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Abraham Wolf Binder
… a family of cantors and into a world enriched by synagogue music and Jewish folklore. He was a member of his father’s … melodies). He continued his involvement in Jewish choral music, forming the Hadassah Choral Union in 1916 and the … a number of important changes, including a return to traditional Biblical cantillation. Binder was also a serious …
Abraham Baer
… . Baal Tfilla includes original compositions, as well as music borrowed from Salomon Sulzer , Louis Lewandowski … The remarkable list of congratulatory notes by cantors and musicians from the four corners of the Jewish world, which … of this written source over the orally-transmitted traditional improvisation of the liturgical lore. Although …
Yehezkiel Braun
… in Israel , is most known for his often-performed choral music. A 2001 Israel Prize laureate, he is probably the most … composer, with over 120 works published by the Israel Music Institute. His feeling for modality in harmony and … serial works as well. His work with modal music – mainly traditional Mizrahi tunes (Yemenite), but also some …
Andre Hajdu
… after the war at the prestigious Franz Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest. There he studied under Endre Szervánszky … (composition), Erno Szégedi (piano) and Zoltán Kodály (ethnomusicology). As a disciple of Kodály, Hajdu developed a deep … , a collection of lieder for cantor and piano based on traditional pieces of Ashkenazi hazzanut and Yiddish songs, …
Rivka Havassy
… in the field of Sephardic studies, with a focus on Ladino traditional oral poetry; musical and folk culture of the Sephardi community of … Participated in various research projects in the Jewish Music Research Center, among them: Incipitario sefardí: El …
Alberto Hemsi
… Born in Kasaba, Turkey. Studied music in Izmir, and later in Milan. Worked as musical director in various synagogues in Egypt (1927-1957) and in France (from 1958). Collected many traditional Sephardic melodies mainly from Turkey and …
Aron Friedmann
… he published Shir li-Shelomoh , a collection of cantorial music in traditional style for the prayers of the year. He also wrote …
Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He continued … to the customs of the respective countries, and their traditional song varied greatly from one to another. I started collecting their traditional songs. In the course of time the …
Israel J. Katz
… Judeo-Spanish ballads, comparing the stylistic features of traditional ballads from Jerusalem with those preserved … of the Sephardic Jews. Katz served as editor of Ethnomusicology (1970–72); for the Yearbook of the International … Jewish communities of the Mediterranean region, and on the traditional folk music of Spain, with special studies on the …
Leo Levi
… first scholar to devote research to the Italian Jewish oral musical traditions. However, his role in the field of Jewish ethnomusicology, and in particular in the development of … as it proved to be at the end of World War II, when traditional Jewish culture seemed forever lost. He …