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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 … . … Polish 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 …
Jacob Koppel Sandler
… choral director for several cantors. He composed several Jewish themed operettas, one of them featuring the famous … a folk song. Source: Encyclopedia Judaica . … Composer and music director … Yiddish … Theater … Choral … Director … …
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 . …
Charles Kensington Salaman
… and opera, and had a special interest in devotional music for the synagogue. He wrote 124 settings for synagogue … of Reform Judaism. Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica , Jewish Encyclopedia . … English composer and pianist … Composer … Synagogue … Music … Reform … Judaism … Charles Kensington Salaman …
Karel Salmon
… He immigrated to Palestine in 1933, and was the first musical director of the Palestine Broadcasting Service … until 1962. Salmon also taught at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance. His works include orchestral and chamber … style with near-Eastern, Mediterranean, and Jewish folklore. Salmon often used themes related to Judaism …
Robert Starer
… he taught at several academies. As a composer, Starer wrote music for ballet, opera, concerti, and in several other … styles and genres. His compositions include works with Jewish themes or Hebrew texts, such as: Kohelet , Sabbath … Robert.' Encyclopaedia Judaica . … Composer … Art … Music … Composers … Atonal … Ballet … Opera … Operas … …
Alexander Weprik
… include orchestral and choral works as well as chamber music, some which contain Jewish themes . Sources: Encyclopedia Judaica ; Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music ; Musica-Judaica . … Composer … Art … Music … …
Shulamit Ran
… full biography via the University of Chicago Department of Music website, click here . Ran's personal website, … extensive biography can be found at the Milken Archive of Jewish Music. To access, click here . … Composer … Composer … …