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Reuben Rinder
… Binder, Leon Kramer, and Lazare Saminsky ) built upon his early connections with Steven Wise and was modeled after … and creating deep cultural ties between the US, Europe, and Israel. For full biography see: Francesco Spagnolo, …
Haim Effendi
… and Albert. Their descendants spread to the Americas and to Israel. Haim was a quintessential Sephardi … uncommonly large number of commercial recordings from the early 20th century, speaks of his fame. This reputation is … taken from the liner notes accompanying the JMRC release An Early Twentieth-Century Sephardi Troubadour: The Historical …
Eliakum Zunser
… lived prior to moving to Vilna, where he was born. In his early youth he attended the 'Heder' and sang with cantor … he came under the influence of the Musar movement of R. Israel Salanter, and his songs (' Der Zeiger ' ('The Watch)' … at Koenigsberg by M.L. Rodkinson. When the pogroms of the early 1880s led to the founding of the pioneering Zionist …
Haim (Heinz) Alexander
… Wolpe, then with Hanoch Jacoby . His pieces from that early period were, however, romantic. He began gaining … style – modal chromaticism – as in his lively six Israeli Dances (1950), and after the “musical shock” (his … (voice and piano or chamber orchestra, 1984). … Israeli composer, pianist and teacher … 11807 … Haim (Heinz) …
Tzvi Avni
… Saarbrücken, immigrated in 1935, lives in Tel-Aviv). A 2001 Israel Prize laureate, Avni is one of the most performed of … has served in many institutional roles such as the chair of Israel Composers’ League and ISCM World Music Days (Israel, … but the piece is based on an original 12-note scale clearly related to his past writings. Also often-performed is …
Shoshana Damari
… Damari was born in Damar, Yemen in 1923. She was taken to Israel at the age of two. She started performing in an early age. She is considered as one of the greatest Israeli folk singers, and had international recognition as …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… European cantor, and maintained this lifestyle throughout nearly all of his career. He is most closely associated with … musicologists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Nearly a century ago, Aron Friedmann, the chief cantor of the … see Katz 2021-2022. Selected Bibliography Adler, Israel. 1989. Hebrew Notated Manuscript Sources up to circa …
Tsippi Fleischer
… languages – all reflected in her works, where she is clearly following the first generation of Israeli composers in their quests for East-West synthesis. … far more Arab melodies, textures and rhythms than most Israeli composers, thus creating a renewed trend in art …
Israel Goldfarb
… Israel Goldfarb was born in Sieniawa, Galicia (today … in the family. While Samuel began a career in music, Israel went to study for the rabbinate at the Jewish … of congregational responses and services for the yearly cycle, intended for children and for congregational …
Ami Maayani
… , and at Columbia University with Ussachewsky in the early 1960's. Among his works are: Harp Concerto (Engel … musical education, he studied philosophy. He chaired the Israel Composers’ League, and also The Rubin Israel Academy of Music at Tel Aviv University in the …