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Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… he began working as a cantor and music teacher at the Hebrew Teacher’s college. Idelsohn was greatly impacted by … end of the war in 1919. In 1922, he published the Hebrew song book, 'Sefer Hashirim,' which includes the first publication of his arrangement of the song Hava Nagila. In 1924, Idelsohn was contracted to …
Robert Lachmann
… and he began working on transcriptions of the prisoner’s songs. His experience in Wünsdorf quite likely planted the … as the base for his seminal work, Jewish Cantillation and Song in the Isle of Djerba (1940). His study of the Djerba … of J.L Magnes to found the Archive of Oriental Music at Hebrew University. Lachmann ran the Archive with the help …

Eric Werner
… in 1938. Began teaching Jewish music and liturgy at the Hebrew Union College in 1939, becoming the chairman of its … liturgical works, in addition to choral compositions, songs, and instrumental works. Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica …
Francesco Spagnolo
… the Honor's Thesis Jews, Memory and the Present. Synagogue Song in the Works of E. Bloch, D. Milhaud and A. Schoenberg … . Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Musicology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Dissertation topic: The …
Yehuda Ratzaby
… In 1936, at the age of 20, he began studying at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and studied there until … website. An article he wrote about secular melodies in holy songs (In Hebrew): הניגון הזר בשיר ובפיוט Yemenite Qasīd Songs (Hebrew) … Linguist … Yehuda Ratzaby …
Menashe Ravina
… Medal. During his time in Leipzig, he also taught Hebrew at the "Talmud Torah" school associated with the … Furthermore, he composed melodies for beloved children's songs, including " Eliezer Veha-Gezer " (Eliezer and the … Music , Encyclopedia Judaica A comprehensive list of his songs and compositions can be found on Zemereshet [ here ] … …
Salamone Rossi
… a yellow badge, and references to his participation in the Hebrew theater. His approximate year of birth is assumed to … polyphonic settings of Hebrew psalms, hymns and synagogue songs titled Ha-Shirim Asher li-Shelomo (1622-3), edited by … Asher LiShlomo in its Fourth Centennial (5383-5783) Song of the month: Elohim hashivenu - A liturgical insertion …
Aron Marko Rothmüller
… music, many based on traditional Sephardic and Ashkenazi songs as well as arrangements of 'Palestinian' (i.e. modern Hebrew) songs. As an author he published The Music of the Jew s: An …
Herzl Shmueli
… the first to research Israeli music, including Israeli folksongs and art music. His other fields of research included … Herzl.' Encyclopaedia Judaica . … Israeli musicologist … Song … Zemer Ivri, Zemer Iveri … Musicologist … Professor … Israel … Art … Music … Hebrew … Songs … Zemer … Israeli … Folksong … Herzl Shmueli …
Boaz Tarsi
… and the Beer Sheva Theater. His liturgical settings and Hebrew songs are often performed in the United States, the most … New York, and the World Congress of Jewish Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Among the prizes and grants …