(182 results found)
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, … During this time, Weisser was able to develop his compositional talent, and he incorporated many of his … active member of the Society of Jewish Composers. Weisser's compositional output is extensive and varied. Aside from the …
Michele Bolaffi
… active in Livorno in the early 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be … Bolaffi held international prestige: he served as the musical director to the Duke of Cambridge; toured in Germany … XVIII as a church musician in France. Many of his synagogue compositions are preserved in two related manuscripts, dated …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco received his formal musical education at the Istituto Musicale Cherubini in Florence , with a focus of piano performance. He received a degree in composition from the Liceo Musicale of Bologna in 1918, …
Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … at the Rostov Technical Institute. He went on to study composition at the Petersburg Conservatory with noted … base for his works. Gnesin commented on his use of Jewish musical idioms, “Elements of Jewish music captured my …
Isaac Offenbach
… of synagogue and secular music. The majority of his musical manuscripts are preserved, including twenty folders of cantorial compositions and transcriptions of traditional synagogue …
Jacques 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 … solo instrument in his early performance career. His first composition teachers in Cologne were Joseph Alexander and … Julius (age nineteen) to Paris to continue their formal musical education and to search for employment. Jacques was …
Eitan Avitzur
… Born in Jerusalem, 1941. Avitzur started his musical career as a conductor of high school ensembles and … Avitzur is also a well known composer. His list of compositions includes more than 300 works, among them … orchestra has achieved a very important role in Israel's musical life, performing educational youth concerts, world …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… A prolific composer who published both liturgical works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published … Moshe Bernstein can be found here . Recordings of his compositions can be heard here . … Cantor & composer … 0 … …
Edward Stark
… years with his brothers in the clothing business, pursuing musical activities in his free time. In April of 1884, Stark … to use the Union Prayer Book, and as such, Stark composed musical settings for most of the liturgy for their service. … nusach in the American Reform service. Most of his compositions included in Anim Zmirot utilize the adonai …
Sasha Argov
… mother, who was a music teacher. Although Argov dabbled in composition as a young boy, he never studied music or … on Sundays) (film score), Esther hamalka (Queen Esther) (a musical), Shlomo hamelech veShalmai hasandlar (King Solomon and the Cobbler) (a musical), Hu halach basadot (He Walked through the Fields) …