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Leonard Bernstein
… conductor and composer. Born in Lawerence, Mass. Diverse musician and was well known in the U.S. and abroad in many musical fields: as conductor (NY Philharmonic orchestra, and … personality (making a series of televised lectures about music). Many biographies have been written about Leonard …
Ehud Manor
… First Channel', is a virtuoso translator of theater and musical plays. He has instilled in our bloodstream dozens of songs from the great world, in eloquent and humorous Hebrew costume. Ehud Manor … songs he sang in youth movements he listened to American music on records he received from his uncle from the USA, so …
Uzi Hitman
… to Hitman, his father had a great influence on his musical path, and he used to play recordings of his father's … whenever he had visitors. In addition to the cantorial music played in his childhood home, Hitman’s parents … Shapiro and more. This musical variety enriched Hitman’s world and would later find its way into his compositional …
Jo Amar
… In the early 1960’s, Jo Amar was a Mizrahi music star. He combined ‘paytanut’ and poetry to create … succeeded. During his career he performed throughout the world, and conducted cantorial workshops in the United … Europe. He was considered one of the leading cantors in the world, and became a spiritual leader for many paytanim …
Reuben Rinder
… United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial position at Temple … he worked until his death in 1966, commissioning works from world-renown composers, including Ernest Bloch , Darius … Reuben Rinder in San Francisco (1913-1962). The 17 th world congress of Jewish studies, Jerusalem: August 6-10, …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… articles, adaptations of novels, and reviews of books, music, and Yiddish theater. In 1922, Zylbercweig began to … Zylbercweig traveled to Jewish communities around the world to document their theaters, including Argentina, …
Zalmen Mlotek
… Zalmen Mlotek is an American conductor, pianist, musical arranger, accompanist, composer, and the Artistic … the longest continuous running Yiddish theatre in the world. He is an internationally recognized authority on … and a leading figure in the Jewish theatre and concert worlds. As the Artistic Director of the NYTF for the past …
Eliakum Zunser
… He was the first badhan to have a rudimentary knowledge of music. By his personal qualities he raised the profession of … and publisher. There he also published poems of the New World (in Dos Yidishe Tageblat ) about Columbus, Washington, … 1 2009. Nulman, Macy. Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music , New York: McGraw-Hill Book Co., 1975. ' …
Tzvi Avni
… such as the chair of Israel Composers’ League and ISCM World Music Days (Israel, 1980). Studying with Ehrlich, Ben-Haim … works. He then went to the US for studies of electronic music under Vladimir Ussachewsky. He also studied with …
Shlomo Carlebach
… Germany. In 1939, he moved to the U.S. where he began his music career. Carlebach is considered by many to be the … composed up to 5,000 songs, and performed all around the world. Short article about the works of Shlomo Carlebach, … . Full biography: Brandwein, M. Reb Shlomele: the life and world of Shlomo Carlebach. Jerusalem : M. H. Brandwein, …