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Walter Salmen
… was born in 1926, in Paderborn, Germany. His career as a musicologist began after studying musicology, history, philosophy, composition, and organ at … of which he was elected an honorary member in 2012, and of dance studies. His publications on the life and work of the …
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 … began studying quarter-tone composition under the guidance of Czech composer Alois Hába. In 1934, Ullmann was …
Albert Weisser
… studied piano with Isaiah Seligman and played with various dance and jazz bands prior to entering New York University … Upon graduating in 1948, he entered the master's program in musicology. Under the guidance of Curt Sachs , he wrote his thesis on 'The Jewish …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … publication, Haniggun vehariqud ba h assidut (Music and Dance in Hassidism, 1956), a work discussed in more detail … stressed the strong relationship between niggun and dance, as well as some of the major trends of the Hassidic …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… and choirmasters who attempted to create and adapt music to suit the new ritual and format of American Reform … in Uhlen, Württemberg (later Germany), and received his musical education at a Munich conservatory. He came to the … which was titled Southern Flowers. This selection of lively dance tunes included waltzes, polkas, schottisches, …
Aaron Copland
… theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … studied with Nadia Boulanger at the Fontainebleau School of Music in Paris. During his time in Paris, Copland traveled … score, the ballet Grogh. His early works such as Dance Symphony (1929) , Short Symphony (1933) , Music for …
Michael Lukin
… USSR, completed his BA degree at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and obtained the MA in Jewish Music at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In his PhD …
Zecharia Plavin
… From 1977 in Israel, graduated from Tel Aviv University and Music Academy (piano class of Professor Viktor Derevianko), … Authority and - in recent years - for Lithuanian Music Archive. Many thematic duo performances with violinist … biography was takem from the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance website) See the list of Palvin's publications on the …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … 1925 and 1933, e.g., his First Violin Concerto, op. 60, the Dance of Salome, op. 62, and the song Po En-Harod. From 1925 … elements of ethnic musical tradition - first of all, dance rhythms. The idea of a “pure Jewish style” was further …
Marc Lavry
… Marc Lavry was born in Riga , Latvia and received his formal musical education at the Riga and Leipzig conservatories … and Saarbrucken and a position as the director of the Laban Dance Ensemble in Berlin. In 1929, Lavry was hired to … and duple meter characteristic of the traditional folk dance. His Opera, Dan ha’shomer (1945) was the first of its …