydgoszcz. His teachers at Bydgoszcz identified his musical talent early on and sent him to Vilna to study … was an avid collector of 18th and 19th century Synagogue music. He began his collection by copying the manuscripts in … out and recorded biographical information about important musicians, composers and hazzanim. He also interviewed …
Abraham Baer
… . Baal Tfilla includes original compositions, as well as music borrowed from Salomon Sulzer , Louis Lewandowski … The remarkable list of congratulatory notes by cantors and musicians from the four corners of the Jewish world, which … School; see N. Levin 1997); and the School of Sacred Music of Hebrew Union College. A testimony to the canonical …
Yehezkiel Braun
… in Israel , is most known for his often-performed choral music. A 2001 Israel Prize laureate, he is probably the most … composer, with over 120 works published by the Israel Music Institute. His feeling for modality in harmony and … folklorism à la Bartók) in the Tel-Aviv Academy of Music (1947-53), and later at the St. Pierre de Solesmes …
Mordechai Breuer
… from Germany. In 1942, Breuer studied in a course for music teachers at the Jerusalem Conservatory and received a … world of yeshivot and their development. Mordechai Breuer's Musical Education: In the synagogue of the Kahal Adat … poetry and cantorship occupied a significant place. As a musical child, Mordechai learned a lot there. There was a …
Abraham Eilam-Amzallag
… Aliyah. He studied at the Tel Aviv Teachers' College of Music and the Rubin Academy of Music in Tel Aviv. He studied playing the flute with Uri … English literature. Avraham Amzallag (Eilam) served as a musicology lecturer in the Department of Music at the …
Talila Eliram
… of the Land of Israel (Shirei Eretz Israel),' and of the musical cultural heritage created in Israel at the end of … and Economy in Israel. In 1995 she completed her MA in Musicology with distinction, with a thesis on the subject, … of Israel’ - the Creation and Significance of a Popular Musical Repertoire at the end of the 20th Century.’” In 2001 …
Gershon Ephros
… grandfather, Cantor Moses Fromberg. He received his first musical training while being part of his grandfather's … 1957. Apart fom his cantorial career, Ephros taught Jewish music in Hebrew schools in New York and at the Hebrew Union College. He officiated as president of the Jewish Music Forum and was a member of the executive board of the …
Walter Zev Feldman
… University. Researcher on Ottoman Turkish and Jewish music, as well as the literature of the Ottoman and Central … research and published articles on classical and Sufi music in Turkey, the music and poetry of epic in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, and …
Gila Flam
… Ph. D., University of California Los Angeles, Department of Music, 1988. Her thesis: Singing for Survival: Songs of the … the University of Illinois Press in 1992. Director of the Music Department of the Jewish National and University … Beregovski. Picture courtesy of Judith Pinnolis, JMWC … Musicologist, librarian, head of the Music Dept. at the …