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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: …
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 …