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Mendi Rodan
… studied violin and conducting at the Bucharest Academy of Music (1945-1949) and later worked as a conductor. He left … to conducting, Rodan headed the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance (1984-1993). According to William Y. Elias, … towards post-Romantic and less extreme contemporary music. [1] [1] William Y. Elias. 'Rodan, Mendi.' In Grove …
Europa Rossi
… 17 th centuries. Europa was the sister of composer and musician Salamone Rossi , and the wife of the Jewish community leader David Ben Elisha. She had two sons, … and Angelo. She is considered to be the only professional Jewish female singer of her time, and the first to gain fame …
Moshe Rudinow
… Russian songs into Hebrew and Yiddish, and performed the music of Jewish composers such as Engel , Saminsky , and Milner . Due … The repertoire of their shows included operatic arias and Jewish songs, mainly sung by Moshe. In 1925, the couple left …
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 … works and vocal arrangements, set in various genres of Jewish music such as Yiddish songs , among others. Sources: …
Max Spicker
… worked for the publisher G. Schirmer, where he edited many musical anthologies. Spicker has written music for the synagogue, as well as choral and orchestral … works. Sources: Nulman, Macy. Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music . … Conductor, composer and teacher … Composers …
Simeon Bar-Isaac
Born in Mainz, Germany. An important scholar of his time. As a paytan he composed…
Mordechai Sobol
… the establishment of the Yuval Ensemble for cantorate and Jewish music, where he served as musical director and conductor. Sources: Encyclopedia …
Alexander Tansman
… Born in Lodz, Poland, studied music in his hometown and in Warsaw. Moved to Paris in 1921, … the US, but returned to Paris in 1946. Tansman incorporated Jewish elements into his works and was influenced by the … composer … composer … Poland … Polish … Composers … Art … Music … Neoclassicism … Guitar … Alexander Tansman …
Max Weinreich
… Max Weinreich was a Russian Jewish linguist, specializing in sociolinguistics …
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 …