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Viktor Ullmann
… Ullmann family moved to Vienna, and Viktor began studying music theory with Dr. Josef Pohlaneur. In 1918, Viktor … piano (performed 1923), the Octet (1924), his incidental music for Klabund's Kreidekreis (1925), and the Symphonische … to his formal duties, Ullmann organized a large number of concerts under the auspices of the “Studio for New Music,” …
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 … In 1936 he returned to New York, where he performed in concerts and on the radio as an 'Israeli' singer, with a … in America (50 years of Jewish song in America), etc. As a concert singer, cantor, and lecturer, Yardeni toured several …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … another radio program, dedicated to the broadcast of a concert “in memory of the Besht [R. Israel Baal Shem Tov, … exemplifying it. All the instrumental arrangements in the concert by Schlesinger “lack the sweetness and the power of …
Fritz Rikko
… Fritz Rikko was a musicologist and conductor who was an authority on music of the Baroque era. Born in Werden, Germany, he … but perhaps is best remembered for the free summer concerts it gave in Washington Square Park from 1956 through …
David Nowakowsky
… Nowakowsky organized and produced many successful public concerts comprised of his own liturgical and paraliturgical music, with instrumental accompaniment. As a result of this … his work at the Brody Synagogue, Nowakowsky also taught music at several local music schools, later becoming a …
Uri Aharon
… researcher, author of two books and many articles in music, plays classical, Jewish and folk music on the flute. For forty-two years he was a senior … Israel. He was a music director and conducted hundreds of concerts for Jewish music with a number of choirs in Israel …
Kurt Weill
… to the USA. In the USA he was influenced by popular music and jazz, he met several of the outstanding figures of the Broadway stage and began to write musicals that enjoyed tremendous popularity. Weill held the … operas and classical music. He wrote several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. In …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … often writing for its journal, Modern Music. He organized concert series and festivals, and was a supervisor at the … extensively throughout Europe and Latin America conducting concerts of his music and the music of other contemporary …
Yizhak Edel
… received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by … His grandfather did not approve of Edel's new path as a musician, but he ultimately gave in. Upon his grandfather’s … of the Society for Jewish Folk Music. The company held concerts of Jewish music and thus exposed the works of …
Zecharia Plavin
… From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University and Music Academy (piano class of Professor Viktor Derevianko), … piano course under Louis Kentner in London in 1984. Broad concert activities since 1980, including Israel … for clarinet, contrabass and piano: First movement/ Special concert of Zecharia Plavin's chamber compositions (2019) … …