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Avraham Soltes
… life: Judica; the struggle in Palestine to forge an Israel; Music, in all shapes and forms. Even as a rabbinical student … Beth Chavairuth of Bergen County, in Tenafly, N.J. He participated in many cultural and educational activities that … member of the Soltes was a commentator on Jewish music for American listeners in 1974-1983. He was the host of a radio …
Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… a talented milliner. The oldest of four children, he showed musical talent at a young age. After completing secondary … his sister Bella. At this point, the music stopped being part of Stroumsa’s life, for the first time since his early … raging typhus epidemic. This was the state of affairs when American tanks reached the camp on 8 May 1945. After his …
Esther R. Warkov
… Esther Warkov's seminal contributions to the study of Arab music and Arab-Jewish musicians in Iraq and Israel feature … Welsh Music submitted to the University of Wales Department of Music, University College, Cardiff. Her work with … Warkov see here . For Warkov's publications see here . … American Ethnomusicologist, Educator and Social Activist … …
Albert Weisser
… was drafted into the U.S. Army, and later earned a Purple Heart for wounds received during the Normandy invasion. While … Upon graduating in 1948, he entered the master's program in musicology. Under the guidance of Curt Sachs , he wrote his … While serving as first president of the newly founded American Society for Jewish Music (1974–82), he conceived …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… yeshiva Mishkan Israel. Later he enrolled in The School of Music and Drama. As a writer, Sherman made his debut writing … newspaper ' Yiddishe Welt' began to publish his musical and theatrical reviews. In February 1930, at the … of Leo Liov (Leo). He also published collections of articles: Interviews mit Yiddish Schreiber (Interviews of …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … in the Hapoel Hamizrachi movement, a religious socialist party within the Zionist movement. A thorough evaluation of … 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 to create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform … choral organization of Mobile. The society took creditable part in the singing festivals of the North American …
Kurt Weill
… to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of … is deposit at the Ruth T. Watanabe Special Collections Department, Sibley Music Library, Eastman School of Music, … Israel's national anthem) … German Jews … Composer … USA … American composers … Theater music … Jewish music … Hatikva …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … where he served as the head of the composition department for 25 years. During his time in Tangelwood, he … at the Cos Cob Press, a publishing house for modern American Music. It was also during this period that Copland …
Theodor Bikel
… his parents at age 13. Studied at the Academy of Dramatic Arts in London (1946-1948), and immigrated to the United … and performed all over the world. For a special memorial article about Bikel, written by JMRC director Prof. Edwin … biography in Milken Archive - Click Here … Austrian-born American singer & actor … Song … Singer … Actor … Broadway … …