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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 … The author recommended that Geshuri free himself from the “folkloristic-scientific tendencies” of his radio lectures in …
Michael Lukin
… USSR, completed his BA degree at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance and obtained the MA in Jewish Music at the Hebrew … Jerusalem. In his PhD dissertation, entitled “The Yiddish Folk Song: Poetics and Music” and completed at the Hebrew …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … and Moses Michail Milner, he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these musicians and … 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 …
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 … 1935. Between 1941 and 1947 Lavry conducted the Palestine Folk Opera and Palestine Orchestra. In 1950 Lavry was …
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 … also made several recordings of cantorial works and Jewish folksongs. … Tenor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – Cantors,Cantors – …
Eitan Avitzur
… Born in Jerusalem, 1941. Avitzur started his musical career as a conductor of high school ensembles and … conductor of the Jerusalem Youth Orchestra. Under his guidance the orchestra has achieved a very important role in … Department of Bar-Ilan University, Head of the Israeli Folk Music Research Center … Eitan Avitzur …
Gideon Klein
… At the age of twelve, Klein moved to Prague to study music and liberal arts at the Jirasek Gymnasium. While in … talented musicians, composers, and conductors were in abundance. Klein immediately recognized the potential to … was with Rafael Schachter for whose chorus Klein composed folk songs in Czech, Slovak, Hebrew, and Russian. Since …
Emanuel Zamir
… Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was born in Petakh Tikva, to … songs, in general, for which he wrote both words and music, portray sceneries borrowed from the world of … an active role in the development of the Israeli folk dance. Zamir had a sense of mission, which he brought into …
Mordekhai Zeira
… born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a musical family, his musical education consisted mostly of a … Adonai ), composed in the style of Yemenite music, in accordance to the theater's request. From 1930 to 1933 he worked … many songs that constitute an integral part of the Hebrew folksong . Many of their songs played a documentary role in …
Nurit Hirsh
… of Nurit Hirsh's songs are inalienable assets of the Hebrew Folk Song ('Zemer Ivri'). She composed more than one … 'Bashana Haba'a,' and 'Lalehet Shevi Ahare'a.' She composed music for poems by Hayim Nahman Bialik, Natan Alterman, Lea … Additionally, m any of her songs accompany folk dances. These songs came to constitute part of the …