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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 … …
Else Lasker-Schüler
… Else Lasker-Schüler was a German-Jewish poet and playwright famous for her bohemian lifestyle … my native well'), performed by Ofra Haza. In addition, musical works were composed according to Lasker-Schüler's … translated bu Yehuda Amichai. … German-Jewish poet and playwright … 0 … Poet … German Jews … Else …
Israel Najara
… using melodies of foreign songs that were common among the Jewish and non-Jewish public of his time. He is considered to be one of … Encyclopedia Judaica ; Concise Encyclopedia of Jewish Music ; Be'eri, Tova. Booklet of the concert- Rabbi Yisrael …
Herman Svet
… Yehudith Wahl, from Berlin. In 1917 he began writing about music for various Russian-language periodicals in Kiev and … Berlin, which in those years was a city of refuge for many Jewish intellectuals who were fleeing Soviet Russia. Svet … Hitler came to power (1933). His articles were published in Jewish newspapers and periodicals in Yiddish, Russian, …
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 … songwriter … 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 …