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Meir Shimon Geshuri
… Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a significant … 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 …
Darius Milhaud
… group known as Les Six . He drew inspiration from diverse musical traditions, incorporating jazz, Brazilian rhythms, and … . … Composer … French … Jewish composers … Jewish musical tradition … Jazz influence … Darius Milhaud …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he … musical language. During his childhood, Achron absorbed the traditions of 19th century virtuoso violin music, whereas …
Alexander A. Krein
… Klezmer musician and poet. In 1908 he began his formal musical education at the Moscow Conservatory, where he … Jewish national style. Krein found inspiration in the musical traditions of the synagogue. He utilized melodic …
Mordekhai Seter
… as a 10-year old child, and at 16 he went to further his musical education in Europe (Paris, 1932-1937, studying with … his peers of that generation, he acquired his formative musical education in Europe, and had already become … or motives derived from Mizrahi (Jewish Near-Eastern) traditions. Unlike most composers of that time, however, he …
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 …
Neil Levin
… courses on a diverse array of Jewish and Judaically related musical subjects spanning a broad spectrum of traditions, his particular areas of focus embrace … sacred, secular art, theatrical, and folk music; and the musical creativity and life of American Jewry. As a …
Elio Piattelli
… (and beyond) with a choir that sang melodies from the oral traditions of the various rites of the Roman Jewish … 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 …
Bienvenida "Berta" Aguado
… Tikva, where she continued to share her rich Sephardic musical heritage. Berta Aguado made significant … resources for the preservation and research of Ladino song traditions. (*The photo is taken from Youtube here .) … …
Jacob Blanes
… Synagogue of Amsterdam see Israel Adler's monograph, Musical Life and Traditions of the Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam …