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Erich Walter Sternberg
… (Berlin, 1891 – Tel-Aviv 1974, immigrated in 1932) was the first local composer performed by the Palestine Orchestra (1937). His style was mostly … His works were later often related as “non-local,” or “more Jewish than Israeli” because of that Zeitgeist favoring …
Abraham Goldfaden
… Abraham Goldfaden, known as the father of the Yiddish theater, was born in Staro Konstantinov, … father took advantage of a new law mandating that Jewish students attending public school would be except from …
Theodor Bikel
… to Palestine with his parents at age 13. Studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (1946-1948), and immigrated to the United States in the 1950's. As a singer and as an actor, Bikel performed in …
Gershom Sizomu
… Gershom Sizomu is an Ugandan rabbi serving the Abayudaya, a Baganda community in eastern Uganda near the town of Mbale who practice Judaism. In 2007 he published … from Abayudaya's tradition, called Sing For Joy: Abayudaya Jews~Uganda. Full biography Sing For Joy: Abayudaya …
Albert Elias
… instrument maker. In Baghdad Elias studied law as well as the nay with a Syrian teacher. He played with some of the greatest stars of Iraqi music, including Nazem … maqam Ajam , 1995. Haki Ovadiya and Elias . More sources: Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited …
Mark Kopytman
… in composition (Moscow Conservatory, 1958), he taught at the Leningrad Conservatory before emigrating to Israel, where he has taught at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem since 1973. He established a … students have become well known composers and have chaired their own composition programs in universities in Israel and …
Bence Szabolcsi
… was a Hungarian music historian. He was born in Budapest, the younger son of Miksa Szabolcsi (1856-1915), editor of the Hungarian Jewish weekly Egyenlőség . He studied musicology at Leipzig …
Rita Flomenboim
… Rita Flomenboim, musicologist and music theoretician. Born in Chernovitz, USSR. Graduated at … Academy in Kishinev, later she was a faculty member there. Lives in Israel since 1974. Faculty member of the … graduate in Bar Ilan University. Researching the field of Jewish Art Music since 1983. Participated in various …
Abigail Wood
… Lecturer in ethnomusicology in the Department of Music, University of Haifa. Completed her … at Southampton University from 2002-6, and moved to take up the Joe Loss Lectureship in Jewish Music at SOAS, University of London in 2006. In 2013 …
Hugo Adler
… Hugo Adler was born in Antwerp, Belgium. He sang in the choir of Yossele Roenblatt in Hamburg, officiated as cantor in the Haupt-Synagoge in Mannheim, Germany (1921-1939), and … composition with Ernst Toch. In 1939, he immigrated to the US, and there he officiated as cantor at Temple Emanuel …