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Shlomo Ravitz
… cantors were educated under him. He founded and managed a singing seminar, where young men learned liturgical music … student choirs. Sources : Encyclopedia Judaica, Wikipedia (Hebrew). Additional bibliography: ' Shlomo Ravitz ' on the …
Naomi Cohn-Zentner
… the Schechter Institute of Jewish Studies. Her Ph.D. from Hebrew University's Musicology department focused on the singing of Sabbath table songs ( zemiroth shabbat ) among … in Israel. She was a postdoctoral fellow at Hebrew University’s Daat Hamakom Center for the Study of …
Yizhak Edel
… but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by his grandfather. When he was … two years. In Moscow Edel witnessed the persecution of the Hebrew language by the communist regime, especially in the … First, he had tried to gather songs by Jewish musicians and Hebrew poets. Since the quantity did not suffice him, he …
Gil Aldema
… station, and in 2004 he received the Israel Prize for Hebrew folksong. Aldema has composed and written choir arrangements of numerous Hebrew folksongs, which have been widely used by many choirs and singing troupes in Israel. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … …
Sholom Secunda
… David Kessler. After his soprano voice deepened, Sholom's singing career came to a venerable halt. However, he … clear that the next step was to win acceptance to the Hebrew Actors Union. It was a policy of the Union to send …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… was exposed to the tradition of Hassidic melodies and Hebrew zemirot through his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser … hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, who taught him solfege and sight singing. He participated in many local synagogue choirs, …
Mordekhai Hershman
… managed to dodge military conscription thanks to his voice, singing at this time with cantor Shlomo Ravitz . His first … “a great concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall“. The Hebrew press in British Palestine profusely advertised … by Leo Low. The Association of Devotees of Hazzanut and Hebrew Song in Tel Aviv ( Agudat hovevei hahazanut …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… filmed a short movie, more like a clip, with Asher Mizrahi singing one of his songs and accompanying himself on the Ud. … Asher Mizrahi to participate in a special program in Hebrew, broadcast every Monday. When one of the Monday … Piyyut … Tunisia … Old City … Jerusalem … France … Arabic … Hebrew … Asher Shimon Mizrahi …
Jacques Offenbach
… the Paris Conservatoire and both boys earned their keep by singing in a local synagogue choir. Due to financial … waltzes including Rebecca , a waltz based on 15th century Hebrew melodies, debuted at the Jardin Turc Theater. …
David Zehavi
… father hoped he would be a cantor. Zehavi studied in the Hebrew kindergarten in Jaffa and continued his studies at … Many of his songs are considered to be among the best in Hebrew song such as Hannah Szenes's poetry, ' Halikhah … output. In 1961, he won the Yosef Alkoni Prize for Hebrew Singing for: melodies for choir, children's songs, and folk …