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Simha Arom
… A French-Israeli ethnomusicologist who is recognized as a world expert on the music of central Africa, especially that of the Central … of Paris before becoming an ethnomusicologist. Further research interests: Ethnomusicological methodology, the …
James Loeffler
… Ph.D. Columbia University, (2006), Dissertation: 'The Most Musical Nation: Jews, Culture and Nationalism in the Late … (1996); Founding Director, Vice-academic co-chair, Jewish Music Forum of the American Society for Jewish Music (New York); Research Director, Pro Musica Hebraica (Washington, DC). …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… Already at a young age Melamed showed interest in music. He used to visit the various synagogues in his area … at last performed as a soloist. His father encouraged his musical interests, making him memorize the weekly Parasha. … Melamed - Autobiography . Tazlil 9\4, 1969. … Cantor and researcher … Nissan Cohen-Melamed …
Joseph Dorfman
… at the Odessa Academy (1958-1965), and later studied Musicology and Composition at the Gnessin Musical Institute in Moscow (1967-1971), receiving his PhD … ballet, orchestral works, cantatas and oratorios. Dorfman researched the Jewish musical tradition of Eastern Europe, …
Marsha Bryan Edelman
… Dr. Marsha Bryan Edelman is professor emerita of music and education at Gratz College. A graduate of Columbia … Theological Seminary of America, she holds degrees in music, Jewish music education, Jewish music and Jewish … she is the editor of the Journal of Synagogue Music . … Researcher and Educator … Marsha Bryan Edelman …
Nikolai Kaufman
… Musicologist, folklorist and composer Nikolay (or Nikolaï) … Kaufmann) is considered as one of Bulgaria's foremost music scholars. Although the vast majority of his academic … She was an important source of information for Kaufman’s research on Ashkenazi song and may have been also an …
Ivan Lipaev
… from 1924–31. He was also dedicated to the modernization of music pedagogy in the Russian empire and advocated for better conditions for music students and orchestra members. He was made Honored … advocate, pedagogue, and trombonist … Klezmer … Music research … Critic … Ethnomusicology … Russian music … Ivan …
Eric Mandell
… Mandell passed away in Philadelphia on February 6, 1988. Musically gifted since his youth, he trained under prominent … scores (manuscript and printed) and books about Jewish music while writing for journals on Jewish music and music … Mandell's centennial (2002) with a publication. During his research, he came across two valuable resources. One was …
Eleanor Gordon Mlotek
… Max Weinreich , co-founder of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (then known as the Yiddish Scientific Institute). … and quickly gained a name for herself as a scholar of music and folklore. In 1970, she and Yosl began writing a … Endowment for the Humanities and became its fulltime music archivist in 1984. Together, the Mloteks published …
Joseph Mlotek
Joseph Mlotek was born in the town of Proszowice, Poland, and moved with his family to…