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Joseph Yasser
… in various synagogues and was one of the founders of the American Musicological Society. His research deals with …
Alois Kaiser
… 10, 1840, Szobotist, Hungary - 1908, Baltimore, Maryland) American hazzan and composer, and considered to be the founder of American cantorate. Kaiser received his early education in … He was for several years president of the Society of American Cantors. From 1895, he was honorary member of the …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… final volume was intended to include Hassidic music from America and the Land of Israel. In volume II he did not … Hassidic music (“Haneginah haḥasidit,” Sefer Hashanah: The American Hebrew Yearbook 1 [1931], 74–87). Geshuri dismissed …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… figures among the group of mid- to late-19th-century American synagogue organists and choirmasters who attempted … create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform congregations — before and especially after … took creditable part in the singing festivals of the North American Saengerbund in New Orleans, Cleveland, and …
Kurt Weill
… Israel's national anthem) … German Jews … Composer … USA … American composers … Theater music … Jewish music … Hatikva …
Aaron Copland
… at the Cos Cob Press, a publishing house for modern American Music. It was also during this period that Copland … strengthening his identity as a composer of uniquely American music. Copland also experimented with film music … Copland toured extensively throughout Europe and Latin America conducting concerts of his music and the music of …
Theodor Bikel
… biography in Milken Archive - Click Here … Austrian-born American singer & actor … Song … Singer … Actor … Broadway … …
Simon Shaheen
… Simon Shaeen is a Palestinian- American oud and violin player and composer. Full biography …
Abigail Wood
… Completed her PhD on Yiddish song in contemporary North America at Cambridge University, UK in 2004, supervised by … all brothers': Singing in Yiddish in contemporary North America' has been published. Current research interests …
Hugo Adler
… he was awarded first prize by the Central Conference of American Rabbis for his liturgical settings. Hugo Adler is …