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Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… to a Hassidic family in Pultusk, Poland. He was exposed to music as a young child while accompanying his father on trips to the courts of the Rabbis of Kutsk and Ger, where Abraham would hear Hassidic music. Although he was considered an Illui in Talmud, …
Gary Bertini
… the Israel Chamber Orchestra (1964-1975) and other Israeli musical establishments. Was an acclaimed conductor in Israel … As a composer, known mostly for his incidental theater music. For an extended biography, courtesy of Gary Bertini's website, click here . Click here …
Davit Civita
… Italian musician. One of the group of Jewish musicians connected with the court of the Gonzagas of Mantua. Known from only one …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the exceptional musical and emotional power of his singing, he attained a … importance of Cantor Salomon in the writings of cantors and musicologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. … in the Eduard Birnbaum Music Collection, Mus. 30a, f. 6a. Courtesy of the Klau Library, Cincinnati, Hebrew Union …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… role in dramatically shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. … career began in the 1960's, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. … and introspective songs meant for spiritual healing. Photo courtesy of the Milken Archive of Jewish Music Website. To …
Europa Rossi
… Europa. She was a female singer in the Gonzaga family court of Mantua, Italy in the late 16 th and early 17 th centuries. Europa was the sister of composer and musician Salamone Rossi , and the wife of the Jewish … is known about Madama Europa, as the information comes from court salary records, and from letters of people who saw her …
Walter Zev Feldman
… University. Researcher on Ottoman Turkish and Jewish music, as well as the literature of the Ottoman and Central … research and published articles on classical and Sufi music in Turkey, the music and poetry of epic in Uzbekistan … music in the United States. His book , Music of the Ottoman Court: Makam,Composition, and the Early Ottoman Instrumental …
Gila Flam
… Ph. D., University of California Los Angeles, Department of Music, 1988. Her thesis: Singing for Survival: Songs of the … the University of Illinois Press in 1992. Director of the Music Department of the Jewish National and University … of the Yiddish songs collection of M. Beregovski. Picture courtesy of Judith Pinnolis, JMWC … Musicologist, …
Mark Kligman
… Mark L. Kligman is the Mickey Katz Chair Professor of Jewish Music at the Herb Alpert School of Music, University of California, Los Angeles, a Chair … in The Oxford Handbook of Religion and the Arts. Picture courtesy of Judith Pinnolis, JMWC … Researcher … Mark …
Salamone Rossi
… Though much ink has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de … gleaned from references to salary payments from the Mantuan Court, letters from two successive dukes releasing Salamone … to Marquis of Pallazuolo, a prominent member of the Mantuan court, it should not be assumed that Rossi enjoyed permanent …