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Abraham Zvi Idelsohn
… Latvia (former Kurland or Courland) and began his study of Jewish music in Libau where he trained to be a cantor. He … Idelsohn was greatly impacted by the diversity of the Jewish community living in Palestine, and embarked on a … by outside influence and change because of their migratory history and secluded geographical location. In the …
Sylvan Sholom Kalib
… The son of Ukranian-Jewish immigrants, Sholom Kalib was a mainstay of Jewish music in mid-twentieth century Chicago, serving as a … varying traditions. Three volumes made it to print: Vol. 1: History and Definition (2002), Vol. 2: The Weekday Services …
Peter Emanuel Gradenwitz
… where he founded the first publishing house. He wrote a history of Jewish Music "Hamuzika Beyisrael ." … Israeli musicologist …
Salamone Rossi
… has been spilled reviewing the vast musical contribution of Jewish-Italian composer Salamone de Rossi, not much is known … speculated that Salamone de Rossi was the son of renowned Jewish historian Azariah de’ Rossi, but this seems unlikely … in the emerging study of Jewish art music and Jewish music history among intellectuals of Central and Western Europe in …
Amnon Shiloah
… Born in Lanus, Argentina in 1928 to a family of Jewish immigrants from Syria, Shiloah returned with his … As a teacher Shiloah contributed in Israel to the fields of Jewish ethnomusicology, especially the study of Judeo-Arabic … with the most diverse fields of study such as linguistics, history, philosophy, medicine, magic, alchemy, astrology and …
James Loeffler
… (1996); Founding Director, Vice-academic co-chair, Jewish Music Forum of the American Society for Jewish Music (New York); Research Director, Pro Musica Hebraica (Washington, DC). Research interests: History of Jewish art music; Russian Jewish composers; music …
Francis Lyon Cohen
… and studied at Jews’ College in London with a focus on Jewish liturgy. Cohen also had a great interest in Jewish music, and supplemented his studies with courses in … Song in the Synagogue (1889); Synagogue Music; Its History and Character (1883) and Synagogue Plain-Song …
Nikolai Kaufman
… unfailing efforts to the documentation and study of the Jewish traditions of Bulgaria. Although his publications on … full evaluation of Kaufman’s contributions to the study of Jewish musical traditions is a desideratum because many of … to Bulgaria in 1875 from Kishinev and according to family history, he lived earlier on in small shtetls near Odessa. …
Eleanor Gordon Mlotek
… to Max Weinreich , co-founder of the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research (then known as the Yiddish Scientific … a lifetime achievement award by the Milken Archive and The Jewish Theological Seminary in 2003. Source: ' YIVO Mourns … 20 (2013): 249–56. A video about: 'Chana Mlotek's Oral History ', On Yiddish book center. (*The photo was taken …
Joseph Mlotek
… of 7. As a young man, he was active in the Bund and other Jewish labor and socialist organizations. He also published … An interview with Joseph Mlotek: ' Joseph Mlotek: Oral History Memoir '. (June &Aug. 1984). William E. Wiener Oral History Library of the American Jewish Committee at 'New York Public Library'. Joseph …