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Velvel Pasternak
The JMRC mourns the passing of Velvel Pasternak, scholar of Hassidic music and founder…
Milan Slavicky
Milan Slavický was a Czech composer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He came from a…
Avraham Soltes
Avraham Soltes was born on March 3, 1917, in New York City, to parents who recently…
Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
Jacques Stroumsa was born in Salonika in 1913, the son of a distinguished teacher and…
Ramon Tasat
Ramón Tasat was born in Buenos Aires. He learned Ladino at his grandmother’s knee. He…
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Esther R. Warkov
Esther Warkov's seminal contributions to the study of Arab music and Arab-Jewish…
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Albert Weisser
Albert Weisser was Born in New York City of Russian-Jewish parentage.…
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
Mordechai Yardeni was Born as Motl Sherman in 1906 in the town of Slovechno (Volyn…
Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
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Fritz Rikko
Fritz Rikko was a musicologist and conductor who was an authority on music of the…