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Abraham Ber Birnbaum
… turned to a music career at a young age; he began by singing in the synagogue choir of the local cantor Leizerke, … he learned general music theory, but continued to sing in a Jewish choir. In Lodz, Birnbaum studied to become a shohet … a cantors’ union in Poland; publishing articles on Jewish music in 'Hazfirah' and 'Haolam' newspapers; and …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… all of his career. He is most closely associated with the Jewish community of Dubno (today in western Ukraine), but … assistant singers (m’shor’rim) to sing and lead services in Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the exceptional musical and emotional power of his singing, he attained a degree of fame and stardom comparable …
Deborah Lynn "Debbie" Friedman
… Deborah Lynn Friedman was an American Jewish singer-songwriter, whose compositions played an … shifting the aesthetics of liturgical music in the liberal Jewish movements of North America. Friedman’s compositional … the 1960's, developing out of the folk music and communal singing tradition of Jewish summer camps. Jewish youth first …
Israel Goldfarb
… in music, Israel went to study for the rabbinate at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA). As a … a prominent figure in the Society for the Advancement of Jewish Music, he put much effort in promoting the … Goldfarb worked to create songs adapted to congregational singing, which were requested by the youth, especially by …
Europa Rossi
… composer and musician Salamone Rossi , and the wife of the Jewish community leader David Ben Elisha. She had two sons, … and Angelo. She is considered to be the only professional Jewish female singer of her time, and the first to gain fame … is that Madama Europa borrowed her stage name while singing 'The Rape of Europa,' by Giovanni Gastoldi, at a …
Moshe Rudinow
… War I. While in the conservatory, he met his wife-to-be and singing companion, Ruth Leviash. Following his studies, … songs into Hebrew and Yiddish, and performed the music of Jewish composers such as Engel , Saminsky , and Milner . Due … The repertoire of their shows included operatic arias and Jewish songs, mainly sung by Moshe. In 1925, the couple left …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… events happening throughout. The singers used to build a singing program for each event and party. 'Adaki got to know … of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … portion), performed with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with …
Israel Alter
… He studied music in Vienna with cantors and teachers of singing and composition, including Cantor Yehuda Leib Miller … of the School of Sacred Music at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where he had an enormous …
Avner Bahat
… of Musicology. In 1981, he established the Center for Jewish Music at Beit Hatfutsot, and from 1984 he began producing records, and later CDs, of Jewish music. Among the many CDs he recorded are Piyyutim … places in Israel, where they found communities from Yemen singing and dancing. As part of this study, they produced …
Abraham Eilam-Amzallag
… his doctoral dissertation on " Modal Aspects of the Singing of Supplications ("Bakkashot") Among Morocco Jews", … Western compositional techniques. His works fuse Oriental Jewish melisma and modern techniques. In 1994 he … nine years from its establishment. For the first time the Jewish version of the Andalusian music was transcribed by …