… law and musicology at the Charles University in Prague, and composition at the Master School under Josef Suk and Alois … for the Jewish Community office in Prague, organizing musical activities. Reiner’s compositional output during … Esta gramophone company. Reiner was a leading figure in the musical life of Terezín. He was primarily involved in …

… Joseph Schillinger was a composer, music theorist, and composition teacher who originated the Schillinger System of Musical Composition. He was born in Kharkiv, in the Kharkov …

… music in Vienna with cantors and teachers of singing and composition, including Cantor Yehuda Leib Miller . At the … both emotional and intellectual elements in his compositions.  Alter composed cantorial works and musical settings to Yiddish poems. His collections of …

… in Mannheim, Germany (1921-1939), and studied composition with Ernst Toch. In 1939, he immigrated to the … of the 19th century liturgical music with new and modern musical settings. In 1942 he was awarded first prize by the …

… 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 …

… All compositions on this CD were especially written for Giora …

… often derived from the liturgical and para-liturgical musical traditions of Yemenite, Persian, and Moroccan … and Persian Jews) and other Mizrahi and local, Palestinian musical heritage. These traditions inspired the founders … styles, most obviously the style of Spanish-influenced compositions by Debussy and Ravel; it also integrated the …

… Hebrew instruction alongside general studies. Wilensky's musical talent emerged at four when he began playing the … musician Yitzhak Edel, who greatly influenced Wilensky's musical development, teaching him music theory. In 1928, … of Warsaw. In 1932, he completed his studies in composition and conducting and, at 22, immigrated to Israel …

… and Czechoslovakia illustrate the emic concepts about musical composition in Ashkenazic Jewish music. The concepts differ … original inventions of composers from Hassidic courts. The musical analysis of representative pieces shows that much of …

… 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 …