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Mattityahu Shelem

… Ramat-Yohanan. Shelem worked as a shepherd, and his early songs include shepherd songs and songs for kibbutz festivals. His most renowned work is …

… Ushitsa, who taught him solfege and sight singing. He participated in many local synagogue choirs, studying under … for the Synagogue, he also composed many secular songs for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections of Hassidic Melodies, and a plethora of articles dealing with Jewish liturgical music and the …

Mikhail Gnesin

… Conservatory, where he later headed the composition department. Gnesin’s extensive pedagogical experience led to … composition, one which is still utilized today in many parts of the world. Gnesin was also a prolific composer in … (1921-23) and The Maccabees (1921); the symphonic works, Songs from the Old Country (1919) and The Jewish Orchestra …

Mordekhai Hershman

… figure are comparable to those showered on the greatest starts of the opera and concert stage, including quotations … El, cantor Ben Zion Miller. It also includes the original article in Yiddish describing the installation of Cantor … Leo Low. The Association of Devotees of Hazzanut and Hebrew Song in Tel Aviv ( Agudat hovevei hahazanut vehashirah …

Jacob Beimel

… in the U.S. (New York and Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, … his own compositions and adaptations (synagogue music, folk songs, and Hassidic melodies). … American cantor, composer … York … Philadelphia … Hazzanut … Cantorate … Journals … Folksongs … Musicology … Jacob Beimel …

Asher Shimon Mizrahi

… children. In Tunisia he taught piyyutim and Jerusalemite songs to the locals. He also composed and exported to … with green eyes, and a pleasing voice that captured one's heart. Unlike other musicians whose dress was sloppy, Ashriko … 1930’s he was accepted as member of the French Union of Artists and Composers. In 1946, Asher Mizrahi released a …

Jan Peerce

… won him recognition as a gifted performer of classical songs and operatic arias. He made his operatic debut in May … Philadelphia as the Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto . Conductor Arturo Toscanini was particularly impressed by Peerce’s vocal talent, and shortly …

Lazar Weiner

… Jewish Music click here … Composer of Yiddish and Hebrew art songs … Song … 0 … Composer … Hebrew … Yiddish … Art … Songs … Lazar Weiner …

David Zehavi

… father's side immigrated to Israel from Romania in 1877 as part of the first Aliyah. They came to Tiberias and later … he would be a cantor. Zehavi studied in the Hebrew kindergarten in Jaffa and continued his studies at the Tachkemoni … he ranks among the founding fathers of the Israeli folk song. In 1927, as a 15-year-old, he composed his first …

Dudu Barak

… Dudu Barak is a writer of Israeli folk songs. He was born in Jerusalem in 1948 and grew up in Rehavia Neighborhood. As a child, he took part in the 'Pinat Hayeled,' choir, which sang on the radio. … appear as well in Baraks' song.' Barak's school was not part of the Rehavia neighborhood. He was sent to this school …