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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 ). …
Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … they worked to reorganize the activities of the Society for Jewish Folk Music . Unlike other musicians from the Society, Gnesin …
Mordekhai Hershman
… in New York City at Tomashevsky’s Theatre appeared in The Jewish Daily News of February 20, 1920. The enthusiastic … El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … released not only recordings of cantorial music but also folk songs in Yiddish. As the following announcement ( Der …
Jacob Beimel
… and Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, Jewish Music , in which he … of his own compositions and adaptations (synagogue music, folk songs, and Hassidic melodies). … American cantor, …
Abraham Moshe Bernstein
… A prolific composer who published both liturgical works and musical settings for Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Published a collection of Eastern European Jewish folk melodies (1927). Two comprehensive biographies covering …
Joseph Shlisky
… the British capital. At the turn of the 20th century, the Jewish community in Toronto grew, synagogues flourished, and … a means of support. Shlisky never heard a note of Western music until his rise, but joined the Toronto Waves … of Yiddish or Hebrew songs. While these may have been folk songs, Shlisky was also known to perform traditional …
Yosef Hadar
… Yosef Hadar was born in Tel Aviv in 1926 to a musical family. His mother Yafa and his father Yehiel were … he won an achievement award for his contribution to Israeli folk song as a composer and as a musical educator. The award … prayer as Hymn No. 15 in the Lutheranian Church in northern Europe. Some of Hadar's compositions have become established …
Pavel Haas
… in his father's business until 1935, when he began teaching music theory, and later music. Haas began composing while … and chamber music, and an opera. Haas' pieces influenced by Jewish music include Al S'fod (1942) composed to Hebrew … on Haas' style: such as the music of Janacek, Moravian folksong, Jewish chant, Medieval Chorale, Western European …
Shmerke Kaczerginski
… children'), and soon began organising Yung Vilne, a secular Jewish writing collective whose other members … for Jewish Research website ' Shmerke Kaczerginski ' in Music during the Holocaust website. Other sources: Werb, … The Songs Of World War II Jewish Resistance: … Poet, folkorist & partisan in the Vilna ghetto … 0 … Vilna … …