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Israel Goldfarb
… Israel Goldfarb was born in Sieniawa, Galicia (today Poland), and immigrated to New York in 1893. Although he had a … as both rabbi and cantor in a community in Staten Island . In 1905, he was appointed cantor and Sunday school … the Torah. His most famous pupil was the composer Aaron Copland . A unique initiative of Goldfarb was the formation of …
Marcus Hast
… Born in Praga (near Warsaw). After serving as a cantor in Poland and Germany, he moved to London, and worked there as a … the first volume of Ashkenazi Synagogue music in England (the very first of all, [David Aharon] De Sola, was …
Emanuel Kirschner
… Born in Upper Silesia (today Poland). Worked as Cantor in Berlin and Munich. His principal …
Yoel David Lewensohn- Strashunsky
… in Vilna (1830-1841), and achieved fame in Lithuania and Poland as a cantor and as a choir leader. In 1841 he left his … to further his studies and career, giving concerts in Poland. In 1849, he severed his ties with his family and ended … … Cantor … Composer … Vilna … Poland … Yoel David Lewensohn- Strashunsky …
Yehoshua Lakner
… in 1941. Worked as a teacher in Israel and later in Switzerland , where he settled in 1963. Lakner's compositions …
Betty Olivero
… Award for the Performing Arts (Israel, 2003), the Landau Award for the Performing Arts (Israel, 2004), …
Pnina Salzman
… the long summer months, she also studied there with Wanda Landowska (1897–1959) and Lazare-Lévy (1882-1964). Moreover, … in Santander, and “Iturbi” in Valencia (Spain); Leeds (England); Seoul; Dublin; Munich and Dortmund (Germany); … and the pianist, edited by Yuval Shaked. Produced by Paul Landau, with collaboration of Israel Music Institute, Tel …
Ben-Zion Orgad
… , Ben-Haim , and Tal in Jerusalem , and in the US with Copland . He is also known for the importance of the Hebrew … of Psalms by first and second generation composers in the Land of Israel : contexts of composition, ideological …
Zalman Polak
… ha-Gadol) of Rishon LeZion. 1922: Returned to his homeland to recover, to serve time in the military, and to …
Moses Pergament
… Born in Helsinki, Finland. Studied in St. Petersburg and Berlin before settling …