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Haim Effendi
… Maftirim used to perform its ancient repertoire of Ottoman Hebrew music on Sabbath mornings and afternoons at the … not become a full-time cantor who also happened to record songs in Ladino, as Isaac Algazi did. He moved into what … recordings. First, he performed “novelties,” i.e. new songs, some of which we assume that he himself “composed.” …
Eliakum Zunser
… Eastern European poet and singer. He is known for his songs that preached nationalism and Zionism, and as a badhan … of the Musar movement of R. Israel Salanter, and his songs (' Der Zeiger ' ('The Watch)' and ' Di Blum ' ('The … with the elite of Vilna, and he was encouraged to study Hebrew literature and history. After his second marriage …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… Due to the fact that his father founded and directed Hebrew schools in both Warsaw and Moscow, Emanuel's education was grounded in the Hebrew language, the Bible and the fundamentals of Jewish … and composer. His compositions include over 600 Hebrew folksongs, incidental music for theater and cinema, music for …
Davit Civita
… a collection of seventeen three-voice Canzoni (italian songs) which has the marking, 'Madrigali Ebrei' (Hebrew Madrigals). Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … Italian …
Ram Da-Oz
… melodies for his works. He has also written Israeli folksongs. He plays an important role in the musical life of … Judaica, Grove Music Online. References: Biography in Hebrew: Cohen, Yehuda. Neimej smiroth Israel [The Heirs of … MI, 1988. … Israeli composer … Israeli … Art Music … Folksong … Haifa … Ram Da-Oz …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… religious devotion and piety, and of a great knowledge of Hebrew literature…. His ...performance was overwhelming, and … biography of Salomon, published in ten installments in the Hebrew newspaper Ha-maggid in 1875. Its appearance … _____. 2010. “Music That Escaped: Transcriptions of Two Songs of Praise From a Surviving, but Still Hidden, …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… Deborah Lynn Friedman was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an important role in … Friedman’s compositional corpus includes music for the Hebrew liturgy, English translations and interpretations of liturgical and religious Jewish themes, educational songs for children, community and identity-building songs …
Israel Goldfarb
… three cantorial schools: the School of Sacred Music at the Hebrew Union College, the Cantors Institute at the JTSA, and … generation closer to Judaism, Goldfarb worked to create songs adapted to congregational singing, which were … advance Jewish musical education. Together they published songsters suited for communal singing and for use in …
Rahamim Amar
… During his musical career, Rahamim Amar composed about 300 songs, Piyutim and liturgical pieces. Additionally, he composed several songs for the poet Haim Nachman Bialik. Also, he cooperated … Credit: Roni Ish-Ran. Full biography at the piyut site (Hebrew). See also an article about his life (Hebrew): רחמים …
Salah El Kuweiti
… Iraq, their names were intentionally forgotten, and their songs were titled 'folksongs' or ascribed to other musicians. In Israel, they … and Israel, Revisited by Esther Warkov. More articles in Hebrew: Schweitzer, Erez. ' 'Aliyatam Ve-Nefilatam (עלייתם …