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Ya'akov Orland
… and 1923, his parents joined the "Working Brigades," an organization they helped establish, which engaged in … Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of Kibbutz Naan and the … death. In 1933, he began studying theater informally and organized readings of English poetry, often from his …
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 … American-Palestine Music Association, a Jewish voluntary organization that supported projects concerning Jewish music …
Marc Lavry
… Marc Lavry was born in Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories … was invited to head the Kol Zion La Gola, the World Zionist Organization's broadcast to the Diaspora. While working for … Lavry was also a prolific composer of Israeli art music, with a large corpus of oratorios, chamber and …
Israel Lovy
… . In 1799, Lovy settled in Fürth were he continued his musical and secular education, becoming accomplished in … Notre Dame de Nazareth introduced the use of a choir and organ and commissioned Lovy to compose a new rendition of … compliment these reforms. These compositions for choir and organ, along with other earlier works, were published in …
Sholom Secunda
… and C. Once in New York, Mr. Wolf began to manage Sholom's musical career, setting up engagements in a number of … career came to a venerable halt. However, he continued his musical and general education at Eron Prep School, and began … Publishers and Songwriters. The structure of their organization was similar to that of the ASCAP (American …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, … his time in America, Weisser was involved in many Cantorial organizations and Institutions. In 1937, he was one of the … leaders in the formation of The Cantors-Ministers Cultural Organization, and from 1939-1940 he served as the president …
Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … where he was hired as a composition teacher at the State Music School . After a tenure of ten years, Gnesin traveled … with colleague Joseph Achron . Together they worked to reorganize the activities of the Society for Jewish Folk Music …
Jacques Offenbach
… was born in Cologne to father Isaac Offenbach , a local music teacher and hazzan. He was identified as a musical prodigy early on, and at the age of four he began to … success of Offenbach’s Bouffes productions, John Mitchell organized an eight-week season for the programme at the St …
David Zehavi
… the family returned to Tel Aviv. Zehavi did not study music in an orderly manner due to lack of means. His older sister, Leah Goldis, pushed him to get a musical education and playing the violin. But Zehavi … addition to his work in the kibbutz as an electrician, he organized a choir and music events in which he also began …
Naomi Shemer
… cultural consciousness through her beautiful melodies. Her musical skill was evident in her childhood, and her career … in the cultural department of the Nahal military youth organization. After her army service, she became well known through the musical “ Five-Five, ” essentially an arrangement of her …