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Alexander L. Ringer
… University (1983), and Heidelberg University - Academy for Jewish Studies (1983). Ringer also gave guest lectures at … the German Musicological Society, the World Congress on Jewish Music, the International Schoenberg Society, Society …
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Joseph Singer
… (where he succeeded Salomon Sulzer ). He published numerous studies on Jewish music and was among the first to investigate prayer … Nulman, Macy. 'Singer, Joseph.' Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Cantor … Musicologists … Musicology … …
Jacques (Yaakov) Stroumsa
… that program, he moved to Paris, where he continued his studies in engineering and music. He returned to Greece in … end of the war. Gradually the Nazis imposed a series of ‘Jewish laws’, restricting activities and employment of Jewish Greeks. In March 1943, transports began to Auschwitz. …
Viktor Ullmann
… the Vienna University as a law student, supplementing his studies with private piano lessons with teacher Edward … them to H.G. Adler after the war. Ullmann’s interest in Jewish themes peaked for the first time in Terezín, …
Chemjo Vinaver
… Born in Warsaw to a Hassidic family. He commenced his studies in Warsaw and continued in Berlin, where he also conducted the Haniggun choir. The choir sang Jewish music, and he toured Europe and Palestine with them. … The Seventh Day and for his published volume Anthology of Jewish Music . Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica , Con cise …
Hirsch Weintraub
… in his father's choir in Dubno, and also receiving formal studies of music and violin. Later he left to study harmony … . (Written by Ofer Ronen) Sources: Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman). Binder, A. W. Preface. 'Schire …
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Albert Weisser
… Albert Weisser was Born in New York City of Russian-Jewish parentage. He attended high school in Queens and sang … with composer Ralph Vaughn Williams. He resumed his studies in composition (at nyu) under Miriam Bauer and … the guidance of Curt Sachs , he wrote his thesis on 'The Jewish National Music in Russia', which was later published …
Efraim Yaakov
… of Prof. Moshe Idel. In addition to his academic studies, he studied halakha with two of the greatest rabbis …
Mordechai Yardeni (Motl Sherman)
… and settled in Philadelphia, where Motl continued his studies at the local yeshiva Mishkan Israel. Later he … singer, with a repertoire of 'Israelian' songs and Jewish liturgy. From 1940 he began to accept offers from … synagogues on the East Coast of the United States and 'Jewish' hotels to work as a cantor during the Jewish …
Amnon Netzer
… biography can be viewed at Amnon Netzer Center For Iranian Jewish History And Heritage' s website. Autobiography by … Writings of Amnon Netzer , Institute of Asian and African Studies, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (first draft, …