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Noam Sheriff
… that also developed a career as a conductor, and as musical director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra … and a similar number of chamber and solo works. His works, influenced by his teacher Ben-Haim , range between light …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… excelled as well. From an early stage in life, Navon was influenced by the new currents which spread through the big … 50 of these songs and melodies, transcribed in printed musical notation. After some time, he became acquainted with … said that he was a main vessel in bringing Judeo- Turkish musical traditions to Eretz-Yisrael and that he had great …
Moses Pergament
… he worked as a composer, conductor, and music critic. His musical influences range from German Expressionism and French …
Sergiu Natra
… Israeli Prime Minister Prize for composers (1984). Natra's musical pieces have been performed by the Israel … and Divertimento (1976). Natra's early works show the influence of Stravinsky, Prokofiev, and Hindemith. After his …
Israel Alter
… Institute of Religion, where he had an enormous influence on a generation of American cantors. Between 1961 … in his compositions. Alter composed cantorial works and musical settings to Yiddish poems. His collections of …
Moses Beregovski
… accentuation and cantillation). Beregovski began his formal musical education at the Kiev and Leningrad conservatories … In 1917 he was recruited to catalogue and analyze the musical material from An-Ski’s second ethnographical … a uniquely Jewish perspective. Beregovski recognized the influence of Diaspora culture as an integral part of Jewish …
Edith (Esther) Gerson Kiwi
… Folklore and Ethnology. In 1963 she founded the Museum of Musical Instruments at the Rubin Academy of Music in … Her research includes a collection of over 7,000 musical recordings, as well as a number of publications dealing with the correlation and mutual influence found in Jewish, Christian and Muslim musical …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… and embarked on a massive project to record their unique musical and linguistic traditions. To his end, Idelsohn was … he perceived the origin of their Hebrew pronunciation and musical heritage as dating back to the first century c.e. … traditions were relatively uninterrupted by outside influence and change because of their migratory history and …
Salamone Rossi
… Though much ink has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de … that Rossi enjoyed permanent office with the Gonzaga musical establishment. Rossi was employed and paid by the … figures were comparatively marginal in their power and influence and could only offer Rossi temporary employment …
Nissan Cohen-Melamed
… at last performed as a soloist. His father encouraged his musical interests, making him memorize the weekly Parasha. … in 'Tzeirei Paras' synagogue. In addition to these early musical experiences, Melamed sang as a child in the choirs … He started composing in 1930, when he was 24. His style was influenced greatly by his experience as cantor and Ba'al …