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Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published a collection of Eastern European Jewish … can be heard here . … Cantor & composer … 0 … American art music … Aleppo … Al Adamot Moreshet … Abraham Moshe …
Naomi Shemer
… in her childhood, and her career began in the cultural department of the Nahal military youth organization. After her … of Gold ,” subsequently considered the best-loved Israeli song of all time. In 1983, she was awarded the Israel Prize, … library of Israel (Hebrew). … Israeli Composer and songwriter … Songs … 0 … Composer … Israeli … Song … …
Joseph Shlisky
… promised Shlisky’s parents to train their boy in liturgical song and take him on tour to London, England. Instead, the … synagogues flourished, and hazzanut began to prosper as an art. Like elsewhere in North America, Toronto synagogues … offered only that upon his arrival in Toronto, he was part of the choir at Goel Tzedec Synagogue, suggesting that …
David Beyglman
… were deported to the Lodz ghetto in the northern Baluty quarter of the city. The ghetto was officially sealed on April … conditions of life in the Lodz Ghetto. The Yiddish singer-songwriter took the place of the badhan (wedding …
Gideon Klein
… of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in Prague, he … of Jewish colleagues and friends. Klein’s commitment to the arts continued even after his deportation to Theresienstadt. … with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since procuring …
Hans Krása
… to perform the piece. Again in 1913, Hans’ string quartet was performed by members of a spa orchestra in the … WWII was small but well received. In 1926, he composed Five Songs for Voice and Piano and then six years later in 1932, … musicians, Krása often preferred to socialize and work in partnership with artists, writers and those involved in …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, to parents … He was also the commander of the National Base for the Arts. Following his discharge from military service in 1950, … a band that prepared a Hebrew folksong for performance. Apart from these small bands, Zamir also established a main …
Rafael Schächter
… the first all-male cast cabaret variety show. The final song, “Terezín March,” became an instant hit, and was a … and in quality. The arrival of pianist Gideon Klein was particularly opportune; he arranged Czech, Slovak, Hebrew and … Operas for performance in Terezín, including Smetana's The Bartered Bride and The Kiss , and Mozart's The Marriage of …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… Chassidic Dances for viola and cello. He finished a three-part boys chorus, Ki tavoa al-ha’aretz (When you will go to … 1942, and an arrangement of Grundfeld’s melody for string quartet, Uv’tzeil K’nofecho (In the Shadow of your Wings) less … while interned in Terezín. For example, Schul composed the song Schicksal (Fate), for alto, flute, viola, and cello to …
Mordekhai Zeira
… who could sing a Hassidic Niggun and sing Russian Zionist songs,' [1] as explained by Zeira when asked about the … and music, was composed for a play that was performed at a party of this group. In 1929 Zeira joined the H artom Theater, which only staged one show. In the Theater, …