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Yaakov ben Moshe Levi Moelin (Maharil)
… received food from them. Maharil served as a cantor in his community, and he advocated an attitude that should not be … 'Bi'urim' to Yoreh De'ah, is extant in manuscript. Source: Jewish Encyclopedia. … Rabbi and teacher of Mayence, cantor …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … met twice a week and performed at events of the Yemenite community. In 1929, he moved to Tel Aviv and married Mazal … portion), performed with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with …
Israel Adler
… Institut de Musicologie at the Sorbonne where he combined Jewish and musical studies. During his thirteen-year sojourn … on the diffusion of art music in certain Western European Jewish communities prior to the 19th century, published a … (e.g. Musical Life and Traditions of the Portuguese Jewish Community of Amsterdam in the XVIIIth Century , Jerusalem , …
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 … Rabbi David Bouzaglo, Yamim Noraim in the Koenigsberg community tradition , Hassidic melodies , a CD including …
Eduard Birnbaum
… an offer to officiate as the cantor for the Magdeburg community, where he served for two years. In 1874, he moved … and para-liturgical musical practices of the major European Jewish communities. To supplement the material that he … collection … Hebrew Union College … Cantor … Collector … Jewish Liturgy … Eduard Birnbaum …
Mordechai Breuer
… of his grandfather 'Beit Harav', Rabbi Shlomo Breuer, the community’s rabbi, and the father-in-law of Rabbi Shimshon … and holidays. In Israel, Breuer taught the history of Jewish music at the conservatory. In the 1950s, he taught at … was made systematically according to topics in the Jewish calendar as follows: introduction and personal …
Rivka Havassy
… oral poetry; musical and folk culture of the Sephardi community of Thessaloniki; contacts between Ladino folk … 2007). Participated in various research projects in the Jewish Music Research Center, among them: Incipitario …
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 massive …
Robert Lachmann
… and paraliturgical musical traditions of the local Jewish community, material that served as the base for his seminal work, Jewish Cantillation and Song in the Isle of Djerba (1940). …
Salomon Sulzer
… and imitated cantor of his time, appreciated beyond the Jewish community. As a composer and musician, Sulzer is considered … Solomon.' Encyclopaedia Judaica Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman) 'Sulzer, Salomon.' Jewish …