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Obadiah the Proselyte
… settling in Egypt and becoming a member of the thriving Jewish community situated there, where he wrote his memoirs. … contain the earliest surviving manuscript source of Jewish music notation of synagogue chant. Sources: …
Ray Musiker
… Ray is the fourth generation in a family of Klezmer musicians. As a child, Ray learned to play Klezmer dance music at Jewish weddings. His parents immigrants to America from … his parents, Ray inhererited a love of Eastern European Jewish music from Russia, Poland, Romania, Bulgaria and …
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 …
Mathew Miller (Matisyahu)
… combines reggae, rock, and rap, and is inspired by Hassidic music (primarily by Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach ). His lyrics … Matisyahu is known for his unusual combination of Orthodox Jewish belief and popular music. For further reading about … … Hasidic … Singer … Songwriter … Hassidic … Orthodox … Jewish … Reggae … Pop … Rap … Mathew Miller (Matisyahu) …
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 … the Mediterranean and the Middle East, interactions between Jewish and Islamic cultures (specifically in art music …
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 … portion), performed with his choir, and lectured about the Jewish Yemenite folklore. Additionally, 'Adaki worked with …
Israel Adler
… the Ecole Pratique des Hautes Études and at the Institut de Musicologie at the Sorbonne where he combined Jewish and musical studies. During his thirteen-year sojourn … on the diffusion of art music in certain Western European Jewish communities prior to the 19th century, published a …
Israel Alter
… Ukraine) into a Hasidic family with many rabbis. He studied music in Vienna with cantors and teachers of singing and … in 1961 and joined the faculty of the School of Sacred Music at the Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, where he had an enormous …
Frank Alvarez-Pereyre
… the Mishna: study of oral performances from linguistic and musical points of view; Jewish interlinguistics: the French and Hebrew of Jews in … the Jews in Germany, Austria, and Romania; the liturgical music traditions of Ethiopian Jews … Linguist … Frank …
Hanoch Avenary
… began teaching at Tel-Aviv University's Department of Musicology and was a member of the Jewish Music Research Centere. He published many books and articles that deal with the history of Jewish music from the Middle Ages until the 19 th century, …