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Emanuel Zamir
… among the founders of the colony. At an early age, he was influenced by the songs of composer Matitiyahu Shelem of … he wrote in reference to the pioneering spirit of the young Jewish ' H alutzim' who were settling Palestine and working …
Pavel Haas
… Conservatory with Janacek (1920-1922) who was an important influence on Haas, who is mentioned as his closest follower. … and chamber music, and an opera. Haas' pieces influenced by Jewish music include Al S'fod (1942) composed to Hebrew words by David Shim'oni, and Fantasy on a Jewish Melody (1943). Lubomír Peduzzi mentions several …
Hirsch Glik
… in 1943. There were two important events that likely influenced the writing of this song; first, a battle between a group of Jewish partisans and SS officers in the forests near Vilna …
Moshe Wilensky
… returned to Warsaw. In his youth, Wilensky attended the Jewish " Eskela " Gymnasium, which offered Hebrew … was a choir led by the musician Yitzhak Edel, who greatly influenced Wilensky's musical development, teaching him … stage. He also composed music for films produced by the Jewish National Fund ('Hakeren Hakayemet') and for "Yomani …
Nahum Heiman
… at age 14, Heiman stayed at Kibbutz Na'an where he was influenced by the composer David Zahavi, one of the … subscribed to the Academy of Cinema. There he worked in the Jewish Agency. After a few years, Heiman met with a Swiss …
Ehud Manor
… couple from Belarus. Ehud Manor's family had a great influence on his life and his writing. His mother had a … rhymes from a very young age and this is perhaps the great influence on his writing in rhymes. The father studied at … of music. It was precisely American music that particularly influenced him. As he told: 'Since forever I wanted to write …
Uzi Hitman
… was secular. According to Hitman, his father had a great influence on his musical path, and he used to play …
Richard Rodgers
… Richard Charles Rodgers was an American-Jewish composer, known largely for his work in musical … of the 20th century, and his compositions had a significant influence on popular music. Biographies: Rodgers, … Press, 1998. Rodgers' discography is available here. … Jewish American musical theater & film score composer … 0 … …
Joel Walbe
… Ukraine ). As a boy, his education was standard for wealthy Jewish families in Russia. He first studied Torah in the … teachers. Shalom Walbe, Joel's father, was a wealthy Jewish merchant and a Gabbai. He kept a secluded Jewish … the study of music and literature to be a foreign influence. Though Joel's mother did encourage his musical …
Paul Ben-Haim
… Mahler-Strauss style with early twentieth century French influences (tinted with local orientalism) had always been …