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Avraham Soltes
… activities that interpreted Jewish art, music, and literature. He was chairman of the National Jewish Music … into the service. It applied, finally, to his considerable efforts with writings- from his MHL Thesis in 1942 on … major work on Jewish Music, Off the Willows: The Rebirth of Modern Jewish Music. board of the National Jewish Book …
Albert Weisser
… Music in Russia', which was later published as The Modern Renaissance of Jewish Music: Events and …
Meir Shimon Geshuri
… frontier with Belarus, and his exposure to the Haskalah and modern German culture that spread to the new Jewish … bookshelf was rich in Jewish (especially Hassidic) literature, but also plentiful with maskilim and Zionist … the rapidly growing hub for Eastern European Jews seeking modern education, studied at a gymnasium and then at the …
Samuel Naumbourg
… of his arrangements mimic the style of Parisian grand opera, a genre that was a pervasive force in the cultural and … of Naumbourg’s important contributions was his work on the modern edition of Salomon de Rossi’s Ha-Shirim Asher … the parts of Rossi’s score which were scattered amongst several libraries in Western Europe. Once the entire score was …
Hugo Adler
… he composed complete liturgies, many short pieces, and several cantatas on Judaic subjects, such as Jonah (1949). … much of the 19th century liturgical music with new and modern musical settings. In 1942 he was awarded first prize …
Samuel Alman
… at the Royal College of Music. There he focused on opera composition, and debuted his first biblical opera, King Ahaz in 1912. In 1916 he was appointed the … Nisson Spivak and Solomon Sulzer. He made use of elaborate modern harmony in his arrangements, evoking the …
Gustav Mahler
… more prestigious institution that staged both theater and Opera. Beginning in 1882, Mahler took several temporary conducting posts: in Iglau at the … to emulate that style in his own writing while using a modernist approach. Though Mahler made several attempts at …
Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… Institute. He was the most distinctive among the first generation of composers who principally opposed the use of … with soft Darmstadt influences, have indeed gained a considerable reception in Germany, no less than in his own … cantatas and dramas – mostly based on Biblical or modern Hebrew texts. He collaborated with librettist Israel …
Mordekhai Hershman
… Ukraine and died in New York City on January 30, 1941. Several sources have misprinted the name of his town of birth, … Fund'. From an early age Hershman was a child singer in several synagogue choirs accompanying distinguished cantors. … have become classics and are frequently performed by modern Chazanim. Eilu Devarim , Shma Koleinu and Aneinu are …
Neil Levin
… his particular areas of focus embrace comparative considerations of eastern and western spheres of Ashkenazi Jewry … cantorial art, Yiddish and Hebrew folksong, the music of modern Israel, and music of American Jewish experience. He … the leading authorities in the field of Jewish music in general, and he is in much demand as a lecturer and presenter …