(369 results found)
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 …
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 …
Gershon Sirota
… grandfather was a member. The board of trustees, and other music professionals in attendance, were taken aback by the young boy’s talent. After … styles. Yakovkin encouraged Sirota to consider studying music formally at the Odessa Conservatory of Music. Based on …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… community took notice of Asher Mizrahi’s pleasant voice and musical talents, and he began to earn money working as a local hazzan and as an ud musician. He also supported himself by selling embroidered … her to play the ud, and other basic instruments of song and dance.” Upon Masika’s tragic death at the young age of 35, …
Jan Peerce
… beginning his performance career as a violinist for an NYC dance band. In 1933, he was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from regular radio broadcasts of Radio City Music Hall performances won him recognition as a gifted …