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Tamar de Sola Pool
… Youth Aliyah program to rescue Jewish children from Europe and resettle them in Palestine. In 1917, Hirshenson …
Alexander L. Ringer
… Alexander L. Ringer was an American research musicologist and educator of Dutch and Polish descent. He … 1948 from the New School for Social Research and a Ph.D. of Musicology in 1955 from the City College, Columbia … researched and written extensively on romantic era, Western European music; eastern influences on Western music …
Avraham Soltes
… New York City, to parents who recently arrived from Eastern Europe. His father, Mordechai Soltes had earned a Ph.D. in … life: Judica; the struggle in Palestine to forge an Israel; Music, in all shapes and forms. Even as a rabbinical student … and educational activities that interpreted Jewish art, music, and literature. He was chairman of the National …
Victor Tunkel
… In Memoriam The Jewish Music Music Research Centre bemoans the loss of Victor Tunkel, … eventually amassing one of the largest collections in Europe and likely among the largest of its kind held in …
Chemjo Vinaver
… he also conducted the Haniggun choir. The choir sang Jewish music, and he toured Europe and Palestine with them. From 1926 to 1933 he worked … Day and for his published volume Anthology of Jewish Music . Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica , Con cise …
Albert Weisser
… Upon graduating in 1948, he entered the master's program in musicology. Under the guidance of Curt Sachs , he wrote his thesis on 'The Jewish National Music in Russia', which was later published as The Modern … Renaissance of Jewish Music: Events and Figures, Eastern Europe and America (1954). He also studied privately with …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… yeshiva Mishkan Israel. Later he enrolled in The School of Music and Drama. As a writer, Sherman made his debut writing … newspaper ' Yiddishe Welt' began to publish his musical and theatrical reviews. In February 1930, at the … several countries in America. He also performed in several European countries: Belgium, England, France, and Poland. …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music traditions. He was also a public figure, being a … He moved to Berlin, the rapidly growing hub for Eastern European Jews seeking modern education, studied at a …
Manfred Lemm
… mainly Yiddish song. Lemm was one of the organizers of the European Yiddish Festival that took place in Zurich, Krakow, … Gvirtig and composed them on four CDs. … German singer and musician engaged in the revival of Yiddish music … Manfred Lemm …
Samuel Naumbourg
… professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing … and was subsequently hired as a professor of liturgical music at the Séminaire Israélite. With the support of … which were scattered amongst several libraries in Western Europe. Once the entire score was in his possession, …