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Abraham Moshe Bernstein

… A prolific composer who published both liturgical works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published …

… 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. Many of …

Isadore Freed

… Freed headed the Composition Department at the Julius Harrt Musical Foundation in Hartford , Connecticut . Two years … compositions include the Hasidic Service (1954), Psalm settings, and a selection from Salamone de Rossi 's …

Lazare Saminsky

… cantillations, prayer chants, melodies, and other sacred musical traditions of the Georgian and Persian Jews in … in the U.S. He settled in New York in 1924, and became the musical director of the reform congregation of Temple … much as other works of his 'school.' However, some of his settings have become standards in the reform movement. His …

Elio Piattelli

… from the University of Rome in 1931, he pursued his innate musicality studying in Rome with Maestro Cesare Dobici … is a first attempt to locate, catalog and analyze his musical compositions and other of his scholarly interests … to Stefano Taché. Other compositions by Piatelli include settings from the Bible: Exodus III, 8; four-part songs on …

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 … teaching and composing. He composed mainly musical settings of poems (including Japanese poems). In the last …

Ben-Zion Orgad

… as well as instrumental; he published a booklet about the musical potential of the Hebrew language. Orgad’s use of … of vision Dissertation concerning Orgad work: Concert settings of Psalms by first and second generation composers …

Edwin Seroussi

… Prof. Seroussi’s research focuses on the sacred and secular musical cultures of the Mediterranean and the Middle East, … constitution of Jewish identities through music making in settings as diverse as colonial Morocco and Algeria, … and the role of reception and consumption in the making of musical cultures. He has published extensively on these …

Israel Alter

… in his compositions. Alter composed cantorial works and musical settings to Yiddish poems. His collections of transcriptions …

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 … prevalent in Italian art music as the base for these new settings. Rabbi da Modena issued a responsum in 1605 on the …