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Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… to those of Schoenberg ’s in Style and Idea : against nationalism in music that is based on folklore, and … Academy (1948-1952); and the musicology department of the Hebrew University (1965-1970), where he taught between 1951 … cantatas and dramas – mostly based on Biblical or modern Hebrew texts. He collaborated with librettist Israel …
Mordekhai Hershman
… “a great concert at the Warsaw Philharmonic Hall“. The Hebrew press in British Palestine profusely advertised … example, you can listen to Hershman’s amazing voice at the National Library of Israel … have become classics and are frequently performed by modern Chazanim. Eilu Devarim , Shma Koleinu and Aneinu are …
Julius Chajes
… Orchestra. He was the Honor Prize winner at the First International Competition for Pianists in Vienna in 1933. One … Palestine, Chajes conducted extensive research on ancient Hebrew music. In the wake of this research and due to the … and became known as one of the foremost composers of modern Israeli music. After moving to the United States …
Issachar Miron-Michrovsky
… When the State of Israel was established he was named the National Deputy Director of Music for Israel's Ministry of … Miron's works: Syncopated Preludes and Passacaglia for Moderns , highly commended by Artur Rubinstein, and recorded … work include the international mega hit 'Tzena Tzena' with Hebrew words by Yehiel Hagiz, and English words by Gordon …
Elio Piattelli
… Politeama Theater of Palermo, Sicily. He taught courses in Hebrew liturgical chant in Italy (Rome, Palestrina, Turin, … with a very simple method that takes into account the modern Sephardi pronunciation of Hebrew practiced in Israel. … it is a disappearing tradition...' ( Yearbook of the National Academy of Santa Cecilia , 1970, pp. 106-107). This …
Zalman Zylbercweig
… of Lodz, Poland. His father was Tsvi-Hirsh Zylbercweig, a Hebrew and Yiddish writer. As a young boy, Zalman moved to Lodz with his family, where he enrolled in a modern religious Jewish school. Zylbercweig continued his … with a number of social institutions including the Jewish National Workers' Alliance, and the United Emergency Relief …
Haim Effendi
… community ruled by rabbinical authority was shattered by modernizing trends characterized by an exposure to Western … French), to liberal trends in Judaism (especially to Jewish nationalism or Zionism) and to subversive political … Maftirim used to perform its ancient repertoire of Ottoman Hebrew music on Sabbath mornings and afternoons at the …
Shlomo ben Shimshon (Weintraub) Kashtan
… religious devotion and piety, and of a great knowledge of Hebrew literature…. His ...performance was overwhelming, and … Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion. For a modern transcription see Katz 2021-2022. Selected … Sources . 2 vols., Munich: G. Henle. (Répertoire International des Sources Musicales, B IX 1 ) Friedmann, Aron. …
Rahamim Amar
… after the establishment of the state, Amar combined more modern elements in his compositions, taken from Israeli music. His purpose in this combination was to make Eastern music accessible to a more … Credit: Roni Ish-Ran. Full biography at the piyut site (Hebrew). See also an article about his life (Hebrew): רחמים …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… Empire. The scholars of Adrianpole excelled especially in Hebrew poetry and in music, two fields in which Isaac … in the 1860s: Haskalah (Jewish enlightenment) and Jewish nationalism. Educated Jews from eastern and central Europe … combined contemporary themes and language idioms taken from modern Hebrew poetry. He also wrote religious poems which …