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Zalman Zylbercweig
… moved to Lodz with his family, where he enrolled in a modern religious Jewish school. Zylbercweig continued his …
Harry Kandel
… American clarinetist and bandleader, one of the pioneers of modern klezmer music. He ran an orchestra which consisted of …
Haim Effendi
… community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered by modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western … least four languages: Judeo-Spanish; Turkish; Arabic; and modern Hebrew, along with his command of the religious … 2007). Also, many versions of songs in Ladino included in modern anthologies have a clear rapport with Haim’s recorded …
Joshua (Osias) Abrass
Joshua Abrass was Born in Berdichev in 1820. He was also known as 'Pitshe…
Joseph Altschul
Cantor-composer, teacher and Thalmudic-scholar. Born in Vilna. Studied Talmud in…
Alexander Uria Boscovich
… with Mediterranean and specifically Mizrahi elements—modes, forms, textures, rhythms, and orchestration such as … and certain percussions. Among the famous pieces of his modest oeuvre are his influential Semitic Suite (piano; also …
Jacob Bauer
Cantor and teacher. Born in Szenice, Hungary. Cantor and adaptor of music in the Turkish…
Ram Da-Oz
… Aviv (1953). Da-Oz has written Israeli Art Music, employing modern styles and techniques of atonality and free tonality …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. For a modern transcription see Katz 2021-2022. Selected …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… many worshippers were seeking more accessible, communal modes of prayer. Friedman’s early compositions were designed …