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Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … performing, combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and Hebrew … In addition to giving concerts, he also worked as a piano teacher. During the same period, following the advice of …
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 … in its new Tel-Aviv house, June 1995. … Composer, pianist & teacher … 11807 … Composer … Pianist … Teacher … Israeli … …
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 … … Cantor … Composer … Teacher … Liturgical … Hassidic … Melodies … Secular … Music …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco received his formal musical education at the Istituto Musicale Cherubini in Florence , with a focus of piano … the last years of his life, Castelnuovo-Tedesco worked as a teacher of film music at the Los Angeles Conservatory of …
Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … study composition at the Petersburg Conservatory with noted teachers Liadov, Glazunov and Rimsky-Korsakov. After … where he was hired as a composition teacher at the State Music School . After a tenure of ten years, Gnesin traveled …
Israel Meyer Japhet
… , Germany . In 1853 he began working as choir master and teacher at the Orthodox Synagogue in Frankfurt , where he … in 1892. Japhet composed a large body of Jewish liturgical music for use in his Synagogue. His arrangements were … the liturgy for Shabbat and the festivals. … Composer & teacher … Israel Meyer Japhet …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… Yitzhak Mizrahi, who was a well-known torah scholar and teacher. After the first few years of Asher’s life, his … community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a local hazzan and as an ud musician. He also supported himself by selling embroidered …
Isaac Offenbach
… He left his hometown in 1799 to travel as a wandering musician. In his travels he picked up the epithet “der … settled in Duetz where he worked for many years as a saloon musician. Offenbach moved to Cologne in 1816 where he was employed as a music teacher, and later as a local hazzan. He retained his post …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical prodigy early on, and at the age of four he began to …
Edward Stark
… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … of 1885 traveled to Vienna and to Leipzig to study music formally. In 1891, Stark accepted his first official … style, a tradition he inherited from his father, and from teachers in Europe . Stark advocated for the preservation of …