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Israel Goldfarb
… to New York in 1893. Although he had a pleasant voice and musical talent, his brother, Samuel Eliezer Goldfarb was … in music, Israel went to study for the rabbinate at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA). As a … he put much effort in promoting the establishment of a modern cantorial school. The work of the Society made …
Aaron Copland
… was born in Brooklyn, New York, to parents of Lithuanian Jewish descent. In 1917 he began studying theory and composition with Rubin Goldmark, continuing his musical education with Goldmark, Victor Wittgenstein and … York’s League of Composers, often writing for its journal, Modern Music. He organized concert series and festivals, …
Miriam Gideon
… in Greeley, Colorado. From an early age, Gideon displayed musical talents and began studying piano. Miriam continued … her Doctorate in Composition and Sacred Music from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America (JTSA). She taught at … … American Composer … Gidon, Myriam … American composers … Modern Jewish music … Piano … Professor … Miriam Gideon … …
Isaac Eliyahu Navon
… 17, 1859. His father, Rabbi Eliyahu Navon, was one of the Jewish intellectuals and public figures in Adrianpole, a … of Adrianpole excelled especially in Hebrew poetry and in music, two fields in which Isaac Eliyahu Navon excelled as … combined contemporary themes and language idioms taken from modern Hebrew poetry. He also wrote religious poems which …


