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Yizhak Edel
… grandfather. In his grandfather’s house, Edel received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while … He also became acquainted with the works of the Society for Jewish folk Music which were based mainly in St. Petersburg … of Jewish music and thus exposed the works of Jewish composers to Warsaw 's Jewish community. In 1929, Edel …
Joseph Achron
… and Moses Michail Milner , he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these musicians and composers inspired a change in his compositional style. This … of Russian and European Jewry. Joseph (Yussl) Achron, Jewish violinist and composer, was born May 1/13, 1886 in …
Nahum Nardi
… on tour in Europe. During that tour, while visiting the Jewish Community center in Berlin, Nardi met the Yemenite … Na'ama (1931-1989), and they began a joint concert tour of Jewish communities in Poland, Germany, Latvia, Belgium, … , Tzefira mentioned Y. Admon , E. Amiran and M. Shelem, as composers who she wanted to include in their programs. [3] …
Sholom Secunda
… year he developed something of a mentor relationship with Jewish composer Ernest Bloch with whom he studied … Union. It was a policy of the Union to send actors and composers outside of New York for at least three years … work of that season was 'Mayn yidishe maydle' (My Jewish Girl). That same year, William Rolland opened a …
Mordekhai Seter
… three choirs and orchestra depicting the redemption of the Jewish people. This oratorio has been considered since its … alone, he gained uncommon admiration among his fellow composers. Seter’s works from his early and middle periods, … Many are based on tunes or motives derived from Mizrahi (Jewish Near-Eastern) traditions. Unlike most composers of …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… and from 1939-1940 he served as the president of the Jewish Ministers Cantors Association of America. In addition, he was an active member of the Society of Jewish Composers. Weisser's compositional output is extensive and …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… in Italy , he made the decision to incorporate Jewish themes into his piece as a protest against … Angeles Conservatory of Music, where he taught noted composers Goldsmith, Mancini, Previn, Riddle and John …
Mordekhai Hershman
… in New York City at Tomashevsky’s Theatre appeared in The Jewish Daily News of February 20, 1920. The enthusiastic … by Tchaikovsky.” Echoes of his appearances dotted the Jewish press that did not spare any superlatives. On … David Assaf's blog ). The text, that attracted many Jewish composers, is from the Book of Isaiah (2:1-4) and the …
Asher Shimon Mizrahi
… and Sara. During the Balkan War (1912-1913), many young Jewish residents of Jerusalem fled the city or hid in order … on a cargo boat exporting oranges to Malta . The small Jewish community of Malta wasn’t able to utilize the … body of songs in Arabic, and became one of the leading composers of Tunisian song. The great Tunisian singers of …
David Putterman
… a project which consisted of commissioning various famous composers to compose music for the synagogue. A collection …