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Milan Slavicky
… Milan Slavický was a Czech composer, musicologist, and pedagogue. He came from a musical family. His father Klement Slavický and both his grandfathers Kamil … He twice triumphed in the international competition of young composers Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden (1976 and …
David Aaron de Sola
… family of Sephardim, who emigrated from Spain in 1492 and the family have settled mainly in Holland. At just eleven … years of age, David Aaron de Sola entered as a student to the bet ha-midrash in Amsterdam, studying diligently, and … books and essays. D.A. de Sola had a lifelong passion for music. In 1857, he published The Ancient Melodies of the …
Avraham Soltes
… to parents who recently arrived from Eastern Europe. His father, Mordechai Soltes had earned a Ph.D. in education, from … life: Judica; the struggle in Palestine to forge an Israel; Music, in all shapes and forms. Even as a rabbinical student … This he taught and lived, whether via membership in the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) or via initiating …
Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… Jacques Stroumsa was born in Salonika in 1913, the son of a distinguished teacher and a talented milliner. The oldest of four children, he showed musical talent at a young age. After completing secondary school, he went to …
Ramon Tasat
… was born in Buenos Aires. He learned Ladino at his grandmother’s knee. He sings many styles including opera and more, but he mainly sings from the rich culture of the Sephardic Jews. He is the cantor of … of Shalshelet: The Foundation for New Jewish Liturgical Music. (The picture was taken from Tasat's website) P'tach …
Esther R. Warkov
… Esther Warkov's seminal contributions to the study of Arab music and Arab-Jewish musicians in Iraq and Israel feature … of the Israel Radio (Kol Israel). Her work with then young and exceptional musicians Simon Shaheen and Taiseer …
Efraim Yaakov
… Hogeriya in Yemen. He completed his academic degrees in the Department of History and Philosophy at the Hebrew … on his conversations with the informants, 'Isn't it sad for you that it's gone?' He asks one of his informants, and I … and especially recruited people on the subject of the music of the Jews of southern Yemen ... '. Sources (in …
Akiva Zimmermann
… Akiva Zimmerman was born in 1936 in Tel Aviv. He attended the Shalva Gymnasium, enlisted in the Intelligence Corps. He … a city where hazzanut flourished at that time. From a young age, Zimmerman was interested in the world of hazzanut … articles on a variety of topics - from hazzanut and Jewish music to current affairs in politics and society. He also …
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 … below, Geshuri acknowledges the Hassidic background of his youth: From the Tzaddik Rabbi Haim-Shmuel Halevy Horwitz of …
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 young age, Leib was trained and encouraged to lead services … gestures from many different genres, including romantic music, Israeli folk songs, and Jewish liturgical music from …