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Avraham Soltes
… life: Judica; the struggle in Palestine to forge an Israel; Music, in all shapes and forms. Even as a rabbinical student … and educational activities that interpreted Jewish art, music, and literature. He was chairman of the National … his heart was unwaveringly in the east. His love of Zion expressed itself in innumerable sermons and cantatas including …
Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… a talented milliner. The oldest of four children, he showed musical talent at a young age. After completing secondary … while simultaneously taking violin lessons at the Lycée Musicale. Upon finishing that program, he moved to Paris, … men’s orchestra, where Stroumsa’s musical education so impressed the French director that he was assigned to be the …
Viktor Ullmann
… Ullmann family moved to Vienna, and Viktor began studying music theory with Dr. Josef Pohlaneur. In 1918, Viktor … piano (performed 1923), the Octet (1924), his incidental music for Klabund's Kreidekreis (1925), and the Symphonische … (1943). This list, while incomplete, gives us an impression of Ullman’s immense compositional productivity in …
Akiva Zimmermann
… at its best. He was well versed in literature and the press and a great scholar of all Jewish and Israeli beings. … articles on a variety of topics - from hazzanut and Jewish music to current affairs in politics and society. He also … Hazzanim, Cantors … Chazzanut … Hazzanut … Author … Jewish music … Akiva Zimmermann …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a … assisting his father at the synagogue and showing an impressive gift to memorize niggunim. After his father closed …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau School of Music in Paris. During his time in Paris, Copland traveled … series and festivals, and was a supervisor at the Cos Cob Press, a publishing house for modern American Music. It was …
Bence Szabolcsi
… Bence Szabolcsi was a Hungarian music historian. He was born in Budapest, the younger son … of the Hungarian Jewish weekly Egyenlőség . He studied musicology at Leipzig University, gaining a doctorate in … Music Research Centre, ed. Israel Adler. Jerusalem: Magnes Press, 1968. 249- 250, 38- 39. Frigyesi, Judit. ' Jews and …
Yizhak Edel
… received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by … for Peretz and for a famous violinist from Warsaw who was impressed by his playing. Trunk proceeded to buy young Edel a … His grandfather did not approve of Edel's new path as a musician, but he ultimately gave in. Upon his grandfather’s …
Ya'akov Orland
… relocated to Kyiv. This traumatic event left a lasting impression on Orland's work, inspiring his poem Kyiv. From … Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of Kibbutz Naan and the … (Mitya) Zeira , who would later set many of his poems to music. One of Orland's most notable songs from this period, …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he … in the presence of Emperor Nicolay II and the widowed Empress Maria Fedorovna. Between 1899 and 1904, Achron studied …