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Kurt Weill
… such works as TheThree-Penny Opera . With Hitler's rise to power, his works were classified as degenerate. In 1933, … to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of the Broadway stage and began to write musicals that enjoyed tremendous popularity. Weill held the …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a … in the concert by Schlesinger “lack the sweetness and the power of expression of the Hassidic niggunim,” he went on to …
Efraim Yaakov
… this respect, Efraim was one of a kind. He recognized the power of an oral tradition, and two books he wrote — Yemen, … and especially recruited people on the subject of the music of the Jews of southern Yemen ... '. Sources (in …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a handful of piano … to Pin h has Rotenberg, the founder of the Naharayim power station. Zeira collaborated with several poets, with …
Salamone Rossi
… Though much ink has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de … as the leader of an ensemble comprised mostly of Jewish musicians. While his first two works are dedicated to Duke … These figures were comparatively marginal in their power and influence and could only offer Rossi temporary …


