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Noam Sheriff
… that also developed a career as a conductor, and as musical director of the Kibbutz Chamber Orchestra … in Salzburg, and chaired the The Rubin Israel Academy of Music at Tel-Aviv University (1998-2000), where he taught … teacher Ben-Haim , range between light classical, based on folk tunes (early in his career) through-composed pieces …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… 17, 1859. His father, Rabbi Eliyahu Navon, was one of the Jewish intellectuals and public figures in Adrianpole, a … of Adrianpole excelled especially in Hebrew poetry and in music, two fields in which Isaac Eliyahu Navon excelled as … Jews: 'He committed himself to his expertise, gathering the folk eastern melodies, which included almost forgotten …
Ephraim Skliar
… 1903, he took part in the establishment of the Society for Jewish Folk Music in St. Petersburg. In 1912, he settled in Riga, where …
Max Weinreich
… Max Weinreich was a Russian Jewish linguist, specializing in sociolinguistics … translating and editing songs in Yiddish, like Yidishe folkslider mit melodyes . 1 It published in Weinreich's …
Jacob Koppel Sandler
… choral director for several cantors. He composed several Jewish themed operettas, one of them featuring the famous … really composed it, others claiming it was originally a folk song. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … Composer and music director … Yiddish … Theater … Choral … Director … …
Karel Salmon
… He immigrated to Palestine in 1933, and was the first musical director of the Palestine Broadcasting Service … style with near-Eastern, Mediterranean, and Jewish folklore. Salmon often used themes related to Judaism in his …
Joseph Papernikoff
… Thanks to his voice, a beautiful alto voice, and his musical hearing, he was accepted at the age of 8 to the … which saw modern Yiddish literature as a central part of Jewish identity. Papernikoff was active in the cultural life … Since 1918 his melodious poetry, with its rich imagery and folklike quality has gained popularity, and Papernikov has …
Edwin Seroussi
… in Montevideo, Uruguay, Prof. Seroussi started there his music studies (violin, theory and composition). He … (2004-2008; 2014-2016; 2019-2020), was Director of the Jewish Music Research Centre from 2000 to 2023, and … stresses the agency of individuals in the shaping of folk and popular culture, social networks and the role of …
Yehiel 'Adaki
… and studied their repertoire. He had a good voice and musical hearing, as well as a good memory and perception, … of Palestine) house. In Palestine, 'Adaki discovered that Jewish Yemenite singing is looked down upon, even by … with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with the musician …
Moses Beregovski
… born in the Ukraine in 1892. He was exposed to liturgical music at an early age through his father who was a teacher at the Kiev Jewish Music School and a ba’al kore (official who reads the … According to the manuscript, Beregovski was the head of the Folk Music Division from 1928 to 1936. He then moved on to …