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Meir Shimon Geshuri
… (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - 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 significant activist in the Hapoel Hamizrachi movement, a religious socialist party …
Leib Glanz
… Leib Glanz was born in Kiev in 1898. His father was the cantor at the Synagogue of the Talna Hasidim and at a … from many different genres, including romantic music, Israeli folk songs, and Jewish liturgical music from …
David Nowakowsky
… to Berditchev where he was recruited as a choirboy for the local choral Synagogue. While in Berditchev, Nowakowsky learned harmony and counterpoint and studied the cantorial tradition from noted cantors Yeruham Hokoton … a popular folk tune, which is the melody for the National Israeli Anthem, 'Hatikvah,' as we know it today. Two …
Erich Walter Sternberg
… (Berlin, 1891 – Tel-Aviv 1974, immigrated in 1932) was the first local composer performed by the Palestine Orchestra (1937). His style was mostly … later often related as “non-local,” or “more Jewish than Israeli” because of that Zeitgeist favoring East-West …
Mark Kopytman
… in composition (Moscow Conservatory, 1958), he taught at the Leningrad Conservatory before emigrating to Israel, where he has taught at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem since 1973. He established a … Cantus I-VII (symphonic and chamber works, 1980-2000). … Israeli composer … Composers … 11807 … Composer … …
Shoshana Liessmann
… Studied Jewish Studies and Musicology at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt, graduated in Jewish Civilization … in Kabbalistic Literature' and the databases 'Jewish and Israeli Music in Films', and 'Music in Kabbalistic …
Yizhak Edel
… was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a Hassidic scholar, took responsibility for his … parents moved to Rovna, he went to live with his grandfather. In his grandfather’s house, Edel received a Jewish … from Eastern Europe, although he combined it with the Eretz-Israeli music he found in Palestine , which was connected to …
Ya'akov Orland
… age five, he survived a pogrom in his hometown that claimed the lives of eight family members, after which his family … on Orland's work, inspiring his poem Kyiv. From Kyiv, the family crossed the Dnieper and Dniester rivers and … and "Shney Shoshanim " ("Two Roses") also became staples of Israeli music. Beyond songwriting, Orland was a prolific …
Zecharia Plavin
… Born in Vilnius in 1956, studied at the Ciurlionis School of Arts and Vilnius Conservatoire … since 1980, including Israel Philharmonc Orchestra, and other orchestras, also in Europe and USA, under numerous … and Sound-Star-Ton (Germany). Numerous recordings for Israeli Broadcasting Authority and - in recent years - for …
Yedidyah Admon
… to Palestine in 1906 and received his formal education at the Teacher's Seminary in Jerusalem under musicologist … Zvi Idelsohn . From 1923 to 1927 Admon studied Music Theory and Composition in the United States. Upon his return … (Camel Drivers Song). Admon was a pioneer in the field of Israeli song and served as an inspiration for the generation …