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Abraham Wolf Binder
… a family of cantors and into a world enriched by synagogue music and Jewish folklore. He was a member of his father’s synagogue … (prayer melodies). He continued his involvement in Jewish choral music, forming the Hadassah Choral Union in …
Albert Weisser
… Albert Weisser was Born in New York City of Russian-Jewish parentage. He attended high school in Queens and sang … Upon graduating in 1948, he entered the master's program in musicology. Under the guidance of Curt Sachs , he wrote his thesis on 'The Jewish National Music in Russia', which was later published …
Yitzhak Sadai
… in 1949. He studied composition at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music under Uriah Uri Boscovich , and also studied with … Tal . Later he worked as a lecturer at the Academy of Music in Jerusalem (from 1960) and the Tel Aviv Academy of … music, and choral and vocal works, some of them with Jewish themes, such as the cantata, Hazvi Yisrael . …
Zikmund (Siegmund) Schul
… synagogue. This discovery sparked Schul's interest in Jewish musical themes, which he began to incorporate into his … entrusted to Schul by the authorities at the offices of the Jewish community in Prague . Schul was deported to Terezín …
Joachim Stutschewsky
… tried to reconcile his professional identity as a classical musician with his background as the son of a klezmer from the shtetl. Whereas dozens of better-known European Jewish virtuosos from the first half of the twentieth … steps of the members of the Saint Petersburg Society for Jewish Folk Music, Stutschewsky collected and researched …
Jan Peerce
… was offered a long-term contract as a singer at Radio City Music Hall , New York . The exposure Peerce received from … the Bolshoi Theatre Opera. Peerce was also involved in NYC Jewish musical life, making regular appearances as a guest … Peerce also made several recordings of cantorial works and Jewish folksongs. … Tenor … Hazzanut,Hazzanim – …
Jan Radzynski
… to Israel in 1969, and studied at the Tel Aviv Academy of Music. In 1977, he moved to the U.S. and studied at Yale … to Yuval Shaked, [1] Radzynski's compositions merge musical elements of the Jewish Eastern European cantorate, Middle Eastern …
Al-Gharid Al-Yahudi
… period to the ninth century, all of which had been set to music. Al-Gharid the Jew is described in this book as a Kohen descended from Aaron ben Amram and a member of the Jewish group living in Yathrib (i.e. Medina, the city of the … Muhammed). Al-Isfahani mentions in the same context other Jewish poets belonging to the same group, but the very fact …
Albert Elias
… teacher. He played with some of the greatest stars of Iraqi music, including Nazem al-Ghazali, Salima Morad, Muhammed … Iraqi maqam and the more widespread Egyptian style of tarab music, which he greatly enjoyed. He also studied law for two … maqam Ajam , 1995. Haki Ovadiya and Elias . More sources: Jewish Professional Musicians in Iraq and Israel, Revisited …
Alfred Sendrey
… Musician, conductor and musicologist Alfred Sendrey was born … to amass a comprehensive bibliographical resource for Jewish Music. This project was aided by Joseph Yasser , Curt … (1945-52). The editing process for the Bibliography of Jewish Music was slow and laborious. Continual attempts to …
Samuel Alman
… Alman was born in Sobolevka, Podolia in 1877. He began his musical education at the conservatory in Odessa and was a … in Kishinev , Alman moved to London where he continued his musical studies at the Royal College of Music. There he … quickly, and he was hired to lead several other local Jewish choirs in London . Alman was deeply influenced by the …
Samuel Naumbourg
… professional hazzanim in his family. He received his formal musical education in Munich where he was recruited to sing … an unprecedented overview of the history of religious Jewish music. Another of Naumbourg’s important contributions … … 50084 … Composer, Synagogue singer, Musicologist, French Jewish reformer of synagogue music & choirmaster … Composers …