(162 results found)
Milan Slavicky
… his grandfathers Kamil Voborský and Klement Slavický were composers. Milan Slavický studied composition at JAMU in … twice triumphed in the international competition of young composers Carl Maria von Weber in Dresden (1976 and 1979). …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … as a scholar is still a major gap in the historiography of Jewish music. Born in Myslowitz, Upper Silesia, then part of … However, what distinguished Geshuri from most of the composers and educators engaged in this new mission was his …
Fritz Rikko
… published scores for individual pieces by numerous Baroque composers, including Dietrich Buxtehude, Orlando Gibbons, … most closely associated was Salamone Rossi . Rossi was a Jewish composer and instrumentalist who was active in Mantua …
Sigmund Schlesinger
… recognized the need of an appropriate musical setting for Jewish congregational services and composed complete musical … 'Sigmund and Jacob Schlesinger and Joseph Bloch: Civil War Composers and Musicians', in American Jewish Historical Quarterly , Vol. 53, No. 1 (September …
Kurt Weill
… several works for the concert hall and a number of works on Jewish themes. In 1946, four years before his death, he composed the Jewish prayer ' Kiddush ,' dedicated to his father. See Kurt … national anthem) … German Jews … Composer … USA … American composers … Theater music … Jewish music … Hatikva (The …
Darius Milhaud
… teacher, widely recognized as one of the most influential composers of the 20th century. Born to a Jewish family in Marseilles and raised in Aix-en-Provence , … into his works. He also explored the music of the Jewish community in Comtat Venaissin, reflecting his own …
Aaron Copland
… was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. In 1917 he began studying theory and … in England, Belgium, Italy, Austria and Germany, meeting composers and exposing himself to new music. Copland … in Tangelwood, he became active in New York’s League of Composers, often writing for its journal, Modern Music. He …
Abraham Goldfaden
… father took advantage of a new law mandating that Jewish students attending public school would be except from … he began publishing a satirical journal, Yisrolec for the Jewish community living there. The journal was in … his recognition as well as the production of new young composers of Yiddish songs and librettos for the theater. …
Mark Kopytman
… in Jerusalem since 1973. He established a generation of composers: several of his many students have become well known composers and have chaired their own composition programs in …
Bence Szabolcsi
… son of Miksa Szabolcsi (1856-1915), editor of the Hungarian Jewish weekly Egyenlőség . He studied musicology at Leipzig … a doctorate in 1923 with a thesis on the Italian monodist composers Pierro Benedetti and Claudio Sarcini. He edited … 'Proclamation Style' in Hebrew music ' in Studies of the Jewish Music Research Centre, ed. Israel Adler. Jerusalem: …