(343 results found)
Abraham Goldfaden
… father took advantage of a new law mandating that Jewish students attending public school would be except from … contact with the Broder Singers, who were active in Yiddish folk song performance. It was there that Goldfaden began to … his songs, as well as other popular Jewish and secular music. The initial performances of these musical theater …
Theodor Bikel
… as well as in television shows and in movies. As a folk singer he sang songs that spanned over 20 languages, … Singer … Actor … Broadway … Theater … Television … Movies … Folk … Songs … Folksongs … Theodor Bikel …
Michael Lukin
… Polin , The Oxford Handbook of Slavic and East European Folklore , Musica Judaica , Yuval , Musik Traditionen , Jerusalem Studies in Jewish Folklore , and Shofar , explore Yiddish folk songs …
Yizhak Edel
… grandfather. In his grandfather’s house, Edel received a Jewish education, but he was also exposed to music while participating in singing gatherings hosted by … became acquainted with the works of the Society for Jewish folk Music which were based mainly in St. Petersburg . These …
Joseph Achron
… was born in Lozdzieje, a small village in Lithuania . His musical genius became evident early on and at the age of … and Moses Michail Milner , he founded the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Achron's association with these musicians and …
Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … quickly, and he was hired to lead several other local Jewish choirs in London . Alman was deeply influenced by the … wrote and published several arrangements of popular Yiddish folk songs. … Composer of Synagogue and Secular Music … 0 … …
Alexander A. Krein
… Moscow in 1883. He and his five other siblings were taught Jewish folk and instrumental music by his father who was a well known Klezmer musician …
Arno Nadel
… Arno Nadel was born in Vilna, Lithuania and began his Jewish musical education in Koenigsberg under cantor Eduard … music, Nadel also collected Eastern European Jewish folk music, which he published in the music sections of …
Nahum Nardi
… he studied at the Warsaw Conservatory and at the Vienna Music Academy, graduating in 1922. Following his graduation, … performing, combining his classical repertoire with folk music, such as Russian folksongs, Hassidic music and … on tour in Europe. During that tour, while visiting the Jewish Community center in Berlin, Nardi met the Yemenite …
Mordekhai Seter
… three choirs and orchestra depicting the redemption of the Jewish people. This oratorio has been considered since its … occasions, was chosen to conclude the first Israeli Music Celebration (September 1998; an annual festival … however, he preferred the use of liturgical tunes over folk ones (hence he did not work with Brakha Tzefira ). …