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Moritz Deutsch
… was born in Nikolsburg, Moravia and was identified at an early age as a prodigy in Talmudic studies. It was his … vocal talent however that brought him to Vienna to study music and the cantorial tradition. In 1842 Deutsch was … the Breslau Theological Seminary, where he taught cantorial music for over 30 years. In 1859, Deutsch helped to found …
Samuel Naumbourg
… professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing in Maier Kohn ’s synagogue choir. Naumbourg’s early appointments included a cantorial post in Besançon and … and was subsequently hired as a professor of liturgical music at the Séminaire Israélite. With the support of …
Leon Algazi
… Algazi was born in Iepuresti, Romania in 1890. He studied music in Vienna and Paris and graduated from the Ecole … , a position he held for many years. His interest in Jewish music and folklore was sparked by early studies with musicologist Abraham Zvi Idelsohn . One …
David Nowakowsky
… born in Malin, Russia near Kiev. Nowakowsky left home at an early age and moved to Berditchev where he was recruited as … 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 …
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 … his first orchestral score, the ballet Grogh. His early works such as Dance Symphony (1929) , Short …
Abraham Goldfaden
… working as a teacher, Goldfaden published a collection of early Hebrew poems in 1862 in Ha-Meliz , and several of his … his songs, as well as other popular Jewish and secular music. The initial performances of these musical theater … movement to establish a professional Yiddish theater. These early productions met with overwhelming praise and support …
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
… Cohn Zentner is an assistant professor in the Department of Music at Bar Ilan University. She was formerly the head of the M.A. program in Jewish music at the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Her … the Oxford Seminar in Advanced Jewish Studies focusing on early Jewish Music in 2019. Her research interests lie in …
Ya'akov Orland
… Homeland and Mother, " in 1930. This song was later set to music by David Zehavi, a member of Kibbutz Naan and the … Zerubavel Gilad, where Orland would continue to publish his early works. That same year, he enrolled at the Hebrew … (Mitya) Zeira , who would later set many of his poems to music. One of Orland's most notable songs from this period, …
Ernest Bloch
… United States in 1916, and in 1920 was appointed the first Musical Director of the fledgling Cleveland Institute of Music, a position he held until 1925. Bloch’s early works, such as Macbeth (1910) and Symphony in C Sharp …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of five he began violin lessons with his father. Achron continued his formal musical education at St. Petersburg Conservatory where he …