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Avraham Soltes
… of Bergen County, in Tenafly, N.J. He participated in many cultural and educational activities that interpreted Jewish art, music, and literature. He was chairman of the … T he Maccabean Miracle Reborn (1967). Soltes also led groups of Christian ministers and professors to the Holy …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… 19, 1897 - December 9, 1977) was an Israeli researcher of Jewish music with emphasis on the study of Hassidic music … Jerusalem. La h assidim mizmor appeared as a “literary and cultural journal for religious-folk music of the Hassidim, … transcribe “the folk melodies of the various Jewish ethnic groups.” He reported that most of the material belongs to …
Emanuel Zamir
… he wrote in reference to the pioneering spirit of the young Jewish ' H alutzim' who were settling Palestine and working … during the Arab-Israeli war of 1948. There he created groups of singers and players, and founded a small … to the Arabic melody, which he perceived as part of the cultural foundation of his country. He was overtaken by the …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… War I. As a youth, he was involved with outlawed Communist groups and was arrested several times, serving a lengthy … children'), and soon began organising Yung Vilne, a secular Jewish writing collective whose other members … in the Vilna Ghetto, where he helped hide Jewish cultural works with Sutzkever as part of the Paper …
Betty Olivero
… Olivero was granted scholarships from the America-Israel-Cultural-Foundation . Olivero's works are published by … contemporary compositional form, yet is inspired by ancient Jewish and other early musical traditions. Folk material … have been performed by leading orchestras and chamber groups such as the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the New York …
Gershon Ephros
… in 1957. Apart fom his cantorial career, Ephros taught Jewish music in Hebrew schools in New York and at the Hebrew … The anthology contains compositions of different Jewish cultural groups, from ancient to contemporary works. Sources: …
Boaz Tarsi
… Karr, the Jerusalem Theater, Tel Aviv Museum, the American Jewish Music Society, the Jewish Museum in Philadelphia, San … Contest Prize for New Compositions, and The Israel-America Cultural Foundation Grants. In addition to his composing … Foundation Archive, working with artists and performing groups such as the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir …
Major Trends of Change in Jewish Oriental Ethnic Music in Israel
… the inter-relationshipof social and musical change among Jewish Oriental ethnic groups in Israel. They investigate the variety and nature of … and the realtionship of these trends to the changing socio-cultural and political relations between them and the …
Klezmer music in America: revival and beyond
… Eastern European dance tunes were performed by fairly large groups (12-15 performers). As more klezmer music was recorded, it took on the role of a cultural buffer. From the 1940s to the 1960s, however, it … bar mitzvahs, etc.) and was associated especially with the Jewish resort milieu of the Catskills. The 1970s revival, …
The "Proclamation Style" in Hebrew
… Because of the similarity to the benediction style, this groups of melodies can be termed 'benediction group'. This … and it is not known whether they are prevalent in other Jewish musical traditions. Although previously narrow … be considered ancient and can be attributed to ancient agricultural cultures. These melodies can be seen as a sample of …