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Wolf Shestapol
… works. His works were strongly influenced by European art music to which he was exposed to while singing with Bezalel … , and studying with Salomon Sulzer in Vienna . His fluent music reading was unusual among the cantors of his day. … Wolf.' Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor and composer … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
Bezalel Shulsinger
… great popularity and had a strong influence on synagogue music. Sources: Olivestone, David M.L. 'Shulsinger, … Bezalel.' Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – … … Cantor … Composer … Odessa … Synagogue … Music … Jerusalem … Bezalel Shulsinger …
Gershon Sirota
… grandfather was a member. The board of trustees, and other music professionals in attendance, were taken aback by the … styles. Yakovkin encouraged Sirota to consider studying music formally at the Odessa Conservatory of Music. Based on several recommendations submitted to Baron …
Johanna L. Spector
… Spector collected many recordings of different Jewish musical cultures, including music from Iraqi, Persian, Yemenite, and Indian cultures. … these cultures. Spector also assembled a collection of musical instruments from across the Middle East. Sources: …
Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… about 100 of his pieces have been published by the Israel Music Institute. He was the most distinctive among the first … of Schoenberg’s in Style and Idea : against nationalism in music that is based on folklore, and (implicitly) supporting German hegemony in music. Tal’s works, mostly atonal and serial, expressionist …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, … composed many secular songs for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections of Hassidic Melodies, and a plethora of articles dealing with Jewish liturgical music and the American cantorate. Weisser passed away in …
Efraim Di-Zahav (Goldstein)
… time) sang the song 'Tzana Tzana' (words by Yehiel Hagiz, music by Issachar Miron ) for the first time on Radio …
Yeruham Blindman
… his improvisatory vocal style. Although he only had a basic musical education, he composed many arrangements for liturgical music using melodies from Jewish folk songs. … Cantor & … … Improvisation … Liturgy … Ashkenazi cantorate … Synagogue music … Yeruham Blindman …
Nissan Blumenthal
… four voices. Influenced by his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the composers, Handel, … and Mendelssohn in his arrangements of liturgical music. In 1870 he hired David Nowakowsky as choir-leader, … and choral arrangement helped to propel the use of choir music and performance in the Synagogue. Though very few of …
Michele Bolaffi
… Michele Bolaffi was a distinguished musician and composer active in Livorno in the early 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be … turning point in the development of choral and instrumental music for use in the Italian synagogue. Bolaffi held …