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Francesco Spagnolo
… Laurea summa cum laude in Philosophy (Aesthetics), Università degli Studi di Milano (1994) with the Dissertation Fragments of Identity: Uses and Theories of Quotation between W. Allen and S. Sontag . Music …
Louis Lewandowski
… Louis Lewandowski was born in Wreschen, Poland in 1821. At the age of thirteen, as a result of his mother’s death and family’s extreme poverty, Lewandowski moved … became his patron and whose support enabled him to attend the Berlin Academy of the Arts, an institution which …
Essica Marks
… Ph.D., Department of Musicology, Bar-Ilan University, thesis: Music and Society in “Aboav” Synagogue in Safed . Researcher at the JMRC: editor of “ The Western Sephardi Liturgical Tradition as Sung by Abraham …
Yaakov Mazor
… Studied Violin, Music Theory and Composition, at the Department of Theory, the Rubin Academy, Jerusalem. M.A. Musicology, …
Yehoshu'a Leib Ne'eman
… in many of Jerusalem's synagogues, while also teaching at the Jerusalem Academy of Music. Ne'eman wrote extensively on …
David de Sola Pool
… Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool was the foremost Sephardic rabbi in the United States during the middle decades of the 20th century. Born and raised in …
Yehuda Ratzaby
… Prof. Yehuda Ratzaby was born in the small village Sava'n in central Yemen, a two-hour walk from Sanaa. His father, Rabbi Yeh'ya, was one of the leaders of the community there. While still a child …
Menashe Ravina
… years old, his family relocated to Novogrudok , where his father took on the role of chief cantor, leading a synagogue choir. Ravina … piano. From a young age, he actively participated in his father's musical pursuits, serving as a choir conductor in the …
Josef (Yossele) Rosenblatt
… Born in Belaya Tserkov, Ukraine, immigrated to the U.S. in 1912. Widely considered the most popular cantor of his time, Rosenblatt composed and … numerous religious works and had a major influence on the cantorial world that followed him. Sources: Concise …
Joel Engel
… Loeffler . … Composer, arranger, music editor, a member of the St. Petersburg School of Jewish composers, and one of the founders of the Society for Jewish Folk Music … Joel Engel …