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Josef Tal (Gruenthal)
… about 100 of his pieces have been published by the Israel Music Institute. He was the most distinctive among the first … Schoenberg ’s in Style and Idea : against nationalism in music that is based on folklore, and (implicitly) supporting German hegemony in music. Tal’s works, mostly atonal and serial, expressionist …
Joshua Weisser (Pilderwasser)
… his father Aba Pilderwasser. Weisser began his formal musical education with the local hazzan of Novata Ushitsa, … composed many secular songs for voice and piano, incidental music, two collections of Hassidic Melodies, and a plethora of articles dealing with Jewish liturgical music and the American cantorate. Weisser passed away in …
Efraim Di-Zahav (Goldstein)
… time) sang the song 'Tzana Tzana' (words by Yehiel Hagiz, music by Issachar Miron ) for the first time on Radio …
Yeruham Blindman
… his improvisatory vocal style. Although he only had a basic musical education, he composed many arrangements for liturgical music using melodies from Jewish folk songs. … Cantor & … … Improvisation … Liturgy … Ashkenazi cantorate … Synagogue music … Yeruham Blindman …
Nissan Blumenthal
… four voices. Influenced by his study of German classical music, he adapted melodies from the composers, Handel, … and Mendelssohn in his arrangements of liturgical music. In 1870 he hired David Nowakowsky as choir-leader, … and choral arrangement helped to propel the use of choir music and performance in the Synagogue. Though very few of …
Michele Bolaffi
… Michele Bolaffi was a distinguished musician and composer active in Livorno in the early 19th century. His tenure as musical director of the Great Synagogue of Livorno can be … turning point in the development of choral and instrumental music for use in the Italian synagogue. Bolaffi held …
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
… Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco received his formal musical education at the Istituto Musicale Cherubini in Florence , with a focus of piano … He received a degree in composition from the Liceo Musicale of Bologna in 1918, studying under renowned …
Mikhail Gnesin
… born in Rostov-on-Don, son to the local Rabbi. He began his musical education with Cantor Gerovitz and pianist Oscar … where he was hired as a composition teacher at the State Music School . After a tenure of ten years, Gnesin traveled to Germany to help found the Jibneh music publishing house along with colleague Joseph Achron . …
Mordekhai Hershman
… El Temple, he continued to appear in concerts of classical music, record commercial records and tour throughout … the porous line separating secular from the religious musical practices led by great cantors of the time such as … time, Hershman released not only recordings of cantorial music but also folk songs in Yiddish. As the following …
Jacob Beimel
… Philadelphia). Has written many articles concerning Jewish music. Founded the Journal, Jewish Music , in which he published a few of his own compositions and adaptations (synagogue music, folk songs, and Hassidic melodies). … American …