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Avraham Soltes
… after week, he interwove the threads of Israeli history and culture with its musical heritage and that of Judaism at large. He had an … to his insistent efforts as a Rabbi to integrate new musical elements into the service. It applied, finally, to …
Viktor Ullmann
… the fall of 1927, Ullmann took a short-term engagement as musical director in Usti nad Labem (now Aussig). After one … anthroposophy movement, and subsequently ceased all musical activity for two years in order to run the … individual musicians were preserved, shedding light on the culture and participants of the musical life in Terezín. …
Esther R. Warkov
… received a Fulbright for her MA research, Twentieth Century Musical Composition in Wales and its Relationship with … improvisation by these musicians as an indicator of culture change. Warkov’s research and musical analysis relied on her skills as a student-performer …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… Belarus, and his exposure to the Haskalah and modern German culture that spread to the new Jewish settlements of … childhood in the all-Christian Dańdówka in terms of extreme musical isolation and alienation. Hendel-Malka, Geshuri’s … Hassidic music later in his life. At the same time, his musical education in Berlin and Dresden opened before him …
Abraham Goldfaden
… Jewish and secular music. The initial performances of these musical theater pieces created movement to establish a … finally Bar Kochba (1883). Although Goldfaden had no formal musical education, he arranged the majority of the music for … five years of his life involved in promoting the growing culture of Yiddish literature and theater. Click here to …
Bence Szabolcsi
… Frigyesi, Judit. ' Jews and Hungarians in Modern Hungarian Musical Culture ' in Studies in Contemporary Jewry: Volume IX: Modern Jews and Their Musical Agendas, ed. Ezra Mendelsohn, Vol. 9. 40- 60. …
Johanna L. Spector
… Spector collected many recordings of different Jewish musical cultures, including music from Iraqi, Persian, Yemenite, and … these cultures. Spector also assembled a collection of musical instruments from across the Middle East. Sources: …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a … Asher Mizrahi assimilated very quickly to Tunisian life and culture, and within a year was able to bring his wife and … Moshe, Mizrahi became a highly respected figure in the musical life of Jerusalem , writing songs in Ladino, …
David Beyglman
… Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland). Beyglman began his musical education at a young age, studying several … early years of the war and of ghetto life, and new forms of musical and theatrical expression were adapted to the harsh … concerts and theater shows staged in the House of Culture and in the sports hall of the ghetto’s gymnasium. In …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were … of Latrun and in Operation Hiram, as well as serving as a culture officer and as a singing instructor. His … contribution to Israeli folk song as a composer and as a musical educator. The award was granted to him by the Center …