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Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… a talented milliner. The oldest of four children, he showed musical talent at a young age. After completing secondary … production, working with diesel motors imported from Germany. He assiduously expanded his linguistic abilities, taking evening courses in German, something that was to be very useful a few years …
Viktor Ullmann
… Ullmann family moved to Vienna, and Viktor began studying music theory with Dr. Josef Pohlaneur. In 1918, Viktor … Ullmann the position of chorus master and répétiteur at the German Theater in Prague. Initially Ullmann’s duties were … recruited Ullman’s help for large productions staged by the German Male Choral Society. In addition to his work at the …
Chemjo Vinaver
… he also conducted the Haniggun choir. The choir sang Jewish music, and he toured Europe and Palestine with them. From … as a conductor at the New Synagogue in Berlin. Vinaver left Germany in 1933 and in 1938 immigrated to the US where he … Day and for his published volume Anthology of Jewish Music . Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica , Con cise …
Stefan Wolpe
… Stefan Wolpe was a German composer. In 1934 he went to Palestine and moved in … the Stefan Wolpe Society … composer … 0 … Composer … Atonal music … Stefan Wolpe …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … music. Born in Myslowitz, Upper Silesia, then part of the German Empire (now Mysłowice, Poland), Geshuri (a name … derived from the Hebrew for “bridge,” an equivalent of the German “Bruck”) was the son of Fruma bat Tzvi and Gita …
Martin Ruhnke
… Martin Ruhnke was a German musicologist. His main areas of research were the music … of Georg Philipp Telemann. Full biography at Wikipedia. … German musicologist … Musicologist … Baroque … Germany … …
Fritz Rikko
… Fritz Rikko was a musicologist and conductor who was an authority on music of the Baroque era. Born in Werden, Germany, he immigrated to the United States in 1941 and …
Moritz Deutsch
… 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 … choral arrangements for synagogue liturgy in the classical German style which were published in the collection, …
Manfred Lemm
… 1946 in Potsdam . In the 1960s he moved with a band through Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He studied composition. In … Heidi Mordechai Gvirtig and composed them on four CDs. … German singer and musician engaged in the revival of Yiddish music … Manfred …
Samuel Naumbourg
… professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing … re-released in 1864. Though Naumbourg comes from the South German tradition, a large percentage of his arrangements … Agudat Shirim, which combined pieces from the South German tradition with melodies from the Western Sephardi …