(137 results found)
Samuel Rosenblatt
… in Jerusalem on a fellowship from the American Schools of Oriental Research; and received a Ph.D. from Columbia … taught Jewish literature until 1947, and thereafter Oriental languages. His writings include: High Ways to …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … another exiled German Jew. While Lachmann’s programs on “Oriental Music” in the Mandatory radio station received due … political movement. Geshuri strongly emphasized the “Oriental” character of the Hassidic niggun that originated, …
Albert Elias
… teacher. He played with some of the greatest stars of Iraqi music, including Nazem al-Ghazali, Salima Morad, Muhammed … he became a member of the Israel Broadcast Authority’s Oriental orchestra for which he also composed hundreds of … … Nay player … nay player … Israel Broadcast Authority’s Oriental orchestra … Composer … Iraqi music … Dudu Tassa … …
Yizhak Edel
… received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by … His grandfather did not approve of Edel's new path as a musician, but he ultimately gave in. Upon his grandfather’s … in Palestine , which was connected to what were considered 'oriental' themes. In his compositional style he always …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … likely due to his will to achieve proper expression for his oriental-influenced music, and to work with a singer who … included performances of Hebrew folk songs with arabic/ oriental origin, in arrangement that emphasized this …
Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… about 100 of his pieces have been published by the Israel Music Institute. He was the most distinctive among the first … composers who principally opposed the use of folklorism and orientalism. This may have reflected his education in Berlin … of Schoenberg’s in Style and Idea : against nationalism in music that is based on folklore, and (implicitly) supporting …
Paul Ben-Haim
… The most prolific of the founding fathers of Israeli music (excluding, perhaps, Marc Lavry), he wrote over 250 … twentieth century French influences (tinted with local orientalism) had always been both popular and representative … other traditional tunes, based on French manifestations of orientalism, reflected the ruling Zeitgeist of …
Salah El Kuweiti
… 17. He played violin, sang, composed, and achieved great musical fame in Iraq together with his brother, Daoud, who … preferred Iraqi style. He was very important to Baghdadi musical life – headed the Iraqi broadcasting channel … Iraq … Composer … Dudu Tassa … Israel Broadcast Authority’s Oriental orchestra … Baghdadi … Salah El Kuweiti …
Ezra Aharon ("Azuri")
… ‘ud player, singer, conductor, and performer of Arab art music. He was student of Tanburi Ibrahim Bey in Iraq and was … for the ‘ud at the 1932 International Congress of Oriental Music, Cairo. Aharon immigrated from Iraq to Israel in 1935 and developed ‘Oriental’ styles in Palestine/Israel. He was active on …
Shelomo Zalman Rivlin
… published in his Shirei Shlomo , he tried to create a musical style that fuses the European and the Oriental traditions. Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica … …