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Jan Radzynski

… compositions merge musical elements of the Jewish Eastern European cantorate, Middle Eastern heterophony, and contemporary Western technique, …

Max Weinreich

… pp. 13. Full biography at The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe . … Yiddish linguist … Yiddish … Languages … Russia … …

Karel Salmon

… the Mediterranean style that attempted to blend the Western-European style with near-Eastern, Mediterranean, and Jewish folklore. Salmon often …

Ray Musiker

… Russia. From his parents, Ray inhererited a love of Eastern European Jewish music from Russia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria …

… to develop mature and dispassionate scholars of East European Jewish studies. In 1930 he was among the collectors … and indices. Source: The YIVO Encyclopedia of Jews in Eastern Europe. … Yiddish folklorist … Folklore … Yiddish songs … …

Israel Alter

… several recordings in 1926, gave numerous concerts across Europe, and became a significant figure in the cantorial scene in Europe. He undertook an important tour of various cities in … but he sang in the tenor range. He mastered both the Eastern European and Western cantorial styles and …

Moses Beregovski

… on his projected five volume collection and study of Eastern European Jewish folk music. It is unclear exactly what … … Collector & researcher of Ashkenazi music in Eastern Europe … Moses Beregovski …

Abraham Zvi Idelsohn

… Perisan, Bukharian, Oriental Sephardi, Moroccan, German, Eastern European and Hassidic Jewish communities in Palestine and … known, Idelsohn also dedicated himself to the study of Near Eastern maqam systems, which is outlined in his work Die …

Sylvan Sholom Kalib

… also began his life’s work notating the great heritage of Eastern European cantorial tradition, transcribing and publishing … music, Kalib served as Professor of Music Theory at Eastern Michigan University from 1969-1999, and also as …