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Johanna L. Spector
… Spector collected many recordings of different Jewish musical cultures, including music from Iraqi, Persian, … these cultures. Spector also assembled a collection of musical instruments from across the Middle East. Sources: Shiloah, …
Mordekhai Hershman
… the porous line separating secular from the religious musical practices led by great cantors of the time such as … Isaiah (2:1-4) and the uniquely expressive through-composed musical score (8:30 minutes long, published in New York by … by a chamber orchestra consisting of strings and wind instruments. His pristine singing is devoid of any cantorial …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a … Moshe, Mizrahi became a highly respected figure in the musical life of Jerusalem , writing songs in Ladino, … in his performances, which was one of the central instruments in his ensemble. The Arab public took this move …
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. … choir, and was one of the first cantors to introduce instruments, aside from the organ, into the synagogue …
David Beyglman
… Ostrowiec (Kielce province of Poland). Beyglman began his musical education at a young age, studying several instruments, chiefly the clarinet and the violin. In 1912, … early years of the war and of ghetto life, and new forms of musical and theatrical expression were adapted to the harsh …
Gideon Klein
… in 1944, Klein remained one of the core figures in the musical life of the ghetto. Although basic resources such as instruments and sheet music were scarce in Theresienstadt, … Klein immediately recognized the potential to continue musical activity despite the hardships of imprisonment and …
Hans Krása
… with Variations,” and Chamber music for Cembalo and Seven Instruments . Krása arrived in Terezín on April 10, 1942 and quickly became one of the key figures in the musical life of the camp. Krása’s most important musical contribution by far was his children’s opera …
Rafael Schächter
… War I, Schächter moved to Brno, where he began his formal musical studies. He continued his studies at the Prague … transports in 1941. Due to the lack of resources (i.e. instruments and scores), early musical activity took the form of communal singing in the …
Karel Ančerl
… to assemble the camp's first string orchestra. Although instruments were scarce in Terezín, he managed to organize … Smetana, Dvorak and others. … Conductor, active in the musical life of Theresienstadt (Terezín) … Karel Ančerl …
Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… Haikel Janowsky, who would become a central figure in his musical development. Under Janowsky’s influence, he learned … harmony. His teaching would later culminate in his book of musical theory, Torat Hazimrah Haklalit (1902). His other … Lodz, he opened a retail business for pianos and for other instruments, and continued teaching and composing. He …