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Samuel Benaroya
… of the last singers of the Maftirim Choir of the city of Edirne (Turkey). … Samuel Benaroya …
Haim Effendi
… reached us. Born Haim Behar Menahem, Haim Effendi (a.k.a. Edirneli Haim Effendi and Haim Yapağı, i.e. “Haim the … the family owned some kind of a wool business) was born in Edirne (formerly Adrianople in Western Thrace, today Turkey) … of the most important centers of Sephardi religious music, Edirne, where a local Jewish choir called Maftirim used to …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… Isaac Eliyahu Navon was born in Adrianpole (today Edirne) on May 17, 1859. His father, Rabbi Eliyahu Navon, … … Israeli-Turkish Poet, writer and composer … Poet … Edirne … Turkey … Israel … Writer … Composer … Isaac Eliyahu …
Ottoman Hebrew Sacred Songs
… of one of the last surviving singers of the Maftirim choir (Edirne, Turkey), Samuel Benaroya, documents a mostly …
Piyyutim for the High Holidays
… us. Born Haim Behar Menahem, Haim Effendi was born in Edirne (formerly Adrianople in Western Thrace, today Turkey) … of the most important centers of Sephardi religious music, Edirne, where a local Jewish choir called Maftirim performed …
Nuestro Señor Eloheinu/Las tablas de la Ley: A Song for Shavuot
… as refugees and immigrants of Ottoman cities (especially Edirne and Izmir) displaced to the Turkish capital by wars …
Moshe Cordova
… Composer, singer, ‘ud and piano player Moshe Cordova (b. Edirne, Ottoman Empire, 1881 – d. Tel Aviv, Israel, … was a master of the Turkish ma ka m . Cordova was born in Edirne, an important Ottoman Jewish musical hub since the … life was the move to Istanbul, together with many of the Edirne Jewish community, following the devastation of this …