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Meir Shimon Geshuri
Meir Shimon Geshuri (née Bruckner; April 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli…
Kurt Weill
Kurt Julian Weill was born in Dessau, Germany in 1900. His father was a cantor and his…
Albert Elias
Elias was a virtuoso nay player, composer and instrument maker. In Baghdad Elias studied…
Yizhak Edel
Yitzhak Edel was born in Warsaw in 1896 to a Hassidic family. His grandfather, a…
Ya'akov Orland
Yaacob Orland was born in 1914 in Tetiev, Ukraine, to Eliezer and Batya Orland. In 1919…
Mattityahu Shelem
Born in Zamoscz, Poland. Immigrated to Palestine in 1922, settled in Kibbutz Bet-Alfa…
Mordekhai Hershman
Mordekhai (Mordecai; Mordkhe) Hershman was born in 1888 in Chernigov (Polish: Chernikhov…
Emanuel Zamir
Emanuel Zamir was a unique figure in the field of Hebrew Folksong (Zemer Ivri). He was…
Mordekhai Zeira
Life
Mordekhai Zeira was born in Kiev, Russia, in 1905. Although he was born to a…
Nurit Hirsh
Hundreds of Nurit Hirsh's songs are inalienable assets of the Hebrew Folk Song ('Zemer…