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Platon Brounoff
… Founded and conducted the Poale Tsion Choir, the first Jewish secular choir in America. Collected over 300 Jewish folk songs, some of which he arranged for his choir. … Passport to Jewish Music: its History, Traditions and Culture. Additional biographical items about Brounoff can be …
Moshe Nathanson
… of Nathanson’s most important contributions to the field of Jewish music is his compilation of liturgical melodies, … Nathanson was involved in a number of projects to promote Jewish and Palestinian folk music. For example, Nathanson … Jerusalem,” a weekly WMCA radio program to promote Hebrew culture and song. The first broadcast was released a month …
Reuben Rinder
… he moved to the United States and pursued his study of Jewish liturgical music. In 1910, Rinder held a cantorial … Reuben Rinder was influential in shaping 20th-century Jewish musical culture. Through insights from the Rinder papers and Rose …
Mickey Katz
… an American musician and comedian who specialized in Jewish humor. Katz is most well known for his parodies, but … in the middle of the song. His songs often lampooned both Jewish and American culture. His songs have been compiled onto CDs, including …
Haim Effendi
… Judeo-Spanish speaking Jews. The old traditional Ottoman Jewish community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered … modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western culture (most particularly French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political …
Emanuel Amiran (Pougatchov)
… in the Hebrew language, the Bible and the fundamentals of Jewish culture. In Russia, Amiran began his music studies with Joel … Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music (Macy Nulman) יוסי ספיבק, ושאבתם מים בששון …
Manahem Avidom
… and Composers Association), and The Public Council for Culture and Art. A prolific composer and known public figure … prominent composers who wrote arrangements for the unique Jewish-Yemenite artist and singer, Bracha Zefira, and based …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… all of his career. He is most closely associated with the Jewish community of Dubno (today in western Ukraine), but … assistant singers (m’shor’rim) to sing and lead services in Jewish communities throughout Eastern Europe. Because of the … became an acclaimed exponent of Jewish Eastern European culture and tradition. Christians as well as Jews responded …
Betty Olivero
… of the most prestigious Emet Prize for Art, Science and Culture (2015), an Israeli prize awarded annually for … contemporary compositional form, yet is inspired by ancient Jewish and other early musical traditions. Folk material …
Ronit Seter
… Musical Quarterly, Die Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart, Jewish Women Encyclopedia, Encyclopedia Judaica, Tempo, … Conference on Music Since 1900, World Congress for Jewish Studies, and Israel Musicological Society. She also … received grants from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture, Dan David Scholarship, National Endowment for the …