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Joseph Shlisky
… promised Shlisky’s parents to train their boy in liturgical song and take him on tour to London, England. Instead, the … established Jewish families. He delighted audiences with songs that would remain at the core of his non-liturgical … of Handel’s Sound an Alarm and a series of Yiddish or Hebrew songs. While these may have been folk songs, Shlisky …
Heinrich Schalit
… wrote orchestral, chamber, and piano music, as well as songs. He used Hebrew poetry for some of his compositions, and composed …
Gideon Klein
… with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since procuring scores in the ghetto … arrangements for Schächter's chorus survives: the Hebrew song Bachuri leantisa, composed on December 3, 1942. In …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, … of the colony. At an early age, he was influenced by the songs of composer Matitiyahu Shelem of Kibbutz …
Rafael Schächter
… the first all-male cast cabaret variety show. The final song, “Terezín March,” became an instant hit, and was a … was particularly opportune; he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and even Russian folk songs for Schächter's expanding choral group (an invaluable …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… While in Prague , Schul discovered medieval manuscripts of Hebrew chant in Leiben’s synagogue. This discovery sparked … reflects his increasing interest in Jewish themes and Hebrew chant as a source for composition. However, Schul did … while interned in Terezín. For example, Schul composed the song Schicksal (Fate), for alto, flute, viola, and cello to …
Mordekhai Zeira
… who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as explained by Zeira when asked about the … movement, which later founded Kibbutz Afikim. His first song, H ultza Kehula for which he wrote both lyrics and … produced many songs that constitute an integral part of the Hebrew folksong . Many of their songs played a documentary …
Pavel Haas
… known pieces, including, Study for Strings (1943) and Four Songs on Chinese Poetry (1944). His list of compositions … by Jewish music include Al S'fod (1942) composed to Hebrew words by David Shim'oni, and Fantasy on a Jewish … on Haas' style: such as the music of Janacek, Moravian folksong, Jewish chant, Medieval Chorale, Western European …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… prison term. At the age of 15 he began publishing original songs and poetry, including Tates, mames, kinderlekh … start of the Second World War to collecting pre-war Yiddish songs and songs of the Holocaust in order to … Shtiler, shtiler ('Quiet, Quiet'), his best-known poem (in Hebrew known as Ponar ), written in response to the mass …
Neil Levin
… repertoire of synagogue music, cantorial art, Yiddish and Hebrew folksong, the music of modern Israel, and music of American …